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Hi, I'm Jamie Tanna (he/him/his), and I'm currently a Senior Software Engineer at Elastic.

I currently live in Nottingham with my partner Anna Dodson and our cat Morph and our puppy Cookie.

I use my site as a method of blogging about my learnings, as well as sharing information about projects I have previously, or are currently, working on in my spare time.

I'm an maintainer for a number of Open Source projects, including oapi-codegen, and my most recent passion project, dependency-management-data (DMD).

I'm a GNU/Linux user, a big advocate for the Free Software Movement, and the IndieWeb movement and I try to self host my own services where possible, instead of relying on other providers.

I have ADHD (Inattentive Type) and am learning how to make my life work better around it.

Drop me an email at hi@jamietanna.co.uk, or using any of the other social links below.

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Listened to The Business of Open Source | Taking a hard look at what community means and if every OSS company needs one with Deepak Prabhakara
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This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with BoxyHQ co-founder and CEO Deepak Prabhakara. We talked about a number of things, from BoxyHQ’s relationship with its open source project, called SAML Jackson to how to build a growth flywheel and how that flywheel does and does not depend on...

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Did MKBHD ruin an AI company and their product because of their negative review of it? No, the bad AI product ruined itself and its company. Just because someone created a business, found funding and created a thing doesn’t mean they should get instant recognition, and a pass for crappy stuff. Entrepreneurs aren’t your friends, they aren’t superior, they don’t deserve to be coddled. When they make sh*t products, they should be told that they made sh*t. MKBHD did their job.

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Listened to Adam Jacob, System Initiative | IT Ops Query by PodBean Development 
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Adam Jacob is CEO and co-founder of System Initiative, an infrastructure automation software startup that came out of stealth in 2023. Previously, he was co-founder and CTO of Chef Software, which also focused on infrastructure automation, and was sold to Progress Software in 2020. Chef had roots in open source, and underwent a license change in 2019; Jacob has taken a different tack with his new company. In this episode, he discusses his "speed run" through the various permutations of open source business models during his career, and how the industry can use the lessons learned by a generation of open product entrepreneurs to improve open source-based business sustainability.

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Listened to How to Have a Massage | Nobody Panic
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Listen to How to Have a Massage from Nobody Panic. Stevie got a massage and loved it. Tessa gets them all the time for her stressed body. Together they offer advice if you’re thinking about going for the first time and, quite frankly, get far too worried about how to tell if your masseuse is going to give you a “happy ending” or not. Subscribe to the Nobody Panic Patreon at patreon.com/nobodypanicWant to support Nobody Panic? You can make a one-off donation at https://supporter.acast.com/nobodypanicRecorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Photos by Marco Vittur, jingle by David Dobson.

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Listened to Alexis Richardson, Weaveworks | IT Ops Query by PodBean Development 
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Alexis Richardson co-founded a company in 2014 called Weaveworks, which created an open source GitOps project called Flux CD. In February, the company ceased operations, despite having gained new customers in 2023. Among the events that precipitated the closure of the business were acquisition talks with a larger company that fell through "at the 11th hour," according to a post by Richardson on LinkedIn. Weaveworks is one example of a company associated with a flourishing open source project – Flux CD continues under the CNCF – that ultimately couldn't make the business side work. Richardson gives his take on what happened with the company and how the CNCF could help businesses like it in the future, as well as what he's got planned next.

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Listened to Chad Whitacre, Sentry | IT Ops Query by PodBean Development 
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Chad Whitacre is head of open source at Sentry, an application and performance monitoring software maker that moved to a business source license for its products in 2019, and then to a functional source license in November 2023. Most recently, Chad has been working on a new project called Software Commons over the last six months, with the goal of balancing the user freedom prioritized by open source software with developer sustainability. In this episode, he discusses the tragedy of the commons vs enclosure, open source vs open products, BSL vs FSL and more.

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Listened to William Morgan, Buoyant | IT Ops Query by PodBean Development 
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William Morgan is CEO at Buoyant, a company that sells commercial and SaaS support for the Linkerd service mesh project and employs all of its maintainers. In February, Buoyant announced it would no longer be making a certain class of the project's code, called stable release artifacts, available for free to production users with more than 50 employees. Morgan discusses community reaction to that change and his outlook on the future of open source. 

