Contributor

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) has a conversation with Yury Selivanov ( @1st1 ), the co-founder of EdgeDB. EdgeDB is the world’s first “graph-relational database.” It’s a term coined specifically for this new type of database, designed to ease the pain of dealing with the usual relational and NoSQL models. And no, EdgeDB is NOT a graph database! In this episode we discuss: A glitch at EdgeDB’s Matr...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) sits down with Pete Goddard ( @pete_paco ) to talk about Deephaven, the open-core query engine built for real-time streams and batch data. Pete is the CEO of Deephaven Data Labs, and comes to the data world from a background in capital markets trading. Deephaven originally addressed a need for real-time data infrastructure in the finance world, but the team realized h...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Douwe Maan ( @DouweM ) chat about Meltano, the open-source DataOps operating system. Meltano provides the connective tissue that allows teams to treat their data stack as a single software development project. Tune in to learn how Meltano is trying to bring software development best practices into the data world. In this episode we discuss: Meltano’s origins as a...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz ( @diacritica ) examine the intersection of open-source, agile development, and UI/UX design at the heart of two applications, Penpot and Taiga. Penpot is a design and prototyping platform intended for cross-domain teams, while Taiga is a popular agile project management software. These products comprise the heart of Pablo’s innovative company,...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Kyle Quest ( @kcqon ) discuss DockerSlim, the open-source optimization and security tool for Docker container images. Kyle initially created DockerSlim as a humble hackathon project, and now supports it with his company, Slim. AI. Tune in to learn how DockerSlim is redefining DevOps with application intelligence and a backwards compatible vision of the future. In...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) is joined by Egil ( @EgilCo ) and Ivar Østhus ( @ivarconr ), brothers and co-creators of the open-source feature management platform, Unleash. It’s a real family business, with Egil acting as CEO and Ivar the CTO of the company. Over beers and burgers, the two decided to bring their strengths together for a feature toggle tool that transforms DevOps and continuous dep...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) invites Shauli Rozen ( @shaulir ) to share about his work on Kubescape, the first open-source Kubernetes security testing tool that is compliant with NSA & CISA hardening guidelines. Despite the project’s recency, Kubescape has seen explosive growth on Github and recognition from the Kubernetes community. Tune in to learn how the team at ARMO built a successful op...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) connects with Dalai Felinto ( @dfelinto ), development coordinator at Blender. Blender is a free and open-source 3D graphics toolset with a unique story spanning nearly 30 years. The project is used professionally for animation, video games, scientific visualization, and much more. Join us for a very special episode of Contributor as we take a deep dive into one of th...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) interviews Abe Gong ( @AbeGong ) and Kyle Eaton ( @SuperCoKyle ) about Great Expectations, the open-source framework that aims to create a shared standard for data quality. Abe is a core contributor to the project, and the CEO and co-founder of Superconductive, the team backing Great Expectations. Kyle is Growth Lead at Superconductive, and Community Manager of Great...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) sits down with Abhishek Dubey ( @abhishekdubey ), co-creator of Bolster, the fraud prevention platform powered by deep-learning. Bolster is used by clients like LinkedIn, Uber and Dropbox for its cutting-edge detection and takedown technology. Abhishek and his co-founder built Bolster around the real-time URL-scanning tool CheckPhish, which analyzes phishing sites for...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) sits down with Magnus Hillestad ( @MHillestad ) and Even Westvang ( @even ), co-founders of the unified content platform Sanity. The team at Sanity helps businesses organize their structured content as data, allowing distribution from a single source of truth. Tune in today’s episode to learn how Sanity aims to change the way people think about content. In this episod...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Ev Kontsevoy ( @kontsevoy ) talk about Teleport, the open-source tool for instant access to cloud resources. These include SSH servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases and more. Teleport was inspired by the growing complexity of cloud environments, and aims to make engineers feel like all their cloud applications are in the same room together. In this episode we di...