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
Cursor’s problem isn't just Cursor's problem (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:37
Cursor has a big problem, Alireza Bashiri thinks plaintext beats todo apps, Manish built an offline AI workspace, OverType is a WYSIWYG markdown editor that's just a textarea, and sshrc lets you bring your config with yo…
Oxide is crossing the chasm (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:39:58
Bryan Cantrill returns in the wake of Oxide Computer Company's $100M Series B. Bryan tells us how he's avoiding an appearance on Silicon Valley (ding), why their uniform compensation is working, where Oxide fits in the A…
Biocomputing on human neurons (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:21
Dr. Ewelina Kurtys is leading the way in biocomputing at FinalSpark where she is working on the next evolutionary leap for AI and neuron-powered computing. It's a brave new world, just 10 years in the making. We discuss…
Open source regrets (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:29
Open source maintainers share their regrets, Thomas Dohmke steps down as GitHub CEO, James Kettle breaks down HTTP/2 from a security perspective, PHP is getting the pipe operator this November, and a class action copyrig…
Kaizen! Pipely is LIVE (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:11:35
Gerhard calls Kaizen 20, 'The One Where We Meet'. Rightfully so. It's also the one where we eat, hike, chat, and launch Pipely live on stage with friends.
LIVE from Denver with Nora Jones! (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:15:26
We're LIVE at the historic Oriental Theater in Denver, CO with Nora Jones. Nora is the founder of Jeli.io, recently acquired by PagerDuty and she's been shaping the way we think about reliability, incident response, and…
The smell of vibe coding (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:33
Alex Kondov knows when you've been vibe coding. (He can smell it.) our friends at Charm release a Go-based AI coding agent as a TUI, Jan Kammerath disassembled the "hacked' Tea service's Android app, Alex Ellman made a w…
SO much to dig into (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:23:48
Adam & Jerod (plus zero other randos) dig into Stack Overflow's 2025 developer survey results. We discuss SO's decline, the desire for younger devs to have real chats with real people, the rise of uv and more Python winn…
Solving the AI energy crisis (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:02:37
Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Akash Network joins us to share the backstory in his testimony before congress on the energy crisis and what it's going to take to power the future of AI. From powering datacenters, to sola…
It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:48
Jono Alderson takes aim at SPAs thanks to modern CSS, copyparty turns almost any device into a file server, Ernie Smith honors the Game Genie's 35th anniversary, Anthropic shares how their teams use Claude Code, and Drew…