app02 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:42:35 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Ask Noah Show - Episodes Tagged with “Lightwell” https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/tags/lightwell Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:00:00 -0500 The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology. en-us episodic The community centered show where you are the content! Noah J. Chelliah The Ask Noah Show is a weekly talk radio show where we focus on Linux and Open Source technology. We invite the community to participate live on the air 1-855-450-6624. The show airs Tuesdays at 6pm CT on asknoahshow.com and at KEQQ 88.3 FM in Grand Forks ND. It's a free call 1-855-450-NOAH so join us and start on your way to owning your operating system, your software, and technology. no Noah J. Chelliah live@asknoahshow.com Ask Noah Show 507 https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/507 42c0d3f7-7aaf-486a-9f16-929d5461e417 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:00:00 -0500 Noah J. Chelliah full Noah J. Chelliah This week Mike McGrath Vice President, Core Platforms for Red Hat joins us to give us the deep dive on Lightwell! 54:00 no <p>This week Mike McGrath Vice President, Core Platforms for Red Hat joins us to give us the deep dive on Lightwell!</p> <h3><strong>-- During The Show --</strong></h3> <h4>00:50 Intro</h4> <ul> <li>Iron sharpens Iron</li> <li>Feedback</li> </ul> <h4>01:50 Show Feedback - Joshua</h4> <ul> <li>Talking fast at the end of the show</li> <li>Inserting tutorial style content</li> </ul> <h4>04:05 <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/lightwell" rel="nofollow noopener">Lightwell</a> Interview</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/authors/mike-mcgrath" rel="nofollow noopener">Mike McGrath</a> - Vice President, Core Platforms</li> <li>What is Red Hat Lightwell</li> <li>Where Lightwell came from</li> <li>Illustration scenario</li> <li>Using AI but interfacing "Human to Human"</li> <li>Two tiers of Lightwell</li> <li>Lightwell "Network" repo</li> <li>Lightwell "Remediated" repo</li> <li>Lightwell "Undisclosed" repo</li> <li>How it works</li> <li>Does Lightwell address compliance requirements?</li> <li>Remediation</li> <li>What does using Lightwell look like?</li> <li>Software Bill of Materials</li> <li>Clearing house with SLA</li> <li>Details really matter</li> <li>Package versioning</li> <li>Scanner false positives based on versioning</li> <li><a href="https://osv.dev/" rel="nofollow noopener">OSV.dev</a>, Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX) data</li> <li>Open Source packages, scanning and remediation</li> <li>How often does upstream reject patches?</li> <li>Has Lightwell opened doors?</li> <li>Any notable success stories?</li> <li>What does Lightwell's roadmap look like?</li> <li>Where is Lightwell appropriate?</li> <li>What metrics and KPIs should IT leaders look for?</li> <li>Walk me through a typical developer workflow</li> <li>Cost benefit analysis</li> <li>How does Lightwell integrate with existing Red Hat products?</li> <li>Previously on <a href="https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/343" rel="nofollow noopener">ANS 343</a>, <a href="https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/416" rel="nofollow noopener">ANS 416</a>, <a href="https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/443" rel="nofollow noopener">ANS 443</a>, <a href="https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/494" rel="nofollow noopener">ANS 494</a></li> </ul> <h4>43:55 News Wire</h4> <ul> <li><p>GNU Core Utils 9.12 - <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Coreutils-9.12" rel="nofollow noopener">phoronix.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Calibre 9.15 - <a href="https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new" rel="nofollow noopener">https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new</a></p></li> <li><p>Thunderbird 156 - <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/156.0/releasenotes/" rel="nofollow noopener">thunderbird.net</a></p></li> <li><p>Firefox 156 - <a href="https://www.firefox.com/en-US/firefox/156.0/releasenotes/" rel="nofollow noopener">firefox.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Gnome 51 - <a href="https://release.gnome.org/51/" rel="nofollow noopener">gnome.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Q4OS 6.9 - <a href="https://q4os.org/blog.html#news260916" rel="nofollow noopener">q4os.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Garuda Nix - <a href="https://forum.garudalinux.org/t/garuda-nix-released/48803" rel="nofollow noopener">garudalinux.org</a></p></li> <li><p>MXLinus 25.3 - <a href="https://mxlinux.org/blog/mx-25-3-infinity-isos-now-available/" rel="nofollow noopener">mxlinux.org</a></p></li> <li><p>Ovirt-engine on Oracle Linux - <a href="https://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/oracle-virtualization-now-supports-oracle-linux-9" rel="nofollow noopener">oracle.com</a></p></li> <li><p>Qwen Image 2.1 - <a href="https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-2.1" rel="nofollow noopener">qwen.ai</a></p></li> <li><p>US District Court AI Ruling - <a href="https://devops.com/us-district-court-decision-in-ais-favor-worries-open-source-developers/" rel="nofollow noopener">devops.com</a></p></li> </ul> <h4>45:10 Microsoft Ports Co-pilot with Ai</h4> <ul> <li>$120,000 in AI tokens spent to port</li> <li>800,000 lines of code</li> <li>5,300 human hours to review</li> <li>16x faster based on benchmarks</li> <li>Reaction of an actual developer</li> <li>Can't put toothpaste back in the tube</li> <li>Effect of Microsoft doing this</li> <li><a href="https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/09/18/microsoft-agentically-ports-copilot-runtime-to-rust-for-120k/5297549" rel="nofollow noopener">The Register</a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>-- The Extra Credit Section --</strong></h3> <p>For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!</p> <p><a href="http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/507" rel="nofollow noopener">This Episode's Podcast Dashboard</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah" rel="nofollow noopener">Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys</a></p> <p>Join us in our dedicated chatroom <a rel="nofollow noopener">#GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix</a></p> <h3><strong>-- Stay In Touch --</strong></h3> <p><strong>Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.asknoahshow.com" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Dashboard</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they’re excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show!</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.altispeed.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Contact Noah</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>live [at] asknoahshow.com</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>-- Twitter --</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kernellinux" rel="nofollow noopener">Noah - Kernellinux</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/asknoahshow" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Noah Show</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/altispeed" rel="nofollow noopener">Altispeed Technologies</a></li> </ul> <p>Special Guest: Mike McGrath.</p> 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

-- The Extra Credit Section --

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]]> 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

-- The Extra Credit Section --

For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard!

This Episode's Podcast Dashboard

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Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix

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