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Hope in SourceRight Feeling (Sonya Mann)How does faith call us to both right action and right emotion? Sonya Mann joins me again to discuss the layered meanings of biblical parables. Some themes I liked: the paradoxical nature of faith, the generousity of God, the interplay bt obligation and grace, freedom within constraint, the parable of workers in the vineyard and talents, lay utilitarianism, the nature of praise, phenomenology in faith, the metaphor of weddings, viserality and the flesh, specificity, sacred modes, acceptable woo, cheap grace. (Recorded October 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/feeling(00:00) - Right Feeling (Sonya Mann)
(02:30) - Come to the...2024-08-1047 minHope in SourceArtificial Physicality (Drew Austin)Why does everyone care about New York? Drew Austin explores the interplay bt digital/physical env and how tech values shape our lives. We discuss some of his past essays: fashion as public good, airport lounge-ification highlighting, and how digital paradigms reshape our physical spaces. Topics include: fake serendipity, lofi, gm, resilient systems, the commons as customs, postmodernist software, leaving a trace, Twitter as a waiting room. (Recorded October 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/artificial(00:00) - Artificial Physicality (Drew Austin)
(00:08) - So what's the weather in New York?
(01:58) - Even a pandemic becomes about NYC
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The Critical Banter PodcastZhu Be or Not Zhu Be (with Henry Zhu)Ro and Kush are MIA so the boys call in the big guns to help out with Sydney comedian Henry Zhu stepping up to the plate. We get to know a bit about Henry including his trivia hosting, his start in comedy and his wonderful office. We also review the snacks at Liverpool Hospital.The game of choice for our guest is “Bullslut” as Henry goes head to head with veteran Miguel. Bullslut is a game of bluffing and to be honest neither person was very good at it. Henry also becomes the first (of hopefully many) name...2023-11-071h 19
devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software DevelopmentHenry Zhu - BabelThis week we're joined by Henry Zhu, the current maintainer of Babel. We talk about the his history in OOS, the challenges of maintaining an open source project, and the future of OSS.twitterWebsiteGitHubhopeinsource podcastJoin our patreon for the full episode.TooltipsWant to hear use talk about our tooltips? Join our patreon!Andrewhttps://github.com/gbj/leptoshttps://github.com/CamHenlin/coprocessor.jshttps://github.com/CamHenlin/MessagesForMacintoshJustinhttps://alexanderobenauer.com/labnotes/000/https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/hosting-sqlite-databases-on-github-pages/2022-11-1141 minHope in SourceEveryone is "Protestant" Online (L.M. Sacasas)How do we all act as protestants online? L.M. Sacasas joins Henry (4th time!?) to chat about material/digital culture, how we compensate for natural affordances in new digital interfaces, our inability to account for non-measurable losses, texture vs. frictionlessness, lofi, roguelikes, reality tv, ambient data capture, extracting our private life for gain, how digital space is more of a past rather a place. (Recorded August 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/protestant[00:00] Introduction[04:15] The Everyday Texture of Material Culture[07:11] Translated Affordances of Digital Interfaces[09:11] The Burden of Note-Taking Systems[10:36] No Accounting for Loss[11:48] The Added Texture of Lofi[14:54...2022-09-2850 min
Hope in SourceFinding Hope Amid Burnout (Alex Kim)Where can hope be found? Alex Kim joins again to open up questions of responsibility, and our place in relation to times of weariness. He speaks out his experiences growing up and also shepherding a local church body as a youth pastor. We speak amidst the burnout on notions of time, the work of Charles Taylor through Andrew Root, work/play, and living out in hope. Maybe it's what this podcast is attempting to work towards! (Recorded June 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/hope2022-09-2843 min
Hope in SourceDigital Communion (Nick Ripatrazone)Can our digitally mediated environment be spiritual? Nick Ripatrazone takes us through the lens of the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan, focusing on his not well-known Catholic faith. McLuhan himself describes his testimony into the Church as, "I came in on my knees. That is the only way in." We discuss the topics around inter-textuality, the complexity of life, on form/function within mediums like poetry, concept/percept, ambiguity and paradox, and McLuhan's famous phrase "the medium is the message". (Recorded April 2022) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/communion2022-08-2952 min
Hope in SourceHistory is Necromancy (David Cayley)What is the place of history in our society? Who was Ivan Illich and how might he be a helpful voice, even in his passing? David Cayley shares about his new book, "Ivan Illich: An Intellectual Journey". It's not really a biography, and as Illich himself would say, "you can't capture me!" We talk about open source, big tech, and enclosure, history which gives you roots, how tradition and change are intertwined, the many myths/idols of society, on good vs. value, aestheticism, and much more. (Recorded in January 2022)2022-08-2950 minHope in SourceReality is Personal (Esther Meek)What is the nature of reality? Esther Lightcap Meek speaks of reality as interpersonal, saying yes to life, everyday knowing. We discuss hope as a person-ed affair, how life is a sort of scrabbling together of clues, gift economies, covenant epistemology, on commitment, consent, belonging. (Recorded in November 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/reality2022-08-2543 min
Hope in SourceThe Dorean Principle (Conley Owens)Why is Christianity so commercialized? Conley shares about The Dorean Principle, his new book which explains this biblical concept of the Gospel being "freely given". We talk about being a colaborer vs. a customer, reciprocity vs. gift, Bible translation, Christian music, copyright and creative commons, and how it all relates to an open source ethos. (Recorded in October 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/dorean.2022-08-2429 min
