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Elasticsearch and doubling down on "open" (Interview) Apr 11, 2018

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Philipp Krenn joined the show to talk with us about Elasticsearch, the problem it solves, where it came from, and where it’s at today. We discussed the query language, what it can be compared to, whether or not it’s a database replacement or a database complement, Elasticsearch vs Elastic the company.

We also talked about the details behind Elastic’s plan of “doubling down on open” to open up X-Pack, which is open code paid add-on features to Elasticsearch. We discussed the implications of this on their business model, and what changes will take place at the code and license level on GitHub.

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Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Podcast topic: Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch - RESTful, Distributed Search & Analytics
Elasticsearch on GitHub
Doubling down on open
Elastic License
We’re opening X-Pack
Doubling Down on Open: Shay Banon on Opening the Code of X-Pack
Go Time #48: Restic and backups (done right)
Handling Relationships - Elasticsearch docs
Theory Behind Relevance Scoring - Elasticsearch docs
Papertrail
Google Summer of Code
Third party CSS is not safe

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Winamp2 JS (Interview) Apr 06, 2018

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Jordan Eldredge joined the show to talk with us about Winamp2-js — a reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and Javascript. For many of our listeners, talking about Winamp may bring to mind some extreme nostalgia about the internet of the past … and it’s certainly that way for Jerod and I. Jordan started this project in 2014 and it’s what ultimately got the attention of some folks at Facebook, where he now works on Nuclide.

We shared stories about Winamp back in the day, actually listening to music as an mp3, the technical hurdles and learning Jordan has experienced, skinning it, playlists, making it a frontend for Spotify – which is so ironic to actually say. Also, Jerod has been hacking it via livestream on Twitch to add it as an alternate audio player on Changelog.com.

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Follow us on Twitch
Winamp2-js
A reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in HTML5 and Javascript
Winamp hardware device mockup
Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself
Butterchurn visualizer
Nuclide - A single package on top of Atom to provide hackability and the support of an active community.
UrlMe.me - Make memes anywhere you can type a URL

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That's it. This is the finale! (Interview) Mar 30, 2018

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We’re rebroadcasting the finale episode of the beloved Request For Commits. But don’t worry, The Changelog will be back with new episodes next week. In this finale episode of Request For Commits, we regroup to discuss the podcast from its start to its finish, lessons learned, community impact, and where the conversations around open source sustainability are taking place, now and in the future. It’s the end of Request For Commits, but the conversations we’ve had will continue on The Changelog. We also have some guest-host appearances for Nadia and Mikeal planned in the near future on this podcast. So, stay tuned.

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Nadia Eghbal – GitHub, X
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Automated dependency updates (Interview) Mar 23, 2018

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Rhys Arkins joined the show to talk about automating dependency updates using Renovate. Renovate is an open source tool to keep source code dependencies up-to-date using automated Pull Requests. We talked about who’s using it, the languages and environments that are supported, self-hosted vs SaaS and how that plays into supporting this open source, auto-merging, being a GitHub App and in the GitHub Marketplace, and building this as a business on someone else’s platform.

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renovateapp.com - Automated dependency updates. Flexible, so you don’t need to be.
renovateapp/renovate
Install Renovate on GitHub
Renovate on GitHub Marketplace

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Live coding open source on Twitch (Interview) Mar 16, 2018

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Suz Hinton joined the show to talk about live coding open source on Twitch. We talk about how she got interested in Twitch, her goals and aspirations for live streaming, the work she’s doing in open source, Twitch for open source, how you and others can get started — and maybe some other fun stuff we have in the works at Changelog.

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Truffle framework and decentralized Ethereum apps (Interview) Mar 13, 2018

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Tim Coulter joined the show to talk about Truffle — a development environment, testing framework, and asset pipeline for Ethereum. We talked with Tim about how he got into Ethereum and dapp development, Solidity vs JavaScript, smart contract testing, EthPM which is like npm but for Ethereum, Why decentralization? Why dapps? Basically, why rebuild the internet? And last but not least - who’s using Truffle and what have they built with it?

