A different kind of rug pull (Changelog & Friends #51)

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Adam & Jerod discuss the news! But first, we discuss how you can keep up with the software world (good question, Tyler Boyd!) On the docket: Developer job postings trend, the Ladybird Browser Initiative, the Polyfill.js supply chain attack & is the future self-hosted?

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Featuring:

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

Show Notes:

• Software Development Job Postings on Indeed in the United States
• Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative
• Chris Wanstrath’s announcement
• Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites
• The future is self-hosted

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Chapters

1. Finally it's time for... (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Sentry (00:00:50)

https://sentry.io/

3. your favorite ever show (00:04:26)

4. AI hyped (out) (00:05:02)

5. Keeping up with what matters (00:06:09)

6. Request an episode! (00:18:00)

https://changelog.com/request

7. Dev jobs bell curve (00:18:35)

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE

8. Opportunities abound (00:29:23)

9. Sponsor: 1Password (00:36:44)

https://1password.com/changelogpod

10. Ladybird Browser Initiative (00:39:21)

https://ladybird.org/announcement.html

11. Pollyfill.js attack (00:56:25)

https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack

12. Adam on ad spots (01:08:28)

13. Sponsor: Neon (01:11:15)

https://neon.tech/enterprise

14. The future is self-hosted (01:16:36)

https://leetsoftware.com/the-future-is-self-hosted/

15. Mini-mini-mini Kaizen (01:27:23)

16. Bye friends! (01:28:01)

17. Coming up next (01:28:12)