Choosing, Expanding, & Evolving Communities

Communities play a vital role in our technical and non-technical lives, but how much thought have we put into what makes these spaces valuable? In this episode, Kris is joined by the panel and Kelsey Hightower to discuss communities and their intersection with the digital and non-digital world.

Supporters get access to an extended conversation with Kelsey, where we discuss his views of AI and what he's been up to in retirement! You can get access by signing up at https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe.

Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!

Notes:

• What If CSS Grid Changes?
• The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
• Kitchen Nightmares

Table of Contents:

• Prologue (00:00)
  • Kelsey Introduction (01:18)
  • Panel Introduction (01:39)
  • GopherCon CFP (01:54)
• Chapter 1: Choice (02:46)
  • Why did Kelsey leave the Go community? (02:46)
  • Dylan's first experiences with Go (09:05)
  • A shared vocabulary (10:39)
  • The software relay race (12:30)
  • Go: The Potential Parts (13:37)
  • The challenge of having a Go team (15:00)
  • Yes is forever (25:59)
  • Modules Therapy (27:11)
  • Remember the past & give space to be honest (28:17)
  • Dropping the community baton (31:53)
  • Go by choice (32:19)
  • Wall Street measure of success (35:48)
  • The first date isn't the same as the hundredth (39:36)
  • The leader in you (42:19)
• Chapter 2: Infinite (47:35)
  • Software is an Infinite Game (47:35)
  • Constraints are required (51:30)
  • You cannot build the everything tool (54:21)
  • We need to touch grass (55:39)
  • Augmenting life (59:27)
• Chapter 3: Evolution (01:00:55)
  • Keeping sane in DevRel (01:07:17)
  • Conferences in the current era (01:13:30)
  • Superiority of the Single Track Conference (01:18:04)
  • Kelsey's KubeCon Story (01:21:00)
  • Virtual Conferences need a new term (01:23:38)
  • Conferences need some innovating (01:25:35)
  • Does tech even have communities? (01:27:52)
  • Kelsey's dream talk development path (01:30:06)
• Chapter 4: Kelsey's Retirement (01:42:05)
  • This chapter is supporter only content.
• Epilogue (01:43:34)

Hosts

• Kelsey Hightower - Guest
• Kris Brandow - Host
• Dylan Bourque - Host
• Matthew Sanabria - Host

Socials:

• Website
• Bluesky
• Threads
• X/Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Instagram

• (00:00) - Prologue
• (02:46) - Chapter 1: Choice
• (47:35) - Chapter 2: Infinite
• (01:00:55) - Chapter 3: Evolution
• (01:42:05) - Chapter 4: Retirement
• (01:43:34) - Epilogue