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Starting off the London tour with a big shop! cc: @natali.rip @xander.wtf
Starting off the London tour with a big shop! cc: @natali.rip @xander.wtf
After years of hard work, I can finally announce that I am now a Hubber!
đ I've joined @github.com as a Software Engineer!! Super excited to ship great things with amazing people, and help empower developers around the globe đ I even wrote a (not so) short post if you're curious â
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Ilya Grigorik and his team at Shopify has been hard at work securing ecommerce checkouts from sophisticated news attacks (such as digital skimming) and he's here to share all the technical intricacies and far-reaching implications of this work.
Whats your exit plan? Mine is, buying a one way flight to another country with whatever I can carry in one go, followed by doing research on how & where could I stay more permanently such as via a work visa, then ensuring family/friends can either follow suit or support them in other ways.
Lose me in what sense? đ I am still here! Could be no new posts since you moved over?
Or you mean I'm not following you any more? (in which case likely, Bridgy Fed doesn't support Moves yet)
Justin Searls from Breaking Change joins the show to discuss Apple's Intelligence blunder, the end of the good times in the tech industry, and POSSE Party, his in-progress product that lets "any dummy with a website enjoy a life of algorithm-free luxury."
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(05:29) Brought to you by Swimm.ioâ â â â Start modernizing your mainframe faster with Swimm.Understand the what, why, and how of your mainframe code.Use AI to uncover critical code insights for seamless migration, refactoring, or system replacement.Tired of API dependencies slowing down your development and testing?Dive into my conversation with Tom Akehurst, creator of WireMock, and discover the art of using API mocking to build successful software in complex distributed environments.Key topics discussed:The origin story of WireMock, born from integration challenges at DisneyHow WireMock became a leading API mocking tool with millions of monthly downloadsInsights on building and maintaining successful open-source projectsThe key benefits of API mocking for developer productivity and experienceThe shift from the traditional testing pyramid to a âtesting trophyâ approachLeveraging API mocking for API-first design and rapid prototypingThe distinction between API mocking and contract testingThe future of API testing and development in the age of microservices and AIWhether youâre a seasoned developer or just starting out your journey in API development, this episode provides valuable insights into the power of API mocking and the journey of building a successful open-source project.  Timestamps:(02:11) Career Turning Points(08:08) WireMock OSS Success Story(15:15) Welcoming & Aligning with Contributors(18:05) Benefits of WireMock & API Mocking Tools(19:59) API Mocking & Testing Pyramid(22:05) API Mocking vs Contract Testing(25:25) The Economics of API Mocking(27:27) API First Design(32:32) Impact to the Developer Experience & Productivity(35:32) Working More Effectively with Distributed Systems(38:15) API Virtualization/Simulation(41:13) AI Advancement in API Development(44:25) Building API for AI Agents(47:25) 3 Tech Lead Wisdom_____Tom Akehurstâs BioTom Akehurst is the creator of WireMock, the open source API mocking tool, which heâs now been working on for well over a decade. Lately heâs also the CTO and co-founder of WireMock, Inc., where heâs helping complex engineering organisations effectively adopt API simulation techniques in order to build better software faster.Tom has been developing software for over 20 years. Heâs built large-scale web systems for media, travel, hospitality, retail and government, applying lean, eXtreme Programming, Continuous Delivery and DevOps principles along the way.Follow Tom:LinkedIn â linkedin.com/in/tomakehurstEmail â tom@wiremock.orgWireMock â wiremock.org_____Our SponsorsEnjoy an exceptional developer experience with JetBrains. Whatever programming language and technology you use, JetBrains IDEs provide the tools you need to go beyond simple code editing and excel as a developer.Check out FREE coding software options and special offers on jetbrains.com/store/#discounts.Make it happen. With code.Manning Publications is a premier publisher of technical books on computer and software development topics for both experienced developers and new learners alike. Manning prides itself on being independently owned and operated, and for paving the way for innovative initiatives, such as early access book content and protection-free PDF formats that are now industry standard.Get a 40% discount for Tech Lead Journal listeners by using the code techlead24 for all products in all formats.Like this episode?Show notes & transcript:techleadjournal.dev/episodes/210.Follow @techleadjournal onLinkedIn,Twitter, andInstagram.Buy me acoffee or become apatron.
having an insane adhd day please bear with me
Logging into Hashicorp Vault via a GitHub token in the environment (1 mins read).
