The New Builders Ep. 23: Start Open, Stay Open – On Early Adoption and Open Source

Bob Brodie, SUMO Heavy’s CTO,  joined the New Builders Podcast to showcase how he built SUMO Heavy on the open source Magento eCommerce platform and why he’s so fond of open source in general.

During the conversation, Brodie explains what gave his team the confidence to launch SUMO Heavy when Magento was still in beta (6:37); how SUMO Heavy leverages a range of other open source libraries (11:12); his belief that “information not collected is information lost” (13:32); his take on the debate between native apps and web apps (26:16); and why he’s come around on containers (30:32).

[Listen to the podcast here]

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Napflix: Netflix for Sleepy PeopleAfter you stuff yourself stupid with turkey this Thursday, curl up on the sofa and check out Naplflix.

Napflix is a fully dedicated “slow TV” channel, full of the just right content to help you doze off. Titles like, “3 HOURS of Relaxing Aquarium Fish, Coral Reef Fish Tank & Relax Music”, “10-hour timer” (yes, it’s exactly how it sounds) and 3 straight hours of the 2016 World Men’s Curling Championship" are sure to put you right out.

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