Ever opened a repo thinking “this’ll just be a README”, and suddenly you’re building a full Python stack? Same. Get to know the hosts of our season 2 GitHub Podcast, and find out their favorite episodes from last season. Catch up on all the episodes wherever you listen to podcasts or at gh.io/podcast What’s the most unexpectedly big thing you’ve built from a small idea? 👇
Started what I thought was a quick utility script to parse some logs, ended up maintaining a data pipeline that processes millions of records daily. Those small projects have a way of revealing actual problems that need solving.
Many successful solutions start with solving one small operational problem. Then the workflow grows, the automation grows, and suddenly it's a platform.
GitHub That drift usually means the README was written by someone who already had the environment set up. A fresh clone exposes it fast.
A one-off dbt model built to sanity-check a single number turned into the team's semantic layer within two quarters. Small ideas don't stay small once people start querying them. GitHub.
GitHub just be dropping me off anywhere, in any repo. Can we get some context 🤔
You could do all Of this with lamp stack 25 years ago
the tell is the day it gets its first test.
Thanks for sharing! Lensmor started because we kept seeing teams spend big on events without knowing who would be there or whether the trip would pay off. We built a small fix for that, and it just kept growing.