Automation at the speed of Swamp (Friends)

Automation at the speed of Swamp (Friends)

Author: Changelog Media May 14, 2026 Duration: 2:26:00
This week I'm talking with Adam Jacob, founder of System Initiative and creator of Swamp, about what happens when AI agents change the entire shape of software development. We discuss how he went from an 18-person team down to five and shipped Swamp 900 times in four weeks, why he brought User Acceptance Testing (UAT) testing back from the 90s, why software architecture (and domain-driven design) suddenly matters more than knowing how to write code, the live demo where I pointed Swamp at my Proxmox box and watched it write its own automation (blew my mind!!), and why he'll never accept a pull request to Swamp, ever.

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.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

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Duration: 1:46:28
This week I'm talking with Max Stoiber, currently working on ChatGPT's plugin directory and app platform at OpenAI. We discuss the hundreds of open source projects nobody remembers alongside the big ones like react-boile…
MCP on Code Mode (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:52
This week I'm talking with Matt Carey about Code Mode and how most of us have been thinking about MCP all wrong. Matt works on the Agents SDK and MCP at Cloudflare — we discuss how server-side Code Mode lets one MCP serv…
Bitwarden CLI compromised (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:33
Bitwarden's CLI got hit by the Checkmarx supply-chain campaign, TypeScript 7.0 beta lands with the Go-rewritten compiler running ~10x faster than 6.0, and pgBackRest lost its maintainer of thirteen years leaving anyone r…
Exploring with agents (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:52
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Astral has been acquired by OpenAI (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:48
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From Tailnet to platform (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:15
Adam talks with Tailscale co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer David Carney about where Tailscale is headed next: TSIDP, TSNet, multiple tailnets, and Aperture. They get into clickless auth (via TSIDP), TSNet apps, mult…
Big change brings big change (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:10
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Finale & Friends (Friends) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:46:22
Adam and Jerod get into the news, Jerod officially retires from the pod (and Changelog), plus a bonus for our Changelog++ subs!
Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:44:00
Burke Holland works on GitHub Copilot by day and codes with his AI agents always. Early January, Burke posted about how Opus 4.5 changed everything. We were all still buzzing from the holiday-season 2x usage bump Claude…
The mythical agent-month (News) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 7:48
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