About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges and economics of open source software, featuring insights on GitHub and dependency management.
This week we've got Kris and Jamie! They open with the Shai-Hulud worm chewing through the npm supply chain and close on the messy economics of who actually pays for open source labor. And there's plenty of great stuff in between: GitHub's everything-platform creep, the case for LLMs as a way out of dependency hell, and the forge alternatives finally maturing into real options. We've got supporter content, of course! This week that includes an expansion on Kris's "pull requests as original sin" theory, the everything-platform rant that compares GitHub to Meta Business Suite, a monologue on money, knowledge gaps, and LLMs as a way out of open source debt. Not a supporter yet? Fix that today by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today! If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube. No episode of the aftershow this week. We'll have more aftershow episodes soon! In the meantime, catch up on previous episodes at https://break.show. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Table of Contents: Prologue (00:00:00) Chapter 2: The Shai-Hulud Worm and the GitHub Actions Attack…
People in this episode
Host: Kris
Guest: Jamie
Topics covered
- npm supply chain
- open source labor
- GitHub platform
- dependency management
- forge alternatives
- economics of open source
Keywords
- open source
- GitHub
- npm
- dependency hell
- LLMs
- forge alternatives
- Shai-Hulud worm
- economics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GitHub, Meta Business Suite, GitLab
Products: Kubernetes, LLMs, npm
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