Meet Hayden Barnes, the lawyer-turned-tech-wizard who LITERALLY changed careers because Apple's butterfly keyboard was too annoying. (We're not even joking.)
In this episode:
- How despising a keyboard led to pioneering Windows Subsystem for Linux projects
- Why paying for open source software should totally be a thing again (like it's 1999)
- The creation of Pengwin: the $10 Linux distro that Microsoft accidentally made famous
- That time Hayden absolutely CRUSHED our kitchen gadget trivia (we're still suspicious)
- The secret origin of the spork (because why not?)
Featured Projects & Links:
Key Quote: "I'm seen as the Microsoft guy in the Linux community and the Linux guy in the Microsoft community" - Hayden Barnes, living that double-agent life
Fun Fact: Our guest passed the bar exam using the same strategy he used to ace our kitchen gadget quiz - being suspiciously good at multiple choice. (🤔)
Hosted by Hayden Ballio and Wendy Hurst
Brought to you by
HeroDevs - Because someone has to keep your end-of-life software from becoming end-of-world software.
(Next time someone tells you keyboard preferences don't matter, just remember: they literally changed this guy's entire career path. Just saying.)
What is Everyday Heroes?
Welcome to Everyday Heroes, a podcast about the unsung heroes of the tech world. From the phone in your pocket to the world's most critical digital infrastructure, open-source software has a hand in it. These free technologies that shape our digital world wouldn't be anything without the Heroes that maintain them, promote them, and evolve them - these are their stories.
Everyday Heroes is brought to you by HeroDevs.