One PR At a Time | Office Hours 15

We recap a busy night after a studio power outage, then dig into what makes an open-source project worth contributing to. Why do some fail while others grow and prosper?

Plus, our thoughts on Pocket Casts going open source and the media winter we're preparing for.

Special Guest: Alex Rodriguez.

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Links:

• Brutal winter coming for U.S. media with layoffs and cost cuts — So far, nearly 3,000 media jobs have been cut this year, with more than one-third (1100) coming from the news media industry.
• Pocket Casts Mobile Apps Are Now Open Source — “I know that open source is the most powerful idea of our generation.” We believe that podcasting can not and should not be controlled by Apple and Spotify, and instead support a diverse ecosystem of third-party clients.
• Elrey's GitHub
• Alex Rodriguez (@RonJonArod) / Twitter — Pentester/Ops/Developer for @secureideasllc Really enjoy automation and linux thoughts and opinions are my own.
• Alex aka elrey Bio — Besides automation, I love open-source, network/sys admining work, and security in general. I am *nix, vim, zsh, zfs, and tmux lover, and I enjoy helping new people with security, linux, or anything I can!
• jupiterbroadcasting.com on GitHub — JupiterBroadcasting.com, hugo-based and community-driven!
• Deploy Previews and URL Encoding Tags by elreydetoda · Pull Request #456
• Send a Boost with a New Podcast App — Upgrade to a Podcasting 2.0 compatible app and get new features like Boosts, chapters, and more.