Justin Garrison joins us to talk about Amazon’s silent sacking, from his perspective. He should know. He works there. Well, as of yesterday he quit. We discuss how the cloud and Kubernetes have transformed the way software is developed and deployed, the impact silent layoffs have on employees and their careers, speaking out about workplace issues (the right way), how changes in organizational structure can lead to gaps in expertise and responsibility which can lead to potential outages and slower response times. By the way, we officially let the cat off out of the bag in this episode. Justin has joined the ranks here at Changelog and is taking over as the host of Ship It! Expect new episodes soon. Leave us a commentChangelog++ members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Neon – The fully managed serverless Postgres with a generous free tier. We separate storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage. Socket – Secure your supply chain and ship with confidence. Install the GitHub app, book a demo or learn more Sentry – Get $100 towards your error monitoring with Sentry! Use the code changelog. Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Featuring:Justin Garrison – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInAdam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInShow Notes: Amazon’s Silent Sacking mintCast Ship It Justin on Ship It takeover Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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Dan Moore, author of 'Letters to a New Developer', shares his wisdom and advice for new developers. Topics include the value of online communities, communication skills, staying relevant in the industry, saying no, improving code, and skill stacking. The podcast also explores the importance of mentors, building manager-developer relationships, and the role of a manager. Other topics include decision-making, obtaining information, and podcast announcements.

The hosts reflect on their 15 years of podcasting, discuss the importance of mainframes in global business transactions, and reflect on their favorite podcast episodes. They also discuss the challenges of producing a podcast and highlight the work of Yorkie Gergunov in bringing Whisper and Lama to the masses. Plus, a teaser for an exclusive show for changelog plus plus members and gratitude to listeners and team members.

The podcast reflects on the past year, highlighting the coolest code, best prose, and favorite episodes. It discusses the future of AI, Python in AI development, chatbot limitations, and a new talk show format. Sponsors include Neon's serverless Postgres. Other topics include notable software development events, Bon 1.0 release, decision fatigue, and more. The podcast concludes with discussions on finished software, programming languages, and a game of fake definitions.

Emma Bostian, a grizzled #define veteran, joins four other guests on a game show where they create fake definitions for the word 'scisagy' and guess the meaning of 'Olfa Liskepsis'. They also discuss the security concerns of open source dependencies and a simple tool called 'Sock' for managing them. The podcast wraps up with reflections on the game and announcements for future episodes.

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Drew DeVault, a systems programming language developer, joins the show to talk about Hare, a 100 year language. They discuss the language's goals of simplicity, stability, and robustness, the importance of open source, fostering a culture of stability, and even make a random detour to talk about making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.