
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Gotta give to get back (Interview)
Nov 14, 2024 · 46 min · 45.1 MB
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We’re on the main stage at THAT Conference with Danny Thompson. He has an amazing story and journey into tech. Thanks to our friends at Cloudflare for helping us get to THAT Conference earlier this year to enable this conversation.
Special thanks to Nick Nisi and Clark Sell for coming in clutch and getting us the audio to ship this show!
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Featuring:
- Danny Thompson – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
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- 0:00Changelog at THAT Conference
- 1:12Sponsor: Sentry
- 3:34It's Danny Thompson
- 4:41Frying chicken in gas stations
- 5:48I didn't know I could get a job
- 6:17Meeting IRL changed everything
- 7:28Getting connected and building communities
- 8:51Reviving groups
- 10:32What tweaks did you make?
- 12:56Sponsor: Fly.io
- 15:26What structure do you use?
- 18:11Similarities across communities
- 20:29Dallas Software Developers
- 22:17Consistency is everything
- 23:23What's the community size?
- 24:47You give. What do you get back?
- 28:23Sponsor: AssemblyAI
- 29:52The first spark
- 36:15What's next?
- 37:41Social media for devs
- 43:52Closing thoughts and stuff