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:

• Follow Hayden:
  • @UnixTerminal on X
  • Unixterminal.bsky.social on Bluesky
• GitHub: @SirRedBeard
• Book: Pro Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): Powerful Tools and Practices for Cross-Platform Development and Collaboration
• Pengwin - The WSL distro that started it all

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.)