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The GitHub Podcast
GitHub
54 episodes
This is the GitHub podcast, a show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories and culture in and around the developer community on GitHub.
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Stacked PRs, Ghost Merges, and the Merge Box: Inside GitHub's Biggest Pull Request Change in Years
Cassidy and Andrea are joined by Sameen Karim, Senior Product Manager at GitHub, to dig into stacked pull requests, GitHub's newly launched (and long-requested) way to break large changes into a linked chain of small,…
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Tiny Wins for Maintainers: PR Limits, the "AI Slop" Problem, and Rating Repos with Copilot
Cassidy and GPS are joined by Camilla Moraes, a product manager on GitHub's Maintainer Love (aka Tiny Wins) team, to talk about how the team finds and ships small, high-impact fixes for open source maintainers. Camilla…
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AI Hot Takes: Should You Read the Code, Is RAG Dead, and Did Skills Kill MCP?
Cassidy and GPS dive into a round of AI hot takes to separate the extreme, engagement-bait opinions from the actual nuance. They debate whether developers still need to read AI-generated code, why “jobs won't hire you…
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Decoding the New AI Lingo: Loops, Harnesses, Squads, and Hill Climbing
In today’s episode, Cassidy, Marlene, and GPS tackle the ever-growing pile of new AI and agent terminology that's popped up seemingly overnight. They break down loop engineering (designing systems that prompt your…
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Welcome back to The GitHub Podcast!
The GitHub Podcast is back for Season 2! In the season opener, Cassidy Williams is joined by co-hosts Marlene Mhangami and GPS Peña-Siguenza. The trio revisits their favorite moments from Season 1, including Keeley…
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Tiny Wins, Big Impact: Accessibility, MCP, and the Future of Open Source at GitHub
In this year-in-review episode of The GitHub Podcast, Cassidy and Abby are joined by Helen Hou-Sandí, GitHub’s engineering manager for the Accessibility Engineering team and lead developer in the WordPress project.…
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LIVE from GitHub Universe: Inside the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund
In this episode guest host Greg Cochran from the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund brings together four maintainers who are helping secure the open source projects we all depend on: Christian (Log4j/Log4Shell), Carlos…
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LIVE from GitHub Universe: Angie Jones on Goose, MCP, and the Real-World Future of AI Agents
Abby sits down with Angie Jones, VP of Engineering at Block, live at GitHub Universe to talk about Goose, Block’s open source AI agent and reference implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Angie shares how…
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LIVE from GitHub Universe: Privacy-First Smart Homes with Frenck from Home Assistant
In this episode, recorded live at GitHub Universe 2025, Andrea sits down with Frank “Frenck” Nijhof, a GitHub Star and project lead for Home Assistant, one of the most active open source projects on the platform. They…
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TypeScript’s Takeover, AI’s Lift-Off: Inside the 2025 Octoverse Report
Andrea and Kedasha sit down with data whisperer Jeff Luszcz, one of the wizards behind GitHub’s annual Octoverse report, to unpack this year’s biggest shifts. They get into why TypeScript overtook Python on GitHub, how…
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From Log4Shell to the Sovereign Tech Fund: Lessons in Open Source Sustainability
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby sits down with Felix Reda, Director of Developer Policy at GitHub, and Christian Grobmeier, a longtime Log4J maintainer, to reflect on the aftermath of the Log4Shell…
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Mike McQuaid on the Greatest Lessons He’s Learned in Over 16 Years at Homebrew
Homebrew’s project lead Mike McQuaid joins Abby and Andrea to unpack what it really takes to sustain one of the most-used developer tools on macOS and Linux. From early GitHub workflows to today’s automation and…
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Making Desktop Frameworks More Accessible with Electron
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby and Kedasha are joined by Keeley Hammond, a longtime maintainer of the Electron project. They explore the inner workings of one of the most widely used open source desktop…
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Building Tools and the Future of DIY Development
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy and Kedasha explore the rise of personal software tools built by developers for themselves, and shared with the world through open source. From command line apps to…
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The Joy of Developer Education with CodeTV
