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Listened to Weighing open source project funding options, from taxes to anarchy | IT Ops Query by PodBean Development 
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Justin Warren is founder and principal analyst at PivotNine, a technology consulting and analyst firm based in Melbourne, Australia. Until 2023, he was a board member at Electronic Frontiers Australia, a non-profit national organization representing Internet users. At KubeCon North America last year, he asked a press conference panel of enterprise IT leaders what they were doing to compensate open source maintainers "so they don't starve to death."A self-described "filthy socialist," Warren favors a tax or tax-like system for funding open source libraries that are widely used but not full-fledged products -- especially when the alternative is an offer from a malicious actor maintainers can't refuse. Together, Warren and Beth explore various approaches to shoring up the maintenance, security and sustainability of open source software and discuss the future outlook for the industry in this episode.

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Listened to Why speed of iteration made buying incident.io the right choice with John Paris of Skyscanner by The Debrief by incident.io
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This week, we're sharing an extra special episode. It's no secret that the decision to buy or build isn't exactly a straightforward one. And the decision you make can be influenced by a ton of factors. But the fact is that in some instances, buying can make more sense than building, and in others, building can make more sense than buying. In this episode, you'll hear from John Paris, Principal Engineer at Skyscanner, to get the story behind their build versus buy journey. Joining him as the host for this episode is none other than the CPO of incident IO, Chris Evans. In their conversation, Chris and John discuss Skyscanner's setup before adopting incident.io, what life has been like after adopting the platform, and a whole lot more.

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Listened to Open Source Security Podcast: Episode 429 - The autonomy of open source developers
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and talk about open source and autonomy. This is even related to some recent return to office news. The conversation weaves between a few threads, but fundamentally there's some questions about why do people do what they do, especially in the world of open source. This also is a problem we see in security, security people love to tell developers what to do. Developers don't like being told what to do. Show Notes

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Listened to Emily Fox, Red Hat | IT Ops Query by PodBean Development 
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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.

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Listened to "Tiffany Haddish Returns" on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
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<p>Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish feels exuberated about being Conan O’Brien’s 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>

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Listened to What to Say to a New Developer with Dan Moore | Ep. 19
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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.

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Listened to Bruce Perens, Post-Open | IT Ops Query by PodBean Development 
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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.