
How to lose friends and alienate people
From BitFlip.show by BitFlip.show
April 3, 2026 · 45 min · Episode 3
About this episode
Stephen discusses his journey from childhood PC tinkering to managing his own MSP, while also covering MinIO's shift away from its open source roots and a new API's impact on SimpleLogin subscriptions.
Stephen shares his road from childhood PC tinkering to running his own MSP, we trace MinIO's slow abandonment of its open source community, and Geoff explains how a new API in his email provider made his SimpleLogin subscription redundant.
People in this episode
Host: Stephen
Guest: Geoff
Topics covered
- PC tinkering
- managed service provider
- open source community
- email API
- subscription services
Keywords
- PC tinkering
- managed service provider
- MinIO
- open source
- email API
- SimpleLogin
- subscription
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MinIO, SimpleLogin
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