Bus factors & conspiracy theories (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Adam & Jerod discuss the news! Our Merch sale, useful built-in macOS CLI utilities, the slow death of the hyperlink, systematically estimating a project’s bus factor, The Browser Company abandoning Arc, the Dead Internet theory & more!

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Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Merch on sale!
• All Things Open AI Conference
• The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks
• Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities
• The slow death of the hyperlink
• The github plugin my coworkers asked me not to write.
• The Bus Factor | MClare Blog
• A Novel Approach for Estimating Truck Factors
• Glass Onion (2022) - IMDb
• Knives Out (2019) - IMDb
• Arc is a dead browser walking (How-To Geek)
• Better version of the same story (via The Verge)
• You should go to conferences

Links we didn’t get to

• IronCalc - Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
• Why you’re bad at giving feedback

Links discussed during BONUS++

• WP Engine Tracker
• wpenginetracker.com

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1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Sentry (00:00:38)

https://sentry.io/

3. Rivalries & Friends (00:02:53)

4. That sweet, sweet merch (00:05:55)

https://merch.changelog.com

5. Going way back (machine) (00:11:47)

6. Useful macOS CLI utilities (00:12:52)

https://weiyen.net/articles/useful-macos-cmd-line-utilities

7. The slow death of the hyperlink (00:23:27)

https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/beyond-the-link-tax-journalism-and-the-changing-nature-of-the-internet/

8. Sponsor: Fly.io (00:29:42)

https://fly.io/

9. Sponsor: Eight Sleep (00:32:05)

https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog

10. The Bus / Truck factor (00:34:35)

https://www.scannedinavian.com/the-github-plugin-my-coworkers-asked-me-not-to-write.html

11. Glass Onion vs Knives Out (00:46:31)

12. Arc is a dead browser walking (00:50:33)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24279020/browser-company-ai-browser-arc

13. Sponsor: AssemblyAI (00:59:08)

https://www.assemblyai.com/?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=podcast

14. Are you on Bluesky? (01:00:36)

https://bsky.app/profile/changelog.com

15. Dead Internet theory (01:08:10)

16. Bye, friends (01:15:43)

17. Next week on The Changelog (01:16:22)

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