Best Salty Chef Podcasts (2025)

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Spec-driven development with Kiro (Interview) 1:25:20

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We’re joined by Deepak Singh from the Kiro team. Kiro is AWS’s attempt at building an AI coding environment to take you from prototype to production. It does that by bringing structure to your agentic workflow with spec-driven development. Their aim: the flow of AI coding, leveled up with mature engineering practices. Join the discussion Changelog+…

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The great software quality collapse (News) 8:45

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Denis Stetskov describes how we’ve “normalized catastrophe” in the software industry, Meta is officially handing React and React Native over to a foundation, The New Stack reports on GitHub’s Azure migration priority, Miguel Grinberg benchmarks Python 3.14, and The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman published his take on AI art. View the newsletter Join the d…

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One Year Anniversary Ep. 52 How the Captain Broke Down Plus Free Raffle 1:45:08

4d ago1:45:08

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It’s official — Bay Rats & Buoys turns ONE! Episode 52 marks an incredible milestone for Captain Gaige, First Mate Kory, and every salty fan who’s been part of this wild ride from day one. This week’s two-hour anniversary episode is packed with laughs, chaos, gratitude, and some big surprises for our loyal listeners and sponsors who helped make thi…

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A new direction for AI developer tooling (Friends) 1:29:52

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Elixir creator, José Valim, is throwing his hat into the coding agent ring with Tidewave –a coding agent for full-stack web development. Tidewave runs in the browser alongside your app, but it’s also deeply integrated into Rails and Phoenix. On this episode, José tells us all about it. Also: his agent flow, YOLO mode, an MCP hot take, and more. Joi…

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Vite documentary companion pod (Interview) 1:12:22

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Our friends at Cult.Repo launch their epic Vite documentary on October 9th, 2025! To celebrate, Jerod sat down with Evan You to discuss Vite’s adoption story, why he raised money to start VoidZero, how developer documentaries get made, open source sustainability, and more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 6 minutes on this episode becau…

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The best coders should exit the feed (News) 7:42

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npm under siege (what to do about it) (Friends) 1:35:20

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Over the past two months, we’ve seen some of the most serious supply chain attacks in npm history: phishing campaigns, maintainer account takeovers, and malware published to packages with billions of weekly downloads. What is going on?! What can we do about it? Our old friend, Feross Aboukhadijeh, joins us to help make sense of it all. Join the dis…

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Reinventing Python tooling with Rust (Interview) 1:43:20

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Charlie Marsh built Ruff (an extremely fast Python linter written in Rust) and uv (an extremely fast Python package manager written in Rust) because he believes great tools can have an outsized impact. He believes it so much, in fact, that he started an entire company that builds next-gen Python tooling. On this episode, Charlie joins us to tell us…

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Red Hot Offshore Tuna, Sword & Mahi Bite! | Long Island Sound Bonito Frenzy 41:26

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The action is heating up in Episode 51 of Bay Rats & Buoys as Captain Gaige takes you through one of the most exciting weeks of the season! We’re just one week away from our one-year anniversary, and the celebration is already building. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to be entered into our Anniversary Raffle—winners will be announced …

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Hiring only senior engineers is killing companies (News) 6:41

16d ago6:41

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Andrew Churchill thinks companies should really be hiring junior engineers, Addy Osmani announces Chrome DevTools MCP, GitHub lays out a roadmap to fend off npm attacks, Jerry Liu builds an app that generates a timeline of your day’s activities, and Sean Goedecke attempts to define “good taste” in the context of software engineering. View the newsl…

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Inside Oxide (Friends) 1:10:48

20d ago1:10:48

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Bryan Cantrill and Steve Tuck, the co-founders of Oxide, are on the pod live (to tape) from the stage at OxCon. Jerod and I were invited to Oxide’s annual internal conference to meet the people and to hear the stories of what makes Oxide a truly special place to work right now. The best part was this on-stage discussion with Bryan and Steve. Enjoy!…

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Voices of Oxide (Interview) 1:16:14

