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In this episode, we’re joined by Kelsey Hightower to discuss the evolution of cloud infrastructure management, the role Kubernetes and its API play in it, and how we, as developers and operators, should be adapting to these changes. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Deploy a fast, efficient, native SSD cloud server for only $5/month. Get 4 months free using the code changelog2019. Start your server - head to linode.com/changelog. Algorithms with Go – A free Go course where panelist Jon Calhoun teaches you how algorithms and data structures work, how to implement them in Go code, and where to practice at. Great for learning Go, learning about algorithms for the first time, or refreshing your algorithmic knowledge. Featuring:Kelsey Hightower – GitHub, XJohnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, XCarmen Andoh – GitHub, XMat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, XJaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

The commercial VPN industry is a minefield to navigate and many open source solutions are a pain to use or ill-suited for the task. Algo VPN, on the other hand, is a self-hosted personal VPN designed for ease of deployment and security. It uses the securest industry standards, builds on rock-solid solutions like WireGuard and Ansible, and runs on an ever-growing list of cloud hosting providers. On this episode Dan Guido –CEO of security firm Trail of Bits and Algo’s creator– joins Jerod to discuss the project in depth. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:DigitalOcean – DigitalOcean’s developer cloud makes it simple to launch in the cloud and scale up as you grow. They have an intuitive control panel, predictable pricing, team accounts, worldwide availability with a 99.99% uptime SLA, and 24/7/365 world-class support to back that up. Get your $100 credit at do.co/changelog. Algolia – Our search partner. Algolia’s full suite search APIs enable teams to develop unique search and discovery experiences across all platforms and devices. We’re using Algolia to power our site search here at Changelog.com. Get started for free and learn more at algolia.com. Brain Science – For the curious! Brain Science is our new podcast exploring the inner-workings of the human brain to understand behavior change, habit formation, mental health, and being human. It’s Brain Science applied — not just how does the brain work, but how do we apply what we know about the brain to transform our lives. Featuring:Dan Guido – GitHub, XJerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: About Trail of Bits Meet Algo, the VPN that works Algo on GitHub Most VPN Services are Terrible An Analysis of the Privacy and Security Risks of Android VPN Permission-enabled Apps (PDF) 101 VPN products run by just 23 companies Every “free” VPN No one is going to risk jail for your $5/mo A story of the entire VPN industry, in 4 acts. Starring NordVPN. WireCutter’s review of the best VPN service for 2019 WireGuard Getting 2FA Right in 2019 Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

One of the things people most associate with AI is automation, but how is AI actually shaping automation in manufacturing? Costas Boulis from Bright Machines joins us to talk about how they are using AI in various manufacturing processes and in their “microfactories.” He also discusses the unique challenges of developing AI models based on manufacturing data. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Deploy a fast, efficient, native SSD cloud server for only $5/month. Get 4 months free using the code changelog2019. Start your server - head to linode.com/changelog. The Brave Browser – Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari, block ads and trackers by default, and reward your favorite creators with the built-in Basic Attention Token. Download Brave for free and give tipping a try right here on changelog.com. Featuring:Costas Boulis – GitHub, LinkedIn, XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: Bright Machines Bright Machines’ Microfactories Digital twins Other relevant Practical AI episodes: Deep Reinforcement Learning Robot hands solving Rubik’s cubes Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

KBall, Divya, Mikeal, and Feross dig deep into refactoring. When to do it, best practices, things to watch out for, and the difference between a refactor and a rewrite. We then close out with some key pro tips. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Rollbar – We move fast and fix things because of Rollbar. Resolve errors in minutes. Deploy with confidence. Learn more at rollbar.com/changelog. DigitalOcean – DigitalOcean’s developer cloud makes it simple to launch in the cloud and scale up as you grow. They have an intuitive control panel, predictable pricing, team accounts, worldwide availability with a 99.99% uptime SLA, and 24/7/365 world-class support to back that up. Get your $100 credit at do.co/changelog. Algolia – Our search partner. Algolia’s full suite search APIs enable teams to develop unique search and discovery experiences across all platforms and devices. We’re using Algolia to power our site search here at Changelog.com. Get started for free and learn more at algolia.com. Featuring:Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDivya – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XFeross Aboukhadijeh – Website, GitHub, XMikeal Rogers – GitHub, XShow Notes:Refactoring Getting Empirical about Refactoring The Myth of the Software Rewrite git bisect Protips Vimpack The 1 percent rule Mikeal’s Way of Code Toastmasters Other episodes of JS Party that talk about refactoring: #70: Refactoring Script Soup #43: Interviews from JSConf Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

