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Software's best weekly news brief, deep technical interviews & talk show.

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Publishes	Daily	Episodes	1011	Founded	17 years ago
Number of Listeners		Category	Technology

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Latest Episodes

From open source hits to OpenAI (Interview)

This week I’m talking with Max Stoiber, currently working on ChatGPT’s plugin directory and app platform at OpenAI. We discuss the hundreds of open source projects nobody remembers alongside the big ones like react-boilerplate and styled-components, ... more

5 Jun 2026 • 1 hr 46 min • Most popular

MCP on Code Mode (Interview)

This week I’m talking with Matt Carey about Code Mode and how most of us have been thinking about MCP all wrong. Matt works on the Agents SDK and MCP at Cloudflare — we discuss how server-side Code Mode lets one MCP server expose all ~2,500 Cloudflar... more

15 May 2026 • 1 hr 54 min

Automation at the speed of Swamp (Friends)

This week I’m talking with Adam Jacob, founder of System Initiative and creator of Swamp, about what happens when AI agents change the entire shape of software development. We discuss how he went from an 18-person team down to five and shipped Swamp ... more

13 May 2026 • 2 hrs 26 min

Bitwarden CLI compromised (News)

Bitwarden’s CLI got hit by the Checkmarx supply-chain campaign, TypeScript 7.0 beta lands with the Go-rewritten compiler running ~10x faster than 6.0, and pgBackRest lost its maintainer of thirteen years leaving anyone running production Postgres wit... more

29 Apr 2026 • 8 min

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Recent Guests

Michael Greenwich

Founder and CEO of Work OS

Work OS

Episode: From open source hits to OpenAI (Interview)

Max Stoiber

Founding engineer and creator of Spectrum and style components; later involved with Stellate and OpenAI

OpenAI (ChatGPT plugin directory), Stellate, Spectrum

Episode: From open source hits to OpenAI (Interview)

Matt Carey

Cloudflare engineer working on agents and MCP

Cloudflare

Episode: MCP on Code Mode (Interview)

Nicky Pike

Field CTO for Coder

Coder

Episode: MCP on Code Mode (Interview)

Alex Kretschmar

Executive at Tailscale

Tailscale

Episode: MCP on Code Mode (Interview)

Amelia Wattenberger

Designer, data viz veteran, ex-GitHub Next, now designing intent at Augment Code

Augment Code

Episode: Exploring with agents (Interview)

Dan Mangus

Co-founder and CEO of RWX

RWX

Episode: Exploring with agents (Interview)

David Carney

Co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer at Tailscale

Tailscale

Episode: From Tailnet to platform (Interview)

Chris Kelly

A technology advocate and creator at Augment Code

Augment Code

Episode: Finale & Friends (Friends)

Hosts

Adam Stacoviak

Co-host and editor-in-chief with long-running involvement in the show's production and direction; frequently referenced as a core host across the series.

Jerod Santo

Co-host known for steering interviews and discussions with guests across the software and open source landscape.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars from 832 ratings

Not sure this is the first time ive heard a human read out AI text but certainly the first time its been painfully obvious. Maybe still listenable if you skip the slop news episodes but not for me
Podcast Addict
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shuffles
3 months ago
Excellent content
Podcast Addict
5
Gump
4 months ago
Used to cover interesting but has now become the mouthpiece for AI companies.
Podcast Addict
2
zkry
a year ago
incredibly valuable for today's tech entrepreneurs
I love how this show gets to the heart of the matter - how can we move quickly to build our businesses with IT? There is no superfluous marketing nor false advertising. Just brutal honest advice from people who have already achieved success!
Apple Podcasts
5
IgorGanapolsky123
United Statesa year ago
Worth the price of admission!
When it comes to the software scene, Adam & Jerod have you covered!
Apple Podcasts
5
jerodsanto
United Statesa year ago

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Apple Podcasts	#213	United States/Technology
Apple Podcasts	#190	United Kingdom/Technology
Apple Podcasts	#225	Canada/Technology
Apple Podcasts	#170	France/Technology
Apple Podcasts	#23	United Arab Emirates/Technology
Apple Podcasts	#44	Spain/Technology

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From open source hits to OpenAI (Interview)

Q: How did Spectrum evolve into a company and what led to the acquisition by GitHub?

Spectrum started as a passion project born from a need for a public, searchable community platform that felt like real-time Slack but lived on the open web. It grew with the help of Style Components and React Boilerplate, and, after experimenting with business models, it became clear that a standalone venture wasn't viable. This led to an acquisition by GitHub, with Spectrum's team and technology transitioning into GitHub Discussions, while other pieces of the business found a new home.

Building the machine that builds the machine (Interview)

Q: Where do you see reinvention coming from for building the machine that builds the machine?

All of the above paths will occur on different timelines: teams creating bespoke internal tooling, vendors delivering agent-enabled platforms, and large model providers evolving their tooling; over time, these capabilities will converge as platforms mature and offer broader, safer agent-enabled functionality.

Opus 4.5 changed everything (Interview)

Q: What sparked this idea of discussing Opus 4.5?

Burke mentioned a post he shared indicating that Opus 4.5 would change everything, correlating it with the major developments in AI during the holiday season.

Setting Docker Hardened Images free (Interview)

Q: What did adoption look like back in May, and then what's it look like since then?

Adoption saw good traction early on, with many enterprises expressing interest in the security guarantees provided by Docker Hardened Images.

Setting Docker Hardened Images free (Interview)

Q: What do I gain by switching to a Docker-hardened image and what do I potentially lose?

You gain security and reduced vulnerabilities, but might face challenges with usability and package accessibility.

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