Open Source

Ryan welcomes John Dickerson, CEO of Mozilla.ai, to talk about the evolving landscape of AI agents, the role of open source in keeping the tech ecosystem healthy, the challenges OS communities have faced with the rise of AI, and the implications of data privacy and user choice in the age of multi-agent AI systems.

Phoebe Sajor

Travis Oliphant, creator of NumPy and SciPy, joins Ryan to explore the development of Python as a data science tool, the evolution of these foundational libraries, and the importance of community and collaboration in open-source projects, including Travis’ current work to support sustainable open-source through the OpenTeams Incubator.

Phoebe Sajor

Ryan Donovan and Ben Popper sit down with Jamie de Guerre, SVP of Product at Together AI, to discuss the evolving landscape of AI and open-source models. They explore the significance of infrastructure in AI, the differences between open-source and closed-source models, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI technology. Jamie emphasized the importance of leveraging internal data for model training and the need for transparency in AI practices.

Phoebe Sajor

Ben Popper chats with CTO Abby Kearns about how Alembic is using composite AI and lessons learned from contract tracing and epidemiology to help companies map customer journeys and understand the ROI of their marketing spend. Ben and Abby also talk about where open-source models have the edge and the challenges startups face in building trust with big companies and securing the resources they need to grow.

Eira May

Ryan welcomes Jeu George, cofounder and CEO of Orkes, to the show for a conversation about microservices orchestration. They talk through the evolution of microservices, the role of orchestration tools, and the importance of reliability in distributed systems. Their discussion also touches on the transition from open-source solutions to managed services, integration opportunities for AI agents, and the future of microservices in cloud computing.

Eira May

Ryan welcomes Tomasz Tunguz of Theory Ventures back to the podcast to talk about the intersection of AI and venture capital, the implications of AI on the labor market, and the future of AI applications.

Eira May

In March, over 1,000 developers and technologists gave us insights into what they think about open source and the role it plays with AI.

Erin Yepis

During the holidays, we’re releasing some highlights from a year full of conversations with developers and technologists. Enjoy! We’ll see you in 2025.

Eira May

Today’s guest is Jonathan Schneider, co-founder and CEO of Moderne and creator of OpenRewrite, an open-source automated refactoring ecosystem for source code built to help developers eliminate tech debt. He tells Ben and Ryan about the challenges of automatic refactoring, how Java continues to evolve, and what kind of impact tech debt has on software development. Jonathan also describes the transition from open-source project to startup, why clean code is so important, and the role AI plays for developers right now.

Eira May

Tom Occhino, now Chief Product Officer at Vercel, tells Ben about how he contributed to the development of React at Facebook and the contentious decision to make React open-source. They also talk about what community feedback has been like on Next.js 15, Vercel’s GenAI web development tool, and how Vercel is rethinking IDEs.

Eira May

Ben and Ryan talk to Scott McCarty, Global Senior Principal Product Manager for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, about the intersection between LLMs (large language models) and open source. They discuss the challenges and benefits of open-source LLMs, the importance of attribution and transparency, and the revolutionary potential for LLM-driven applications. They also explore the role of LLMs in code generation, testing, and documentation.

Eira May

Temporal is an open-source project focused on durable execution and workflow orchestration. Cofounder and CTO Maxim Fateev tells Ben and Ryan about the challenges of building a cloud service based on an open-source project and how Temporal is helping teams simplify their code and build more features more quickly.

Eira May

Dr. Richard Hipp, creator of SQLite, shares how he taught himself to program, the challenges he faced in creating SQLite, and the importance of testing and maintaining the software for long-term support.

Eira May

In the wake of the XZ backdoor, Ben and Ryan unpack the security implications of relying on open-source software projects maintained by small teams. They also discuss the open-source nature of Linux, the high cost of education in the US, the value of open-source contributions for job seekers, and what Apple is up to AI-wise.

Eira May

The home team chats about machine learning and its applications beyond the hot topic of GenAI, what it means for models to unlearn data, the future of open source, and new frontiers in game development.

Eira May

Ben and Ryan talk to Rob Skillington, CTO and co-founder of Chronosphere. They talk about how build vs. buy is a false choice, lessons learned from building developer tooling at Uber, and why building developer tools needs more than technical skills.

Ryan Donovan

This is part two of our conversation with Kubernetes project cofounder Craig McLuckie, whose new company helps developers build safer software by validating where code came from and that it’s been properly maintained.

Eira May

Ben and Ryan chat with Craig McLuckie, co-founder of the Kubernetes project and cofounder/CEO of Stacklok, which helps developers and open-source communities build safer, more secure software.

Eira May

A business wouldn’t take its product development for granted, so why would you neglect the OSS community that’s fundamental to the project’s very existence?

Mike Donovan

Pierre-Étienne Meunier, creator and lead developer of open-source version control system Pijul, joins the home team to talk about version control, functional programming, and why OCaml is a source of French national pride.

Eira May

Juan Linietsky, cofounder and lead developer of the Godot Engine, joins the home team for a conversation about what led him to create an open-source game engine, how open source is shaping game development, and the well-worn path from playing video games to learning to build them. 

Eira May

We face larger than life challenges in our world. Maybe open source's wisdom of the crowds can help solve them.

Ritika Puri

In complex systems, you usually want to minimize chaos. Unless you're trying to find weak spots. In that case, chaos is your friend.

Ryan Donovan

Everything you need to know about monorepos — and the tools to build them.

Eira May