We teamed up with some friends of ours at Heroku to promote the Code-ish podcast so we’re sharing a full-length episode right here in the Go Time feed. This episode features Johnny Boursiquot (Go Time panelist) on the mic with guests Edward Muller and Rishabh Wason talking about Go at Heroku. Learn more and subscribe at heroku.com/podcasts/codeish. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Code-ish by Heroku – A podcast from the team at Heroku, exploring code, technology, tools, tips, and the life of the developer. Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Featuring:Ed Muller – GitHub, XRishabh Wason – GitHub, LinkedInJohnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:Many organizations and teams have adopted Go for its focus on concurrency and efficiency, and Heroku is no different. Although it’s no longer a “new” language, diving into Go can be intimidating, whether you’re a seasoned programmer or a new hire. Johnny Boursiquot, Ed Muller, and Rishabh Wason discuss the joys and challenges of learning Go, applying it to projects at Heroku, and teaching colleagues how to write idiomatic code. Check the show notes and transcript for more details. Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Welcome to 2020 — on this year’s “State of the ‘log’” episode Jerod and I look back at our favorite moments from 2019 and forward to 2020 and beyond. We talk through our most popular episodes, our personal favorites, our 10-year anniversary, the excitement we have for Brain Science our newest podcast, it’s for the curious! And we also look forward to plans we have for 2020 and the decade to come… Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:DigitalOcean – DigitalOcean’s developer cloud makes it simple to launch in the cloud and scale up as you grow. They have an intuitive control panel, predictable pricing, team accounts, worldwide availability with a 99.99% uptime SLA, and 24/7/365 world-class support to back that up. Get your $100 credit at do.co/changelog. Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com. Algolia – Our search partner. Algolia’s full suite search APIs enable teams to develop unique search and discovery experiences across all platforms and devices. We’re using Algolia to power our site search here at Changelog.com. Get started for free and learn more at algolia.com. Featuring:Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:We shipped 46 episodes of The Changelog this year (47 last year) and 200 across our entire catalog. Most popular episodes of 2019: #331: GitHub Actions is the next big thing with Kyle Daigle #339: Why smart engineers write bad code with Adam Barr #352: The Pragmatic Programmers #354: Go is eating the world of software with Ron Evans #367: Back to Agile’s basics with Bob Martin Jerod’s favorites: #366: Pioneering open source drones and robocars #370: The making of GitHub Sponsors #353: The war for the soul of open source Adam’s favorites: #361: Generative engineering cultures with David Kaplan #357: Shaping, betting, and building with Ryan Singer Backstage #7: The John Wick trilogy Listener todo’s: Go Time is back (as of April 2019) and hit their 100th episode — you should subscribe and listen We launched a new podcast called Brain Science — listen and subscribe Help us celebrate 10 years of Changelog Keep up with all our shows by subscribing to Master (this is the only way to get Backstage) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jaana, Jon, and Mat are joined by John Graham-Cumming, the CTO of Cloudflare, to discuss Go at Cloudflare along with John’s unique involvement in Gordon Brown’s apology to Alan Turing. How did Cloudflare get started with Go? What problems do they use Go for and when to they turn to other languages? And how exactly did John’s petition for an apology to Turing get so popular? Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors: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. GoCD + Kubernetes – With GoCD running on Kubernetes, you define your build workflow and let GoCD provision and scale build infrastructure on the fly. GoCD installs as a Kubernetes native application. Scale your build infrastructure elastically. Learn more at gocd.org/kubernetes Featuring:John Graham-Cumming – Website, GitHub, XMat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, XJon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, XJaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: Cloudflare blog John’s Gophercon Talk Plan 9 Hoare’s paper on CSP Leap Second Bug Apology to Turing story Gordon Brown Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Mireille and Adam discuss goal setting and the different types of goals we set. We reflect on how can you set goals that work for you and measure them. We also talk about how you go about building the behaviors that align with your identity and resistance we face when we do this. We also share our 2020 goal for Brain Science. This is a must-listen episode to get a grounded perspective in planning your goals for this year and decade. