Five years of freeCodeCamp (Interview)

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The healing power of fitness goes far beyond physical benefits—for today’s guest, it’s a form of self-expression and a celebration of what the body can do. In this episode, host Nora McInerny sits down with fitness personality Ivylis Rivera, who shares her deeply personal journey of navigating life with Chronic Migraine while holding onto her passion for movement. Ivylis opens up about the struggle of staying active while facing the fear of triggering a headache or migraine attack and the resilience it takes to keep pushing forward—a resilience that carried her through the challenging journey of finding a Chronic Migraine treatment plan that worked for her. Join Nora and Ivylis as they explore the concept of “soft living,” a philosophy Ivylis embraces—staying active, listening to your body, and building trust in oneself. Click here for Product Information, including Boxed Warning and Medication Guide, or visit https://abbv.ie/prescribing_info See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Today we have a very special show for you – we’re talking with Quincy Larson the founder of freeCodeCamp as part of a two-part companion podcast series where we each celebrate our 5 and 10 year anniversaries. This year marks 5 years for freeCodeCamp and 10 years for us here at Changelog. So make sure you check out the freeCodeCamp podcast next week when Quincy ships our episode to their feed. But, on today’s episode we catch up with Quincy on all things freeCodeCamp.

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Go back and listen to The Changelog #195, Quincy’s first appearance here on The Changelog
The Future of freeCodeCamp.org - Lessons From 5 Years of Teaching the World to Code
The Future of the freeCodeCamp Forum
WeWork is Desperately Squeezing Cash Out of Meetup.com by Taxing 225,000 Communities
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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Five years of freeCodeCamp (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams Whether you’re running one virtual machine or ten thousand, makes managing your infrastructure too easy. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon (Amsterdam 2020) – Get an additional 10% off registration with the code KCEUGOTIME. Learn more and register.
Retool – Retool makes it super simple to build back-office apps in hours, not days. The tool is is built by engineers, explicitly for engineers. Learn more and try it for free at retool.com/changelog
Square – The Square developer team just launched their new developer YouTube channel. Head to youtube.com/squaredev or search for “Square Developer” on YouTube to learn more and subscribe.

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Quincy Larson – Website, GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Go back and listen to The Changelog #195, Quincy’s first appearance here on The Changelog
The Future of freeCodeCamp.org - Lessons From 5 Years of Teaching the World to Code
The Future of the freeCodeCamp Forum
WeWork is Desperately Squeezing Cash Out of Meetup.com by Taxing 225,000 Communities
Every donation you’ve ever made to freeCodeCamp is now tax deductible
Check out the freeCodeCamp podcast
freeCodeCamp Chapter - a self-hosted event management tool for nonprofits

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wsl.exe -- cat hello.cs (Friends) 1:27:48

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We bring you back to Microsoft Build 2025 to nerd out with Craig Loewen on Windows Subsystem for Linux and Mads Torgersen on leading the design of C#. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 7 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Featuring: Craig Loewen – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Mads Torgersen – GitHub , LinkedIn Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source “Backslashes are Trash” by Mat Ryer on YouTube Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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The Web Development Engine (Interview) 1:33:28

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We’re joined by Andreas Møller, Co-founder of Nordcraft — the team behind Nordcraft Engine, a powerful new platform designed to give web developers what gaming developers have had for years. Andreas shares what inspired them to build Nordcraft Engine, why they believe the web is overdue for a shift in how we approach designing and building for the web, ee explore how the platform works, how you can get started, and what’s next for Nordcraft. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 6 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Featuring: Andreas Møller – Website , GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Nordcraft.com Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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Entry-level tech jobs are getting wiped out (News) 9:57

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The San Fransisco Standard published some sobering news for new graduates, the Forge team decided to put an AI agent in your shell, Fernando Borretti says you can choose tools that make you happy, Jujutsu’s flexibility and safety changed Nathan Witmer’s approach to version control, Anil Dash is as excited about MCP as almost everyone else is & Alex Kladov shares two rules of thumb around pushing “ifs” up and “fors” down. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 1 minute on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Featuring: Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X…

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Dull, dirty or dangerous (Friends) 1:08:07

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We sit down with Scott Hanselman at Microsoft Build 2025 to discuss open sourcing all the things, cool stuff Windows can do, where we want (and don’t want) AI to fit into our lives, building arcade cabinets, and so much more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 7 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Outshift by Cisco – AGNTCY is an open source collective building the Internet of Agents. It’s a collaboration layer where AI agents can communicate, discover each other, and work across frameworks. For developers, this means standardized agent discovery tools, seamless protocols for inter-agent communication, and modular components to compose and scale multi-agent workflows. Featuring: Scott Hanselman – Website , GitHub , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Keys Left? Scott Hanselman.com microsoft/winget-cli Cephable Pieces for Developers Arcade | Scott Hanselman’s Blog Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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Refactored in prison (Interview) 1:42:14

9 days ago1:42:14

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Preston Thorpe joins us from inside prison, where he awaits a hopeful release within the next 12 months. His journey has been anything but easy—marked by hardship and uncertainty. But over the past few years, Preston has undergone a profound transformation. He’s refactored not just his skills, but his identity. Today, he proudly calls himself a software engineer and an open source contributor. In this episode, Preston shares his story of redemption, resilience, and what comes next. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 8 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Outshift by Cisco – AGNTCY is an open source collective building the Internet of Agents. It’s a collaboration layer where AI agents can communicate, discover each other, and work across frameworks. For developers, this means standardized agent discovery tools, seamless protocols for inter-agent communication, and modular components to compose and scale multi-agent workflows. Featuring: Preston Thorpe – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Preston Thorpe - My Story Preston Thorpe - About GitHub – PThorpe92 Unlocked Labs exa – Replacement for ls eza – Modern replacement for exa micro – Terminal-based text editor The Stanford Prison Experiment Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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Windows Subsystem for Linux is open source (News) 7:39