有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_加碼】輕鬆上手的理財藍圖計劃 Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-2803 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_12】傳承：如何把財富穩妥地交給下一代？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-2710 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_11】養老：退休規劃怎麼準備？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-2411 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_10】生育：理性養育子女的前置作業 Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-2009 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_9】購買房產，怎麼做好合適的買房規劃？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-1807 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_8】人身風險管理，如何面對疾病意外風險？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-1308 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_7】資產配置，哪個雞蛋該放到哪個籃子裡？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-1109 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_6】理財工具，買對理財產品的關鍵？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-0709 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_5】負債工具，普通人該怎麼用好財務槓桿？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-0411 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_4】人生大事，如何安排優先順序？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-05-0108 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_3】什麼才是好的家庭理財？ Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-04-2609 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_2】避開危險，先別急著賺錢 Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-04-2010 min有智慧人才庫【Henry 小資家庭理財_1】負起家庭責任，就該學習家庭理財 Powered by Firstory Hosting2022-04-2005 min
The Range Project#36 Henry Zhu: Let's Talk About Male Mental Health and MasculinityHenry Zhu studied psychology at Harvard and is now Chief of Staff at The JED Foundation, which aims to protect the emotional health of, and prevent suicide for, teens and young adults.While the foundation advises schools on mental health policies and runs PSAs with celebrities like Billie Eilish and leagues like the NBA, Henry is especially interested in male mental health and modern masculinity overall. Basically, how the culture pushes boys and men to think and behave in a certain way that is getting in the way of guys being their healthiest selves.As...2022-02-211h 24Hope in SourceAttending to Silence (L.M. Sacasas)How can we think about digital communication, let alone silence? Is it possible? L.M. Sacasas is back to chat about a few of his last newsletter posts: the nature of silence, attention not as a resource, on hope vs. expectations, the arms race of escalation, manufactured needs, askesis or discipline, the commons vs. the public, and trustlessness and codes of law. (Recorded in July 2021) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/silence.2021-09-0158 min
Sausage Boys with Karim and JacksonEpisode 38 | I Know You Are But What Am I? ft. Henry ZhuOn this weeks episode, the boys are joined by Sydney comic Henry Zhu and discuss his new standup show Benchwarmers Comedy, Henry’s mum wanting him to die, kissing boys, Jackson being in a Juo with his Israeli girlfriend, doing an open mic for the first time being like sex and so much more. Only on the Sausage Boys Podcast.2021-06-231h 11Hope in SourceIvan Illich (L.M. Sacasas)Why read Ivan Illich today? In this episode, Madhu Suri Prakash and Dana L. Stuchul of Penn State University (and Journal of Illich Studies) interview L.M. Sacasas on his work as being a sort of bridge or interlocutor of Illich's thoughts. They talk about schooling and inequality in COVID, ways of thinking about technology, a life of planning vs. gift, convivial tools, redemption of work, and more. (Recorded in December 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/illich2021-06-1850 minHope in SourceDigital Disembodiment (Maggie Appleton)How does the digital life shape our perceptions of ourselves? Maggie Appleton starts us off on a discussion of school in pandemic times which lead to a discussion of the disembodiment that technology can create, somehow bringing us further towards our thoughts on time and space? (Recorded in November 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/disembodiment2021-04-0528 minHope in SourceSoftware Tetris (Stephen Kell)How is the state of modern software like losing at Tetris? Stephen Kell joins Henry to chat about Ivan Illich's thought (counter-productivity, radical monopoly, critique of institutions) applied to modern software culture! We talk about the software/hardware arms race, how our default is more is better, tech being all-consuming, the tyranny of updates. (recorded in Dec 2020) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/tetris2021-03-0942 minHope in SourceTabFS (Omar Rizwan)What happens when we open up browser APIs like a filesystem? Omar Rizwan joins Henry to chat about his latest project, TabFS! We discuss possible extensions, tinkering with scripts vs being a whole "project", writing it yourself, few dependencies, determining your 1.0, literate documentation, and maintaining a newly popular open source project! (recorded in January) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/tabfs.2021-02-2027 minHope in SourceEssence (Sonya Mann)How do we think about ourselves and the communities we move into? Sonya Mann and Henry continue a chat about the nature of conversion: about using jargon within a community, individuation, and transformation. Topics include the tools of a worldview, flavors of faith, the good of questions, essence and discovering yourself, hierarchies of reality, interwoven histories. (Recorded in September) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/essence.2021-02-1944 minHope in SourceReconversion (Sonya Mann)How does one come to faith, let alone come back to it? Sonya Mann graciously shares some raw thoughts on her re-conversion to Christianity. We cover a lot of ground, going through doubt and spiritual malaise, the phenomenology of faith, fractal reality, "happeningness". (Recorded in September) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/reconversion.2021-01-0334 minHope in SourceApproaching Advent (Alex Kim)What is Advent anyway? Alex Kim joins Henry to chat about the season of waiting, memory, our loss and discovery of tradition, teaching ritual as meaningful, a Christian conception of time, and opening ourselves up to hope. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/advent2020-12-0935 min
React Podcast119: Henry Zhu on Building BabelHenry Zhu opens up about building Babel and the challenges in maintaining communities that maintain open source.
