Emily Fox has held multiple roles at household-name organizations in her 13-year IT career and is currently senior principal software engineer at Red Hat. Previously, she worked as an engineer at Apple, and DevOps Security Lead at the National Security Agency. She also serves as chair of the CNCF's technical oversight committee and is involved in a variety of open source communities and activities. From her unique vantage point, she addresses the delicate balance the CNCF must strike between enterprises, open source maintainers and open product companies; growing awareness about open source sustainability issues; and how all of that feeds into a general "crisis of conscience" going on in cybersecurity.
Our friend Ron Evans is a technologist for hire, an open source developer, an author, a speaker, an iconoclast, and one of our favorite people in tech. This conversation with Ron goes everywhere: from high-altitude weather balloons, to life on Mars, to Zenoâs paradox applied to ML, to what open source devs should learn...
This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Adam Jacob, founder and CEO of System Initiative and formerly the CTO and co-founder at Chef. We had a wide-ranging conversation that at times veered into the philosophical (what is the meaning for âstrategyâ?) but also has plenty of...
All of the health anxiety of early internet adopters traced back to WebMDâs self diagnosis. Some sysadminâs on-call nightmares came from a different part of the site.
On this weekâs episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn sits down with the incredible Cody Odgen, software developer and creator of Killed by Google. Corey and Cody discuss Googleâs graveyard of products, how discontinuing offerings creates a feeling of distrust amongst your customers, and...
In todayâs episode, Jack discusses what it was like working in a sales team at Stack Overflow, selling to developers, and why you should think about sales in terms of champions.
Annie Sexton has been on quite a journey since she was last on the show back in early â22. On this episode, Annie takes us on that journey, shares her new-found perspective & tells us about how sheâs approaching her side project this time around.
Susan dives into OTF's efforts in sustaining open-source tech in aiding internet freedom globally, navigating challenges with funds & a new FOSS Sustainability Fund.
Go 1.22.3 & 1.22.10 releasedProposalsAccepted: add binary.Append functionLikely accept: new `go telemetry` subcommandLikely decline: Notify about new major versions of dependenciesPackt book bundleInterview with Jamie TannaBlog: Creating a more sustainable model for `oapi-codegen` in the...
Old friends Justin and Paul catch up for the first time in years and catch each other up on the state of Transistor and Fathom. They cover lots of lessons for new and veteran entrepreneurs, spanning their decades of experience in the world of indie software: cofounders, markets, surfing,...
Jack and Paul get into whatâs going on inside Fathom Analytics right now, and then answer some questions about what it was like starting the company, what theyâd do differently (or the same), and if thereâs anything theyâd change if they had to start Fathom again.Special thanks to Ben and Adam...
This week on The Business of Open Source, I had a very different sort of guest â Mark Boost, the CEO and founder of Civo. We talked not only about Markâs history as an entrepreneur, but also Civoâs recent acquisition of KubeFirst. This topic caught my eye because itâs not often I get an offer to...
<p>Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish feels exuberated about being Conan OâBrienâs friend.</p><p> </p><p>Tiffany sits down with Conan once again to discuss her new memoir I Curse You With Joy, her surprisingly scandalous association with the movie Face/Off, working background on every show imaginable, re-investing in South Central LA properties, and more.</p><p> </p><p>For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit <a href="http://TeamCoco.com">TeamCoco.com</a>.</p><p>Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.</p>
In this weekâs episode weâre talking about the news! In this laugh-filled episode, Kris is joined by Ian &amp; Johnny to discuss the future of Go, both the Go team itself and iterations of packages within the standard library; Microsoft creating a Go blog &amp; a Go fork; and SQLite and Go.
This week weâre joined by Dustin Bluck to discuss his acquisition of the well known (and beloved) Castro podcast app to take it indie-focused once again. As previous users of Castro, we were excited to dig into the details behind this popular podcast client to see whatâs next, how the deal was done, a peek into the cod...
Consider supporting the show by joining our Patreon!đ ReleasesGo 1.22.3 & 1.21.10 coming TuesdayđȘ ConferencesGopherCon Brazil, May 9 & 10GopherDay Taiwan, May 25đ€č Secure RandomnessBlog: Evolving the Go Standard Library with math/rand/v2Blog: Secure Randomness in Go 1.22 by Russ Coxnew proposal:...
This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Brian Fox, co-founder and CTO of Sonatype. In addition to having a really interesting discussion about the usual topic of how to build a business around open source software, we also had a good conversation about security â it was hard to...
This week I talk about the impact of SaaS-first technology strategies on the work of an SRE. I pose questions about observability, ownership, on-call, and how much control we have over reliability.You can find the Bleeding Tech blog on Medium: htt...
An open-source project isnât something that should be rushed or executed haphazardly. It requires careful planning and strategizing, as well as clear communication between all stakeholders.
In this episode of The Business of Cloud Native, host Emily Omier speaks with Tobie Langel who is...
Peter Zaitzev, the founder of Percona, is an expert on open source strategy and database optimization. With his level of experience in the world of open source, Peter enjoys challenging himself and going against the grain in order to come out on top.On this episode of The Business of Open Source,...
From software engineer to leading developer products at Facebook, Ron Efroni was familiar with the challenges facing developers. His co-founder recognized the power of Nix to remove the boundaries of development, and together they started Flox to reduce the barriers to the adoption of Nix.In our...
Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, joins me to discuss the business model behind Cilium and the enjoyment she has found working in open source.
Heather Meeker, General Partner at OSS Capital, joins me to discuss the legal elements of open source, including options for licensing and business structure.
