ngrok and Go (Changelog Interviews #210)

Alan Shreve, creator of the beloved ngrok, joined the show to talk about ngrok — what it is, why it exists, why he wrote it in Go, and ultimately why 1.0 is open source but 2.0 is not.

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Featuring:

• Alan Shreve – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Alan Shreve (@inconshreveable) on Twitter
• inconshreveable.com (Alan’s personal website)
• ngrok Homepage
• What’s new in ngrok 2.0?
• Equinox: Package & Distribute Your Go Apps

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!