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Voices of Oxide on the pod! Cliff Biffle (engineer), Dave Pacheco (engineer), and Ben Leonard (designer) are on the show today. Jerod and I were invited to Oxide’s annual internal conference called OxCon to meet the people and to hear the stories of what makes Oxide a truly special place to work right now. Cliff Biffle is working on all Hubris and …

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Blues, Fluke & Tog & Hard Tails - Take Your Kid Fishing Fall 2025 31:42

21d ago31:42

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Bay Rats & Buoys Podcast – Episode 50 We’ve officially made it to Episode 50, and we’re only two weeks away from celebrating our one-year anniversary! That means it’s time to crank things up a notch with giveaways, fishing action, and a reminder to like, comment, and follow us to be entered into our anniversary giveaway. We want to thank all of our…

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An escape route from YAML hell (News) 6:45

24d ago6:45

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Adolfo Ochagavía believes we’re approaching the problem of configuration from a flawed starting point, Annie Mueller hits us with a wakeup call about how she reads beginner tutorials, Brian Kihoon Lee spends some time meditating on taste, Namanyay thinks vibe coding is coders braindead, and Can Elma speculates on why AI helps senior engineers more …

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Linux Fest in Texas! (Friends) 1:19:17

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Carl George joins the show to talk about Texas Linux Fest, Omarchy, Linux desktop environments, configuring Linux, and more. Use the code CHL15 for 15% off your ticket to Texas Linux Fest. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 10 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: CodeRabbit – AI-native code reviews…

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Fishing Through Snotty Conditions! Chef Rob and Manny Onboard | Bay Rats Ep. 49 44:18

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This week on Bay Rats & Buoys, Captain Gaige is back on the boat, just three weeks away from the one-year anniversary of the podcast! After days of relentless winds stirring up the Sound, the seas finally laid down and shifted direction just in time for this recording. That break in the weather set the stage for a raw, on-the-water episode filled w…

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Flowing with agents (Interview) 2:05:58

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Everything is changing. Adam is joined by his good friend Beyang Liu from Sourcegraph — this time, talking about Amp (ampcode.com). Amp is one of the many, and one of Adam’s favorite agentic coding tools to use. What makes it different is how they’ve engineered to it to maximize what’s possible with today’s frontier models. Autonomous reasoning, ac…

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Just enough automation (News) 7:30

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Zach Gates quantifies the value of automating things, Albania’s new prime minister names an AI “minister” to his Cabinet, Eckart Walther launches Really Simple Licensing (RSL) along with some big names on the web, Vishnu Haridas praises UTF-8’s design, and Justin Searls disagrees with last week’s headline story about AI coding tools and shovelware.…

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Spanish Mackerel Feeding Frenzy & The Cocktail Bluefish Invasion | Bay Rats & Buoys Podcast 48:06

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Spanish Mackerel Feeding Frenzy & The Cocktail Bluefish Invasion Bay Rats & Buoys Podcast This week’s episode of Bay Rats & Buoys is all about the hot action happening right now in our local waters! Captain Gaige is breaking down the lures and tackle that worked best for us this week chasing multiple inshore species. We stopped into Hi-Hook Bait & …

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Why AI coding claims don't add up (News) 8:53

1M ago8:53

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Mike Judge breaks down why he doesn’t believe the AI coding claims add up, the folks behind Cactoide create an open source alternative to Meetup / Eventbrite, Ryan Farley tells the story of how RSS beat Microsoft, Dominik Szymański ditched Docker for Podman (and thinks you should too), and Stripe announces a new layer 1 blockchain called Tempo. Vie…

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False Albacore Fishing Long Island Albies, Bonito & Spanish Mackerel 42:14

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Bay Rats & Buoys Podcast – Episode 47 | Season 2 | On the Boat Labor Day weekend is officially in the rearview mirror, and we hope everyone got out to enjoy some time on the water! Whether you were fishing, boating, or just soaking up the last days of summer, the Bay Rats & Buoys crew is here to keep the stoke alive. In this week’s episode, Captain…

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XO Ruby is hitting the road (Interview) 1:32:03

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Jim Remsik has lived on the bleeding edge (but also the heart’s center) of the Ruby world for decades. This fall, he’s organizing six (yes, SIX) XO Ruby confs all around the United States. On this episode, Jim joins us to reminisce about the early days of Ruby and Rails, share what he’s learned from so many years of organizing events, and invite al…

