The ReadME Podcast
1) Tiny Wins, Big Impact: Accessibility, MCP, and the Future of Open Source at GitHub
In this year-in-review episode of The GitHub Podcast, Cassidy and Abby are joined by Helen Hou-Sandí, GitHub’s engineering manager for the Accessibility Engineering team and lead developer in the Word...Show More
Tiny Wins, Big Impact: Accessibility, MCP, and the Future of Open Source at GitHub
31:58 | Dec 30th, 2025
2) LIVE from GitHub Universe: Inside the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund
In this episode guest host Greg Cochran from the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund brings together four maintainers who are helping secure the open source projects we all depend on: Christian (Log4j/Log4...Show More
3) LIVE from GitHub Universe: Angie Jones on Goose, MCP, and the Real-World Future of AI Agents
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).
4) LIVE from GitHub Universe: Privacy-First Smart Homes with Frenck from Home Assistant
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 t...Show More
LIVE from GitHub Universe: Privacy-First Smart Homes with Frenck from Home Assistant
25:02 | Nov 18th, 2025
5) TypeScript’s Takeover, AI’s Lift-Off: Inside the 2025 Octoverse Report
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.
6) From Log4Shell to the Sovereign Tech Fund: Lessons in Open Source Sustainability
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 ...Show More
From Log4Shell to the Sovereign Tech Fund: Lessons in Open Source Sustainability
31:27 | Oct 21st, 2025
7) Mike McQuaid on the Greatest Lessons He’s Learned in Over 16 Years at Homebrew
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
32:08 | Oct 7th, 2025
8) Making Desktop Frameworks More Accessible with Electron
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Abby and Kedasha are joined by Keeley Hammond, a longtime maintainer of the Electron project.
9) Building Tools and the Future of DIY Development
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy and Kedasha explore the rise of personal software tools built by developers for themselves, and shared with the world through open source.
10) The Joy of Developer Education with CodeTV
In this episode of the GitHub Podcast, Cassidy, Abby, and Andrea are joined by developer advocate, educator, and creator of CodeTV, Jason Lengstorf.