The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Author: Changelog Media Language: English Episodes: 100
Each week, the team at Changelog Media sifts through the noise of the software world to bring you a thoughtful mix of news, analysis, and conversation. The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source is more than a weekly brief; it’s a long-form dialogue with the developers, maintainers, and thinkers who are shaping the future of technology. You’ll hear in-depth technical interviews that go beyond surface-level takes, exploring the real challenges and triumphs behind significant open source projects and industry trends. The discussion is grounded in the daily reality of building software, making the content immediately relevant whether you’re a seasoned engineer or deeply curious about the craft. This podcast operates with the belief that open source is more than code-it’s about the people and the communities that sustain it. By tuning in, you join a conversation that values depth over hot takes and substance over speed, all while keeping a pulse on the weekly developments that matter. It’s a consistent source for anyone who wants to understand not just what is changing in software development, but why it matters and how it all fits together.
Episodes
#define: props to astronomer (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:10
Welcome back to #define, our game of obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery. This time we're joined by three Changelog++ members, to see who has the best vocabulary and who can trick everyone else into t…
Bringing Vitess to Postgres (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:14
Sugu Sougoumarane, creator of Vitess, comes off sabbatical to bring Vitess to Postgres. We discuss what motivated Sugu to come off sabbatical, why now is the time, the technical challenges of doing so, the implementation…
Humanity has prevailed (for now!) (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:47
Przemysław Dębiak beat an advanced AI model from OpenAI in a 10-hour head-to-head coding marathon, Linux breaks 5% desktop share in U.S., Stefano Marinelli is writing a series on making your own backup system, César Soto…
Try harder. Ultrathink! (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:46
Nick Nisi joins us to discuss all the Windsurf drama, his new agentic lifestyle, whether or not he's actually more productive, the new paper that says he maybe isn't more productive, the reckoning he sees coming, and why…
Pivoting to Retool (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:57
David Hsu from Retool joins Adam to discuss how he built Retool. From the pivot in YC, to building the most widely used internal tools platform, to now being the platform for AI agents in the enterprise—on this episode w…
An app can be a home-cooked meal (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:45
Researchers in Japan achieve a world record in data transmission speeds, Robin Sloan explains how an app can be a home-cooked meal, Windsurf founders Varun Mohan & Douglas Chen are headed to Google, new Intel CEO Lip-Bu…
Measuring the actual impact of AI coding (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:39
Abi Noda from DX is back to share some cold, hard data on just how productive AI coding tools are actually making developers. Teaser: the productivity increase isn't as high as we expected. We also discuss Jevons paradox…
Lightspeed search built for devs (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:38:30
We talk with Don MacKinnon, Co-founder and CTO of Searchcraft—a lightspeed search engine built in Rust. We dig into the future of search, how it blends vector embeddings with classic ranking, and what it takes to build d…
Full-breadth developers for the win (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:54
Justin Searls describes the "full-breadth developer" and why they'll win because AI, Cloudflare comes up with a way publishers can charge crawlers for access, Hugo Bowne-Anderson explains why building AI agents fails so…
Selling mountain bikes all over the planet (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:08:08
Jeff Cayley joins Adam to talk about selling mountain bikes all over the planet and making some of the best outdoor and mountain bike gear, parts, and accessories you can buy. They have a killer YouTube channel as well.

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