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Next.js is infuriating (News) 8:14

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Dominik Meca is infuriated by Next.js, Josh Bressers explains why open source is just one person, Huon Wilson describes the usefulness of “Copy as cURL”, Herman Martinus re-licenses Bear, and Nawaz Dhandala unpacks why dependency bloat is such a pervasive problem. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get clo…

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Action absorbs anxiety (Friends) 1:22:54

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Arun Gupta, now a “free agent” after his surprise exit from Intel, joins us to discuss how he’s dealing with his first job hunt since the 1990s. Along the way, we talk about agentic coding strategies, what GPT-5’s release implies about the future, and more. (US buys 10% of Intel)++ Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 12 minutes at t…

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Labor Day Weekend Fishing Report, Albies, Tuna & Offshore Action 39:27

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Bay Rats & Buoys Podcast Episode 46 – Labor Day Weekend Fishing Report, Albies, Tuna & Offshore Action! Labor Day Weekend 2025 is here, and it’s shaping up to be one of the busiest boating and fishing weekends of the year on the Long Island Sound and beyond! In this week’s episode of the Bay Rats & Buoys podcast, Captain Gaige and First Mate Kory b…

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Python documentary companion pod (Interview) 1:54:19

2M ago1:54:19

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Our friends at Cult.Repo launched their epic Python documentary on August 28th, 2025! To celebrate, we sat down with Travis Oliphant –creator of NumPy, SciPy, and more– to get his perspective on how Python took over the software world. Stick around for the twist ending! We set aside Python and dissect Travis’ big idea to make open source projects f…

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Omarchy 2.0: Best Linux setup ever? (News) 7:41

2M ago7:41

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Elon Musk and xAI take on Microsoft, DHH ships version 2 of Omarchy (his love letter to Linux), Glyn Normington on managing developer’s block, Mitchell Hashimoto declares that all Ghostty contributions must disclose AI tooling, the United States government takes a 10% stake in Intel, and Adam Derewecki thinks we should do things that don’t scale, t…

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Git with your friends (remastered) (Friends) 1:47:23

2M ago1:47:23

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Our Changelog & Friends proof-of-concept with Mat Ryer has been remastered! Now with full-length video on YouTube. Originally recorded: 2023-02-08 Mat joins us for some good conversation about some Git tooling that’s been on our radar. We speculate, we discuss, we laugh, and Mat even breaks into song a few times. It’s good fun. Join the discussion …

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From Chef to System Initiative (remastered) (Interview) 2:22:30

2M ago2:22:30

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The epic show with Adam Jacob has been remastered! Now with full-length video on YouTube. Adam goes solo with Adam Jacob for an epic pod into his journey to get to System Initiative. From SysAdmin at 8 years old, to discovering Linux and working for Mom-and-pop ISPs, to open source changing his life and starting Opscode and building Chef. Buckle up…

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Hurricane Erin Storm Surge - Bluefish Tournament Weekend 44:03

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Hurricane Erin Storm Surge – Bluefish Tournament Weekend | Bay Rats & Buoys Podcast Ep. 45 Welcome back to another exciting week of the Bay Rats & Buoys fishing and boating podcast! In Episode 45, Captain Gaige broadcasts from the studio due to rain and stormy conditions as Hurricane Erin pushes a surge up the Long Island Sound. Even though we’re o…

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Cursor’s problem isn't just Cursor's problem (News) 7:37

2M ago7:37

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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 you to remote machines. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and m…

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Oxide is crossing the chasm (Friends) 1:39:58

2M ago1:39:58

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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 AI datacenter, what scaling to 50+ rack orders looks like, and more. (GitHub has no CEO and saving Intel)++ Join the discussion Cha…

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Biocomputing on human neurons (Interview) 57:21

2M ago57:21

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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 lab-grown human brain organoids connected to electrodes, the possibility to solve AI’s massive energy consumption challenge, post-…

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Offshore Tuna, Mahi & Tilefish! Bay Rats & Buoys Ep. 44 40:10

