web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:41:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Dave & Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Open Source” https://dgshow.org/tags/open%20source Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. en-us episodic Not our circus, not our monkey. David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. no privacy, security, robots, internet, open source, technology David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson gunnar@hellekson.com Episode 284: Home Row Guy https://dgshow.org/284 f479fac2-ec8c-47e6-a687-438b397ef624 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk with Mike McGrath about agentic AI open source development and engineering leadership! 50:18 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk with Mike McGrath (https://dgshow.org/guests/mmcgrath) about agentic AI open source development and engineering leadership! Gunnar on abundance in D&G 273 (https://dgshow.org/273) Welcome Mike (https://dgshow.org/guests/mmcgrath)! Gemini Gems (https://gemini.google/overview/gems/) The Day Open Source Realized Code Doesn’t Matter Anymore (https://blog.stackademic.com/the-day-open-source-realized-code-doesnt-matter-anymore-a07f5aedfb43) Fedora (https://www.fedoraproject.org/) Fedora Infrastructure Project (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/) tmux (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introduction-tmux-linux) screen (https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html) We Give Thanks Mike McGrath (https://dgshow.org/guests/mmcgrath) for being our special guest star! Special Guest: Mike McGrath. Mike McGrath, open source, RHEL, Cursor, Claude, Gemini Gems, Gems, software development, engineering leadership, career advice, computer science, tmux, screen, Fedora, Fedora Infrastructure Team, This week Dave and Gunnar talk with Mike McGrath about agentic AI open source development and engineering leadership!

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Special Guest: Mike McGrath.

]]> Episode 252: Too Hip-Hop, Not Enough $15M Nikon Lithography Stepper https://dgshow.org/252 f6961007-e464-4f72-9e15-da9f10fed524 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about notetaking, IP taking, and great deals on used surveillance vans! 40:17 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about notetaking, IP taking, and great deals on used surveillance vans! Gunnar endorses: DND Beyond (https://www.dndbeyond.com/intro) Goodnotes (https://www.goodnotes.com/) and the virtues of the pen Dave endorses: Kindle Scribe (https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Scribe-the-first-Kindle-for-reading-writing-journaling-and-sketching/dp/B09BS26B8B) Julia (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77980762-julia) H/T Dwight Chamberlain: The Ben and Marc Show (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ben-marc-show/id1713388101) RISC-V technology emerges as battleground in US-China tech war (https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-china-tech-war-risc-v-chip-technology-emerges-new-battleground-2023-10-06/) 211. Regulating AI by Executive Order is the Real AI Risk (https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/211-regulating-ai-by-executive-order) Hardfork interview w/Sam Altman (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/podcasts/hard-fork-sam-altman-transcript.html) D&G This Week in There, I Fixed It: Microsoft now lets you play a game during Windows 11 installs (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-now-lets-you-play-a-game-during-windows-11-installs/) Ex-NASA surveillance van with retractable roof cameras goes on sale (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/ex-nasa-surveillance-van-with-retractable-roof-cameras-goes-on-sale/) A federal agency wants to give safety tips to young adults. So it's dropping an album (https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1199192682/consumer-product-safety-commission-music-album) ASIC Necklace (https://www.zerotoasiccourse.com/post/asic-necklace/) We Give Thanks * Dwight Chamberlain for the podcast doppelgänger tipoff! * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! DND Beyond, Goodnotes, Kindle, Kindle Scribe, Julia, 1984, Ben and Marc Show, RISC-V, open hardware, open source, AI, AI executive order, Sam Altman, Windows, Windows 11, NASA, surveillance vans, public sector music albums, ASIC necklaces This week Dave and Gunnar talk about notetaking, IP taking, and great deals on used surveillance vans!

