Contributor Eric Anderson
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The origin story behind the best open source projects and communities.
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Ground Control: Lunar with Eyal Solomon
Eyal Solomon (@EyalSolomo44643) is the CEO and co-founder of Lunar, an open-source platform which bills itself as the “first reverse API gateway.” Lunar allows engineering teams to monitor, manage, and optimize API consumption. According to Eyal, it’s very easy to integrate with APIs, but difficult to keep them maintained, and there was a clear need for a generic solution to control and scale every API consumed in production.
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In this episode we discuss:
How most companies think their API maintenance is a unique problem
The importance of managing API consumption in the face of the AI revolution
Why Eyal and his team decided to open-source Lunar
Future plans for Lunar, including the development of autonomous optimization and pre-built flows
Eyal’s thoughts on how to start conversations with potential enterprise clients
Links:
Lunar
People mentioned:
Roy Gabbay (LinkedIn) -
Metadata Management: DataHub with Shirshanka Das
Shirshanka Das (@shirshanka) is the CTO of Acryl Data and founder of DataHub, which bills itself as the #1 open-source metadata platform. It enables data discovery, data observability and federated governance to help tame complex data ecosystems. Shirshanka first developed DataHub while at LinkedIn, but has grown it into an independent project with a thriving community.
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In this episode we discuss:
How DataHub differs from traditional data catalogs
Themes around why community members get involved and stick with the project
Partnering with Netflix to develop runtime metadata model extensibility
The influence of the pandemic on DataHub’s open-sourcing
Dealing with the future of a project with big community and unlimited scope
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DataHub
The History of DataHub -
Take Your Own Advice: vlcn with Matt Wonlaw
After his first child was born, Matt Wonlaw (@tantaman) imagined giving his son life advice. What kind of life did he want his kid to lead? At the time, he was working for Facebook, and he decided that his own life needed a change in direction. So Matt started vlcn, aka Vulcan Labs, a research company that develops open-source projects like CR-SQLite and Materialite. vlcn has an unusual business model – Matt receives donations and sponsorships from users and clients. It’s all part of his mission to rethink the modern data stack for writing rich and complex applications.
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In this episode we discuss:
One reason that software is still too hard to write: Object orientations
How CR-SQLite allows databases to be merged together and Materialite provides Incremental View Maintenance for JavaScript
Why coding directly to relations can provide a more flexible and efficient approach to building applications
Matt’s decision to build vlcn as a research lab rather than as a startup
Thoughts for the future on PGLite
Links:
vlcn (Vulcan Labs)
CR-SQLite
Materialite
fly.io
PGLite
People mentioned:
Johannes Schickling (@schickling) -
Secret Sauce: Amplication with Yuval Hazaz
Amplication is an open-source development platform for scalable and secure Node.js applications. It allows engineers to skip writing boilerplate code and offers the flexibility to customize and add components. Amplification was created by Yuval Hazaz (@Yuvalhazaz1), a veteran developer who determined that low-code platforms save time but restrict freedom. Instead, Amplication uses code generation to reliably and consistently build robust production‑ready backend services.
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In this episode we discuss:
Yuval’s “secret sauce” for building an open-source community
How platform engineers can use Amplication for company-wide standardization
A baseline organic growth rate for open-source projects
The role of generative AI in code modernization
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Amplication -
To the Moon: OpenBB with Didier Lopes
OpenBB is an open-source investment research platform created by Didier Lopes (@didier_lopes). OpenBB grew out of a project called Gamestonk Terminal that Didier began working on shortly before the Gamestop short squeeze in January 2021. Today, OpenBB has evolved into an infrastructure platform that allows users to build extensions and access financial data with automation and customization.
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In this episode we discuss:
What Vice Media got wrong about OpenBB
Some major contributors to the project and the features or directions that they proposed
How a machine learning engineer from Bloomberg reached out about OpenBB
Different types of OpenBB users – students, retail investors, and other financial professionals
OpenBB’s exciting AI roadmap
Links:
OpenBB
People mentioned:
James Maslek (@jmaslek11
Artem Veremey (@artemvv) -
Robust Observability: OpenTelemetry with Austin Parker
OpenTelemetry is an open-source observability framework for collecting and managing telemetry data. OpenTelemetry has been more successful than expected, becoming the second fastest growing project in the CNCF. It allows for flexibility and avoids vendor lock-in, making it attractive to startups and large enterprises alike. On today’s show, Eric (@ericmander) sits down with Austin Parker (@austinlparker), director of open-source at Honeycomb.
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In this episode we discuss:
How Austin’s interest in complex systems led him to the observability field and developer relations
An X argument that contributed to the merger of OpenTelemetry and OpenCensus
Why foundations help maintainers to strike a balance with their contributors
Austin’s opinion on the secret to OpenTelemetry’s success
Links:
OpenTelemetry
Honeycomb
People mentioned:
Charity Majors (@mipsytipsy)
Christine Yen (@cyen)