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy, Abby, and Andrea are joined by developer advocate, educator, and creator of CodeTV, Jason Lengstorf. They uncover Jason’s journey through open source, from live coding…
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Unlocking the Power of MCP
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy, Abby and Kedasha discuss the Model Context Protocol (MCP), its significance in the open source community, and how it enhances productivity and transparency in AI tools.…
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Meet the GitHub Podcast hosts
In this premiere episode of the GitHub podcast, hosts Cassidy, Abby and Kedasha introduce themselves and share their personal journeys into the world of open source. They discuss the importance of community in open…
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This is the GitHub Podcast
Welcome to the GitHub podcast, a show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub. Hosted by GitHub’s own Cassidy Williams, Abby Cabunoc Mayes, and…
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Powering public goods
In this episode of The ReadME Podcast, hosts Neha Batra and Martin Woodward look back on their growth and learnings from the past season, from pronunciation struggles to hosting highs. Next, they share a fun story…
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(De)coding conventions
Programming languages are always in flux, and so is the way we use them. In this episode, we dive into the rise of TypeScript, with The ReadME Project’s Senior Editor Mike Melanson outlining its history and evolution.…
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Bridging code and community
The influence of open source extends well beyond code. In this episode, we dive into the less-explored areas of the open source community, spotlighting their profound and wide-ranging impact. With host Neha Batra away…
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Kelsey Hightower—Present
In this bonus episode, we hear from Kubernetes superstar Kelsey Hightower. Diving into crucial elements like empathy in maintainership, succession planning, and the identification of future leaders, hosts Martin…
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The open/closed equilibrium
This month, we consider the evolution of openness in open source. The ReadME Project’s Senior Editor, Mike Melanson joins hosts Martin and Neha to discuss expert advice on why “closed to contributions” sometimes makes…
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Fusing tech and progress
This month we’re exploring quantum leaps in technology—then, now, and what devs can do today to prepare for tomorrow. The hosts welcome Klint Finley, Senior Editor of The ReadME Project, to discuss the role that open…
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Innovation without barriers
Here’s what’s in store for this episode: • 00:00 - The hosts hear from Ed Summers, GitHub’s head of accessibility, about the meaning of disability and accessibility and why it's important to involve everyone in…
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Co-maintaining openness
Here’s what’s in store for this episode: • 00:00 - The hosts discuss how to impress and win over the heart of a developer in your life. • 02:30 - First Commit: How India built the PARAM 8000 supercomputer. • 06:07 -…
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
Here’s what’s in store for this episode: 00:00 - Martin and Neha share how they spent the holiday break and discuss New Year's resolutions. 02:25 - First Commit: The story of TIME magazine naming the computer…
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Let the games begin
Here’s what’s in store for this episode: 00:00 - Neha and Martin discuss the return of social norms and the childhood video games they remember best. 03:38 - First Commit: The hosts share the origin story of the…
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Cue the command line
Here’s what’s in store for this episode: 00:00 - The hosts discuss GitHub Universe and highlight some of their favorite sessions. 02:30 - First Commit: Neha and Martin discuss the US presidential election of November…
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Code like it’s 1995
Here’s what’s in store for this episode: • 00:00 - Intro: The hosts discuss AI image generators and draw parallels with GitHub’s pair programmer: Copilot. • 03:34 - First Commit: Neha and Martin discuss ARPANET’s 1980…
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Build your own luck
Here’s what’s in store for this episode: • 00:00 - Meet our newest co-host, and learn about The ReadME Podcast’s new format. • 01:40 - First Commit: Neha and Martin explore “Eternal September.” • 03:54 - Features…
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Trailer
The ReadME Podcast is your portal into the open source community. We'll introduce you to the people building the projects you use every day, answer your questions about tech, and guide you through the ever-changing…
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Hosts in the hot seat
For the final ReadME Podcast episode of Season 2 our hosts Brian and Neha turn the spotlight around and interview each other. The conversation covers everything from Nintendos at Christmas and university computer…
