Office Hours

Let's build the future of podcasting together.

About the show

A podcast for the community of Jupiter Broadcasting, the Open Source media powerhouse of the Internet. Get the inside scope on our projects, the future of independent media, and decentralized community.

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Episodes

  • 14: Debian Downer

    October 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins
    alby, chrislas, fountain, geocaching, hacktoberfest, hugo, infrastructure as code, jupiter broadcasting, new show name, office hours, podverse, road shows, road trip, rust desk, rv podcasting, sonobus, technical failure, value for value

    It was one technical disaster after another, we recap the series of technical challenges that killed all future shows from the road.

  • 13: One Long Monday

    September 30th, 2022  |  59 mins 57 secs
    alby, bitrefill, chrislas, fire, fountain, geocaching, grant's pass, grease fire, grilling, jpl, jupiter broadcasting, meetups, office hours, open source, podverse, poop blender, road trip, sacramento, sat steaks, satoshi squares, user error, value for value

    We get you caught up on one heck of a trip.

  • 12: Don't Clip and Drive

    September 16th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins
    alby, chrislas, fireside, fountain.fm, highway 20, hugo, jupiter broadcasting, member matrix room, mountain kiss, office hours, peertube api, podcasting, podcasting 2.0, podverse, rss feeds, saturn

    Brent recounts a harrowing near miss on his road trip to the studio, and a surprise outage leaves Chris scrambling after launching the website.

  • 11: Flipping The Switch

    August 31st, 2022  |  47 mins 42 secs
    alby, caching, chrislas, cloudflare, community, deployment, github actions, hugo, jupiter broadcasting, office hours, open source, peertube, podcasting 2.0, podverse, twitter podcast hub

    We're pushing our new website to production live on the show today. We have no idea how things will turn out - but we're taking you along for the ride either way!

  • 10: Coming in Hot with the Code!

    August 19th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 secs
    bitcoin, chrislas, columbus meetup, crypto, crypto is a scam, free software, github actions, hugo, jupiter broadcasting, linode, matrix spaces, object storage, office hours, ohio linuxfest, open source podcast website, revolution os

    We've built up some incredible backend infrastructure for our new website. We run through the big improvements, and where we still need some help.

  • 9: We Hate Crypto Too

    August 5th, 2022  |  1 hr 21 mins
    automation, boosts, chrislas, community, crypto scams, fireside, git, github, github actions, hugo, infrastructure, jupiter broadcasting, matrix, meetup, office hours, open source development, sats, value for value

    Why we hate crypto more than you, plus a frank conversation about boosts in our shows, some big lessons learned from our new website project, and the things we'd never do again.

  • 8: A Good Problem to Have

    July 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 6 mins
    amd, boosts, chrislas, github, hugo, jupiter broadcasting, office hours, open source, pipeline, podcasting 2.0, podverse, rss feed generation, ryzen, static website, v4v, value, workflow

    We're learning on the job this week as the deadline for our new website is just around the corner. Plus, a dirty little secret that explains why most tech press coverage sucks.

  • 7: Podcasting is Back

    July 8th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins
    activitypub, alecks gates, chrislas, cross app comments, embedded player, git, github, hugo, jupiter broadcasting, linux foundation uses drm, office hours, open source website, peertube, podcasting 2.0, podverse

    The community is quick at work; we share major updates on our new website project, and chat with the "Official" Podcasting 2.0 consultant to find out what he's developing next for podcast listeners.

  • 6: Peer to Peer Future

    June 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins
    activitypub, boosts, chrislas, decentralized podcasting, diy cdn, hp dev one, hp dev one unboxing, jupiter broadcasting, learning python, mastadon, office hours, peertube, podcasting 2.0, podverse, pop os, python, starlink poll mount, ubiquiti, umbrel, value for value, webtorrent, wireless, wisp

    Outdoor networking adventures, new decentralized tools we're building, and a great chat with one of the co-founders of Podverse - an impressive open-source Podcasting 2.0 app.

  • 5: The Real MVP

    May 27th, 2022  |  45 mins 8 secs
    chrislas, conan o’brien podcast, github actions, hugo, jupiter broadcasting, markdown, office hours, opensats, podcasting 2.0, podtrac, siriusxm, spotify ads, stefans-o, wild turkey, youtube reach

    We have a laugh at Spotify, then check out a minimum viable project for the new Jupiter Broadcasting website.

  • 4: Finding Our Squeaky Wheels

    May 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins
    bluewallet, boosts, carplay, chrislas, facebook podcasts, fountain.fm review, github actions, jupiter broadcasting, memberships, mumble, namespace, office hours, opus, podcasting 2.0, project mistakes, sovereign feeds, sovereignfeeds, static website generator, strike, transcriptions, value for value

    We've made some essential decisions for our big projects, what really has us excited about Podcasting 2.0, and the real problem with Boosts.

  • 3: New Website Energy

    April 28th, 2022  |  48 mins 47 secs
    chrislas, github action, grab, hugo, jupiter broadcasting, jupiter broadcasting lightning node, office hours, open source cms, podcast:medium tag, podcasting 2.0, static website, value 4 value, wordpress

    It's a summer of projects, we get into our plans to totally rebuild our website, some new Podcasting 2.0 features and, Brent takes his first bite of the Raspberry Pi.

  • 2: Podcasting Perils

    April 21st, 2022  |  36 mins 39 secs
    github, jupiter broadcasting, low power x86 server, matrix server, meetup spots in california, office hours, podcasting centralization, road trip, rv repairs, spotify

    We kick off a new show and chat about the rapid centralization facing the podcast industry. Then we share some secret future Jupiter Broadcasting plans.

  • 1: The Enthusiast Trap

    April 15th, 2022  |  11 mins 43 secs
    apple, enthusiast trap, external storage, free office, linux community, manjaro, nextcloud, nextcloud tips, office hours with chris, pro user

    What is the enthusiast trap, and why does it seem to ensnarl every successful open source project? Also, some excellent listener power user tips for NextCloud.