Abby sits down with Angie Jones, VP of Engineering at Block, live at GitHub Universe to talk about Goose, Block’s open source AI agent and reference implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Angie shares how Goose went from an internal tool to an open source project that lets the community drive features like multimodel support, and how Block’s 12,000 employees across 15+ job functions (not just engineers) now use agents every day. They dig into practical, non-hype uses of AI agents: detecting when students are struggling, triaging open source issues, segmenting 80k+ sales leads, and even letting a salesperson “vibe code” a feature on the train. Angie also talks about trust and control when giving AI access to codebases, why developers are tired of flashy demos, and how her new AI Builder Fellowship is designed to support the next generation of native AI builders. Links mentioned in the episode: <a href="https://angiejones.tech">https://angiejones.tech</a><a href="https://github.com/block/goose">https://github.com/block/goose</a><a href="https://github.com/block">https://github.com/block</a><a href="https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol">https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol</a><a href="https://github.com/features/copilot">https://github.com/features/copilot</a><a href="https://testautomationu.applitools.com">https://testautomationu.applitools.com</a><a href="https://www.selenium.dev">https://www.selenium.dev</a><a href="https://playwright.dev">https://playwright.dev</a><a href="https://www.cypress.io">https://www.cypress.io</a><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com">https://code.visualstudio.com</a><a href="https://www.salesforce.com">https://www.salesforce.com</a><a href="https://github.com/martinwoodward/pyfluff">https://github.com/martinwoodward/pyfluff</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Abby sits down with Angie Jones, VP of Engineering at Block, live at GitHub Universe to talk about Goose, Block’s open source AI agent and reference implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Angie shares how Goose went from an internal tool to an open source project that lets the community drive features like multimodel support, and how Block’s 12,000 employees across 15+ job functions (not just engineers) now use agents every day. They dig into practical, non-hype uses of AI agents: detecting when students are struggling, triaging open source issues, segmenting 80k+ sales leads, and even letting a salesperson “vibe code” a feature on the train. Angie also talks about trust and control when giving AI access to codebases, why developers are tired of flashy demos, and how her new AI Builder Fellowship is designed to support the next generation of native AI builders. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links mentioned in the episode: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://angiejones.tech"&gt;https://angiejones.tech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/block/goose"&gt;https://github.com/block/goose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/block"&gt;https://github.com/block&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol"&gt;https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/features/copilot"&gt;https://github.com/features/copilot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://testautomationu.applitools.com"&gt;https://testautomationu.applitools.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.selenium.dev"&gt;https://www.selenium.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://playwright.dev"&gt;https://playwright.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.cypress.io"&gt;https://www.cypress.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://code.visualstudio.com"&gt;https://code.visualstudio.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.salesforce.com"&gt;https://www.salesforce.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/martinwoodward/pyfluff"&gt;https://github.com/martinwoodward/pyfluff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Abby sits down with Angie Jones, VP of Engineering at Block, live at GitHub Universe to talk about Goose, Block’s open source AI agent and reference implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). 

LIVE from GitHub Universe: Angie Jones on Goose, MCP, and the Real-World Future of AI Agents

In this episode, recorded live at GitHub Universe 2025, Andrea sits down with Frank “Frenck” Nijhof, a GitHub Star and project lead for Home Assistant, one of the most active open source projects on the platform. They unpack how millions of households run privacy-first automations locally (no cloud required), why the Open Home Foundation exists to prevent vendor lock-in and e-waste, and how this famously welcoming community scaled to 21k+ contributors. Frank also shares insights about the development of “Assist,” an open, local-first voice assistant (with optional AI), as well as the new “Home Assist Green” hardware device, plus practical ways non-coders can meaningfully contribute to the project, too.Links mentioned in the episode:<a href="https://github.com/frenck">https://github.com/frenck</a><a href="https://www.home-assistant.io">https://www.home-assistant.io</a><a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/green">https://www.home-assistant.io/green</a><a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/voice">https://www.home-assistant.io/voice</a><a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/assist">https://www.home-assistant.io/assist</a><a href="https://www.esphome.io">https://www.esphome.io</a><a href="https://github.com/home-assistant">https://github.com/home-assistant</a><a href="https://www.raspberrypi.com">https://www.raspberrypi.com</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, recorded live at GitHub Universe 2025, Andrea sits down with Frank “Frenck” Nijhof, a GitHub Star and project lead for Home Assistant, one of the most active open source projects on the platform. They unpack how millions of households run privacy-first automations locally (no cloud required), why the Open Home Foundation exists to prevent vendor lock-in and e-waste, and how this famously welcoming community scaled to 21k+ contributors. Frank also shares insights about the development of “Assist,” an open, local-first voice assistant (with optional AI), as well as the new “Home Assist Green” hardware device, plus practical ways non-coders can meaningfully contribute to the project, too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links mentioned in the episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/frenck"&gt;https://github.com/frenck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.home-assistant.io"&gt;https://www.home-assistant.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/green"&gt;https://www.home-assistant.io/green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/voice"&gt;https://www.home-assistant.io/voice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/assist"&gt;https://www.home-assistant.io/assist&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.esphome.io"&gt;https://www.esphome.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/home-assistant"&gt;https://github.com/home-assistant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.raspberrypi.com"&gt;https://www.raspberrypi.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this episode, recorded live at GitHub Universe 2025, Andrea sits down with Frank “Frenck” Nijhof, a GitHub Star and project lead for Home Assistant, one of the most active open source projects on the platform.