He shares what he's learned from other open source projects and vibrant communities throughout history.2020-11-1957 min
React Podcast119: Henry Zhu on Building BabelFeaturingHenry Zhu — Twitter, GitHub, Websitechantastic — Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteDiscordJoin the discussion Discord 🎉🎊🥳Listeners of React Podcast are chatting on Discord!Join us Thursdays at 10am CT for a friendly chat thru the latest episode.It's fun, interactive and all are welcome!Discord inviteLinksBabelBabel on Open CollectiveBabel on GitHub SponsorsSource with Nadia Eghbal11: City as Litergy (Bonus) episode on SourceThe Death and Life of Great American Cities on Amazon (Affiliate Link)SponsorsAWS AmplifyAWS Amplify is th...2020-11-1957 minHope in SourceTechnology as Process (Maggie Appleton)Is technology just of chips and gadgets? Maggie Appleton joins Henry again in a 2-part chat to discuss how tech isn't such a static thing, building off of Mcluhan's thought of media and Dan Wang's article, "How Technology Grows". We cover how tech itself contains it's own process knowledge involving how it is used, built, and maintained as well as going into digital immortality and the protestant work ethic, and chat about how our cultures are intertwined with tech. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/process.2020-11-0332 minHope in SourceEmbodied Knowledge (Maggie Appleton)Can there be knowledge without a knower? Maggie Appleton joins Henry again in a 2 part chat to discuss how knowledge is personal, through the work of Michael Polanyi. We cover how knowing is an activity, ambient technology, dualism, Bruno Latour, knowing as faith, learning through liturgy, Jesus as the embodiment of God. We end by asking how we should navigate the post-truth world. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/embodied.2020-11-0325 min
Enjoy the VueEpisode 38: Community is Everything: Open Source with Henry Zhu (Part 3)Welcome back to another episode of Enjoy the Vue. This concludes our three-part interview with Babel maintainer, Henry Zhu. Last time, we closed our discussion with what work maintainers of open source projects do that is not straight coding. In this episode, we continue talking with Henry about what do people count as maintenance work versus other tasks that definitely need to get done, but are perhaps less visible to the public eye. Henry also shares his approaches to taking care of himself and the pursuit of serendipity, and we discuss the inclusivity of the open source community, the...2020-10-1923 minHope in SourceThe Convivial Society (L.M. Sacasas)What does a convivial society entail? L.M. Sacasas joins Henry in the second part of a conversation about Illich and his views of the common good. We speak about Illich's critique against institutions, autonomy and interdependence, the story of the Good Samaritan, learning through apprenticeship and intimate participation, and outsourcing our choices. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/convivial.2020-10-1323 minHope in SourceNatural Limits (L.M. Sacasas)Can we consider our limits as a gift? L.M. Sacasas and Henry discuss an understated concept in our modern times, namely our limited nature. We are limited in our ability to control others (parenting), our speech (social media), and our bodies (morality). We pass through a mix of (sometimes heavy) topics: violent games and virtue ethics, parents as gardeners rather than carpenters, the issues of unprecedented scale, modernity as the application of technique, our inclination to believe more is better, and the art of dying. Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/limits.2020-10-1231 min
Enjoy the VueEpisode 37: Community is Everything: Open Source with Henry Zhu (Part 2)In the previous episode, we discussed open source with Henry Zhu, core maintainer of the community-funded compiler, Babel. We closed on the responsibilities of an open source maintainer and, in this show, we are continuing our discussion with Henry, starting with what responsibilities do open source maintainers have in terms of shaping the future of the projects that they maintain? Henry also shares his views on governance structures, burnout, focusing on new ideas and making time for side projects, as well as accountability versus ability, the individual versus the group, and free will versus obligation. Tune in today!
