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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Mat Ryer returns with his guitar, an unpopular opinion & his favorite internet virus.

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Featuring:

• Mat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• S100 Pbzzbaf Ebnq, Fhvg 7-701, Qevccvat Fcevatf, GK 78620
• ILOVEYOU - Wikipedia
• Samy (computer worm) - Wikipedia
• MySpace Worm Explanation
• The Net (1995) - IMDb
• Renfield (2023) - IMDb
• The Rock (1996) - IMDb
• Adaptation. (2002) - IMDb

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1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Injecting drama (00:00:38)

3. Meeting online (00:02:42)

4. Unpopular Opinions! (00:06:34)

5. Memes! (00:08:31)

6. Jerod's childhood dream (00:12:41)

7. Adam's childhood dream (00:13:47)

8. Mat's childhood dream (00:15:49)

9. BTTF2 (as well) (00:16:16)

10. Adam's other dream (00:17:08)

11. Sponsor: Statsig (00:18:48)

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12. Mat's unpop review (00:22:30)

13. Mat's new unpop (00:25:11)

14. Adam's unpop review (00:29:14)

15. Adam's new unpop (00:32:54)

16. Jerod's unpop review (00:36:12)

17. "Automagically" by Mat Ryer (00:39:06)

18. Jerod's new unpop (00:42:22)

19. "Backslashes Are Trash" by Mat Ryer (00:46:59)

20. Mat's musical skills (00:48:29)

21. Sponsor: Socket (00:51:50)

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22. Mat's favorite virus (00:55:32)

23. Jerod's favorite virus (01:02:01)

24. Old internet infrastructure (01:07:01)

25. Before ajax there was ijax (01:09:55)

26. Adam's favorite virus (01:12:50)

27. Fears (01:19:04)

28. Nic Cage's comeback (01:23:39)

29. Bye friends! (01:26:50)

30. Coming up next (join ++!) (01:27:19)

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