May 2019 Summaries

Puppet, Inc., a company known for its expertise in cloud-native package management solutions, had previously acquired a tech startup also named Cloudsmith and dropped the name after acquisition. However, the domain was later found to be available, prompting the founders of the original Cloudsmith to reacquire it. After registering the trademark in the UK and US, the company successfully transferred the `cloudsmith.io` domain to Puppet's CEO Yvonne Wassenaar, who introduced them to the relevant team members at Puppet. The transfer was completed after a video call to clarify the details, with the founders expressing their gratitude for the professionalism and collective spirit of the Puppet community.

Lee Skillen, Founder and CTO at Cloudsmith, joins SemaphoreCI to discuss how Cloudsmith solves the complex issue of streamlined software packaging. The conversation also touches on the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur and starting one's own business. This podcast episode is available for listening at https://semaphoreci.com/podcast and can be found in full transcript format at https://semaphoreci.com/blog/lee-skillen-from-cloudsmith-on-streamlined-software-packaging.

Rust is a systems programming language designed to be safer than existing languages like C and C++, offering memory-safety, ownership semantics, performance, and a comprehensive type system. It has become increasingly popular, topping the "most loved programming language" on Stack Overflow's Developer Survey for four years. Rust has its own package manager called Cargo, which provides an all-in-one frontend for building, packaging, and configuring Rust projects. Cargo allows users to install dependencies from remote registries into their local project using commands like `cargo install library`. Cloudsmith, a company providing Enterprise-grade features, offers hosting of public and private Cargo registries, enabling developers to host their own crates privately or share them publicly with the community.