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Enjoy the VueEpisode 36: Community is Everything: Open Source with Henry Zhu (Part 1)Open source software has received both criticism and applause from the tech community all across the world. Today, we’re talking about open source with Henry Zhu, a New York City-based maintainer of the community-funded compiler, Babel. Previously at Adobe, he’s also a host of two podcasts that discuss the lives of maintainers, Hope in Source and Maintainers Anonymous. In this episode, Henry shares some the similarities between his faith and open source, and explains some of the assumptions people have about open source software, why we need to take a step back and reevaluate these assumptions, and why he be...2020-10-0523 minHope in SourceEmotional Programming (Omar Rizwan)What can we learn from someone's last tweets? Omar Rizwan joins Henry to chat about the Dynamicland way of thinking: communal, involving the whole person, user agency. We discuss user control, the problem of lists, industrial open source, materiality and embodiment, knowing through doing, and being aware of your emotions when programming. Also (of course) screenshots. (recorded in August) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/emotional.
Omar: https://twitter.com/rsnous
Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad2020-10-0540 min
Hope in SourceMA 16: Philip Gee (#3) on Life After Digital DeathWhat's life after removing yourself from social media? Philip Gee joins Henry (the last in the "trilogy") to chat about LAT, life after Twitter. We discuss being irrelevant, forcing yourself to think about different things, treating a newsletter like email, restraining your growth, moving to the digital suburbs, engaging with the past, directing your attention and production, being particular and local, making it normal again to not have to create. (recorded in July) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/digital-death.2020-09-2233 min
Hope in SourceMA 15: Philip Gee (#2) on Unlisting YourselfWhy would you choose to leave the public internet on your own terms? Philip Gee joins Henry (for the 2nd time) to chat about his recent choice to make a minimal public web presence after being on the web for many years. We discuss the logistics of removing social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), moving to longer forms of media (podcasts, essays, books), making introductory content, recognizing different stages of your career, being out of touch, freeing your mind for the next thing, not being ashamed of previous work, taking time to reflect, and friction. (recorded in May) Transcript: https://hopeinsource...2020-09-1645 min
Hope in SourceMA 14: Shawn Wang on Open KnowledgeWhat does it mean to be code adjacent? Shawn Wang joins Henry to chat about not just open code but open thinking with his experience in community managing, the idea of tumbling, moderating /r/reactjs, starting the Svelete Society meetup, documenting and learning in public, being historians of our field, fresh notes vs. awesome lists, the meta language, and adoption curves. (recorded in June) Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/open-knowledge.
Shawn: https://twitter.com/swyx
Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad2020-09-0254 minHope in SourceInhabiting a Space (Bernardo Hidalgo, Marianita Palumbo)Do we think about how the places in which we live are passed down? Bernardo Robles Hidalgo (architect) and Marianita Palumbo (anthropologist) join Henry to chat about living as maintenance. We discuss Bosch, responsibility of taking care of the places we live in, on our desire for comfort, the right to repair, the aesthetic of maintenance, and communal living. (recorded in February) Transcript: https://hopeinsource.com/heritage/2020-08-2944 min
Hope in SourceManaging Over-Participation (Working in Public)Is more (information, people, code) always better? Nadia Eghbal joins Henry to chat about her new book, Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, a deep-dive into the of open source community and how it may paint a picture of online communities in general. They talk about her 2x2 model of communities, the public web (Twitter) to private groups (group chat), the turn to individual creators, and the importance of moderation and boundaries. Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/overparticipation
Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad
Nadia: https://twitter.com/nayafia
The Book: Working in Public: The...2020-08-0446 minHope in SourceVery Online (Strange Rites)What happens to our religions when they meet the Internet? Tara Isabella Burton joins Henry to chat about her new book, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World. They chat about our failing institutions, taking fandoms like Harry Potter seriously, how we all remix religion, how consumerism infects all of life, on embodiment and givenness, and most importantly, what is our freedom even for?
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/online
Tara: https://twitter.com/NotoriousTIB
Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad2020-07-231h 03Hope in SourceTowards Shalom (Nicole Williams)What does flourishing look like? Nicole Williams joins Henry to chat about faith in a less reductive way (than many of us may of grown up with): on rationality, the Church as a body, education, liturgy, family, being productive, and simply doing things for it's own sake. Was rather hard to say what we were getting at until the very end, all tying back to a picture of shalom!
