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Coffee and Open Source

Isaac Levin

Join host Isaac Levin as he has great conversations with folks in the technology and Open Source Community

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  • August 18 · 1 hr 4 min

    Ed Charbeneau

    A Developer Advocate for Deepgram with over ten years of experience in advocacy, Ed Charbeneau focuses on fostering engagement with the developer community while supporting the development of innovative AI-Native applications. With a diverse technical skill set, Ed contributes to building impactful solutions using a wide range of technologies including: C#, Asp.Net, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Extensions AI, RAG, and ML.NET technologies. Ed leverages his role as a developer advocate to find new and innovative ways to expand the boundaries of product through customer feedback, research and hands-on development. Ed has built proof of concept frameworks, components, and SDKs that have gone on to production. These initiatives have future-proofed the Progress portfolio, empowered customers, and enabled product integration. Ed is passionate about empowering developers to explore opportunities in full-stack development, AI, machine learning, and prompt engineering. Ed facilitates discussions on emerging technology trends, fostering collaboration and knowledge-sharing within the tech community. You can find Ed on the following sites: Website X GitHub Mastodon Twitch YouTube Here are some links provided by Ed: Deepgram PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • August 11 · 1 hr 12 min

    Brady Gaster

    Based near Seattle, Brady Gaster aspires to make it easy for .NET developers to party in the cloud as the product manager behind Visual Studio’s Azure right-click publish and Connected Services features. He also helps with Aspire tooling support in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code. When not designing new tooling features or building demos with teammates, he’s trail running 5Ks, parenting two teens, mixing new 174 BPM drum’n’bass sets, or producing his own electronic music.You can find Brady on the following sites: GitHub LinkedIn Bluesky X YouTube Here are some links provided by Brady: Squad PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • August 4 · 1 hr 1 min

    Kevin Griffin

    Kevin W. Griffin is an independent software consultant and 16-time Microsoft MVP specializing in ASP.NET Core, Microsoft Azure cloud architecture, SignalR real-time applications, and .NET modernization. You can find Kevin on the following sites: X Bluesky LinkedIn GitHub YouTube Sessionize Website PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • July 28 · 1 hr 1 min

    Michael Washington

    Michael Washington is an ASP.NET and C# programmer with experience in process improvement, billing systems, and student information systems. He is the founder of AiHelpWebsite.com and BlazorHelpWebsite.com.You can find Michael on the following sites: Blog GitHub X YouTube Here are some links provided by Michael: BlazorDataOrchestrator PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • July 7 · 1 hr 6 min

    Jimmy Bogard

    Jimmy Bogard is a software architect and consultant who created the OSS libraries AutoMapper, MediatR, and Respawn. He helps teams build systems faster, better, and more maintainable. You can find Jimmy on the following sites: Blog X GitHub LinkedIn YouTube PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • June 30 · 1 hr 2 min

    Pavlo Baron

    Pavlo Baron is co-founder and CEO of Platform Engineering Labs, creators of formae - Infrastructure-as-code made for humans in the AI era. Pavlo is looking back at a long career, having spent plenty of time on all sides of the table - in startups, enterprises and consulting. He was co-founder and CTO of Instana, that got acquired by IBM in 2020. Pavlo has spoken at many conferences and wrote 4 books. You can find Pavlo on the following sites: Blog LinkedIn Here are some links provided by Pavlo: Platform Engineering Labs PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • June 23 · 1 hr 6 min

    Stacy Cashmore

    Speaker, author, and software developer recognized with a Microsoft MVP Award for Developer Technologies. Stacy has been developing solutions since the mid-1990s across various industries. She authored Beginning Azure Static Web Apps and is passionate about Azure, DevOps, and empowering developers. You can find Stacy on the following sites: X Blog LinkedIn Mastodon BlueSky Here are some links provided by Stacy: MVP Profile Sessionize PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • June 16 · 1 hr

    Martin Finkel

    Martin builds cross-platform multimedia infrastructure and developer tools. Since 2017, he has maintained major LibVLC ecosystem projects including LibVLCSharp and VLC for Unity, used by developers worldwide to build media applications. He is also the founder of pkgstore.io and regularly shares his expertise through consulting, speaking, and technical writing.You can find Martin on the following sites: Blog GitHub LinkedIn X Here are some links provided by Martin: pkgstore.io LibVLCSharp Samples dav1d PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • June 9 · 1 hr 4 min

    Rizel Scarlett

    Rizel Scarlett is a Principal Developer Advocate at Entire and a software engineer and community builder. She previously worked in developer advocacy roles at Block and GitHub and shares content about open source and AI agents.You can find Rizel on the following sites: X GitHub LinkedIn Mastodon Blog Twitch PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • May 26 · 1 hr 1 min

    Paige Bailey Returns!

