Written by In this week’s episode, we explore the journey of Alejandro Aspinwall, a Frontend Engineer at Amazon. You’ll hear how Alejandro began his career deeply immersed in the world of music and what led him to transition to the world of tech. He emphasizes the importance of adaptability in his career shift and provides insights into […]
Software engineering book recommendations The following is a list of software engineering books I’ve read that I felt had a strong and lasting positive impact on my career. It’s not a list of everything I enjoyed (that would be impossible to list down), but rather a special list of resources that taught/helped me so much […]
Jan 11th 2024 FLOSS Weekly Continues at Hackaday Hackaday is the new home of FLOSS Weekly Although the show is no longer in production at TWiT, you can enjoy episodes from our archives. Source link
Have you ever seen “preachings” like these in the wild west of Twitter, Medium, and LinkedIn? “If you’re not using X in 2023 you’re an idiot!” “XYZ architecture is the only way to go!” “Doing X in Swift? Stop immediately!” Humans’ obsession with dividing things into groups is not unknown to psychology. The ability to […]
Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Dan Lynch, Simon Phipps, and Leo Laporte gather to celebrate the final victory of free software and open source—and the final FLOSS Weekly as well. Hosts: Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Dan Lynch, and Simon Phipps Guest: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project […]
ChatGPT has become an important part of my daily software engineering work, so I thought it would be interesting to share what exactly I’ve been using it for in case you’re wondering how to use it to improve your productivity. Use-case 1: I don’t know what I’m looking for I find that Google tends to […]
Adam Jacob talks with Doc Searls and Shawn Powers about making money in open source, based on his long experience with Chef, System Initiative, and other development communities that are also businesses. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot’s […]
Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett go deep into what’s happening in the fediverse with Evan Prodromou, the co-creator of ActivityPub, the open protocol behind Mastodon and other truly social networks on the Internet. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to […]
For the most part, I think that software engineers, developers, programmers, coders — call ’em whatever you like — all tend to share an important trait — curiosity. Yes, even the jaded cynics with a decades-long career behind them. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but when it comes to those of us who write […]
Doc Searls and Dan Lynch explore long-standing ethical and technical imperatives of the free software and open source movements, and the wild new challenges they face in an age of AI that is still just beginning. Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email […]