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ConsenSys Labs
Truffle Suite - Your Ethereum Swiss Army Knife
Docs: Choosing an Ethereum client
Truffle Boxes - helpful boilerplates that allow you to focus on what makes your dapp unique
Truffle tutorials
Truffle stats dashboard
Ganache - Quickly fire up a personal Ethereum blockchain which you can use to run tests, execute commands, and inspect state while controlling how the chain operates.
ethpm (Ethereum Package Management)
Drizzle: Reactive Ethereum data for front-ends
ConsenSys on Gitter

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JavaScript sprinkles in Basecamp turned Stimulus (Interview) Mar 06, 2018

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David Heinemeier Hansson joined the show to share the story of how JavaScript sprinkles in Basecamp evolved into a full-fledged framework called Stimulus. We talked about ins and outs of Basecamp as it is today, Ruby, JavaScript and David’s somewhat new found love for that language. How they open source because they can. And David’s new YouTube series called “On Writing Software Well”.

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Stimulus homepage and the source on GitHub
Stimulus 1.0
Turbolinks
Watch the proposition of Turbolinks if you haven’t yet
David’s thoughts on the majestic monolith

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We couldn’t afford an Oculus so we built one (Interview) Feb 23, 2018

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Max Coutté joined the show to share his journey of learning the math and programming required to build an open source Oculus headset for $100. Max is 16 and lives in a small village in France. And one day he and his friends decided to built an Oculus headset because they couldn’t afford one. This show takes you through Max’s journey, how his teacher (aka Sensei) made all the difference, and how the chief architect at Oculus, Atman Binstock, advised him to make it all open source.

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Google Cloud Platform Podcast – Google Cloud Platform Podcast is where Google developer advocates Melanie Warrick and Mark Mandel answer questions, get in the weeds and talk to GCP teams, customers, and partners about best practices—from security to machine learning and more. Hear from technologists all across Google about trends and cool things happening with our technology.
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Maxime Coutté – Website, GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

“I’m 16, I’m all alone in France, and I just want to recreate a virtual world like they have in my favorite animes.” – Max Coutté

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Moore's Law and High Performance Computing (Interview) Feb 16, 2018

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Todd Gamblin, a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, joined us to talk about Moore’s Law, his work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the components of a micro-chip, and High Performance Computing.

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Todd Gamblin – GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

The Changelog #267: Functional Programming with Eric Normand
If you’re a fan of Request For Commits, you can hear Todd on episode #13
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - High Performance Computing
Dennard scaling
Brain Chip - a brain-inspired computer by IBM
What is NIF (National Ignition Facility)?
Spack - flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers
Slurm Workload Manager
Lustre file system - open-source, parallel file system for HPC simulation environments
Enterprise Linux

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Devhints - TL;DR for Developer Documentation (Interview) Feb 09, 2018

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Rico Sta. Cruz joined us to talk about his project Devhints (cheatsheets for developers). There are more than 365 cheatsheets you can contribute to and it’s open source. We talked about the design, technical implementation, community, alternate interfaces like the command line. We also talked about RSJS, RSCSS, and Docpress.

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Rico Sta. Cruz – GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

“You have to sell what it is you’re building in your documentation. It’s not just describing what it is and how to use it. It’s about telling interesting stories.” - Rico Sta. Cruz

Thanks to kzap for suggesting this show
Devhints reminds us of cheat from @defunkt
We talked about rsjs and rscss
Huge thanks to @chris48s and everyone else for their contributions and support of our transcripts
Docpress

Building a Modern Web UI by Rico Sta. Cruz at CSSConf.Asia 2014
The modular future of CSS by Rico Sta. Cruz at Manila.js
RSCSS: Writing CSS without losing your sanity

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