The GitHub Podcast

AI Hot Takes: Should You Read the Code, Is RAG Dead, and Did Skills Kill MCP?

Cassidy and GPS dive into a round of AI hot takes to separate the extreme, engagement-bait opinions from the actual nuance. They debate whether developers still need to r

Decoding the New AI Lingo: Loops, Harnesses, Squads, and Hill Climbing

In today’s episode, Cassidy, Marlene, and GPS tackle the ever-growing pile of new AI and agent terminology that's popped up seemingly overnight. They break down loop engi

Welcome back to The GitHub Podcast!

The GitHub Podcast is back for Season 2! In the season opener, Cassidy Williams is joined by co-hosts Marlene Mhangami and GPS Peña-Siguenza. The trio revisits their favo

Tiny Wins, Big Impact: Accessibility, MCP, and the Future of Open Source at GitHub

In this year-in-review episode of The GitHub Podcast, Cassidy and Abby are joined by Helen Hou-Sandí, GitHub’s engineering manager for the Accessibility Engineering team

LIVE from GitHub Universe: Inside the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund

In this episode guest host Greg Cochran from the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund brings together four maintainers who are helping secure the open source projects we all de

LIVE from GitHub Universe: Angie Jones on Goose, MCP, and the Real-World Future of AI Agents

Abby sits down with Angie Jones, VP of Engineering at Block, live at GitHub Universe to talk about Goose, Block’s open source AI agent and reference implementation of the

LIVE from GitHub Universe: Privacy-First Smart Homes with Frenck from Home Assistant

In this episode, recorded live at GitHub Universe 2025, Andrea sits down with Frank “Frenck” Nijhof, a GitHub Star and project lead for Home Assistant, one of the most ac

TypeScript’s Takeover, AI’s Lift-Off: Inside the 2025 Octoverse Report

Andrea and Kedasha sit down with data whisperer Jeff Luszcz, one of the wizards behind GitHub’s annual Octoverse report, to unpack this year’s biggest shifts. They get in

From Log4Shell to the Sovereign Tech Fund: Lessons in Open Source Sustainability

In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby sits down with Felix Reda, Director of Developer Policy at GitHub, and Christian Grobmeier, a longtime Log4J maintainer, to re

Mike McQuaid on the Greatest Lessons He’s Learned in Over 16 Years at Homebrew

Homebrew’s project lead Mike McQuaid joins Abby and Andrea to unpack what it really takes to sustain one of the most-used developer tools on macOS and Linux. From early G

Making Desktop Frameworks More Accessible with Electron

In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby and Kedasha are joined by Keeley Hammond, a longtime maintainer of the Electron project. They explore the inner workings of on

Building Tools and the Future of DIY Development

In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy and Kedasha explore the rise of personal software tools built by developers for themselves, and shared with the world throu

The Joy of Developer Education with CodeTV

In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy, Abby, and Andrea are joined by developer advocate, educator, and creator of CodeTV, Jason Lengstorf. They uncover Jason’s

Unlocking the Power of MCP

In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy, Abby and Kedasha discuss the Model Context Protocol (MCP), its significance in the open source community, and how it enhan

Meet the GitHub Podcast hosts

In this premiere episode of the GitHub podcast, hosts Cassidy, Abby and Kedasha introduce themselves and share their personal journeys into the world of open source. They

This is the GitHub Podcast

Welcome to the GitHub podcast, a show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub. Hosted by GitHub’s

Powering public goods

In this episode of The ReadME Podcast, hosts Neha Batra and Martin Woodward look back on their growth and learnings from the past season, from pronunciation struggles to

(De)coding conventions

Programming languages are always in flux, and so is the way we use them. In this episode, we dive into the rise of TypeScript, with The ReadME Project’s Senior Editor Mik

Bridging code and community

The influence of open source extends well beyond code. In this episode, we dive into the less-explored areas of the open source community, spotlighting their profound and

Kelsey Hightower—Present

In this bonus episode, we hear from Kubernetes superstar Kelsey Hightower. Diving into crucial elements like empathy in maintainership, succession planning, and the ident