Episode 507

Ask Noah Show 507

September 22nd, 2026

54 mins

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About this Episode

This week Mike McGrath Vice President, Core Platforms for Red Hat joins us to give us the deep dive on Lightwell!

-- During The Show --

00:50 Intro

  • Iron sharpens Iron
  • Feedback

01:50 Show Feedback - Joshua

  • Talking fast at the end of the show
  • Inserting tutorial style content

04:05 Lightwell Interview

  • Mike McGrath - Vice President, Core Platforms
  • What is Red Hat Lightwell
  • Where Lightwell came from
  • Illustration scenario
  • Using AI but interfacing "Human to Human"
  • Two tiers of Lightwell
  • Lightwell "Network" repo
  • Lightwell "Remediated" repo
  • Lightwell "Undisclosed" repo
  • How it works
  • Does Lightwell address compliance requirements?
  • Remediation
  • What does using Lightwell look like?
  • Software Bill of Materials
  • Clearing house with SLA
  • Details really matter
  • Package versioning
  • Scanner false positives based on versioning
  • OSV.dev, Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) data
  • Open Source packages, scanning and remediation
  • How often does upstream reject patches?
  • Has Lightwell opened doors?
  • Any notable success stories?
  • What does Lightwell's roadmap look like?
  • Where is Lightwell appropriate?
  • What metrics and KPIs should IT leaders look for?
  • Walk me through a typical developer workflow
  • Cost benefit analysis
  • How does Lightwell integrate with existing Red Hat products?
  • Previously on ANS 343, ANS 416, ANS 443, ANS 494

43:55 News Wire

45:10 Microsoft Ports Co-pilot with Ai

  • $120,000 in AI tokens spent to port
  • 800,000 lines of code
  • 5,300 human hours to review
  • 16x faster based on benchmarks
  • Reaction of an actual developer
  • Can't put toothpaste back in the tube
  • Effect of Microsoft doing this
  • The Register

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