#define: I'm going pants (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Welcome back to #define, our game of obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery. We’ve gathered some awesome friends, new and old, to see who has the best vocabulary and who can trick the everyone else into thinking that they do.

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Featuring:

• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Matthew Sanabria – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• John Henry Müller – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon
• Breakmaster Cylinder – Website, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
• He Who Gets Changelog Beats (2025)

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Chapters

1. Let's play! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Heroku (00:00:39)

https://www.heroku.com/changelogpodcast

3. BMC & Friends (00:04:21)

4. How the game works (00:07:04)

5. Round 1: Baryon (00:08:08)

6. Round 1 thinking (00:08:24)

7. Round 1 definitions (00:11:28)

8. Round 1 guesses (00:12:34)

9. Round 1 results (00:16:53)

10. Round 2: Jaggies (00:19:09)

11. Round 2 thinking (00:19:24)

12. Round 2 definitions (00:20:38)

13. Round 2 guesses (00:21:53)

14. Round 2 results (00:24:54)

15. Round 3: Oobleck (00:28:37)

16. Sponsor: Retool (00:28:57)

https://retool.com/changelog

17. Round 3 thinking (00:30:44)

18. Round 3 definitions (00:34:21)

19. Round 3 guesses (00:35:25)

20. Round 3 results (00:36:50)

21. Round 4: When does the ... (00:38:38)

22. Round 4 thinking (00:39:20)

23. Round 4 autocompletes (00:41:30)

24. Round 4 guesses (00:42:00)

25. Round 4 results (00:47:00)

26. Round 5: Weird Flix, but OK (00:52:29)

27. Round 5 thinking (00:53:23)

28. Round 5 synopses (00:54:13)

29. Round 5 guesses (00:55:42)

30. Round 5 results (00:59:00)

31. Sponsor: Outshift by Cisco (01:01:34)

https://agntcy.org

32. Round 6: Penumbra (01:02:39)

33. Round 6 thinking (01:03:01)

34. Round 6 definitions (01:03:43)

35. Round 6 guesses (01:04:40)

36. Round 6 results (01:06:32)

37. Round 7: How do you do? (01:09:04)

38. Round 7 thinking (01:10:01)

39. Round 7 responses (01:13:03)

40. Round 7 guesses (01:15:06)

41. Round 7 results (01:19:37)

42. Round 8: Clavichord (01:24:54)

43. Round 8 thinking (01:25:07)

44. Round 8 definitions (01:26:20)

45. Round 8 guesses (01:27:22)

46. Round 8 results (01:30:49)

47. Round 9: Why is my... (01:33:13)

48. Round 9 thinking (01:33:33)

49. Round 9 autocompletes (01:35:00)

50. Round 9 guesses (01:36:08)

51. Round 9 results (01:39:05)

52. And the winner is... (01:40:20)

53. Post-game analysis (01:41:47)

54. Bye, friends (01:42:44)

55. Coming up next week (01:43:37)

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