Crossover Special: 10 Years of The Changelog + 5 years of freeCodeCamp

The freeCodeCamp Podcast

Episode | Podcast

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:55:54 +0000

<p>In this special crossover episode, we celebrate 10 years of The Changelog. It's the home of the biggest podcast focused on open source, and a favorite of freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson.</p> <p>This 4-hour episode is actually 2 interviews:</p> <p>1. For the first 2.5 hours, Quincy interviews Changelog co-hosts Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo about how they got into software development and podcasting, and the history of their legendary podcast.</p> <p>2. Then we end with Adam and Jerod turning the tables and interviewing Quincy about the past and future of freeCodeCamp.org.</p> <p>If you haven't heard of The Changelog before, it is website that hosts a podcast about open source software. Each week they interview new developers from around the software galaxy and explore what makes those projects tick.</p> <p>Adam Stacoviak founded The Changelog exactly 10 years ago. And Jerod Santo joined as co-host 7 years ago. Together - across 370 episodes - they've interviewed everyone from programmer legends, to the maintainers of open source projects you may have never even heard of.</p> <p>Quincy has listened to hundreds of The Changelog episodes over the years, and credits The Changelog with giving him such a broad view of open source, and the philosophies of the developers who started these projects.</p> <p>These interviews were conducted in-person in Adam's Houston-based studio.</p> <p>If you haven't yet, you should subscribe to The Changelog podcast. They have a variety of shows. We recommend starting with their Master Feed, which lets you explore all of their shows: <a href="https://changelog.com/master">https://changelog.com/master</a></p> <p>And check out the special website they built to celebrate their 10 year anniversary: changelog.com/ten</p> <p>Follow Adam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamstac<br /> Follow Jerod on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jerodsanto<br /> And Quincy is: https://twitter.com/ossia</p>