The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source - Welcome to The Changelog (Interview)

Episode Date: March 30, 2020

The Changelog is deep discussions in & around the world of software... and it's been going for over a decade. We talk to hackers, like Chris Anderson from 3D Robotics... leaders, like Devon Zuegel) from GitHub... and innovators, like Amal Hussein... Welcome to The Changelog! Please listen to an episode from our catalog that interests you and subscribe today. We'd love to have you with us.

The Change Log is deep discussions in and around the world of software, and it's been going for over a decade. We interview hackers like Chris Anderson from 3D Robotics. At the time, drones were like predators and global hawks and military industrial, and they were classified and super, you know, $10 billion things. And we had just built a drone with Lego pieces around the dining room table programmed by a nine-year-old. And it's like, okay, that should not be possible.

When a nine-year-old can do something that is classified, that literally export control it as munition with Lego, with toy pieces, something important in this world has changed. Leaders like Devin Zugal from GitHub. In the 10 to 15-year range or 20-year range, what I would really like is for if you have three 12-year-olds hanging out, and one of them's like, I want to be a firefighter. Another one's like, I want to be a lawyer. I want one of them to say that I want to be an open-source developer. And innovators like Amal Hussain.

I've yet to kind of see applications at scale that don't use multiple languages, that don't have just arcane stories behind why this weirdo thing exists, you know? Like, all right, when you open this file, you're going to have to turn around three times and tap your nose once. Like, it's just the most hilarious stories, you know? But applications are living, breathing. They have craft. It's normal.

So I want to normalize weirdness because that's just how applications evolve over time. Welcome to The Change Log. Please listen to an episode from our catalog that interests you and subscribe today. We'd love to have you with us.