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Episode 44 – Bay Rats & Buoys Fishing & Boating Podcast | Offshore Tuna, Mahi, Tilefish & Local Harbor Wildlife We’re just 8 weeks away from the one-year anniversary of the Bay Rats & Buoys podcast, and excitement is building! In this week’s episode, Captain Gaige and First Mate Kory bring you all the latest Long Island fishing and boating news, pl…

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Open source regrets (News) 9:29

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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 copyright suit threatens Anthropic and the rest of the AI industry. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 1 mi…

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Kaizen! Pipely is LIVE (Friends) 1:11:35

2M ago1:11:35

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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. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 7 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Auth0 – The identity infrastructure for the age of AI. Built by d…

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Sharks aka The Taxman Eating Bass, Bait & Tuna 46:18

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In Episode 43 of Bay Rats and Buoys, Captain Gaige and First Mate Kory bring you another action-packed episode focused on striped bass and tuna fishing here on the North Shore of Long Island and beyond! With just 9 weeks to go until our 1-year anniversary, we’re kicking things into high gear with big announcements and even bigger fish stories. We’r…

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LIVE from Denver with Nora Jones! (Interview) 1:15:26

2M ago1:15:26

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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 human-centered engineering for years. We get into the real story behind the deal. Not just the headline, but what it’s like sellin…

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The smell of vibe coding (News) 7:33

2M ago7:33

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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 website that provides up-to-date pricing info for major LLM APIs, and Steph Ango suggests remote teams have “ramblings” channels. V…

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SO much to dig into (Friends) 1:23:48

3M ago1:23:48

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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 winning, why people are frustrated with AI, and more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 4 minutes on this episode because t…

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Mid Summer Moves, Tuna Talk & Studio Upgrades 35:27

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Bay Rats & Buoys Episode 42 – Mid-Summer Moves, Tuna Talk & Studio Upgrades! Episode 42 is here, and believe it or not—we’re just 10 weeks away from celebrating one full year of Bay Rats & Buoys! This week, we’re dodging passing storms and soaking up the cooler air after a seriously hot stretch here on Long Island. While the weather breaks, the act…

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Solving the AI energy crisis (Interview) 2:02:37

3M ago2:02:37

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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 solar, decentralized AI compute, to zombies in SF. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 2 minutes at the end of this ep…

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It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA (News) 7:48

3M ago7:48

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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 Lyton tells why he believes the future is NOT self-hosted. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support ou…

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#define: props to astronomer (Friends) 1:06:10

3M ago1:06:10

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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 thinking that they do. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 14 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join…

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Mid-July Bass, Bluefish & Bait Mule Hacks! 37:11

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Bay Rats & Buoys Ep. 41 – Mid-July Bass, Bluefish & Bait Mule Hacks! Episode 41 of Bay Rats & Buoys is coming to you straight from the deck of the boat in Huntington Harbor on a picture-perfect July day! We’ve officially crossed the mid-July mark and the fishing action is still holding strong. Water temps are ranging from 72° to 76°, and yes — the …

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Bringing Vitess to Postgres (Interview) 1:15:14

3M ago1:15:14

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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 details of Multigres (Vitess for Postgres). We also discuss the state of Postgres at scale. Join the discussion Changelog++ membe…

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Humanity has prevailed (for now!) (News) 6:47

3M ago6:47

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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 Valero switched to Python (and is liking it), and Charlie Graham thinks it’s rude to show AI output to people. View the newslette…

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Montauk Canyon Challenge Special Tournament Episode 40 30:46

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Bay Rats and Buoys Episode 40 – Montauk Canyon Challenge Special! Welcome to a special edition of Bay Rats and Buoys filmed on location at the legendary Montauk Yacht Club during the Montauk Canyon Challenge — one of the biggest tuna tournaments on the East Coast! With 85 boats entered and over $1 million in Calcutta prize money on the line, this t…

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Try harder. Ultrathink! (Friends) 1:31:46

3M ago1:31:46

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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 we might be the last generation of code monkeys. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 13 minutes at the end of thi…

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Pivoting to Retool (Interview) 1:21:57

3M ago1:21:57

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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 we cover David journey from YC to building agents for the enterprise. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 5 minutes on thi…