Understandable Software with Kartik Agaram

Many software projects run the risk of evolving over time to a complex state that is inhospitable for new contributors to join.  This is a dangerous place for a company to be.  Either software needs to remain more accessible, or faster paths must be created to help them get on board.

Today’s interview is with Kartik Agaram.  We explore some of these topics and software development in general while also discussing some of the low-level software projects Kartik has open-sourced.

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