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/shalom
Nicole: https://twitter.com/nwilliams030
Henry: https://twitter.com/left_pad2020-07-0855 minHope in SourceLegacy (Timothy Patitsis)Why do we so easily forget where we come from? Dr. Timothy Patitsis joins Henry again to chat about the affect of legacy on our lives through the language of standards, language diversity, being a melting pot or mosaic, Chesterton's fence and legibility, Jane Jacob's tripartite society, algorithmic control and agency, sanctification and faith as an adventure. Michael Polanyi says that "a society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition". Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/legacy2020-06-0147 min
Hope in SourceMA 13: Jordan Scales on Nostalgia and Not Taking Yourself Too SeriouslyWhy attempt to faithfully recreate the past? Jordan Scales joins Henry to chat about 98.css, design systems, being pixel perfect, accessibility, the Microsoft Windows User Experience reference manual, using VMs, MSPaint and Figma, whimsy and having fun with coding, creating satire at no one's expense, and even how Babel's Guy Fieri meme could of been Jeff Goldblum in another universe. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/nostalgia2020-05-261h 16
Hope in SourceMA 12: Maggie Appleton on Embodiment Through MetaphorsIs programming all digital/cerebral or do we still have embodied roots? How does this affect how we write, teach, and learn code? Maggie Appleton joins Henry to discuss everything metaphors (basically everything). We chat about mental models and abstraction, Polanyi, Cartesian dualism, auto ethnography, knowledge, cats! Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/metaphor2020-05-1354 min
SustainEpisode 34: Staying Hum-Babel with Henry Zhu
Sponsored By:
Panelists
Pia Mancini | Justin Dorfman | Eric Berry | Richard Littauer
Guest
Henry Zhu
Babel
Show Notes
[00:01:30] Henry explains how he got involved in Babel and how it’s funded.
[00:03:18] Eric wonders if Henry wishes he could just step away and just cut ties with it and go do something completely different and how tight is he with this project. He gives a great answer to this!
[00:04:39] Pia was wondering if Henry’s relationship with the project itself or h...2020-05-0137 min
Hope in SourceMA 11: Maggie Appleton on Open Source as a Gift EconomyIs the open source community a gift economy? What even is a gift? Maggie Appleton joins Henry to discuss open source as a gift economy (versus a market economy), why we participate in open source and exchange gifts, rituals and habits, patronage and crowdfunding, quantified self and disembodiment, our role in tech. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/gift2020-03-0655 minHope in Source12: Haircut (Bonus)Why not record an conversation while getting a haircut? Fellow friend and developer Jonathan Tsao cuts Henry's hair and they have a spontaneous conversation about a variety of topics covering faith and culture, living in NYC, creativity, narratives, sharing in vulnerability, and embodiment.2020-02-1427 min
Chats with Kent C. DoddsHenry Zhu Chats With Kent About The Responsibilities Of A MaintainerHenry Zhu's transition from a programing role to a more managerial role as Babel's maintainer has been hard. As programmers, we tend to value our work based on the number of commits or pushing features. When you are a manager, you're not writing much code anymore.There's still an expectation that maintainers should be writing code. Still, maintainers also have to triage and merge things, release process, onboard, market, write documentation, test, make videos, and give talks. Because of all this, a maintainer's time is best spent figuring out how to get more people involved with a...2019-11-2732 min
Chats with Kent C. DoddsHenry Zhu Chats With Kent About The Responsibilities Of A MaintainerHenry Zhu chats with Kent about his transition into being a project maintainer, and the responsibilities that he had to take on.2019-11-2732 min
Hope in SourceMA 10: Jonathan Farbowitz on the Commitment to Infinite UptimeHow should we think about saving something forever? Jonathan Farbowitz (Guggenheim) continues the on-going discussion of software preservation with Henry in talking about the goals of museums, the hard (and maybe impossible) task of keeping something intact, the norms and steps of conservation, comparing physical and digital artwork, the importance of authors in conserving a piece, emulation vs. language porting (rewrites), a discussion about an art's "dependencies", possibly adding automated testing, and deprecations/breakages in environments/standards. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/conservation2019-07-151h 15
Hope in SourceMA 9: Wendy Hagenmaier on Preserving the (Digital) PastIn our pursuit to create products for the future do we neglect the past? Wendy Hagenmaier (Georgia Tech) discusses with Henry on the importance of maintaining our history, especially in software itself. They chat all about archival: what is it, what should concern an archivist, differences b/t physical/digital, artifacts/process, value/worth of things to preserve, struggles, places where archival can happen (personal, libraries, companies, museums), and our shared responsibility and knowledge. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/preservation2019-07-0841 min
Hope in SourceMA 8: Anthony Giovannetti on Mastery and Learning through GamesWhy play or even make games? Anthony Giovannetti (MegaCrit) joins Henry to chat building the video game Slay the Spire with the community. They discuss games an a interactive medium, immersion, player incentives/tradeoffs, emergent gameplay through roguelikes (procedural generation, permadeath), player mastery/difficulty, Steam early access, user feedback, importance of testing, data-informed balancing, and player accessibility driving features via streaming, translations, and UX. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/games2019-06-2156 min