How to more easily log into Vault with a GitHub token, without having to enter it interactively.
constantly thinking about this ominous sticky note drawing i saw in a boba shop
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Some of the things people are putting out there about Signal right now are like I saw Goody Proctor in the woods last night, but computers
Inquire within
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this might be the funniest message you could have leaked due to poor OPSEC
It's easy to forget how much work it is when someone is paying you
Something they don't tell you about being heavily involved in an open source project is that even when you're unemployed, there are a thousand emails and slack messages you still have to answer and so, so many meetings
JUST BECAUSE THE CLOWN CAR GOES VERY FAST DOES NOT MEAN IT ISNâT FULL OF CLOWNS [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Next up in our tech blogger spotlight series: database enthusiast and community catalyst, @eatonphil.bsky.social https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/phil-eaton-on-technical-blogging
Performing group_concat
queries over distinct values, with a custom delimiter, with SQLite (2 mins read).
How to avoid SQLite's DISTINCT aggregates must have exactly one argument
error when performing a group_concat(distinct ...)
with a custom delimiter.
Updates on old news:đ§ź Accepted proposal: New x/exp/stats packageWatch Anders Hejlsberg talk about why Microsoft chose Go for TypeScript 7More typo squatting!Blog: Linux, macOS users infected with malware posing as legitimate Go packagesOn Reddit: Someone copied our GitHub project, added stars...
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Updating apk add
definitions in Dockerfiles (3 mins read).
How to use Renovate's Custom Regex manager to extract apk add
definitions in a Dockerfile
, to allow managing (un)pinned packages.
I am thrilled to announce the release of v2! I hope is that these features will enhance your development experience.
Who war it best?
Fire up a REPL, grab your favorite Stephen King novel, and hold on to the seat of your pants! Jimmy Miller returns to reveal why, at least for some of us, discovery coding is where it's at.
If youâre still maskingâŠthank you If youâre trying to educate others on the benefits of masksâŠthank you If youâre standing in solidarity with disabled & vulnerable people whoâve been cast aside for the last 5 yearsâŠthank you Its not easy being the lone masker in 2025, but we see & appreciate you
Actually! Linkin Parks âHeavy is the Crownâ is great.
Mac's Tech Blog
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I will forever think it is not ready and keep futzing đ but heck I need to push this thing live. Had some fun over the last couple of days building this with @11ty.dev - Contribute your TechCat đ» #caturday techcats.netlify.app https://techcats.netlify.app/
Alt text: âa page describing a list of thingsâ My comrade in arms, please just copy and paste the actual freakinâ text
Week Notes 25#11 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2025-03-17?
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Antirez has returned to Redis! Yes, Salvatore Sanfilippo (aka Antirez), the creator of Redis has returned to Redis and he joined us to share the backstory on Redis, what's going on with the tech and the company, the possible (likely) move back to open source via the AGPL license, the new possibilities of AI and vector ...
In this episode of the CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby introduces guests Dawn Foster, Cailean Osborne, and Paul Sharratt to discuss the newly formed 'Funding Impact Measurement Working Group' within the CHAOSS community. The panel explores the group's origins, goals, and objectives, emphasizing the importance of mixed method approaches to assess the impact of funding on open source projects. They highlight the significance of both quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the effects of funding better and share insights on creating standardized frameworks for impact assessment. The discussion also touches on the challenges of public versus private funding, the nuances of financial support in open source projects, and the potential benefits of having a collaborative, open forum for related discussions. Hit download now to hear more!
This week on The Business of Open Source, I spoke with Ty Dunn, founder of Continue.dev, which is an open source AI code assistant. We had a fabulous conversation that touched on both the AI hype wave and why open source. The first thing Iâd like to touch on is why Continue.dev is open source, in...
Our award-winning JS Party game show is back with a new name, a new channel, and the same ol' survey-response-guessing fun! The JS Party crew join us to see who knows y'all best. Survey says!
This week on The Business of Open Source I spoke with Andrew Martin, CEO and founder of Control Plane. Control Plane is ultimately a consulting company, as Andrew introduced it. But the company also created and maintains KubeSec, and also has an enterprise version of Flux CD that it licenses....
In this episode, open source legal expert Luis Villa breaks down what the EU's Cyber Resilience Act means for developers and businesses, exploring carve-outs for individual contributors and the complex relationship between security and sustainability. Luis provides practical guidance on navigating this evolving regulatory landscape while explaining why the CRA represents both a challenge and an opportunity for the open source ecosystem. The blog post for this episode can be found at
Robert Ross (@BobbyTables) is the CEO of FireHydrant. We discuss the journey of building FireHydrant, the evolution of API design, and the impact of gRPC and REST on developer experience. We also talked about the role of LLMs in API design, the shift towards data consumption trends in...