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Listened to "Kristen Wiig" on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
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<p>Actress and comedian Kristen Wiig feels warm about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.</p><p> </p><p>Kristen sits down with Conan to discuss sketch comedy’s “false positives,” odd jobs before landing on SNL, her favorite characters she’s developed over the years, and leading an ensemble cast in her new series Palm Royale. Later, Conan responds to a listener voicemail with a special request involving a birth.</p><p> </p><p>For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit <a href="http://TeamCoco.com">TeamCoco.com</a>.</p><p>Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.</p>

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Listened to "Will Ferrell" on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
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<p>Comedian and actor Will Ferrell feels awkward about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.</p><p>Will joins Conan along with trusty assistant Sona Movsesian and producer Matt Gourley to reflect on his unmatched commitment to comedy, sharing humble roots with Conan at The Groundlings, feeling good about bad reviews, and remembering the comedy bit Will performed on Late Night that got them both in trouble with Lorne Michaels.</p><p>Plus, Conan answers questions from fans about hair, Star Wars, and staff favorites. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821.</p><p>Will Ferrell’s new movie Holmes and Watson opens in theaters December 21st.</p><p>For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit <a href="http://TeamCoco.com">TeamCoco.com</a>.</p>

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Listened to "Harrison Ford" on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
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<p>Actor Harrison Ford feels confused about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.</p><p> </p><p>Harrison sits down with Conan to discuss nearly changing his name in the early days of his career, smashing the Lego Millennium Falcon on one of his many Conan appearances, and the upcoming release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Plus, Sona asks Conan for tips in preparing her speech as the 2023 Mt SAC Alumnus of the Year.</p><p> </p><p>For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit <a href="http://TeamCoco.com">TeamCoco.com</a>.</p>

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Opposing genocide isn’t antisemitic. Saying that opposing genocide is antisemitic is antisemitic. You know what’s inhumane? Genocide. You know who’s committing genocide? Israel. You have zero moral standing to assess me. Those who commit and are complicit in genocide never do. So yes, most definitely, goodbye. #israel #palestine #gaza #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide https://digitalcourage.social/@sl007/112268942430540187

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As engineers, it's easy for us to measure inputs (how much time we're spending) and outputs (lines of code written or features produced), but what really matters are the business outcomes (customers acquired and retained, revenue growth metrics, profitability), which are less directly related. It's always useful for us to step back and ask ourselves: what's the point?

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Listened to Ep 108: Dan Aykroyd (Bonus Episode) | Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster on Acast
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Surprise! While we’re in the off season, here’s a very special – and very different – bonus episode. Ed and James speak to an actual Ghostbuster and Blues Brother – Dan Aykroyd. Dan kindly agreed to be on the podcast to promote his vodka brand, Crystal Head – and he sure is passionate about it. We’ll be back properly for series 6 in a few weeks, but for now, bon appétit! Crystal Head Vodka was founded by Dan Aykroyd in 2008. For Pride month 2021, the brand launched their new Pride Edition Magnum in partnership with Kaleidoscope Trust in the UK to support LGBTQ+ rights worldwide. Available at £140 from Selfridges.com. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive. Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations). Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram : @offmenuofficial. And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show. Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Followers of my blog - you can now subscribe to just blog posts for certain tags, for instance if you want to read all my articles about Go but only my articles, and not be annoyed by all the other stuff tagged go, you can now add https://www.jvt.me/tags/go/feed.articles.xml to your feed reader of choice.

And of course, this is discoverable via RSS discovery so you can just point your feed reader at i.e. https://www.jvt.me/tags/go/ and it should prompt you the different options.

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Listened to Github Advanced Security with Jacob DePriest by Scott Hanselman 
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Jacob DePriest is the Deputy Chief Security Officer at GitHub! From discussing the challenges of maintaining the security of one of the world’s largest code repositories to sharing insights on the latest cybersecurity trends, Jacob talks to Scott about what it takes to safeguard GitHub and its millions of users. Whether you’re a developer, a cybersecurity enthusiast, or just curious about how GitHub keeps your code safe, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in to gain a unique perspective on security from the heart of GitHub itself.