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Episode Synopsis
Allen Wyma talks with Eric Arellano (they/them) and Stu Hood (he/him), maintainers of Pants, a build system made for monorepos.
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Timestamps
[@00:10] - Pants’ Introduction
[@01:26] - Different languages used in building Pants
[@03:25] - Pants versions
[@06:00] - Pants’ history and why it started
[@11:09] - What is a Monorepo and why you would want to use it
[@13:48] - Polyrepo vs Monorepo
[@19:04] - What makes Pants unique
[@21:03] - Why Pants needed to rewrite some parts from Python to Rust and other languages
[@22:31] - Why Pants chose Rust
[@25:46] - Pants 1 vs Pants 2
[@27:12] - Challenges integrating Python and Rust
[@29:03] - How Eric and Stu figured out which parts should be written in Python and which should be in Rust
[@32:27] - Future plans and what’s next for Pants?
[@36:15] - Shoutouts and parting thoughts
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
Contributing to Rustacean Station
Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor!
Twitter: @rustaceanfm
Discord: Rustacean Station
Github: @rustacean-station
Email: [email protected]
Timestamps
[@00:10] - Pants’ Introduction
[@01:26] - Different languages used in building Pants
[@03:25] - Pants versions
[@06:00] - Pants’ history and why it started
[@11:09] - What is a Monorepo and why you would want to use it
[@13:48] - Polyrepo vs Monorepo
[@19:04] - What makes Pants unique
[@21:03] - Why Pants needed to rewrite some parts from Python to Rust and other languages
[@22:31] - Why Pants chose Rust
[@25:46] - Pants 1 vs Pants 2
[@27:12] - Challenges integrating Python and Rust
[@29:03] - How Eric and Stu figured out which parts should be written in Python and which should be in Rust
[@32:27] - Future plans and what’s next for Pants?
[@36:15] - Shoutouts and parting thoughts
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
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