The Changelog
Hosted by Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo
Conversations with the hackers, leaders, and innovators of the software world. The Changelog covers open source, software development, and the people behind the code. Running since 2009.
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Long-form conversations with open source creators and maintainers. Warm, curious hosts who let guests tell their stories. 60-90 minutes. Strong community connection.
Episodes
Jerod Santo retires from The Changelog. Adam and Jerod reflect on 15 years of conversations with the open source community and what comes next.
Tailscale co-founder David Carney discusses TSIDP, TSNet, multiple tailnets, and Aperture — the future of zero-trust networking.
Techno Tim joins to discuss homelab in 2026: hardware is scarce and expensive due to the AI gold rush, but self-hosting software has never been better.
Damien Tanner, founder of Pusher and now Layercode, discusses the seismic shift in software development and why SaaS is dying.
Tushar Jain from Docker discusses Hardened Images — Docker's push into security-focused container images for enterprise and regulated industries.
Dan Abramov discusses the AT Protocol (Bluesky) as a social filesystem — a decentralized protocol that lets users own their social data and move between applications.
Bryan Cantrill and Steve Tuck of Oxide Computer discuss building integrated hardware-software infrastructure for on-premises cloud computing. Live from OxCon.
Nicholas Zakas reflects on 10 years of ESLint: the challenges of maintaining a critical open source tool, the evolution of the JavaScript ecosystem, and the future of linting in an AI era.
Armin Ronacher discusses his journey from creating Flask and Jinja2 to leading engineering at Sentry, and how observability changes in the AI era.
Ethan McCue shares advanced Postgres patterns showing how the database can replace specialized tools for queues, full-text search, vector storage, and more.
Jerod and Adam interview the Docker team about how containerization is evolving in the age of AI. How Docker is adapting to AI-native development workflows and why developer experience is the new competitive moat.
Lea Verou discusses the state of web dependencies, arguing that the JavaScript ecosystem's dependency culture creates fragile software and supply chain risks.
Zipline co-founder Keenan Wyrobek discusses their autonomous drone delivery system, now delivering medical supplies, food, and packages across multiple countries.
The open source funding crisis: critical infrastructure maintained by volunteers, corporate free-riding, and emerging models for sustainability.
How AI is changing open source: AI-generated contributions, automated code review, and the question of whether AI-written code belongs in open source projects.
Adam and Jerod speak with Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert about whether the open web is dying, the creator economy, ads versus subscriptions, CodePens future, and how social networks devaluing links threatens the web.