A UK based Technology and Software Developer Podcast that helps you to improve your development knowledge and career, through explaining the latest and greatest in development technology and providing you with what you need to succeed as a developer.
Episode 114 - Well-Architected Web Applications
In this episode we are joined by Andrew Kelly, who is here to talk to us about Well-Architected Web Applications. Andrew is a web developer from Cheshire in the UK, who currently works as a Technical Team Lead. Andy has been a web developer for over 15 years specialising in .net core and more recently AWS. He has a passion for everything cloud and will shortly be broadening his experience as a platform engineer. Contacting Andrew Kelly website: http://www.andrewkel.ly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewkellymanchester/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/andyk2122
Episode 113 - DJ to Developer
In this episode we discuss a journey to and from Development, with Paddy Kearns. Paddy is a Senior .NET Developer based in Nottingham, where he spends his days coding with VB.net, C# Webforms and MVC. He has been a developer for many years, but took a break in between to follow a music career, and then came back. Contacting Paddy Kearns Twitter: https://twitter.com/paddy_kearns LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/patrick-kearns-aa9996ba Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5qJjINlxRbwjQ4aOAcKaRG Other Helpful links Commodore 64: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 VIC 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 C64 sound chip: https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/SID
Episode 112 - GraphQL and Hasura
In this episode we find out about GraphQL, and here to talk to us is Vladimir Novick Vladimir is a Developer advocate at hasura.io, a Google Developer Expert, a consultant, a worldwide speaker, a published author, he is host of the 3factorRadio podcast and he also contributes regularly to Open Source Software. Vladimir brings years of experience within the JavaScript ecosystem and has been coding since the rise of the web, from the time of Netscape Navigator and the "First Browser Wars". Currently, He works with Web, Mobile, VR, AR, and IoT technologies Vladimir is also an advocate for the use of GraphQL and serverless architectures Contacting Vladimir Novick Website: http://vnovick.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vladimirnovick Medium: https://medium.com/@VladimirNovick Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VladimirNovickDev Github: https://github.com/vnovick Other Helpful links Hasura: http://hasura.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/HasuraHQ
Episode 111 - Distributed Monoliths
In this episode we talk to Iris Classon about Distributed Monoliths and why they could be a better solution for you. Iris Classon Microsoft MVP, author and speaker, A former clinical dietitian and personal trainer. She is a board member on the .net foundation and mum to 4 month old Loke. Contacting Iris Classon Website: http://irisclasson.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irisclasson Twitter: https://twitter.com/irisclasson Useful links .Net Foundation: https://dotnetfoundation.org/ Noda Time: https://nodatime.org/ Sponsor PVS Studio: pvs-studio Technologies used in the PVS-Studio code analyzer for finding bugs and potential vulnerabilities: Blog post
Episode 110 - Rolling you own software
In this episode I will be dicussing a topic which its pretty irritating to say the least, rolling your own solution to a common problem!
Episode 109 - Pivoting as a Developer
In this episode I wanted to talked about pivoting in your career, and here to talk with us is Zac Braddy. Contacting Zac Braddy Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZackerTheHacker Github: https://github.com/zacbraddy CV: https://zackerthehacker.com/ Medium: https://medium.com/@zacharybraddy React in motion course: https://www.manning.com/livevideo/react-in-motion 40% Discount code off React in motion course: ytbraddy
Episode 108 - Blazor
In this episode we will be talking about Blazor, Jamie Taylor is hear to explain what all the fuss is about. Jamie is a full stack .Net developer, with a focus on web cross platform. He lives and works in Leeds in the UK and he has become the go to guy for .Net Core at his workplace. And as some of you will be aware Jamie came on the podcast back on episode 8 and episode 62 where we talk about .Net Core. When he came on last time he has started his own podcast, which some of you will undoubtidly enjoy, called The Waffling Taylors which is a gaming podcast, Since then he has started THE .net core podcast, devotku this is an anime podcast, and more recently the Ask a brit podcast. Contacting Jamie Taylor Website: https://www.gaprogman.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dotNetCoreBlog LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-taylor-57602959 Google+: https://plus.google.com/+JamieGaProgManTaylorGitHub: https://github.com/gaprogman Blog: https://dotnetcore.gaprogman.com More from Jamie: .Net Core Podcast: https://dotnetcore.show/ Waffling Taylors podcast: https://www.wafflingtaylors.rocks/ A Journey in .NET Core: https://dotnetcore.gaprogman.com/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gaprogman YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTDz8IxVCKPmhLemR9eOLPQ Pokeblazor: https://pokeblazor.azurewebsites.net/ Useful Links Blazor: https://blazor.net/ Introduction to Blazor: http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2018/02/06/blazor-intro/ Wasm Support: https://caniuse.com/#feat=wasm WHOIS Client Blazor App: https://blazor-whois.azurewebsites.net
Episode 107 - The Future of .Net
In this episode we have something a little different for you, we are coming to you from NDC { London }, and I am joined by Steve Gordon and Jon Galloway. We will be discussing the current state of .net and it's future. Useful Links .NET Foundation: https://dotnetfoundation.org/ .NET Core GIT: https://github.com/dotnet/core .NET Core Getting Started: https://dotnet.github.io/ Download .NET: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download Blazor: https://blazor.net/ Contacting Steve Gordon Website: https://www.stevejgordon.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevejgordon Git: https://github.com/stevejgordon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-gordon-a6691114/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_rMpypHGP8_J8AAo_bLCmA .Net South East: http://www.dotnetsoutheast.co.uk/ Contacting Jon Galloway Website: Blog: https://weblogs.asp.net/jongalloway Twitter: https://twitter.com/jongalloway Git: https://github.com/jongalloway Herding Code Podcast: http://herdingcode.com/
Episode 106 - What is Kafka?
