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Which JavaScript Stack should I learn? with Tracy Lee

October 06, 2017 00:30:47 29.81 MB Downloads: 0

In her short time as a developer, Tracy Lee hasn't stayed true to one JavaScript Framework. Instead, she continues to explore JavaScript with React, Angular, Ember, React Native, and NativeScript. She chats with Scott about the process of learning JavaScript and the need to "pick a framework."

Polyglot Persistence for .NET with PostgresSQL and Marten with Jeremy Miller

September 29, 2017 00:31:55 30.9 MB Downloads: 0

There's so many great open source projects and stacks to choose from in the .NET ecosystem. Scott talks to Jeremy Miller about "Marten" - it offers Polyglot Persistence for .NET Systems using the Postgresql Database as the backend. You get both a Document Database with JSON support as an Event Store! Jeremy talks about all the great options you have for persisting your objects.

Maybe just use Vanilla Javascript with Chris Ferdinandi

September 22, 2017 00:31:53 30.87 MB Downloads: 0

There's a new JavaScript created every few seconds. If you pick up any noun there's probably a JavsScript library named after that noun. What if you just used Vanilla JavaScript? Chris helps Scott answer that question, and more in this episode.

Technology in non-profits with the New York Public Library and Courteney Ervin

September 15, 2017 00:32:46 31.72 MB Downloads: 0

Scott talks with web developer Courteney Ervin about her experiences developing software in the non-profit space. Courteney works for the New York Public Library creating open source software that serves their constituents as well as other public libraries.

Making browsers faster with Mozilla

September 08, 2017 00:30:54 29.93 MB Downloads: 0

Lin Clark is an engineer at Mozilla who also helps make technology accessible by explaining it with Code Cartoons! In this episode she explains to Scott how Mozilla is making the browser faster with projects like Stylo/Quantum CSS. Is this the resurgence of the browser wars? And will we all win?

Games across decades with Diablo programmer and Graybeard Games' David Brevik

September 01, 2017 00:33:37 32.53 MB Downloads: 0

David Brevik is a video game designer, producer and programmer known early on as the Lead Developer on Diablo. Today he's the primary at Greybeard Games. He talks to Scott about game design then and now!

Software Endurance with Ariya Hidayat

August 25, 2017 00:32:23 31.36 MB Downloads: 0

Scott has a wide-reaching conversation with Ariya Hidayat about how he - and software - endures. He started the popular PhantomJS project but also writes code in Free Pascal! Keeping positive, making small forward moves.

Laura Laban explores Infinite Flight simulation on mobile devices

August 18, 2017 00:34:02 32.93 MB Downloads: 0

Laura Laban is the CEO, Co-Founder and Chief Aviatrix working on Infinite Flight. Their app is a mobile flight simulator that gives amazing graphics and physics on mobile devices. Infinite Flight is written entirely in C# and available on iOS and Android. How is such detail and accuracy possible in such a small form factor? Was this the right tech stack for the team to choose?

Pia Mancini explains liquid democracy and the Open Collective

August 11, 2017 00:35:01 33.88 MB Downloads: 0

Pia Mancini is an innovator of liquid democracy and trans-national collaboration. In 2016 she founded Open Collective and is changing how groups collect and spend money transparently. She explains the importance of this transparency in a today's connected world.

Tracking your life and health with the Gyroscope app and Mahdi Yusuf

August 04, 2017 00:34:59 33.84 MB Downloads: 0

Mahdi Yusuf is the CTO of Gyroscope Innovations. They are using AI and the cloud along with ALL the sensors and health trackers that you're already wearing to create amazing reports, visualizations, and insights into your health and your mind. How many sensors and apps already create valuable information that you can use to improve your lifestyle? Is this the start of the Quantified Self for the mainstream?

Preparing a city for self-driving cars with Leslie Caceda

July 28, 2017 00:31:43 26.91 MB Downloads: 0

Leslie Caceda is a Transportation Technologist at the Atlanta Regional Commission. In this episode she talks to Scott about the design and ethics of self-driving cars. What will this revolution mean to car ownership? To people who were otherwise unable to travel? What about the ethics of how a self-driving car decides to drive...and stop?

Live Coding on Twitch for a year with Suz Hinton

July 21, 2017 00:33:42 32.61 MB Downloads: 0

Suz Hinton has been coding LIVE on Twitch for over a year. How did she start and how did she stick with it? Is it hard to code with someone watching? How about a thousand people watching?

Making your path to development with Anjana Vakil

July 14, 2017 00:32:52 31.81 MB Downloads: 0

Anjana is fascinated by languages, both human and machine, and the connections between the two. She recently completed a MS in computational linguistics at Saarland University in Germany, where she studied speech technology, machine learning, and computer-assisted language learning. Her spontaneous talk "Learning Functional Programming with JavaScript" has been viewed over a half-million times on YouTube. She talks to Scott about her thoughts on languages and her strategies for learning.

Brandon Bouier on the Defense Digital Service and deploying code in a war zone

July 07, 2017 00:32:03 31.02 MB Downloads: 0

Brandon Bouier works at the Pentagon at the Defense Digital Service. He's travelled to Afghanistan to deploy code and migrate data. He talks to Scott about what it means to support US Defense IT resources and how the military is innovating at new speeds with new techniques and fresh thinking.

YOU should write an interpreter with Thorsten Ball

June 30, 2017 00:32:54 31.84 MB Downloads: 0

Thorsten Ball has a thirst for knowledge, so one day he decided to make a new Programming Language. He went from 0 lines of code to a fully working interpreter written in Go for the "Monkey" Language. Check it out at https://interpreterbook.com!