    Paige Bailey is the AI Developer Relations Engineering Lead at Google DeepMind. Prior to returning to Google DeepMind, Paige spent just over a year at Microsoft as a director of machine learning and MLOps at GitHub, working on projects like GitHub Codespaces, VS Code, and Copilot. As a former applied ML engineer (in Azure Research, Chevron, and on NASA projects), Paige can’t imagine a more exciting charter than accelerating developer productivity and creativity with machine learning.You can find Paige on the following sites: Blog X GitHub LinkedIn PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • May 19 · 1 hr 2 min

    Debbie O'Brien

    Here is Debbie in her own words. With over 15 years experience in Frontend development I have worked as a Tech Lead and consultant for many important clients with various technologies and often with a strong focus on performance. I have lead teams both in house and remotely as well as giving workshops and training. I have many years of experience as a mentor for online learning platforms, Treehouse and OpenClassrooms and am a teacher at Vue School as well as Jamstack Explorers, and I am a writer for Ultimate Courses. I am a Platform Engineer – Applied AI at Zephyr Cloud, Google Developer Expert in web technologies, Nuxt Ambassador, and am a former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in developer technologies, Media Developer Expert and GitHub Star Alumni. I have a special love for JavaScript frameworks especially Vue.js and Nuxt.js and am now focused on testing especially end to end testing with Playwright. I have a Frontend and FullStack Tech Degree and am Microsoft certified. I am an international speaker, and have spoken at many meet-ups and conferences worldwide on many continents including Antarctica. I am Irish but live in Mallorca, Spain and when I am not writing code and studying new technologies you can find me doing all sorts of sports from running, cycling and skiing, body combat and of course Taekwondo as I am a 4th degree black belt. You can find Debbie on the following sites: Bluesky Blog LinkedIn GitHub YouTube X PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • May 5 · 53 min

    Brittany Ellich

    Brittany is a Staff Software Engineer at GitHub, helping build the platform millions of developers rely on every day. She hosts the Overcommitted podcast, writes The Balanced Engineer newsletter, and speaks at conferences about AI, accessibility, developer productivity, and building a software engineering career. You can find Brittany on the following sites: Bluesky Blog LinkedIn GitHub YouTube Here are some links provided by Brittany: Overcommitted Podcast PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • April 29 · 1 hr 1 min

    Joe Finney

    Joe Finney is a Product Owner and MVP by day and builds productivity apps for Windows at night. When he is not programming he is birding, running, and enjoying tasty coffee and beer in Milwaukee.You can find Joe on the following sites: Bluesky Blog X GitHub Mastodon PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • April 21 · 1 hr

    Pierce Boggan

    Pierce leads the VS Code product team. He has a long history in developer tools and joined via Microsoft's acquisition of Xamarin in 2016. He lives in Park City, UT and enjoys skiing and biking with his wife and two kids.You can find Pierce on the following sites: Blog X GitHub LinkedIn PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • April 14 · 1 hr

    Gerald Versluis

    Gerald Versluis is a software engineer at Microsoft, who wields the power of .NET to conquer any project that comes his way. With a career spanning over a decade, he's tackled it all, from frontend to backend and everything in between, using .NET MAUI, Azure, ASP.NET, and all the other .NET goodies. And these days of course; AI and Copilot. But it wasn't until he discovered the magic of Xamarin that he truly fell in love with mobile and cross-platform development, becoming an active community member and sharing his knowledge through writing, tweeting, and presentations.You can find Gerald on the following sites: Blog GitHub Bluesky LinkedIn X Mastodon PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • April 7 · 1 hr 5 min

    Courtney Yatteau

    Courtney Yatteau is a Developer Advocate on Esri's Developer Experience Team, where she helps developers build better web applications with modern JavaScript tools, libraries, and mapping technology. Before Esri, she taught computer science and mathematics, which shaped her approach to making technical concepts clear, approachable, and visual.You can find Courtney on the following sites: YouTube Bluesky X LinkedIn Github PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • March 31 · 56 min

    William Morgan

    William Morgan is the co-founder and CEO of Buoyant, creators of Linkerd. Prior to Buoyant, he was an infrastructure engineer at Twitter, where he helped move Twitter from monolith to microservices. He was a software engineer at Powerset, Microsoft, and Adap.tv, and a research scientist at MITRE.You can find William on the following sites: Bluesky LinkedIn Here are some links provided by William: Buoyant Linkerd PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • March 24 · 59 min

    Brian Alvey

    Brian Alvey is CTO at WordPress VIP, the enterprise platform trusted by brands such as CNN, Salesforce, Bloomberg, and NBCUniversal (and built on WordPress Open Source, which powers nearly 45% of the internet). Brian is also one of the internet’s original builders and leaders in online publishing - from founding Engadget to creating software used by global brands like AOL, Gucci, BusinessWeek, Netscape, Huffington Post, and more. You can find Brian on the following sites: Blog LinkedIn X Here are some links provided by Brian: WordPress VIP PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • March 17 · 56 min

    Nir Valtman

    Nir is an experienced information security leader, executive, expert and a public speaker at leading conferences globally, including Black Hat, Defcon, BSides, and RSA. Before founding Arnica, Nir lead the product and data security across Finastra, established security at Kabbage (acquired by Amex) as CISO, and headed application security across NCR. Innovation is a key driver for Nir, as reflected by his contribution to open source projects and invention of 7 patents in software security.You can find Nir on the following sites: Blog LinkedIn X YouTube Here are some links provided by Nir: Arnica PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

  • March 10 · 1 hr 1 min

    Helen Hou-Sandí

    Helen Hou-Sandí is a Staff Software Engineering Manager for Accessibility at GitHub and a WordPress Lead Developer. As a technologist, she is a leader in open source software and management, and caree deeply about building great user experiences. She am also a classically-trained pianist who’s performed extensively worldwide.You can find Helen on the following sites: Blog LinkedIn X GitHub BlueSky PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin

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