In this episode we talk to Allen Underwood about the distributed streaming platform Kafka, and what exactly it is. Allen Underwood, is one third of the Coding Blocks podcast, he is a Software Architect and Microsoft MVP. He is a Father to three children, and a husband. Allen loves to build things, both software and in the "real world". Allen's passions go beyond programming and give him a love for basketball and American football. It's also said that he is just a little obsessed with good audio and computer hardware! Allen is is also one of the original driving forces behind this podcast coming to lie, so you can thank or blame him for that. Contacting Allen Underwood Website: https://www.codingblocks.net/about/#allenunderwood Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenunderwood Twitter: https://twitter.com/theallenu Coding Blocks and it's Community Website: https://www.codingblocks.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodingBlocks Slack: https://www.codingblocks.net/slack
Episode 105 - Making Time for Stuff!
In this episode I will be announcing the winner of the 100th Episode giveaway, and the topic I will be discussing is Making Time for stuff! There is always one thing I say to people when they tell me they don't have time to do something and that is "If you can't make the time, you don't want it bad enough!"
Episode 104 - Code Reviews
In this episode we talk about Code Reviews with Dave Follett, or as you may know him Super Good Dave. Dave is a Husband, and father of two. He is software developer living in the Metro Detroit area with more than 18 years of professional experience. He is interested in continuous learning, tinkering, and exploring new technology. Dave is pretty activity away from technology where he spends his time on other pursuits including skiing, basketball, cooking, and fishing. Contacting Dave Follett Website: https://davefollett.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/davefollett Blog: https://dev.to/davefollett
Episode 103 - Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - Part 3
In this episode we complete our extended dive into AI with Ed Yau, this is part 3 of 3. This all started back on Episode 101 be sure to go back and start your journey there. Ed works as a Solution Architect at cloudThing, on behalf of a number of clients. Having spent over 15-years in software development building different styles of Enterprise IT systems, he is really excited about the potential for Machine Learning, Cognitive & Bot technologies which look to deliver more intelligent User Experiences (UX) for applications. This is considering UX in the fullest sense, as a fullstack discipline. In an area that is flooded with hype, Ed is here today to explain what developers need to know to get started with AI, and what is happening in the evolving world of bot technologies. Ed was last on the show back on episode 44 where we talked about Bots and how they were taking over the tech space, just over a year later he's back today to give us more insight into the current world of AI. Contacting Ed Yau Website: https://medium.com/edyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmond-yau/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hello_edyau Useful Links for ML and AI PWC: AI will create as many jobs as it displaces https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/AI-will-create-as-many-jobs-as-it-displaces-by-boosting-economic-growth.html Deloitte: Technology and people: The great job-creating machine https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/finance/articles/technology-and-people.html What Types of Questions Can Data Science Answer https://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/09/questions-data-science-can-answer.html Explicable AI: LIME https://github.com/marcotcr/lime Jan Bosch: Engineering Deep Learning Systems is Hard! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/engineering-deep-learning-systems-hard-jan-bosch/ FDA Approval for Diabetes AI https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm604357.htm Aibo https://us.aibo.com/ Anki Vector robot. £50 off on preorder! https://www.anki.com/en-gb/vector Ali Rahimi 2017 NIPS acceptance speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi1Yry33TQE Courses Fast.ai http://course.fast.ai/ Andrew Ng’s Coursera course https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning Google AI Nanodegree https://www.udacity.com/course/ai-artificial-intelligence-nanodegree--nd898 Microsoft AI course https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-artificial-intelligence Matthew Kirk: Thoughtful Machine Learning with Python https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thoughtful-Machine-Learning-Python-Test-Driven/dp/1491924136 Useful Links for Bots BotKit https://github.com/howdyai/botkit IBM Watson https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/conversation RASA core https://rasa.com/products/rasa-core MS Conversation Learner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DJcWyRkqBI
Episode 102 - Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - Part 2
