Conversations with the hackers, leaders, and innovators of the software world. Hosts Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo face their imposter syndrome so you don’t have to. Expect in-depth interviews with the best and brightest in software engineering, open source, and leadership. This is a polyglot podcast. All programming languages, platforms, and communities are welcome. Open source moves fast. Keep up.

The power of wikis, the problem with social networks, the promise of AI

July 14, 2017 1:26:41 124.99 MB Downloads: 0

Evan Prodromou has been involved in open source since the mid ‘90s. His open source travel guide – Wikitravel – grew up alongside Wikipedia and the web itself. In this episode, we hear Evan’s history, try to solve open social networking once and for all, and learn how sprinkling a little artificial intelligence on to our products can yield big wins without having to shoot the moon.

Discuss on Changelog News

Join Changelog++ to support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear!

Sponsors

  • Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free!
  • Toptal – Easily scale your team — hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction.
  • GoCD – GoCD is an on-premise open source continuous delivery server created by ThoughtWorks that lets you automate and streamline your build-test-release cycle for reliable, continuous delivery of your product.
  • Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform.

Featuring

Notes and Links

The Power of Wikis

The Problem with Social Networks

The Promise of A.I.