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Mireille Reece, PsyD – LinkedInAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Goal setting — are you ready for the new year/new you? ​​The Marshmallow Test (Carol Dweck, Ph.D.) — The role of delayed gratification in growth mindset and why self-control is the engine of success. ​​3 types of goals Outcome - Outcome goals are very often binary and involve winning, for example, wanting to win a gold medal or wanting to be the largest company in your sector. Whilst outcome goals are hugely motivating, they are not under your control as they are affected by how others perform and/or other external forces. Performance - A performance goal is a performance standard that you are trying to achieve. These are the performance standards you set for yourself to achieve if you are going to build towards your outcome goal. Over time, performance goals build upon one another to help you achieve your outcome goal. Process - Process goals support performance goals by giving you something to focus on as you work towards your performance goals. Process goals are completely under your control. They are the small things you should focus on or do to eventually achieve your performance goals. ​​The Kaizen Way - “itty bitty” steps to move you in the direction of the goal you want to achieve. ​​ ​​Areas of life for goal setting: vocational, relational, personal, financial, health, etc. “SMART” Goals Specific ​2. Measurable ​3. Achievable ​4. Realistic ​5. Time Bound ​How committed am I? ​​If I’m optimizing in one way, it will invariably affect other aspects of my life. Therefore, have I considered the implications of this goal in my life? ​​The Role of Identity in the goal setting process. Are my goals aligned with my identity? Accountability and Goal Setting The American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) study on accountability found that you have a 65% of completing a goal if you commit to someone. And if you have a specific accountability appointment with a person you’ve committed, you will increase your chance of success by up to 95%. The WILL and the WAY ​​There’s a lot of research around this at the Social and Affective lab at the University of Oregon. Will and Way –– “The will refers to the motivational and affective processes that drive goal pursuit such as approach motives, and the way refers to the suite of cognitive capacities and abilities that enable goal pursuit such as inhibitory control. Neither part is sufficient on its own; both are necessary for effective self-regulation.” (https://sanlab.uoregon.edu/research/) Inhibitory control is a major part of goal achievement. I have to be able to “inhibit” my desire/drive for another behavior and replace it with the more adaptive or desirable one. Our goal for 2020? The goal for Brain Science in 2020 is to ship WEEKLY episodes (YEAH!). Can you help us achieve our goals? Give us feedback. Join us in Slack to share YOUR circumstances or challenges so we can work with you to help you hack it! Or get in touch on Twitter via @Changelog or @BrainScienceFM. Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Chris and Daniel talk with Greg Allen, Chief of Strategy and Communications at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC). The mission of the JAIC is “to seize upon the transformative potential of artificial intelligence technology for the benefit of America’s national security… The JAIC is the official focal point of the DoD AI Strategy.” So if you want to understand how the U.S. military thinks about artificial intelligence, then this is the episode for you! Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors: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. The Brave Browser – Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari, block ads and trackers by default, and reward your favorite creators with the built-in Basic Attention Token. Download Brave for free and give tipping a try right here on changelog.com. Featuring:Greg Allen – LinkedIn, XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: U.S. Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Summary of the 2018 Department of Defense Artificial Intelligence Strategy Fact Sheet: 2018 DoD Artificial Intelligence Strategy White House AI Website Practical AI – Episode #47 - GANs, RL, and transfer learning oh my! AlphaGo Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DARPA Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity - IARPA Law of War Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

At Node+JS Interactive… the talks are all quite attractive. From transpilation dread… to awesome worker threads. This conf is surely impactive! Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Rollbar – We move fast and fix things because of Rollbar. Resolve errors in minutes. Deploy with confidence. Learn more at rollbar.com/changelog. 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. The Brave Browser – Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari, block ads and trackers by default, and reward your favorite creators with the built-in Basic Attention Token. Download Brave for free and give tipping a try right here on changelog.com. Featuring:Vladimir de Turckheim – GitHub, XMarian Villa – Website, GitHub, XChris Wilcox – Website, GitHub, XJason Etcovitch – Website, GitHub, XRich Trott – Website, GitHub, XAnna Henningsen – GitHub, XNick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Node.js Loader Hooks for Fun and Profit Transform a Country through Code Oh No! The Robots Have Taken Over! A Crash Course On Worker Threads A Chat with the Node.js Technical Steering Committee Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!