Hope in SourceMA 7: Philip Gee (#1) On Growing Old with the WebDo we learn in a vacuum, or does it involve our whole selves? Philip Gee (UC San Diego) joins Henry to chat about maintaining a web presence since its beginnings. We discuss some of the points made in Nadia's post on ideas carrying us forward, even beyond what we are known for, the greater intimacy of podcasts and vlogs, attaching ideas to people, science as subjective vs. purely objective and in community, knowledge as opening up possibilities, embracing whimsy and being random (haircut podcasts), embracing spontaneity and cities, understanding our bodies and mortality and it's relation to our digital lives...2019-05-311h 03
Hope in SourceMA 6: Jory Burson on the Significance of StandardsWhy should we standardize? Jory Burson (Bocoup) joins Henry to talk open source and standards: what they are, why we need them, what should be standardized, lifecycles of standards, past/future accessibility of participating in the process, and more! Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/standards/2019-05-241h 04
JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web DevelopmentWhen in doubt, log an issueNick and Mikeal catch up with Henry Zhu, the maintainer of Babel and host of the Maintainers Anonymous and Hope in Source podcasts. We discuss his path to open source maintainer-ship. We also chat about best practices for interacting with maintainers, while remembering that people are behind open source, and we talk self-care and avoiding burnout, culminating in a self-care repo being created to gather and discuss tips to care for yourself.
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Hope in SourceMA 5: Evan You on Funding One's FreedomHow can we be free? Evan You (Vue.js) chats with Henry about the complexities of funding people vs. projects, non-monetary perks of oss, Patreon potentially just a payment processor, the honing in on the uniqueness of open source (being free, flexible, organic/emergent, self-motivated, distributed/remote), full time not being for everyone, the importance of side projects and off-pressure moments and just having fun. Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/freedom2019-05-061h 26
Hope in SourceMA 4: Mikeal Rogers on Getting Old in Open SourceHow old is open source anyway? Mikeal Rogers (Protocol Labs) joins Henry in talking about making friends through podcasting, conference organizing as maintainer-ship, patronage and fundraising, old/new school open source, deprecating packages and ecosystem health, new ideas and becoming a maintainer by being the "first", and parenting! Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/getting-old/2019-04-291h 23
Hope in SourceMA 3: Stephanie Hurlburt on the Perception of ValueWhat do we treasure? Stephanie Hurlburt (Binomial) joins again to chat about inherent vs. perceived value, success breeding success, psychology around hiding information, code versus money, a holistic/explicit view of business, everything as marketing, confidence, money as idolatry, the nature of giving, our biases around people/status, people want to see you succeed, communicating how people can help you. (recorded in February) Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/value2019-04-1954 min
Hope in SourceMA 2: Stephanie Hurlburt on BoundariesHow is business development relevant to open source? Stephanie Hurlburt (Binomial) joins Henry to chat about understanding learnings from success, setting health boundaries, what "networking" really means, conversations/pitching, and more! (recorded in February) Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/boundaries2019-04-1249 min
Hope in SourceMA 1: Omnigamer on Speedrunning as ResearchWhat's beyond simply beating a video game? Eric "Omnigamer" Koziel joins Henry to chat about speedruning as an optimization problem (code golf), game knowledge as discovery, access as a result of technology, issues of game preservation/archival, coordination issues, obscure/popular games, versioning/patches, and more! (recorded in January. Since then, Eric has a new book out, Speedrun Science). Transcript: https://maintainersanonymous.com/speedrunning2019-04-101h 26Hope in Source11: City as Liturgy (Timothy Patitsas)Is the city a toaster (an object) or a cat (a living organism)? We are joined by Dr. Timothy Patitsas to talk about how our physical and digital spaces, like liturgy, can be understood as "the work of the people". We discuss science as organized complexity, the meaning of knowledge, recursive societies, fractal hierarchies, and implications for governance.Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/city2019-03-2154 min
Postcards From The RoadThe Iranian Experience | Henry ZhuIran is a county steeped in history, culture and nature. In April 2018 29-year-old, Boston native, Henry Zhu ventured to the Middle East for 9 days to experience what the county has to offer. I asked Zhu why he wanted to go to Iran with the current political climate and most mass media outlets discouraging […]2019-03-1915 minPostcards From The RoadThe Iranian Experience | Henry ZhuIran is a county steeped in history, culture and nature. In April 2018 29-year-old, Boston native, Henry Zhu ventured to the Middle East for 9 days to experience what the county has to offer. I asked Zhu why he wanted to go to Iran with the current political climate and most mass media outlets discouraging […]2019-03-1915 min
ShopTalk Show344: Maintaining Babel with Henry ZhuWe talk with Henry Zhu about his role maintaining the open source project Babel including how to make decisions on what pull requests to work on, scope, financial support, and what it's like to be an open source maintainer in 2019.2019-01-181h 01
Podcast Your DataPYD73 – Henry ZhuA little change of pace this show. Today, Robert talks with Henry Zhu, one of the core maintainers of Babel, about open source and what it means for people and software, community, and development. They even talk about some real-time visualizations with Pokemon and the Super Bowl.2018-12-0428 min
All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvMJS 084: Henry ZhuPanel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Henry Zhu
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Henry Zhu who is working full-time on Babel! They discuss Henry’s background, past/current projects, Babel, and Henry’s new podcast. Check-out today’s episode to hear more!