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  • Dwight Chamberlain for the podcast doppelgänger tipoff!
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  • Dwight Chamberlain for the podcast doppelgänger tipoff!
  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
]]> Episode 248: Get the Most Out of Your Memories https://dgshow.org/248 1ac42b0a-55db-4fbc-9877-48a890b90b98 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about open source generative AI and how to poison them. 34:03 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about open source generative AI and how to poison them. Iceland (https://www.visiticeland.com/) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Across_the_Spider-Verse) Delete (https://www.netflix.com/watch/81565131?trackId=255824129) on Netflix Is A.I. the Future of Astrology? (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/style/astrology-co-star-ai.html) AI replacing psychics as 'fortune telling' droids put tarot readers out of work (https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/ai-replacing-psychics-fortune-telling-30659524) Open source generative AI Hugging Face releases its own version of ChatGPT (https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/25/hugging-face-releases-its-own-version-of-chatgpt/) FreedomGPT (https://www.freedomgpt.com/) GPT4All (https://gpt4all.io/index.html) Researchers Demonstrate AI ‘Supply Chain’ Disinfo Attack With 'PoisonGPT' (https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwgn4/researchers-demonstrate-ai-supply-chain-disinfo-attack-with-poisongpt) AI writing assistants can cause biased thinking in their users (https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/ai-writing-assistants-can-cause-biased-thinking-in-their-users/) Magic Editor in Google Photos: New AI editing features for reimagining your photos (https://www.blog.google/products/photos/google-photos-magic-editor-pixel-io-2023/) The Photo Book That Captured How the Soviet Regime Made the Truth Disappear (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-photo-book-that-captured-how-the-soviet-regime-made-the-truth-disappear) Cutting Room Floor * Fictional Brands Archive (https://fictionalbrandsarchive.com/) * Retro MacOS desktop blanket trades pixels for thread, and it looks Mac-nificent (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/retro-macos-desktop-blanket-trades-pixels-for-thread-and-it-looks-mac-nificent/) * The Toronto Recursive History Project (https://readtheplaque.com/plaque/the-toronto-recursive-history-project) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! Iceland, Spider-Man, Spider-Verse, Delete, Netflix, astrology, AI, Hugging Face, FreedomGPT, GPT4All, open source, PoisonGPT, supply chain attacks, AI writing assistance, bias, AI bias, Magic Editor, Google, Google Photos, Stalin, fictional brands, blankets, Toronto, recursion, plaques This week Dave and Gunnar talk about open source generative AI and how to poison them.

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We Give Thanks

  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
]]> Episode 231: Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble https://dgshow.org/231 e4878bf1-a4ca-40be-9e78-7599ecee965e Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about automating ransomware, automating prosecution, automating defense attorneys, and a bridge 25:19 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about automating ransomware, automating prosecution, automating defense attorneys, and a bridge “Sent from my iPhone”: 5 Helpful Tips on How to Write Emails from Your Phone (https://www.grammarly.com/blog/how-to-write-emails-from-mobile/) Air Conditioning test in Allendale (https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/austin-air-conditioned-village) FBI: FIN7 hackers target US companies with BadUSB devices to install ransomware (https://therecord.media/fbi-fin7-hackers-target-us-companies-with-badusb-devices-to-install-ransomware/) See also: D&G 138 (https://dgshow.org/138) (from 2017!) Almost related: Remote staff are using ‘mouse movers’ to keep their computer awake and fool the boss (https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/09/remote-staff-use-mouse-movers-to-keep-laptops-awake-and-fool-bosses-15741764/) Chinese scientists develop AI ‘prosecutor’ that can press its own charges (https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3160997/chinese-scientists-develop-ai-prosecutor-can-press-its-own) "A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management decision." (https://photos.app.goo.gl/Mi2jpYcpsCfiQKfH8) DoNotPay: This 'Robot Lawyer' Might Save Your Banned Social Media Account (https://gizmodo.com/this-robot-lawyer-might-save-your-banned-social-media-a-1848260777) Akron police investigating after 58-foot bridge goes missing (https://fox8.com/news/akron-police-investigating-after-58-foot-bridge-went-missing/) Suspect charged after 58-foot bridge stolen in Akron (https://fox8.com/news/suspect-charged-after-58-foot-bridge-stolen-in-akron/) Cutting Room Floor * Blower (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blower/id335862325): Blow out candles with iPhone! * How Does This App Blow Out Candles? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX6XSs2T5Go) * Henry Kissinger fulfilling his dream of being a weatherman. (http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/henry_kissinger_weatherman) * What your favorite sad dad band says about you (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/what-your-favorite-sad-dad-band-says-about-you) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! iPhone, email, Kevin Rose, Allendale, Austin, Texas, air conditioning, FIN7, BadUSB, ransomware, Arduino, Arduino Leonardo, open source, mouse movers, mouse jigglers, management, AI, prosecution, AI prosecutor, DoNotPay, robot lawyers, Akron, bridges, theft, larsony, Blower, candles, Henry Kissinger, weather, dad bands This week Dave and Gunnar talk about automating ransomware, automating prosecution, automating defense attorneys, and a bridge