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FreeCodeCamp: For curious people, by curious people
As a school director, Quincy dabbled with code to automate some of his colleagues’ more administrative tasks—and it changed everything. Computers tackled the tedious work, and teachers could focus on teaching. This led…
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Keeping creativity alive while managing workloads
Jani Eväkallio discovered programming when he was stuck inside with a broken leg as a teenager. He fell in and out of programming afterwards and took an OSS hiatus at 16. He has since dove back in and maintained…
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Three careers and motherhood are just the start
Salma Alam-Naylor, aka White Panther, discovered programming at a young age but focused on music and comedy into her twenties. Though her path to developing wasn’t obvious or linear, she wouldn’t change it for…
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Where utility meets beauty: Hoppscotch
Liyas Thomas is the founder of Hoppscotch, an open source API development ecosystem that’s seen exponential growth. Encouraged by his own mentors, Liyas now maintains Hoppscotch full time. Whether he’s programming or…
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Giving 110% in the right place at the right time
Fred Schott’s love for programming started early, and he worked hard during his 20s at companies like Box and Google. As his own side projects experienced open source success, Fred took the plunge in 2021 and started…
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A master in both piano and WordPress
While earning her Master’s degree in Piano, Helen Hou-Sandí worked in the computer lab, where her skills caught the attention of her music conservatory. Implored to make a website, she discovered the instant…
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Python enthusiast, Twitch streamer, et. al.
Anthony Sottile started college as a biochemistry major, but pivoted to programming two years in. After his first coding class, the school was so impressed they invited Anthony to teach the following semester. He loved…
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Season 2 Trailer
Season 2 of The ReadME Podcast is on the way with our hosts Brian Douglas and Neha Batra! New episodes will be dropping every Tuesday starting October 26th... The GitHub Podcast is produced and edited by editaudio.…
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Prioritizing empathy and taking risks to build Chakra UI
Segun Adebayo’s approach to computers and technology is driven by a belief that how we communicate is just as important as what we communicate. With this in mind, he created Chakra UI, a modular and accessible React…
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Creating space and opportunity with She Code Africa
Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Ada Nduka Oyom initially studied microbiology at university, but quickly fell in love with programming. Witnessing the huge disparity of women to men in technology, she started She Code Africa…
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Changing the hardware development game at Adafruit
While procrastinating at MIT in 2005, Limor Fried built her own MP3 player and shared it online, immediately inspiring others to create their own hardware. What started as a small side hustle on PayPal is now Adafruit,…
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From comics in Virginia to React Core at Facebook
Rachel Nabors grew up in rural Virginia and knew that if they could just get a laptop and the internet, they could bring the world to them. Currently balancing documentation, demos, and community engagement on…
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cURL: 25 years and 200 releases later
Almost 25 years ago, in 1997, Daniel Stenburg created cURL, a command line tool for transferring data. The name stands for “client URL,” works on any platform, and is used in billions of installations. Despite…
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Quitting a steady job to chase intuition
In this episode, we talk with Henry Zhu, full-time maintainer of Babel, the Javascript compiler. We’ll discover how Henry first got into programming, and what convinced him to leave a stable job at Adobe to take the…
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From a master's thesis to global go-to
While working on his master’s thesis for web applications, Tobias Koppers created an optimizer out of necessity, which he called webpack. His thesis complete, Tobias realized how fun it was to iterate with users and…
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Keeping the lights on with Home Assistant
Originally from the Netherlands and now based in California, Paulus Schoutsen has always been fascinated by data, and how it could be used to optimize people’s lives. Seven years ago, he open sourced a simple way to…
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Humanizing bots and building community
When Mariatta Wijaya arrived in Canada from Indonesia, she got a job as a software developer, and the first language she learned was Python. Now a Python core developer, she creates GitHub bots that are not just…
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