The podcast delves into GPTScript language for LLM interaction, reflects on Muse project, explores tech evolution with humor, discusses CMS for GitHub, permissionless link sharing, and good software design.

Mike McQuaid from Homebrew and now CTO at Workbrew talks about social media distractions, Apple Vision Pro, old school web development, telemetry in open source projects, the importance of developer experience, and much more. The conversation also covers the maintenance of software, swing back to analog web dev, and ongoing involvement in Homebrew and Workbrew projects.

Ellie Huxtable, creator of Atuin, shares the magic of syncing shell history. Topics include Rust coding, branding, quitting job for project, and benefits of sync service. Also covers the transition from Kafka to Nats, self-hosting vs. paying for services, and the love for biking. Strawberry benefits and syncing developer environments with Atuin are highlighted.

The podcast discusses the reality check of quantum computing, the launch of freenginx, AI and the 'effective accelerationism' movement, tips for first-time open source contributors, and advice on high-risk refactoring in software development.

Jamie Tanna discusses indie web, sharing salary history, and building DMD tool. Explore self-publishing, writing process, and salary transparency. Compare NATs and Kafka, build Dependency Management Data project, and value code dependency analysis. Predictive insights, podcast speeds, guest requests, and project renaming challenges.

Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director of the Open Source Initiative, talks about the challenges faced by the organization and the need to define Open Source AI. They discuss the value of open source software, the origins and growth of Open Source AI, and the differences between Open Source AI and Open Source Software. They also explore the challenges of releasing proprietary data and emphasize the importance of practical Open Source AI. The speakers discuss the challenges of defining Open Source AI and stress the significance of inclusion in the discussion.

In this episode, various news updates and announcements are discussed, including the release of Changelog Beats, the Too Long (TL) terminal app, Mitchell Baker stepping down as Mozilla CEO, and the introduction of sudo for Windows. The story of SSH and the assignment of port number 22 is also explored, along with a blog post rating different services and tools.

Experts in the future of energy, content creation, and food discuss topics such as generative AI in music, real-time fact checkers, the need for change in society, blockchain technology for renewable energy systems, improving energy efficiency through event-driven architecture, the future of YouTubers using alternative platforms, distributed agriculture and its benefits, and exploring an open source platform for community access to basic resources.

Nadia Odunayo, founder of StoryGraph, shares her journey of building an Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads. Topics include customer research, technical challenges, business model, security and observability for Vercel, building an alternative to popular web products, challenges and solutions in enterprise Linux, book clubs on their platform, giveaways as a revenue stream, internet's evolution and user ownership, potential selling and venture capitalists, migration off Heroku and search functionality, audiobooks and Audible achievements.

Geoffrey Litt thinks browser extensions are underrated, Adolfo Ochagavía on being a generalist in a specialist’s world, Jack Garbus praises the Arch Wiki, Terence Eden tries to rebuild FourSquare for ActivityPub using OpenStreetMap & Sebastien Dubois teaches us how to connect ideas together. View the newsletterLeave us a commentChangelog++ members save 1 minute on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Sentry – Meet Neil Manvar, their Director of Solutions Engineering, for an unrestricted live group demo on Thursday, February 22nd and RSVP to get all your questions answered! Oh, and use code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 OFF the team plan. Too easy, right? Featuring:Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn