AlphaBits

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Join David Flanagan (Rawkode) and Brian Ketelsen (bketelsen) as they share one bit of new technology or software that they've found each week. Learn about new and upcoming software before it hits the mainstream.

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wei/pull and tea.xyz

In this episode of AlphaBits, Brian and David explain why they're excited about wei/pull and tea.xyz. wei/pull helps keep your forks up-to-date via automated PRs tea - the revolutionary, cross-platform package manager. Say goodbye to slow & clunky, and say hello to fast & smooth. From the creator of Brew. With tea, simply type commands and it takes care of the rest. Get the latest versions of open source tools and support specific tool versions for different projects. Experience better p...

Aug 24, 2023•7 min•Ep. 4

aquaproj & Dagger

In this episode of AlphaBits, Brian and David explain why they're excited about aquaproj and Dagger. aquaproj is a declarative CLI Version manager written in Go. Support Lazy Install, Registry, and continuous update with Renovate. CLI version is switched seamlessly Dagger is a programmable CI/CD engine that runs your pipelines in containers

Aug 17, 2023•10 min•Ep. 3

podmansh & Infisical

In this episode of AlphaBits, Brian and David explain why they're excited about podmansh and Infisical. podmansh is a container based login shell Infisical is a secrets management and automation tool with a ton of integrations

Aug 10, 2023•9 min•Ep. 2

Universal Blue & System Initiative

In the first episode of AlphaBits, Brian and David explain why they're excited about Universal Blue and System Intiative. Universal Blue is a collection of container images using Fedora's support for OCI/Docker containers as a transport and delivery mechanism for operating system content. This project's purpose is to be a "kit" for you to derive from to create your perfect image, as well as provide high quality images for use as a desktop. System Initiative is a collaborative power tool designed...

Aug 03, 2023•11 min•Ep. 1

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