
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
State of the "log" 2025 (Friends)
Dec 19, 2025 · 1 hr 42 min · 98.5 MB
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Our 8th annual year-end wrap-up is here! We’re featuring 8 listener voicemails, dope Breakmaster Cylinder remixes & our favorite episodes of the year. Thanks for listening! 💚
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Featuring:
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
Andrew Patton’s favs:
- It’s a peccadillo circus (Friends #75)
- Hello, Matworld! (Friends #90)
- Kaizen! Pipely is LIVE (Friends #105)
- The 1000x faster financial database (Interviews #635)
- Adventures in babysitting coding agents (Friends #96)
- Agentic infra changes everything (Interviews #664)
- Changelog Beats by Breakmaster Cylinder
- Vibing into the vibe (Friends #89)
- Try harder. Ultrathink! (Friends #102)
- Very important agents (Friends #120)
Brett Cannon’s favs:
- The power of the button (Interviews #623)
- The 1000x faster financial database (Interviews #635)
- Build software that lasts! (Interviews #627)
- wsl.exe – cat hello.cs (Friends #95)
Don MacKinnon’s favs:
Fernando Bevilacqua’s favs:
- Flowing with agents (Interviews #658)
- Reaching industrial economies of scale (Interviews #632)
- Solving the AI energy crisis (Interviews #652)
Jamie Tanna’s favs:
- npm under siege (what to do about it) (Friends #111)
- There will be bleeps (Friends #113)
- The world of open source metadata (Interviews #665)
- Of agents & agency (Friends #86)
- Over the top auth strategies (Friends #78)
- It’s a peccadillo circus (Friends #75)
- Hello, Matworld! (Friends #90)
- Change my mind (Friends #81)
- DO repeat yourself! (Interviews #666)
- Programming with LLMs (Interviews #629)
- Vibing into the vibe (Friends #89)
- Try harder. Ultrathink! (Friends #102)
- Very important agents (Friends #120)
- Agentic infra changes everything (Interviews #664)
- Adventures in babysitting coding agents (Friends #96)
- Agent, take the wheel (Interviews #648)
Jarvis Yang’s favs:
Nabeel Sulieman’s favs:
Jerod’s favs:
- From open source to acquired (Interviews #625)
- Discovering discovery coding(Friends #80)
- #define: I’m going pants (Friends #93)
- LIVE from Denver with Nora Jones! (Interviews #653)
- Inside Oxide (Friends #110)
- Autonomous drone delivery in a Zip (Interviews #670)
Adam’s favs:
- Turn him into a walrus (Friends #87)
- Adventures in babysitting coding agents (Friends #96)
- Chasing that next BIG thing (Interviews #639)
- Inside Oxide (Friends #110)
- Reinventing Python tooling (Interviews #660)
- Werner Vogels predicts the future (Interviews #669)
- LIVE from Denver with Nora Jones! (Interviews #653)
- The state of homelab tech (2025) (Friends #79)
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x.comIt’s a peccadillo circus (Friends #75)
changelog.comHello, Matworld! (Friends #90)
changelog.comKaizen! Pipely is LIVE (Friends #105)
changelog.comAgentic infra changes everything (Interviews #664)
changelog.comChangelog Beats by Breakmaster Cylinder
changelog.comVibing into the vibe (Friends #89)
changelog.comTry harder. Ultrathink! (Friends #102)
changelog.comVery important agents (Friends #120)
changelog.comThe power of the button (Interviews #623)
changelog.comBuild software that lasts! (Interviews #627)
changelog.comwsl.exe – cat hello.cs (Friends #95)
changelog.comTurso is rewriting SQLite in Rust (Interviews #626)
changelog.comFlowing with agents (Interviews #658)
changelog.comSolving the AI energy crisis (Interviews #652)
changelog.comnpm under siege (what to do about it) (Friends #111)
changelog.comThere will be bleeps (Friends #113)
changelog.comThe world of open source metadata (Interviews #665)
changelog.comOf agents & agency (Friends #86)
changelog.comOver the top auth strategies (Friends #78)
changelog.comChange my mind (Friends #81)
changelog.comDO repeat yourself! (Interviews #666)
changelog.comProgramming with LLMs (Interviews #629)
changelog.comAgent, take the wheel (Interviews #648)
changelog.comchangelog.news
changelog.newsMinnebar 20
minnestar.orgFrom open source to acquired (Interviews #625)
changelog.comDiscovering discovery coding(Friends #80)
changelog.com#define: I’m going pants (Friends #93)
changelog.comLIVE from Denver with Nora Jones! (Interviews #653)
changelog.comInside Oxide (Friends #110)
changelog.comAutonomous drone delivery in a Zip (Interviews #670)
changelog.comTurn him into a walrus (Friends #87)
changelog.comChasing that next BIG thing (Interviews #639)
changelog.comReinventing Python tooling (Interviews #660)
changelog.comWerner Vogels predicts the future (Interviews #669)
changelog.comThe state of homelab tech (2025) (Friends #79)
changelog.comPRs welcome!
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- 0:00Let's "sotl"
- 1:06Sponsor: Depot
- 3:528th time & Friends
- 4:35What it's all about
- 7:11Andrew Patton VM
- 9:44Reacting to Andrew
- 11:40Andrew Patton BMC Remix
- 12:31Brett Cannon VM
- 14:05Reacting to Brett
- 19:08Brett Cannon BMC Remix
- 20:39Don MacKinnon VM
- 21:15Reacting to Don
- 23:37Don MacKinnon BMC Remix
- 24:58Fernando Bevilacqua VM
- 26:48Reacting to Fernando
- 30:43Fernando Bevilacqua BMC Remix
- 31:57Sponsor: Augment Code
- 34:57Jamie Tanna VM
- 37:46Reacting to Jamie
- 41:41Jamie Tanna BMC Remix
- 42:38Jarvis Yang VM
- 43:56Reacting to Jarvis
- 50:07Jarvis Yang BMC Remix
- 50:59Justin Dorfman VM
- 51:40Reacting to Justin
- 52:17Justin Dorfman BMC Remix
- 53:08Nabeel Sulieman VM
- 53:56Reacting to Nabeel
- 59:01Nabeel Sulieman BMC Remix
- 1:01:08Sponsor: Framer
- 1:02:47Our favs
- 1:26:54Fav titles
- 1:31:31Movie hour
- 1:40:00Bye, friends
- 1:41:05Closing thoughts