First Use of Claude Code with Insights/Lightspeed MCP Server

First Use of Claude Code with Insights/Lightspeed MCP Server

It was late last night. The kids were finally in bed, the house was quiet, and I found myself with that dangerous combination of exhaustion and curiosity. I had a couple of hours of freedom, and I decided to tackle something that had been itching to do for a while: getting Claude Code running on

Open Source and AI

Open Source and AI

Articles/News Dev Interrupted Podcast: Open Source Meets AI – Scott McCarty The Open Source AI Definition – 1.0 Stack Overflow Podcast: The world’s largest open-source business has plans for enhancing LLMs – Scott McCarty InfoWorld: Applying the lessons of open source to generative AI – Scott McCarty InfoWorld: Kubernetes shows the way forward for AI

Part 2: Asking Other Teams to Do Something Really Hard: Platform Software

Background In Part 1: Asking Other Teams to Do Something Really Hard, we explored two simple examples of when asking a person or team something really simple turns into something really inefficient. In that first article, we used simple examples, like new users asking simple questions over and over on Reddit or a mailing list.

Finding an Alternative to Camscanner

Background I’ve been using Camscanner since 2017, maybe a bit before. I started using it to collect receipts for expense reports when I was traveling heavily for work as a Technical Marketing Manager. I was easily doing 100-150 nights a year, and the mundane task of keeping track of expenses can get quite tedious. Camscanner

FOSDEM 2024: The State of Enterprise Linux 2024

FOSDEM 2024: The State of Enterprise Linux 2024

For years, I think many of us in the open source world assumed that we knew everything there was to know about open source, but the truth is, we’re all still learning. In the last couple of years, there have been some big changes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) supply chain, often referred to as Enterprise Linux or EL for short. This talk will help people understand these changes year over year, and what the future might hold.

Ohio Linux Fest 2023: The State of Enterprise Linux 202

Ohio Linux Fest 2023: The State of Enterprise Linux 202

For years, I think many of us in the open source world assumed that we knew everything there was to know about open source, but the truth is, we’re all still learning. In the last couple of years, there have been some big changes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) supply chain, often referred to as Enterprise Linux or EL for short. This talk will help people understand these changes year over year, and what the future might hold.

Developing a Healthy Community in CentOS Stream

Developing a Healthy Community in CentOS Stream

A little less than three years ago, Red Hat shifted focus in the CentOS project, from the downstream rebuild to the upstream called CentOS Stream. I wrote a heartfelt response to try and explain it better: Before You Get Mad About The CentOS Stream Change, Think About… That article seemed to help dispel some of