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Listened to Decipher Podcast: Dan Lorenc Returns
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Dan Lorenc, co-founder and CEO of Chainguard, joins Dennis Fisher to dig into the recent XZ Utils backdoor incident, the implications for the open source ecosystem, and what can be done to avoid similar incidents in the future. Then they discuss the problems facing NIST’s National Vulnerability Database and the CVE ecosystem.

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Listened to On-call was just the beginning—reflecting on Q1 2024 at incident.io by The Debrief by incident.io
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Q1 2024 is officially behind us. So we figured that it was a great time for a bit of reflection on the exciting start to the year. In this episode, we sit down with our founders, Stephen, Chris, and Pete, to get a bit of perspective on how the last three months played out. We chat about On-call, our AI launch, and the hundreds of other features, bug fixes, and bits of polish and delight that we've shipped over the last 12 weeks. We also chat about the state of the company as a whole, our growth, and ultimately what's on the horizon.

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Listened to A RedMonk Conversation: Engaging with Developers on Hacker News (With Dan Moore) | PodServe.fm
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Join RedMonk analysts James Governor and Kate Holterhoff as they chat with Dan Moore about Hacker News, the social news website for developers. This conversation digs into significant questions concerning this network that include not only what makes it unique, but also the special sauce that makes developers flock there. Moore suggests strategies for vendors hoping to successfully engage this community, and more general best practices for becoming involved. This RedMonk Conversation was originally published in video form on March 28, 2024.

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Listened to #72 - Give People What They Came For, with Jerod Santo
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Today I got the pleasure to chat with Jerod Santo, the Managing Editor at Changelog Media. Picture this – a podcast that not only uncovers the intricacies of Jerod's career but also shares some unconventional lessons learned from his work. From navigating the ever-evolving tech landscape to spearheading Changelog, Jerod brings a wealth of experience that transcends your typical engineer expectations and taps into the heart of what it means to build a sustainable developer community.

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Listened to Going Open Source at Convex with James Cowling - Software Engineering Daily by SEDaily 
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Convex is a serverless backend platform to simplify fullstack application development. Its underlying database is written in Rust, and it uses TypeScript to integrate with reactive UI frameworks. The platform is growing, which has presented new reasons to make the code open source, and Convex recently released the source code for a self-managed version of

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Listened to Navigating Node.js Security: A Conversation with Matteo Collina by Schalk Neethling 
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In a riveting episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, host Schalk Neethling welcomed Matteo Collina, a luminary in the Node.js community whose work has amassed over 22 billion downloads on npm in 2023 for the various open source modules he maintains. This episode was not just a deep dive into the technical intricacies of Node.js but also an enlightening discourse on the security landscape, community engagement, and the future of back-end development with the introduction of Platformatic. Here's a closer look at the discussions that made this episode a must-listen for developers.

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Listened to Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools | The 404 Media Podcast
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Listen to Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools from The 404 Media Podcast. Tumblr and WordPress are set to sell posts to OpenAI and Midjourney. And cops are wearing body cameras in libraries. In this episode, Jason, Sam, and Emanuel try to explain what it means for OpenAI and Midjourney to scrape Tumblr's posts, broader chaos at the company, and whether AI is going to run out of things to ingest. Then we talk about the war on libraries, which is taking place all over the country.

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Listened to Ep. 1: How heroes kill culture by Always an Engineer
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In this episode, Asim Razzaq defines what is toxic heroism in the field of software engineering. Many engineers do not see this trait, and for Asim, it is important that he shows how this trait manifests and how it could affect the performance and output of a company on a long-term basis. [01:37] Problem of Hero Hailing Engineers [02:50] Why it gets Toxic [03:17] Asim’s Experience [07:18] Solution Going Against Morale While it is important to credit engineers for all the daily tasks and solutions they provide for companies, it is still important to check in on them and see if these little success stories aren’t going to their head. When someone is afflicted by a “toxic hero” state of mind, they’d often take shortcuts or rely on small and temporary wins, these achievements are materialized externally to a point that how they think is always right. This, in return, creates a bad environment for colleagues who may be discouraged to work as a team or craft new ideas to solutions, which may not be aligned with the aforementioned “hero's” point of view. Taking a Step Back When you feel like these wins are getting to your head or if you notice that your colleagues are no longer contributing ideas to your group huddles, then it is definitely time to take a self-evaluation on whether or not you are creating a toxic hero environment for your workplace. The sooner you identify these signs, the better it is to help reconnect with your team. Got questions or suggestions for future episodes? Just visit www.alwaysanengineer.org

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Listened to It's not always DNS with Paul Vixie (contributor to DNS protocol design) (Changelog Interviews #581)
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This week we’re talking about DNS with Paul Vixie — Paul is well known for his contributions to DNS and agrees with Adam on having a “love/hate relationship with DNS.” We discuss the limitations of current DNS technologies and the need for revisions to support future internet scale, the challenges in doing that. Paul s...

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Listened to The Story Graph - CoRecursive Podcast by Adam Gordon Bell 
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Whenever I work on a side project, I can't help but daydream of it taking off in a big way. For today's guests, something like that did happen. When Nadia started building her side project, she didn't know that it would end up spreading virally. She didn't know that it would end up competing with an Amazon product. She didn't... […]

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Listened to Leaving LinkedIn - CoRecursive Podcast by Adam Gordon Bell 
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What if your dedication to doing things right clashed with your company's fast pace? Chris Krycho faced this very question at LinkedIn. His journey was marked by challenges: from the nuances of remote work to the struggle of influencing company culture, and a critical incident that put his principles to the test against the company's push for speed.Chris's story highlights... […]

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Listened to Cup o' Go | Gleefully announcing new releases and projects from around the 🌌 GopherVerse & GopherJS interview with Grant Nelson
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🛡️ Security updates coming on TuesdayGo 1.22.1 & 1.21.8google.golang.org/protobuf and github.com/google/protobuf🧀 Open proposal: use SwissTable to improve hash map performanceRelated releasesGopherJS 1.19 beta1 with Go 1.19 support (w/o generics)TinyGo 0.31.0 with Go 1.22 supportAround the...

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Listened to Introducing incident.io On-call by The Debrief by incident.io
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This is on-call as it should be. The secret's out. The world can finally know. incident.io On-call is here. Naturally, a lot of you may be wondering: why and why now. So to help answer those questions, we sat down with Chris and Pete, two of our co-founders here at incident.io to get a bit of background on this project: What exactly went into it? What were we hoping to solve for? How are we addressing the pain points around being on call? And most importantly, how are we stacking up against the incumbents in our space? This episode will not only get you excited about this huge week, it'll get you pumped for what's ahead for on-call. Learn more about on-call here: https://incident.io/oncall

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Listened to Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda | A deep-dive on the Thoughtworks Tech Radar | Rebecca Parsons, Camilla Crispim, Erik Dörnenburg (Thoughtworks)
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In this episode, Abi has a fascinating conversation with Rebecca Parsons, ThoughtWorks's CTO, Camilla Crispim, and Erik Dörnenburg on the ThoughtWorks Tech Radar. The trio begins with an overview of Tech Radar and its history before delving into the intricate process of creating each report...