LIVE from GitHub Universe: Privacy-First Smart Homes with Frenck from Home Assistant

Andrea and Kedasha sit down with data whisperer Jeff Luszcz, one of the wizards behind GitHub’s annual Octoverse report, to unpack this year’s biggest shifts. They get into why TypeScript overtook Python on GitHub, how AI-assisted “vibe coding” and agentic workflows are reshaping everyday engineering, and what it means that more than one new developer joins GitHub every second. From 1.12B open source contributions and 518M merged PRs to COBOL’s unexpected comeback, global growth (hello India, Brazil and Indonesia), and “security by default” with CodeQL and Dependabot, this episode turns the numbers into next steps for your career and your open source projects.Links mentioned in the episode:<a href="https://octoverse.github.com">https://octoverse.github.com</a><a href="https://github.com/jeffrey-lush">https://github.com/jeffrey-luszcz</a><a href="https://github.com/features/copilot">https://github.com/features/copilot</a><a href="https://codeql.github.com">https://codeql.github.com</a><a href="https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot">https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot</a><a href="https://docs.github.com/code-security/secret-scanning/introduction/about-secret-scanning">https://docs.github.com/code-security/secret-scanning/introduction/about-secret-scanning</a><a href="https://www.typescriptlang.org">https://www.typescriptlang.org</a><a href="https://www.python.org">https://www.python.org</a><a href="https://nextjs.org">https://nextjs.org</a><a href="https://vitejs.dev">https://vitejs.dev</a><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot">https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot</a><a href="https://www.home-assistant.io">https://www.home-assistant.io</a><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com">https://code.visualstudio.com</a><a href="https://github.com/explore">https://github.com/explore</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Andrea and Kedasha sit down with data whisperer Jeff Luszcz, one of the wizards behind GitHub’s annual Octoverse report, to unpack this year’s biggest shifts. They get into why TypeScript overtook Python on GitHub, how AI-assisted “vibe coding” and agentic workflows are reshaping everyday engineering, and what it means that more than one new developer joins GitHub every second. From 1.12B open source contributions and 518M merged PRs to COBOL’s unexpected comeback, global growth (hello India, Brazil and Indonesia), and “security by default” with CodeQL and Dependabot, this episode turns the numbers into next steps for your career and your open source projects.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links mentioned in the episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://octoverse.github.com"&gt;https://octoverse.github.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/jeffrey-lush"&gt;https://github.com/jeffrey-luszcz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/features/copilot"&gt;https://github.com/features/copilot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://codeql.github.com"&gt;https://codeql.github.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot"&gt;https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.github.com/code-security/secret-scanning/introduction/about-secret-scanning"&gt;https://docs.github.com/code-security/secret-scanning/introduction/about-secret-scanning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.typescriptlang.org"&gt;https://www.typescriptlang.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.python.org"&gt;https://www.python.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://nextjs.org"&gt;https://nextjs.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://vitejs.dev"&gt;https://vitejs.dev&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot"&gt;https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.home-assistant.io"&gt;https://www.home-assistant.io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://code.visualstudio.com"&gt;https://code.visualstudio.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/explore"&gt;https://github.com/explore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Andrea and Kedasha sit down with data whisperer Jeff Luszcz, one of the wizards behind GitHub’s annual Octoverse report, to unpack this year’s biggest shifts.