In this episode we continue our extended dive into AI with Ed Yau, this is part 2 of 3. This all started back on Episode 101 be sure to go back and start your journey there. Ed works as a Solution Architect at cloudThing, on behalf of a number of clients. Having spent over 15-years in software development building different styles of Enterprise IT systems, he is really excited about the potential for Machine Learning, Cognitive & Bot technologies which look to deliver more intelligent User Experiences (UX) for applications. This is considering UX in the fullest sense, as a fullstack discipline. In an area that is flooded with hype, Ed is here today to explain what developers need to know to get started with AI, and what is happening in the evolving world of bot technologies. Ed was last on the show back on episode 44 where we talked about Bots and how they were taking over the tech space, just over a year later he's back today to give us more insight into the current world of AI. Contacting Ed Yau Website: https://medium.com/edyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmond-yau/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hello_edyau Useful Links for ML and AI PWC: AI will create as many jobs as it displaces https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/AI-will-create-as-many-jobs-as-it-displaces-by-boosting-economic-growth.html Deloitte: Technology and people: The great job-creating machine https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/finance/articles/technology-and-people.html What Types of Questions Can Data Science Answer https://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/09/questions-data-science-can-answer.html Explicable AI: LIME https://github.com/marcotcr/lime Jan Bosch: Engineering Deep Learning Systems is Hard! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/engineering-deep-learning-systems-hard-jan-bosch/ FDA Approval for Diabetes AI https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm604357.htm Aibo https://us.aibo.com/ Anki Vector robot. £50 off on preorder! https://www.anki.com/en-gb/vector Ali Rahimi 2017 NIPS acceptance speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi1Yry33TQE Courses Fast.ai http://course.fast.ai/ Andrew Ng’s Coursera course https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning Google AI Nanodegree https://www.udacity.com/course/ai-artificial-intelligence-nanodegree--nd898 Microsoft AI course https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-artificial-intelligence Matthew Kirk: Thoughtful Machine Learning with Python https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thoughtful-Machine-Learning-Python-Test-Driven/dp/1491924136 Useful Links for Bots BotKit https://github.com/howdyai/botkit IBM Watson https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/conversation RASA core https://rasa.com/products/rasa-core MS Conversation Learner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DJcWyRkqBI
Episode 101 - Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence - Part 1
In this episode we start our extended dive into AI with Ed Yau, this is part 1 of 3. Ed works as a Solution Architect at cloudThing, on behalf of a number of clients. Having spent over 15-years in software development building different styles of Enterprise IT systems, he is really excited about the potential for Machine Learning, Cognitive & Bot technologies which look to deliver more intelligent User Experiences (UX) for applications. This is considering UX in the fullest sense, as a fullstack discipline. In an area that is flooded with hype, Ed is here today to explain what developers need to know to get started with AI, and what is happening in the evolving world of bot technologies. Ed was last on the show back on episode 44 where we talked about Bots and how they were taking over the tech space, just over a year later he's back today to give us more insight into the current world of AI. Contacting Ed Yau Website: https://medium.com/edyau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmond-yau/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hello_edyau Useful Links for ML and AI PWC: AI will create as many jobs as it displaces https://www.pwc.co.uk/press-room/press-releases/AI-will-create-as-many-jobs-as-it-displaces-by-boosting-economic-growth.html Deloitte: Technology and people: The great job-creating machine https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/finance/articles/technology-and-people.html What Types of Questions Can Data Science Answer https://www.kdnuggets.com/2015/09/questions-data-science-can-answer.html Explicable AI: LIME https://github.com/marcotcr/lime Jan Bosch: Engineering Deep Learning Systems is Hard! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/engineering-deep-learning-systems-hard-jan-bosch/ FDA Approval for Diabetes AI https://www.fda.gov/newsevents/newsroom/pressannouncements/ucm604357.htm Aibo https://us.aibo.com/ Anki Vector robot. £50 off on preorder! https://www.anki.com/en-gb/vector Ali Rahimi 2017 NIPS acceptance speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi1Yry33TQE Courses Fast.ai http://course.fast.ai/ Andrew Ng’s Coursera course https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning Google AI Nanodegree https://www.udacity.com/course/ai-artificial-intelligence-nanodegree--nd898 Microsoft AI course https://www.edx.org/microsoft-professional-program-artificial-intelligence Matthew Kirk: Thoughtful Machine Learning with Python https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thoughtful-Machine-Learning-Python-Test-Driven/dp/1491924136 Useful Links for Bots BotKit https://github.com/howdyai/botkit IBM Watson https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/conversation RASA core https://rasa.com/products/rasa-core MS Conversation Learner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DJcWyRkqBI
Episode 100 - Why podcast about Tech?
In this episode the tables are turned and the host is under spot light and talks about technology and podcasting. We talk about why the podcast came around, what tech has been the most interesting, where James thinks tech is going and much more! SWAG GIVE AWAY: https://cynicaldeveloper.com/swag100 Contacting James Studdart Website: https://JamesStuddart.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesStuddart Podcast: https://CynicalDeveloper.com/ Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/cynicaldevs