Amanda Brock, CEO of Open UK, joins me to chat about the State of Open Con and bringing varying roles and viewpoints into the conversation around the future of open source.
Joseph Jacks joins me to share his enthusiasm for Open Source and what he calls Commercial Open Source Companies, how the idea of Open Source is changing with new technologies, and what that means for the definition of Open Source.
Dan Moore is the head of developer relations at FusionAuth, a startup simplifying authentication and user management for developers, as well as the author of Letters to a New Developer. Dive into topics such as what is developer relations, how to grow a tech community, how does one even publish a book, what should you say to a new developer and much more. Hosted by Perry Tiu.
In this episode Justin and Autumn are joined by Mandi Walls to take you back to a time before the cloud. Before Kubernetes. When a/s/l was common and servers were made of metal. Back to the days of AOL to discuss how chat rooms worked.
This episode features Anil Dash, VP of Developer Experience at Fastly, who returns to the podcast to share the integration of Glitch within Fastly post-acquisition. Anil shares how Glitch has continued flourishing under Fastly's umbrella, highlighting both platformsâ seamless acquisition and...
Bruce Perens created the definition of open source and co-founded the Open Source Initiative in 1998. He has said in recent public interviews, however, that open source has failed, and called for its overhaul under his Post-Open project. In this episode, Beth caught up with him to hear more about his ideas for the world after open source.
In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Dawn Foster brings together Matt Germonprez, Brian Proffitt, and Ashley Wolf to discuss the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), including policy considerations, the potential for AI-driven contributions to create workload for maintainers, and the quality of contributions. They also touch on the use of AI internally within companies versus contributing back to the open source community, the importance of distinguishing between human and AI contributions, and the potential benefits and challenges AI introduces to open source project health and community metrics. The conversation strikes a balance between optimism for AIâs benefits and caution for its governance, leaving us to ponder the future of open source in an AI-integrated world.
Frequent guest (and almost real-life-friend) Adam Jacob returns to share his spicy takes on all the recent âopen source meets businessâ drama. We also take some time to catch up on the state of his open source-based business, System Initiative.
The Oxide Friends have talked about the Hashicorp license change, the emergence of an open source fork of Terraform in OpenTofu, and other topics in open source. A few weeks ago both InfoWorld and Hashicorp (independently?) accused OpenTofu of stealing Terraform codeâa serious claim that turned...
Meet Nate Smith, an experienced programmer who has been trading code for money since 2006. He has seen it all, from Flash applications to the cursed secrets of Javascript. Despite his experience, he has lost his ability to fake enthusiasm for corporate life and technocracy. Instead, Nate runs his...
Jordan Harband is a pillar in the open source community. He has gradually come to create several open source projects all while maintaining them all with maximal back compat, the strictest adherence to semver, and the greatest respect for users. Join in and hear the wisdom Jordan has to offer on...
Brian Douglas, CEO of OpenSauced, joins me to discuss insights - how theyâve been provided in the past, how OpenSauced is different, and how he hopes to contribute to the future of open source.
This week on The Business of Open Source I had Rod Johnson, founder/CEO of Spring Source and creator of the Spring Framework (as well as board member of many other open source companies) on to talk about Spring, monetizing open source and whatâs changed in the open source ecosystem since...
This week weâre joined by Louis Pilfold, the creator of the Gleam programming language. For the uninitiated, Gleam is a functional programming language for building type-safe systems that compiles to Erlang and JavaScript and itâs written in Rust. We discuss the inspiration and development of Gleam, how it compares to ...
Felix Geisendörfer &amp; Michael Knyszek join Natalie to discuss Go execution traces: why theyâre awesome, common use cases, how theyâve gotten better of late &amp; more.
This week weâre joined by Sean Mcllroy from Slackâs Release Engineering team to learn about how theyâve fully automated their deployment process. This conversation covers Slackâs original release process, key changes Seanâs team has made, and the latest challenges theyâre working on...
This episode of Screaming in the Cloud focuses on keeping critical data safe and organized, especially when there's a lot of it. Pranava Adduri, the CEO of Bedrock Security, shares the tools and methods Bedrock uses to help other businesses protect their essential information. They discuss how...
The 3 Musketeers return! Filippo Valsorda, Roland Shoemaker &amp; Nicola Murino continue their deep-dive conversation with Natalie about Goâs crypto libraries. Also listen to Part 1 and Part 2!
What's in the SOSS? features the sharpest minds in security as they dig into the challenges and opportunities that create a recipe for success in making software more secure. Get a taste of all the ingredients that make up secure open source ...
<p>Comedian Jimmy Carr feels contractually obliged about being Conan OâBrienâs friend.</p><p> </p><p>Jimmy sits down with Conan to discuss why now is a better time than ever to be in stand-up, developing his signature comedic style, workshopping new material on the road, and what Dunbarâs number tells us about the origins of comedy. </p><p> </p><p>Jimmy Carr returns to Netflix with his latest stand-up special Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer out now.</p><p> </p><p>Jimmyâs brand-new international tour Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny is on sale now. For tickets and info visit <a href="http://jimmycarr.com">jimmycarr.com</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.jimmycarr.com">https://www.jimmycarr.com</a></p><p>Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jimmycarr">https://www.youtube.com/@jimmycarr</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jimmycarr">https://www.instagram.com/jimmycarr</a></p><p>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@jimmycarr">https://www.threads.net/@jimmycarr</a></p><p> </p><p>For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit <a href="http://TeamCoco.com">TeamCoco.com</a>.</p><p>Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.</p>
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