TypeScript’s Takeover, AI’s Lift-Off: Inside the 2025 Octoverse Report

In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby sits down with Felix Reda, Director of Developer Policy at GitHub, and Christian Grobmeier, a longtime Log4J maintainer, to reflect on the aftermath of the Log4Shell vulnerability and how it reshaped open source funding. They discuss the creation of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund, the challenges and opportunities funding brings to open source projects, and what it takes to build sustainable and resilient developer communities. The conversation highlights the major lessons learned from these events, from managing resources and community health to navigating government and industry support. Read more about Log4Shell and watch the full story over on the <a href="https://github.blog/open-source/inside-the-breach-that-broke-the-internet-the-untold-story-of-log4shell/">GitHub blog.</a>Links mentioned in the episode:<a href="https://sovereigntechfund.de/">https://sovereigntechfund.de/</a><a href="https://okfn.de/">https://okfn.de/</a><a href="https://prototypefund.de/">https://prototypefund.de/</a><a href="https://www.opentech.fund/">https://www.opentech.fund/</a><a href="https://nlnet.nl/">https://nlnet.nl/</a><a href="https://github.blog/2022-05-09-introducing-the-github-secure-open-source-fund/">https://github.blog/2022-05-09-introducing-the-github-secure-open-source-fund/</a><a href="https://dripapp.org/">https://dripapp.org/</a><a href="https://ghost.org/">https://ghost.org/</a><a href="https://ttcmap.ca/">https://ttcmap.ca/</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby sits down with Felix Reda, Director of Developer Policy at GitHub, and Christian Grobmeier, a longtime Log4J maintainer, to reflect on the aftermath of the Log4Shell vulnerability and how it reshaped open source funding. They discuss the creation of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund, the challenges and opportunities funding brings to open source projects, and what it takes to build sustainable and resilient developer communities. The conversation highlights the major lessons learned from these events, from managing resources and community health to navigating government and industry support. Read more about Log4Shell and watch the full story over on the &lt;a href="https://github.blog/open-source/inside-the-breach-that-broke-the-internet-the-untold-story-of-log4shell/"&gt;GitHub blog.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links mentioned in the episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://sovereigntechfund.de/"&gt;https://sovereigntechfund.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://okfn.de/"&gt;https://okfn.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://prototypefund.de/"&gt;https://prototypefund.de/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.opentech.fund/"&gt;https://www.opentech.fund/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://nlnet.nl/"&gt;https://nlnet.nl/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.blog/2022-05-09-introducing-the-github-secure-open-source-fund/"&gt;https://github.blog/2022-05-09-introducing-the-github-secure-open-source-fund/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://dripapp.org/"&gt;https://dripapp.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ghost.org/"&gt;https://ghost.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://ttcmap.ca/"&gt;https://ttcmap.ca/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby sits down with Felix Reda, Director of Developer Policy at GitHub, and Christian Grobmeier, a longtime Log4J maintainer, to reflect on the aftermath of the Log4Shell vulnerability and how it reshaped open source funding.

From Log4Shell to the Sovereign Tech Fund: Lessons in Open Source Sustainability

Homebrew’s project lead Mike McQuaid joins Abby and Andrea to unpack what it really takes to sustain one of the most-used developer tools on macOS and Linux. From early GitHub workflows to today’s automation and guardrails, Mike details the soft-power leadership that keeps volunteers motivated, and shares insights on how to scale contributions, keep a small maintainer team effective, and triage with empathy (and boundaries). This episode covers governance, “saying no,” using AI responsibly, and how IRL feedback at Universe turned into performance wins.Links mentioned in the episode:<a href="https://brew.sh">https://brew.sh</a><a href="https://www.macports.org">https://www.macports.org</a><a href="https://fosdem.org">https://fosdem.org</a><a href="https://githubuniverse.com">https://githubuniverse.com</a><a href="https://mikemcquaid.com">https://mikemcquaid.com</a><a href="https://github.com/TheoPFR/somo">https://github.com/TheoPFR/somo</a><a href="http://github.com/github/spec-kit">github.com/github/spec-kit</a><a href="https://flukeout.github.io/">https://flukeout.github.io/</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Homebrew’s project lead Mike McQuaid joins Abby and Andrea to unpack what it really takes to sustain one of the most-used developer tools on macOS and Linux. From early GitHub workflows to today’s automation and guardrails, Mike details the soft-power leadership that keeps volunteers motivated, and shares insights on how to scale contributions, keep a small maintainer team effective, and triage with empathy (and boundaries). This episode covers governance, “saying no,” using AI responsibly, and how IRL feedback at Universe turned into performance wins.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links mentioned in the episode:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://brew.sh"&gt;https://brew.sh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macports.org"&gt;https://www.macports.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://fosdem.org"&gt;https://fosdem.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://githubuniverse.com"&gt;https://githubuniverse.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://mikemcquaid.com"&gt;https://mikemcquaid.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/TheoPFR/somo"&gt;https://github.com/TheoPFR/somo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://github.com/github/spec-kit"&gt;github.com/github/spec-kit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://flukeout.github.io/"&gt;https://flukeout.github.io/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Homebrew’s project lead Mike McQuaid joins Abby and Andrea to unpack what it really takes to sustain one of the most-used developer tools on macOS and Linux.

Mike McQuaid on the Greatest Lessons He’s Learned in Over 16 Years at Homebrew

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