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!
1:00 – Chuck: Today we are talking with Henry Zhu! You are the maintainer of Babel – and we have had you on the show before. Anything else?
2018-11-0727 min
My JavaScript StoryMJS 084: Henry ZhuPanel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Henry Zhu This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Henry Zhu who is working full-time on Babel! They discuss Henry’s background, past/current projects, Babel, and Henry’s new podcast. Check-out today’s episode to hear more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: 0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job! 1:00 – Chuck: Today we are talking with Henry Zhu! You are the maintainer of Babel – and we have had you on the show before. Anything else? 1:25 – Henry: I used to work with Adobe and now live in NY. 1:44 – Chuck: Episode 321 we talked to you and you released...2018-11-0727 min
All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvMJS 084: Henry ZhuPanel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Henry Zhu
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Henry Zhu who is working full-time on Babel! They discuss Henry’s background, past/current projects, Babel, and Henry’s new podcast. Check-out today’s episode to hear more!
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!
1:00 – Chuck: Today we are talking with Henry Zhu! You are the maintainer of Babel – and we have had you on the show before. Anything else?
2018-11-0727 min
My JavaScript StoryMJS 084: Henry ZhuPanel: Charles Max Wood
Guest: Henry Zhu
This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Henry Zhu who is working full-time on Babel! They discuss Henry’s background, past/current projects, Babel, and Henry’s new podcast. Check-out today’s episode to hear more!
In particular, we dive pretty deep on:
0:00 – Advertisement: Get A Coder Job!
1:00 – Chuck: Today we are talking with Henry Zhu! You are the maintainer of Babel – and we have had you on the show before. Anything else?
2018-11-0700 min
Hope in Source10: TrustWhy do we trust anyone? We talk about trust as an act of faith, trusting people versus trusting code, and the relationship between trust and work.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/trust2018-10-1634 min
Hope in Source9: LiturgyHow do our rituals shape us? We talk about where habits come from, why we use them, and whether they strengthen our belief systems.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/liturgy2018-10-1632 min
Hope in Source8: Authority and LeadershipDoes authority have a place in religion? We talk about authority in decentralized organizations, listening to others versus trying something new, and when to fork or leave a community.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/authority2018-10-1626 min
Hope in Source7: Mythology and SymbolismHow do symbols and stories foster culture? We talk about stories as a way to onboard new contributors, the mythology of leadership, when leaders step down, and how traditions evolve over time.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/myth2018-10-1635 min
Hope in Source6: MoneyHow do communities handle money? We talk about money and centralization, tithing systems, how much funding is too much, and when to contribute money versus time.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/money2018-10-1644 min
Hope in Source5: EvangelismHow do we evangelize our ideas? We talk about evangelism in religion and tech, meeting people where they're at, living one's values in public, and maintaining humility in the face of conviction.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/evangelism2018-10-1633 min
Hope in Source4: Holy InefficiencyCan everything that matters be measured? We talk about measuring the output and health of a community, competition between groups, growing a community without losing authenticity, and embracing "holy inefficiency".
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/inefficiency2018-10-1637 min
Hope in Source3: Intrinsic MotivationWhy do we do what we do? We talk about intrinsic motivation, the role it plays in creative work with uncertain outcomes, motivating new contributors, and sustaining motivation over time.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/motivation2018-10-1643 min
Hope in Source2: Community MembershipWhat does it mean to join a community? We talk about casual versus committed membership, and how maintainers and leaders manage expectations around trust and collaboration.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/membership2018-10-1634 min
Hope in Source1: Faith and Open SourceWe talk about our backgrounds and motivation for doing this podcast, and why the practice of faith seems so prevalent among open source developers.
