OSS equals marketing?

11/06/23 • 67 min

DataTopics Unplugged: All Things Data, AI & Tech

Welcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.

Dive into conversations that should flow as smoothly as your morning coffee (but don't), where industry insights meet laid-back banter. Whether you're a data aficionado or just someone curious about the digital age, pull up a chair, relax, and let's get into the heart of data, unplugged style!

In today's episode:

Biz corner

AI regulation race

Tech corner

Adoption of the business source license (BSL)
Companies responding to HashiCorp's move to BSL
- https://spacelift.io/blog/spacelift-latest-statement-on-hashicorp-bsl
OpenTofu & HashiCorp's OSS work
- https://opentofu.org/
- https://medium.com/@andrewhertog/contributing-to-terraform-vs-opentofu-26779d480c7f?sk=5343d4a76b390833af621905c858777b
Cyber Resilience Act might kill open-source altogether
OSS companies - is it a sustainable way of doing open source?
We haven't figured out OSS sustainability yet, but the BSL comes close.
- https://curl.se/docs/security.html
- https://xkcd.com/2347/

Intro music courtesy of fesliyanst

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Welcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.

In today's episode:

Biz corner

AI regulation race

Tech corner

Adoption of the business source license (BSL)
Companies responding to HashiCorp's move to BSL
- https://spacelift.io/blog/spacelift-latest-statement-on-hashicorp-bsl
OpenTofu & HashiCorp's OSS work
- https://opentofu.org/
- https://medium.com/@andrewhertog/contributing-to-terraform-vs-opentofu-26779d480c7f?sk=5343d4a76b390833af621905c858777b
Cyber Resilience Act might kill open-source altogether
OSS companies - is it a sustainable way of doing open source?
We haven't figured out OSS sustainability yet, but the BSL comes close.
- https://curl.se/docs/security.html
- https://xkcd.com/2347/

Intro music courtesy of fesliyanst

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“Typography will be the death of me”

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Welcome to the cozy corner of the tech world where ones and zeros mingle with casual chit-chat. Datatopics Unplugged is your go-to spot for relaxed discussions around tech, news, data, and society.

In today's episode:

The Ruff Formatter
- Ruff now has a black-compatible formatter
- https://astral.sh/blog/the-ruff-formatter
PEP 703 – Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython
- Proposal for optionally removing the GIL (in Python 3.13)
- https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/
Hey, Computer, Make Me a Font
- AI-generated fonts
- https://serce.me/posts/02-10-2023-hey-computer-make-me-a-font

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Data Quality, Contracts and 100 Year Old Hares

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Welcome to another engaging episode of Datatopics Unplugged, the podcast where tech and relaxation intersect. Today, we're excited to host two special guests, Paolo and Tim, who bring their unique perspectives to our cozy corner.

Guests of Today

Paolo: An enthusiast of fantasy and sci-fi reading, Paolo is on a personal mission to reduce his coffee consumption. He has a unique way of measuring his height, at 0.89 Sams tall. With over two and a half years of experience as a data engineer at dataroots, Paolo contributes a rich professional perspective. His hobbies extend to playing field hockey and a preference for the warmer summer season.
Tim: Occasionally known as Dr. Dunkenstein, Tim brings a mix of humor and insight. He measures his height at 0.87 Sams tall. As the Head of Bizdev, he prefers to steer clear of grand titles, revealing his views on hierarchical structures and monarchies.

Topics

Biz Corner:

Kyutai: We delve into France's answer to OpenAI with Paolo Leonard, exploring the implications and future of Kyutai: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/17/kyutai-is-an-french-ai-research-lab-with-a-330-million-budget-that-will-make-everything-open-source/
GPT-NL: A discussion led by Bart Smeets on the Netherlands' own open language model and its potential impact: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558412/Netherlands-starts-building-its-own-AI-language-model

Tech Corner:

Data Quality Insights: A blog post by Paolo on data quality vs. data validation. We'll explore when and why data quality is essential, and evaluate tools like dbt, soda, deequ, and great_expectations: https://dataroots.io/blog/state-of-data-quality-october-2023
Soda Data Contracts: An overview of the newly released OSS Data Contract Engine by Soda. https://docs.soda.io/soda/data-contracts.html

Food for Thought Corner:

Hare - A 100-Year Programming Language: Bart starts a discussion on the ambition of Hare to remain relevant for a century: https://harelang.org/blog/2023-11-08-100-year-language/.

Join us for this mix of expert insights and light-hearted moments. Whether you're deeply embedded in the tech world or just dipping your toes in, this episode promises to be both informative and entertaining!
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