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Travis Nielsen ( @STravisNielsen ) talk about Rook, the open-source storage orchestrator for Kubernetes. Travis is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, and maintainer of Rook. Join us to dive deep into the story of Rook, from Microsoft, to Quantum, to Red Hat. In this episode we discuss: Ceph + Kubernetes = Rook The difficulty and importance of a stabl...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Patrick McFadin ( @PatrickMcFadin ) delve into the history of Apache Cassandra, the open-source NoSQL database born and bred around cloud over a decade ago. Patrick is the VP of Developer Relations at DataStax, and a member of the Cassandra Project Management Committee. On today’s episode, Patrick shares his philosophy on developer advocacy and experience in open-...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) interviews Nick Schrock ( @schrockn ) about Dagster, the open-source data orchestrator for machine learning, analytics, and ETL. Nick is the founder and CEO of Elementl, and is well-known for creating the Project Infrastructure group at Facebook, which spawned GraphQL and React. On today’s episode of Contributor, Nick explains how he set out to fix an inefficiency he...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Tanmai Gopal ( @tanmaigo ) dive into the open-source Hasura GraphQL Engine and the wider Hasura community. Hasura provides real-time GraphQL APIs for databases, so developers can focus on building applications without worrying about infrastructure. Tune in to hear the full story about how Tanmai and his team are helping engineers unlock the dream of self-serve dat...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) is joined by the co-founders of MindsDB, Jorge Torres ( @JorgeTorresAI ) and Adam Carrigan ( @AdamMCarrigan ). MindsDB is an open-source AI layer that integrates with existing databases, from MySQL to Clickhouse. Tune in to learn how these two former college roommates are working to bring machine learning into the mainstream. In this episode we discuss: Why it makes s...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) welcomes Peter Wang ( @pwang ) for a conversation about the Python ecosystem and the open-source communities that have built it. Peter is the creator of Anaconda, the near-essential Python distribution for scientific computing that makes managing packages a lot more manageable. In today’s episode, Peter offers a unique and powerful perspective on how to make the econo...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) is joined by Alexander Gallego ( @emaxerrno ) for an examination of Redpanda, the source available event streaming platform designed as a drop-in replacement for Kafka. Redpanda’s storage engine is attractive to developers for its performance and simplicity, removing the complexity of running Kafka to scale and deploying with a single binary. Listen to today’s episode...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Zoltan Olah ( @zqzoltan ) discuss Storybook, the open-source UI component development tool. Storybook supports all the most popular frontend frameworks and libraries such as React, Vue and Angular, but allows users to test and develop components in isolation. In today’s episode, learn more about the early days of the component-driven development methodology and ho...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Sheng Wu ( @wusheng1108 ) discuss Apache SkyWalking, an open-source APM tool focusing on cloud-native and distributed systems. SkyWalking was originally developed in 2012 as a training tool for developers new to distributed systems architecture, but it became Sheng’s pet project for several years until he brought it to the Apache Incubator program. Listen to today...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Fred K. Schott ( @FredKSchott ) dive into the world of Snowpack, an open-source, frontend build tool for web developers. Snowpack is special because it uses Javascript’s ES module system to instantly write file changes to the browser. Fred created Snowpack and the Skypack CDN to fulfill his vision of the future of the web, which he first recognized while trying to...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Travis Oliphant ( @teoliphant ) take a far-reaching tour through the history of the Python data community. Travis has had a hand in the creation of many open-source projects, most notably the influential libraries, NumPy and SciPy, which helped cement Python as the standard for scientific computing. Join us for the story of a fledgling community from a time “befor...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) and Dor Laor ( @DorLaor ) go under the hood of Scylla, the open-source NoSQL database designed for low latency and high throughput in big data applications. Dor and his team have reimplemented Apache Cassandra in C++ from scratch, with additional compatibility for DynamoDB. In today’s episode, Dor shares details on the exciting work coming out of ScyllaDB, including S...

Eric Anderson ( @ericmander ) chats with Sven Efftinge ( @svenefftinge ), Christian Weichel ( @csweichel ) and Gero Posmyk-Leinemann (Github: @geropl ) about their work on Gitpod, an open-source Kubernetes application that allows engineers to spin up a server-side dev-environment from a Git repository, all within their browser. The three team members are part of TypeFox, a consulting firm that spe...