Alan Shreve, creator of the beloved ngrok, joined the show to talk about ngrok — what it is, why it exists, why he wrote it in Go, and ultimately why 1.0 is open source but 2.0 is not.
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Featuring:
- Alan Shreve – Twitter, GitHub, Website
- Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
- Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
Show Notes:
- Alan Shreve (@inconshreveable) on Twitter
- inconshreveable.com (Alan’s personal website)
- ngrok Homepage
- What’s new in ngrok 2.0?
- Equinox: Package & Distribute Your Go Apps
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!