Episodes
Our development hot takes including “rewrite it in Rust”, lack of documentation, single vs multiple monitors, dependency numbers, light vs dark mode, and distro package repos. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. Subscribe to... Read More
Published 11/03/24
You need to be able to write good code to be a successful developer, but how important are other “soft” skills like communication, relating to and motivating others, and time management? Kevin mentioned a blog post about burnout in the Rust project 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every... Read More
Published 10/20/24
Campbell Barton joins us to talk about porting Blender, the hugely popular professional 3D software, to Wayland. Wayland support in blender task Wayland Support on Linux Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in... Read More
Published 10/06/24
What is it about Linux that draws us to it as a development platform? Plus why we choose the specific distros that we use. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxdevtime Support us... Read More
Published 09/22/24
Following on from our episode about dealing with a horrible codebase, Andy argues that completely rewriting a project is almost always a bad idea. Things You Should Never Do, Part I Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for... Read More
Published 09/08/24
Kevin and Andy talk about their project extremes: the oldest and newest projects they’ve worked on, the biggest and smallest codebases, the ugliest hack, the most elegant, the most popular, the most trivial, and the most important. Andy’s links git-what IGCC Box Stacker Rightwaves Eat Apples Quick! Smolpxl Games Rabbit Escape Android Game element-web... Read More
Published 08/25/24
How to deal with a horrible codebase that you’ve inherited. Getting started, breaking the problem into smaller pieces, understanding what’s actually wrong, the importance of testing (as usual), and why technical debt isn’t necessarily the best name for the problem. git-what Working Effectively with Legacy Code Support us on Patreon... Read More
Published 08/11/24
Developing as part of an in-person team vs working remotely, synchronous vs asynchronous development, how to make a hybrid team work effectively, and how code review fits into it all. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at... Read More
Published 07/28/24
What agile software development is exactly, why planning and being willing to adapt the plan are key, the pros and cons of all the process that’s involved, the role that scrum plays, and why it’s all about communication. Study finds 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects Amolith will be at Fossy in... Read More
Published 07/14/24
Andy is annoyed that so much free and open source software is hosted on a proprietary platform that’s owned by Microsoft. There are plenty of alternatives to GitHub, but ultimately the network effect is why so many people host their code there. We dream of a proper federated solution. Maybe one day… ... Read More
Published 06/30/24
If you want to be a good developer, how many different programming languages should you learn? Maybe becoming an expert in one specific language is the way to go. Maybe it’s more a case of learning different concepts and paradigms than languages. 1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every... Read More
Published 06/16/24
Forks are a fundamental aspect of open source software so we get into the different types of forks, when and why you might want to fork a project, the maintenance burden that comes with a hard fork, the importance of winning mindshare for your fork, what exactly counts as a fork, when it’s not always... Read More
Published 06/02/24
We are joined by Allan Jude to talk about what it’s like to run a company that develops and maintains open source software with a focus on upstreaming as much code as possible. Klara November 2023 FreeBSD Vendor Summit – The Value of Upstream First How to upstream code to open source projects FiloSottile (Filippo... Read More
Published 05/19/24
Andy is a huge proponent of test-driven development and explains why – including types of code testing including unit tests and integration tests, when you actually need to run tests, how long they should take, and more. Emily Bache cyber‑dojo Test with Go Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device... Read More
Published 05/05/24
Kevin and Andy answer Joe’s noob questions about development including the differences between compiled and interpreted languages, C vs C++, why the Linux kernel is written in C, Go vs Rust, and what memory safety means. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device... Read More
Published 04/21/24
We are joined by Drew DeVault to discuss his programming language called Hare, which aims for 100 years of forwards compatibility. We mentioned Drew’s blog posts Can I be on your podcast? and It takes a village Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. ... Read More
Published 04/07/24
How we first learned to code, and how we learn new technologies now. Snake in Terraform Snake in lots of languages Web server in Sinclair BASIC Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxdevtime to learn more. Support... Read More
Published 03/24/24
What we’ve learned over the years about the interview process for software development jobs, both as the applicant and the interviewer. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxdevtime to learn more. Support us on Patreon and get... Read More
Published 03/10/24
The automation tools we use in our development and why we use them. Plus how to engage with your project’s community – both in real time, and asynchronously. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Visit kolide.com/linuxdevtime to learn more.... Read More
Published 02/25/24
Andy Balaam joins us to talk about accepting contributions from devs with varying levels of experience. When to invest the time to mentor them, why documentation is important, how automated tools fit in, being willing to decline some contributions, dealing with companies vs individuals, and more. Kolide Kolide ensures that if... Read More
Published 02/11/24
How we use AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot, what they have done to the development industry, what might happen in the future, and the ethics of the whole thing. With guest host Linus. Kolide Kolide ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for... Read More
Published 01/28/24
We follow up on last episode with some clarifications from Amolith about code collaboration. Plus we get into development workflows in general, code review, the paradigms we couldn’t do without, and more. With guest host Linus. Amolith mentioned a Low energy game jam. Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS... Read More
Published 01/14/24
When it comes to collaboration workflows, Amolith dislikes the pull request model that GitHub made popular and much prefers the email/patch-based approach. Kevin does his best to get to the bottom of why, and Joe wonders if it might come down to disliking Microsoft. Your GitHub pull request workflow is slowing everyone down Graphite... Read More
Published 12/31/23
Linux Downtime is now Linux Dev Time! In this first episode we talk about “sharpening our tools” – changing your dev tools, trying out new languages, using existing code vs writing something new, how to get over creative blocks, and more. How Often Should We Sharpen Our Tools? See our contact... Read More
Published 12/17/23