Jordan Cutler shares a real-life experience of writing clear/readable code that backfired. Other topics include not using AI to write tests, a self-organizing file system with Llama 3, broken internet links analysis, and an interactive queueing strategies study.

Shaundai Person, discussed Netflix infra, sales, real-world AI usage, and career choices. Topics include content creation at Netflix, power dynamics between humans and AIs, using AI tools for document writing, salesmanship showdown, and building the future with managed Postgres databases.

Bryan Cantrill, Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company, discusses his journey from Sun to Oxide, touching on ZFS, DTrace, and the development of on-prem cloud servers. Topics include building technology collaborations, Sun's ethical practices during the Oracle acquisition, navigating values clashes in programming communities, and the challenges of starting a company like Oxide in the tech landscape.

Taylor Troesh explains legacy software to aliens, Vitaly Friedman discusses designers feeling underappreciated. Topics include Oracle ditching Terraform, hackers reprogramming NES Tetris. Show notes also mention Cloudflare TV updates and exclusive perks for Changelog++ members.

Alex Kretzschmar shares insights on building the 'perfect media server' using LinuxServer.io, Plex, ZFS, and more. From hardware choices to data privacy with Plex and Jellyfin comparison, they cover DRM-free audiobooks, home cinema setups, technical challenges, and dining experiences while discussing collaborations and continual improvement in perfecting media servers.

Birk Jernström from Polar talks about the creator platform for developers, sustainable funding for indie developers, and the evolution from open source to a commercial platform. The discussion covers funding and monetization in developer ecosystems and the evolution of licensing and market dynamics. They also explore features of a platform for developers, empowering maintainers for sustainable funding, and buy-now-pay-later options.

The podcast dives into the problems with soft deletion in software, proposes a measure for assessing software dependency freshness, discusses sound design in software, showcases a web app with developer tools, and explores programming mantras as proverbs.

Annie Sexton shares her journey from burnout to interior design and back to tech, financial struggles, and finding fulfillment in a developer relations role. The discussion explores career transitions, passion, sustainability in tech, note-taking apps, AI assistance in creativity, JavaScript for Puppeteer, and embracing playfulness in engineering.

Paul Orlando, author of 'Why Now?', discusses the importance of timing in business and product development. Topics include examples of early and late timing, success stories like Apple and Uber, and the impact of user demand and technological advancements on timing.

Bahaa Zidan believes web frameworks are irrelevant, DHH talks about magic machines, Dylan Huang reviews the use of HTMX, Tim Ottinger emphasizes the importance of thinking in programming, and Tim Spann advocates for small language models.