Dan North narrates a tale of Tim, the worst but talented programmer he's worked with. OpenTelemetry delivering on open observability promise, Terraform vs GitOps vs System Initiative discussed. Apple's approach to work satisfaction, salary negotiation advice shared.

Kris Brandow, a Go Time panelist and semi-professional unpopular opinion maker, discusses his deep-dive on the waterfall paper, his dislike of the "tech debt" analogy, the importance of documentation, and the idea that everything is a distributed system.

Zach Lloyd, Founder & CEO of Warp, discusses building the terminal of the future. Topics covered include the business model of Warp, measuring success, reaching product/market fit, building features developers love, integrating AI, and the pros and cons of going open source.

OpenTF announces they're forking Terraform and joining the Linux Foundation. Meta introduces Code Llama. Matt Mullenweg shares WordPress.com's 100-year plan. Paul Gichuki learns that default behaviors stick. Marco Otte-Witte argues for using Rust on the web.

This week we’re talking to Andreas Kling about SerenityOS and Ladybird. Andreas started SerenityOS as a means of therapy. It’s self-described as a love letter to “‘90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core.” Andreas previously worked at Nokia and later at Apple on the WebKit team, so he had an itch to do something along the lines of a browser, and that’s where Ladybird came from. We get into the details of compilers, OSs, browsers, web specifications, and the love of making software. Join the discussionChangelog++ members get a bonus 5 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today!Sponsors:Convex – Convex is a better type of backend — the full-stack TypeScript development platform that lets you replace your database, server functions, and glue code. Get started at convex.dev Tailscale – Simple, secure networks for teams of any scale. Built on WireGuard. 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. Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com Featuring:Andreas Kling – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteAdam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInShow Notes: Sponsor Andreas’s work on GitHub Sponsors Andreas Kling on YouTube serenityOS Ladybird The Jakt programming language Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Josh Collinsworth, React expert, talks about the uselessness of CAPTCHAs and the OpenTF Manifesto. He also discusses forgotten aspects of React. The podcast covers advancements in computer vision, forking legacy code, and the decline of React. Sponsored news includes advice on building software features and joining the Fediverse.

Justin Searls, enthusiast programmer and author, joins Landon Gray to discuss the decline of enthusiast programmers, inter-generational conflict in the software industry, creating 'kill the newsletter', and improving inclusiveness in programming.

Jonathan Carter, Debian Project Lead for four terms, discusses the history and unique aspects of Debian, including their commitment to free and open-source software. They explore the surprising popularity of Debian and its impact on companies like Proxmox. The speakers also touch on the transition from Ubuntu to Debian, the relationship between Debian and the Toy Story movies, Linux's prevalence and compatibility, and the advantages and drawbacks of using Ubuntu as an operating system.

HashiCorp adopts a Business Source license, Matt Rickard hypothesizes why Tailwind CSS won, WarpStream sets out to make a Kafka-compatible offering directly on S3, Vadim Kravcenko publishes an excellent guide for managing difficult software engineers & Russ Cox gives an update on Go 2. View the newsletterJoin the discussionChangelog++ members save 1 minute on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Tailscale – Simple, secure networks for teams of any scale. Built on WireGuard. Featuring:Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Gerhard joins us for the 11th Kaizen and this one might contain the most improvements ever. We’re on Fly Apps V2, we’ve moved from S3 to R2 & we have a status page now, just to name a few. Join the discussionChangelog++ members get a bonus 5 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today!Sponsors:Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com 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. Typesense – Lightning fast, globally distributed Search-as-a-Service that runs in memory. You literally can’t get any faster! Featuring:Gerhard Lazu – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInAdam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteShow Notes: All Kaizen episodes Kaizen 11 Discussion on GitHub Oban Pro Apps V2 Changelog Nightly status.changelog.com Changelog Community Slack Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!