13 days ago7:39

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Microsoft finally opens the source of WSL, Paolo Scanferla describes an inherent trade-off in TypeScript’s type system, Alberto Fortin is taking a step back from heavy LLM use while coding, a pseudonymous hacker spent two weeks coding from their Android phone, and NLWeb might become the HTML of the open agentic web. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Featuring: Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X…

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#define: I'm going pants (Friends) 1:44:26

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Welcome back to #define, our game of obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery. We’ve gathered some awesome friends, new and old, to see who has the best vocabulary and who can trick the everyone else into thinking that they do. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 7 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Outshift by Cisco – AGNTCY is an open source collective building the Internet of Agents. It’s a collaboration layer where AI agents can communicate, discover each other, and work across frameworks. For developers, this means standardized agent discovery tools, seamless protocols for inter-agent communication, and modular components to compose and scale multi-agent workflows. Featuring: Angelica Hill – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Matthew Sanabria – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X John Henry Müller – GitHub , LinkedIn , Bluesky , Mastodon Breakmaster Cylinder – Website , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: He Who Gets Slapped (1924) He Who Gets Changelog Beats (2025) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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NATS and the CNCF kerfuffle (Interview) 1:36:21

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Derek Collison — creator of NATS and Co-founder & CEO of Synadia — joins the show to dive into the origins, design, and evolution of NATS, a high-performance, open-source messaging system built for modern cloud-native systems and part of the CNCF. Derek shares the story behind NATS, what makes it unique, and unpacks the recent tensions between Synadia and the CNCF over the future of the project. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 8 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Outshift by Cisco – AGNTCY is an open source collective building the Internet of Agents. It’s a collaboration layer where AI agents can communicate, discover each other, and work across frameworks. For developers, this means standardized agent discovery tools, seamless protocols for inter-agent communication, and modular components to compose and scale multi-agent workflows. Featuring: Derek Collison – GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: NATS.io Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community CNCF and Synadia Align on Securing the Future of the NATS.io Project Synadia and the NATS project Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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A critical look at MCP (News) 8:13

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Rasmus Holm takes a critical look at MCP, Stefan Judis shares a new term he learned from Scott Hanselman, Raf beautifully describes the curse of knowing how, Void is an open source Cursor alternative & React Jam is back for its 6th online game jam. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Featuring: Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X…

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Kaizen! Tip of the Pipely (Friends) 1:42:01

23 days ago1:42:01

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Kaizen 19 has arrived! Gerhard has been laser-focused on making Jerod’s pipe dream a reality by putting all of his efforts into Pipely . Has it been a big waste of time or has this epic side quest morphed into a main quest?! Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Featuring: Gerhard Lazu – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Discussion #544: 🎧 Kaizen 19 httpstat: curl statistics made simple Making DNSimple with Anthony Eden Our Slack is dead. Long live Zulip! flyradar: Manage your Fly.io resources in style oha: HTTP load generator, inspired by rakyll/hey Testing Varnish with varnishtest Hurl - Run and Test HTTP Requests Varnish Software Enterprise Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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Building Zed's agentic editing (Interview) 1:52:27

25 days ago1:52:27

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Nathan Sobo is back talking about the next big thing for Zed— agentic editing ! You now have a full-blown AI-native editor to play with. Collaborate with agents at 120fps in a natively multiplayer IDE. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Featuring: Nathan Sobo – GitHub , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Agentic editing Zed’s leaked-prompts Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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Firefox could be doomed (News) 9:47

27 days ago9:47

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The DOJ’s beef with Google might spell doom for Mozilla, Clayton Ramsey makes a plea for not using ChatGPT for writing, Tim Cook loses a big gamble, Brandon Reinhart migrates his game dev away from Rust and Bevy, and Ibrahim Diallo throws zip bombs at malicious bots. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Featuring: Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X…

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When life gives you LLMs... (Friends) 1:40:24

4 weeks ago1:40:24

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Our old friend, Zeno Rocha, returns to discuss email etiquette, the strange new world of AI SEO, the coming LLM enshittification, and SLATE Auto – the just-announced $20k modular EV truck. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 3 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Featuring: Zeno Rocha – Website , GitHub , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Getting to Resend (Changelog Interviews #585) When life gives you Lemons 🍋 U make Billions 💸 Can I email… Support tables for HTML and CSS in emails Email Marketing Platform | Litmus Profound | Optimize Your Brand’s Visibility in AI Search AI Product Rankings SLATE Auto Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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Chasing that next BIG thing (Interview) 1:39:39

4 weeks ago1:39:39

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Drew Wilson is back! It’s been more than a decade since Adam and Drew have spoken and wow, Drew has been busy. He built Plasso and got acquired by GoDaddy. He built a bank called Letter which didn’t work out…and now he’s Head of Design at Clerk and back to chasing that next big thing. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 7 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications. Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond. Depot – 10x faster builds? Yes please. Build faster. Waste less time. Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows. Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time. Featuring: Drew Wilson – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Adam Stacoviak – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: DrewWilson.com Clerk Founders Talk #19 + Founders Talk #20 Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

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I just want to code (News) 7:23

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