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  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
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  • The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics!
]]> Episode 212: Security Requires Thinking (His Monkey, His Circus) https://dgshow.org/212 0357b960-38d3-463c-964a-96e1251c71db Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk with Dr. David A. Wheeler about what’s new at the Linux Foundation, a brand-new free course on developing secure software, some survey results, and recent news concerning SolarWinds. 49:59 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk with Dr. David A. Wheeler (https://twitter.com/drdavidawheeler) about what’s new at the Linux Foundation, a brand-new free course on developing secure software, some survey results, and recent news concerning SolarWinds. Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) (https://openssf.org/) of the Linux Foundation replaces the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) and has several working groups Secure Software Development Fundamentals Courses (https://openssf.org/edx-courses/) The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) Badge Program (https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en) is now part of the OpenSSF Best Practices Working Group Project statistics (https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/project_stats), now >3,500 participating projects & >500 passing badges If you develop OSS, make sure your projects are pursuing a badge (https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/) “Report on the 2020 FOSS Contributor Survey” (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/press-release/new-open-source-contributor-report-from-linux-foundation-and-harvard-identifies-motivations-and-opportunities-for-improving-software-security/) - these are the RESULTS of the survey call we discussed last time - THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the contributor survey If you’re interested, please join! The Linux Foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/) (other than OpenSSF) Linux Foundation Energy (https://www.lfenergy.org/) Linux Foundation Public Health (https://www.lfph.io/) The Linux Foundation Public Health Initiative Sponsored the Audit of COVID Exposure Notification Apps. Here Are The Results! (OSTIF) (https://ostif.org/the-linux-foundation-public-health-initiative-sponsored-the-audit-of-covid-exposure-notification-apps-here-are-the-results/) - “Because of these two reviews, both applications have had improvements implemented to correct potential issues. This review provides assurances that the applications are generally safe and private.” Reproducible Builds in December 2020 (https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2020-12/) Preventing Supply Chain Attacks like SolarWinds (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/blog/preventing-supply-chain-attacks-like-solarwinds/) Be sure to visit David on the internet at dwheeler.com (https://dwheeler.com/)! We Give Thanks * Dr. David A. Wheeler (https://twitter.com/drdavidawheeler) for being our special guest star! Special Guest: David A. Wheeler. circuses, monkeys, the Linux Foundation, open source, OSS, the Open Source Security Foundation, OSSF, badge program, CII Badge Program, Core Infrastructure Initiative, SolarWinds, reproducible builds, COVID, COVID exposure notification apps, FOSS Contributor Survey This week Dave and Gunnar talk with Dr. David A. Wheeler about what’s new at the Linux Foundation, a brand-new free course on developing secure software, some survey results, and recent news concerning SolarWinds.

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Special Guest: David A. Wheeler.

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Special Guest: David A. Wheeler.

]]> Episode 207: From a Factory Mustang to a Shelby https://dgshow.org/207 f9a59263-6cbc-43a5-a041-047a119aa13c Tue, 13 Oct 2020 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk with John Janek about turning an AI loose on software license agreements! 33:24 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk with John Janek (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjanek/) about turning an AI loose on software license agreements! Dev Technology (https://devtechnology.com/) The impact of open source and the importance of keeping AI open - the BERT story (https://github.com/google-research/bert) GSA Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning End-User License Agreement Challenge 2020 (https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/GSA-artificial-intelligence-AI-machine-learning-ML-challenge/) UN E-Government Survey 2020 (https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/en-us/Reports/UN-E-Government-Survey-2020) We built an AI for GSA, and then we turned it loose on some software license agreements. (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-built-ai-gsa-turned-loose-some-software-license-agreements-janek/) Dev Technology Earns First Place In GSA Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Challenge (https://devtechnology.com/2020/09/gsa-ai-ml-challenge/) We Give Thanks * John Janek (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnjanek/) for being our special guest star! * The winning Dev Technology team: Joshua Powers (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-powers-815b662/), Sherri Elliott (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherri-elliott-pmp-csm-46187a3b/), Niroop Gonchikar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/niroop-gonchikar-5563b9/), Michael Oduyebo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeloduyebo/), and Zach Lawrence (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mzljapan/) * The other winning entries (https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/GSA-artificial-intelligence-AI-machine-learning-ML-challenge/#prizes) - a great example of transparent competition! * Gaussian Solutions (https://github.com/GSA/ai-ml-challenge-2020/pull/23) * Team SoKat (https://github.com/GSA/ai-ml-challenge-2020/pull/16) * Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels for the picture of the week! Special Guest: John Janek. Dev Technology, open source, AI, GSA, machine learning, UN E-Government Survey, This week Dave and Gunnar talk with John Janek about turning an AI loose on software license agreements!

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Special Guest: John Janek.

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Special Guest: John Janek.

