Edward Thomson is a fantastic software engineer, he’s currently the maintainer of libgit2: a pure C implementation of the git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API. libgit2 powers GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and many other products.
Ed is also a product manager at Vercel where he leads the compute, storage, and network products.
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00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:59 – What is libgit2?
00:06:25 – Is libgit2 a reimplementation of git?
00:09:54 – Does libgit2 maintain feature parity with git?
00:14:04 – What level of support does the libgit2 community need?
00:20:02 – The new generation has a technical advantage
00:22:52 – Thoughts on Meta’s Sapling
00:27:22 – The next evolution of git
00:31:39 – Difficult technical challenges
00:35:22 – The most complicated button in GitHub
00:38:52 – How was GitHub prior to the Microsoft acquisition?
00:43:28 – Does being an engineer help you as a product manager?
00:50:45 – Areas of ownership
00:52:35 – What is Vercel’s value proposition?
00:56:03 – Denial of wallet attacks
01:00:50 – What is edge computing?
01:06:46 – What technology is exciting you now?
01:08:41 – Conclusion
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