Transcript at https://hopeinsource.com/faith2018-10-1633 min
egghead.io developer chatsHenry Zhu, Maintainer of BabelHenry Zhu is currently a steward for Babel, and today he'll be discussing the management and lifestyle side of working on an open source project full-time.The financial side to open source is interesting. Henry talks about where he gets his money and how he can be financially independent while still working on open source full time. Most of the money comes from donations through Open Collective and Patreon. A lot of the donations come from users, but corporations do donate as well. Henry also discusses the stability of it, and how the NPR model of asking...2018-07-3055 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvJSJ 321: Babel and Open Source Software with Henry ZhuPanel:
Charles Max Wood
Aimee Knight
AJ ONeal
Joe Eames
Special Guests: Henry Zhu
In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Henry Zhu about Babel and open source software. Henry is one of the maintainers on Babel, which is a JavaScript compiler, and recently left this job to work on doing open source full time as well as working on Babel. They talk about where Babel is today, what it actually is, and his focus on his open source career. They also touch on how he got started in open source, his...2018-07-1057 minAll JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvJSJ 321: Babel and Open Source Software with Henry ZhuPanel:
Charles Max Wood
Aimee Knight
AJ ONeal
Joe Eames
Special Guests: Henry Zhu
In this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Henry Zhu about Babel and open source software. Henry is one of the maintainers on Babel, which is a JavaScript compiler, and recently left this job to work on doing open source full time as well as working on Babel. They talk about where Babel is today, what it actually is, and his focus on his open source career. They also touch on how he got started in open source, his...2018-07-1057 min
JavaScript JabberJSJ 321: Babel and Open Source Software with Henry ZhuPanel: Charles Max WoodAimee KnightAJ ONealJoe Eames Special Guests: Henry ZhuIn this episode, the JavaScript Jabber panel talks to Henry Zhu about Babel and open source software. Henry is one of the maintainers on Babel, which is a JavaScript compiler, and recently left this job to work on doing open source full time as well as working on Babel. They talk about where Babel is today, what it actually is, and his focus on his open source career. They also touch on how he got started in open source, his first PR, and more!In particular, we dive pretty deep o...2018-07-1057 min
Open Source Archives - Software Engineering DailyBabel with Henry Zhu
Different browsers consume JavaScript in different ways.
When a new version of JavaScript comes out, developers are eager to use the new functionality of that language version. But if you are writing frontend JavaScript code, that code needs to be interpretable by every browser that might consume it–whether the consumer is on an iPhone running Safari or a Windows machine running Internet Explorer 11.
Babel is a transpiler for JavaScript. Babel allows new versions of JavaScript to be consumed by older browsers by translating new language features of JavaScript into code that is re...2018-06-211h 00
Changelog InterviewsBurnout, open source, DatasetteAdam is on location at ZEIT Day talking with Jessica Rose about burnout, Henry Zhu about his passions and pursuit of open source, and Simon Willison about data and his passion for interesting datasets in the world.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Rollbar – Our error monitoring partner. Rollbar provides real-time error monitoring, alerting, and analytics to help us resolve production errors in minutes. To start resolving errors in minutes, and deploying with confidence - head to...2018-05-091h 20The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceBurnout, open source, Datasette (Interview)Adam is on location at ZEIT Day talking with Jessica Rose about burnout, Henry Zhu about his passions and pursuit of open source, and Simon Willison about data and his passion for interesting datasets in the world.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Rollbar – Our error monitoring partner. Rollbar provides real-time error monitoring, alerting, and analytics to help us resolve production errors in minutes. To start resolving errors in minutes, and deploying with confidence - head to...2018-05-091h 20
React Podcast4: Babel and open source sustainability with Henry ZhuIn this episode Michael Jackson talks with Henry Zhu, maintainer of the hugely popular Babel project, about open source sustainability and what's coming next for the Babel project.2018-03-3045 min
React Podcast4: Babel and open source sustainability with Henry ZhuIn this episode Michael Jackson talks with Henry Zhu, maintainer of the hugely popular Babel project, about open source sustainability and what's coming next for the Babel project.
Featuring
Henry Zhu — Twitter, Github, Website
Michael Jackson — Twitter, Github, Website
Notes
Babel is a JavaScript compiler
Support the development of Babel on Henry's Patreon page
2018-03-3000 min
Request For CommitsMaintaining a popular project and sponsored timeHenry Zhu joined Nadia and Mikeal to discuss his work on Babel, how he became and accidental maintainer, why he thinks maintainers aren’t special, paid open source work, the Babel brand, and building community.
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JavaScript Air032 jsAir - Publishing JavaScript Packages with John-David Dalton, Stephan Bönnemann, James Kyle, and Henry Zhu
Publishing JavaScript Packages with John-David Dalton, Stephan Bönnemann, James Kyle, and Henry Zhu
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Doing open source involves a lot more than just coding up the tool/library. We're going to talk about the challenge of activly publishing an open source package on npm and some of the tools that have been developed to automate this process. Our guests have each developed some amazing tools, so you're in for a really interesting show!
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