]]> Episode 202: Linux Foundations https://dgshow.org/202 01e22725-5b8b-4ea8-a4f7-9429a747c2cf Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave talks w/Dr. David A. Wheeler about his new role at the Linux Foundation, an update on the Core Infrastructure Initiative Badge Program, an introduction to the Open Source Security Foundation, and one of the hottest surveys on the internet! 29:44 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) talks w/Dr. David A. Wheeler (https://twitter.com/drdavidawheeler) about his new role at the Linux Foundation, an update on the Core Infrastructure Initiative Badge Program, an introduction to the Open Source Security Foundation, and one of the hottest surveys on the internet! The Linux Foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/) Linux Foundation Energy (https://www.lfenergy.org/) Linux Foundation Public Health (https://www.lfph.io/) Please take the survey! LF CII/Harvard LISH - CII FOSS Contributor Survey (https://hbs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enfu6tjRM0QzwQB) Survey in the news: Linux Foundation and Harvard announce Linux and open-source contributor security survey (https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-foundation-and-harvard-announce-linux-and-open-source-contributor-security-survey/) The Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative Badge Program (https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/en) David on episode 113 (https://dgshow.org/113) (from 2016!) How’s that been going? Great! Some statistics (https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/project_stats) If you develop OSS, make sure your projects are pursuing a badge (https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/) New Linux Foundation initiative/foundation for security: Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) (https://openssf.org/) Be sure to visit David on the internet at dwheeler.com (https://dwheeler.com/)! Hardcore History (https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/) We Give Thanks * Dr. David A. Wheeler (https://twitter.com/drdavidawheeler) for being our special guest star! Special Guest: David A. Wheeler. The Linux Foundation, Core Infrastructure Initiative, CII, surveys, CII Badge Program, Badge Program, OSS, open source, Open Source Security Foundation This week Dave talks w/Dr. David A. Wheeler about his new role at the Linux Foundation, an update on the Core Infrastructure Initiative Badge Program, an introduction to the Open Source Security Foundation, and one of the hottest surveys on the internet!

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Special Guest: David A. Wheeler.

]]> Episode 155: Boris Karloff Meets Guacamole https://dgshow.org/155 375311e5-3186-4a90-b7a4-345541cbe6b7 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about jellyfish without jelly, voices without humans, source code without support, and diversity without discrimination 38:27 no This week Dave (https://twitter.com/davidegts) and Gunnar (http://atechnologyjobisnoexcuse.com/about) talk about jellyfish without jelly, voices without humans, source code without support, and diversity without discrimination Google Home (https://home.google.com/), week 3 Jellyfish Chips Might Be Your Next Snack Obsession (http://mentalfloss.com/article/531840/jellyfish-chips-might-be-your-next-snack-obsession) Eating a QR Code May Save Your Life Someday (https://hackaday.com/2018/02/06/eating-a-qr-code-may-save-your-life-someday/) ‘Deep Voice’ Software Can Clone Anyone's Voice With Just 3.7 Seconds of Audio (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/3k7mgn/baidu-deep-voice-software-can-clone-anyones-voice-with-just-37-seconds-of-audio) France Proposes Software Security Liability For Manufacturers, Open Source As Support Ends (https://hackaday.com/2018/02/22/france-proposes-software-security-liability-for-manufacturers-open-source-as-support-ends/) New Lawsuit Exposes Google's Desperation to Improve Diversity (https://www.wired.com/story/new-lawsuit-exposes-googles-desperation-to-improve-diversity) $270,000 to close the gender and race pay gap among 89% of Google’s workers for 2017: The cost to close Google’s pay gap was surprisingly cheap. The question is, why is this correction necessary? (https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/610561/the-cost-to-close-googles-pay-gap-was-surprisingly-cheap-the-question-is-why-is/) Related: Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36288143-brotopia) Cutting Room Floor * Meat-themed backgammon set (https://www.behance.net/gallery/53827201/Backgammon-board-re-design) * Boris Karloff’s guacamole recipe (https://thetakeout.com/you-re-a-green-one-mr-grinch-boris-karloff-s-guacamo-1823560779) * I Would Switch to This '80s Parody of Siri for the Hilariously Awful Synthesized Voice (https://gizmodo.com/i-would-switch-to-this-80s-parody-of-siri-for-the-hilar-1822922871) * Vim Clutch (https://github.com/alevchuk/vim-clutch) * What it would be like to have a 3rd (prosthetic) thumb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TkiN309_4) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! This week Dave and Gunnar talk about jellyfish without jelly, voices without humans, source code without support, and diversity without discrimination

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