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DevDiscuss
Hosted by DEV · EN
DevDiscuss is the first original podcast from DEV, a global community of software developers of all backgrounds and experience levels. The show covers burning topics that impact the daily lives of programmers and beyond, hosted by Forem Co-Founder, Ben Halpern, as well as a rotating cast of Forem developers.
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S9:E8 - How to Introduce Coding to Your Kids
Jun 29, 202200:44:06Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about introducing children and teens to coding with Jon Mattingly, co-founder and CEO of Kodable, and Pete Ingram-Cauchi, CEO of ID Tech.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Kodable IDTech Code.org Grace Hopper Head First Book Series Susan Wojcicki Abigail (Abby) PhoenixAbigail (Abby) Phoenix is a longtime conference planner and the Special Projects Manager at Forem, passionate about bringing communities together in thoughtful, meaningful ways.Jon MattinglyA self-taught programmer, Jon wrote his first line of code at 6 years old on a computer that didn’t even have a mouse. A member of the Forbes 30 under 30 as well as a Y Combinator alum, Jon holds a degree in marketing and entrepreneurship from the University of Louisville, where he played football. Pete Ingram-CauchiPete Ingram-Cauchi is the CEO of iD Tech, a family-founded, Silicon Valley-based education company founded in 1999. iD Tech delivers online and in-person tech experiences for kids and teens, and curriculum spans Coding, Game Design, Digital Video, AI, Machine Learning, YouTube Streaming, and more.
Transcribe →S9:E7 - How Technology is Used as a Tool for Abuse/Coercive Control
Jun 22, 202200:51:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about how technology is being used as a tool for abuse and coercive control with Bindu Oommen Fernandes, executive director at Freedom Forward, and Sonya Mital, community engagement lead at Narika. We discuss possible warning signs of abuse to keep an eye out for, tactics abusers use on their victims, and the different ways technology is also helping survivors overcome these circumstances.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Narika Freedom Forward Sonya MitalSonya is Community Engagement Lead at Narika where she raises awareness on domestic violence, technology abuse, healthy relationships and special concerns for immigrant & South Asian populations.Bindu Oommen FernandesBindu Fernandes is executive director at Freedom Forward, a bay area non profit that is working to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of youth in San Francisco by transforming the systems that too often contribute to their exploitation. Prior to this, she led an organization serving survivors of domestic violence and also worked at Google for over a decade leading policy and diversity & inclusion efforts for global teams.
Transcribe →S9:E6 - The Evolution of SQL and How it Managed to Last Through Time
Jun 15, 202200:43:10Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk with Jim Walker, principal product evangelist at Cockroach Labs about the evolution of SQL. Learn more about the origins and importance of SQL and how it's managed to not only last but also evolve throughout time.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Smalltalk Quel Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat article in "Wired" 100 millisecond rule The Secret Lives of Data Michael Stonebraker Assembler Language Jim WalkerJim is a recovering developer turned evangelist who digs useful, cool, cutting-edge tech. He loves to translate and distill complex concepts into compelling, more simple explanations that broader communities can consume. He is an advocate of the developer and an active participant in several open source communities
Transcribe →S9:E5 - Getting Your Conference Talk Proposal Accepted
Jun 8, 202200:43:00Tap to summarizeIn this episode we talk with Tracy P Holmes, technical community advocate at Isovalent and Pachi Parra, developer advocate at Github about getting a conference talk proposal accepted. Get some tips and advice from their own personal experiences and a glimpse at this year's Codeland 2022, since both of them will be speaking at this year's conference.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Ali Spittel- Yes, You Should Write That Blog Post OS 101 Notion Obsidian Linux Foundation Mercedes Bernard- How to Write a Great Abstract Proposal Tracy P HolmesA "jackie of all trades" (and mistress of being herself), Tracy is a Developer Advocate focusing on all things community, Anxiety Driven Development, and making sense of GitOps. When she isn't leveling up her programming skills or learning all she can about the next "Something-OPS", Tracy is active in the open source community and is a strong believer that open source is like gardening - pay attention to your conditions, and water only when needed.Pachi ParraPachi Carlson is a Developer Advocate for Github and is a Co-founder of Feministech.
Transcribe →S9:E4 - Getting Along with Your Co-workers... All of Them
Jun 1, 202200:49:48Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about how to work cohesively and efficiently across different departments with Kate Travers, Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, and Tracy Osborn, Principal Program Director at TinySeed.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Design for Non-Designers (Part 1) Design for Non-Designers (Part 2) Design for Non-Designers (Part 3) Tracy Osborn's book "Hello Web Design" Slide Desk Kate TraversKate Travers is a New York-based web developer specializing in Rails, React, and Elixir applications. Before changing careers to ship code, she spent five years shipping fine art for the world's finest museums, galleries, and private collectors. She currently works at GitHub on the Pull Requests team.Tracy OsbornTracy Osborn is the author of Hello Web Design (No Starch Press) and Program Director at TinySeed, a startup accelerator and venture fund aimed at bootstrappers.
Transcribe →S9:E3 - What Is The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had Coding
May 25, 202200:36:57Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about the the most fun we’ve had coding with Paula Gearon, semantic web architect at Intelligent Medical Objects, and Lucia Cerchie, software developer at StepZen. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) What's the most fun you've ever had coding? Clojure Babashka Binary Predicate Parliament IEEE 754 Determining the Width of a String Paula GearonPaula Gearon has over 25 years of experience in data management, knowledge engineering, semantic systems, designing large, complex systems, in power supply and distribution, billing and asset management, and traffic and rail control. Paula has expertise in many layers of software systems, from programming operating systems and embedded systems to administration of corporate servers and terabyte databases. Lucia CerchieLucia Cerchie is a software engineer at StepZen.
Transcribe →S9:E2 - A Journey in Real-World Problem Solving with Regex
May 18, 202200:42:23Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about how we created unified embeds with Arit Amana, software engineer at Forem, and Jeremy Friesen, lead software engineer at Forem.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Regex Jeremy FriesenJeremy Friesen is an open source software developer focused on mentoring, process improvement, and crafting analogies.Arit AmanaArit Amana is a bootcamp-educated software engineer who transitioned to her current role at 37, after being a public-health analyst, and then a stay-at-home mom of two. In her free time, Arit passionately supports those attempting similar career transitions through speaking and mentoring.
Transcribe →S9:E1 - Using Design Patterns To Improve How You Architect Web Apps
May 11, 202200:32:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about using design patterns to improve how you architect web apps, with authors of the book, Learning Patterns, Lydia Hallie, Staff Developer Advocate at Vercel, and Addy Osmani, engineering manager at Google working on Chrome. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Learning Patterns Addy OsmaniAddy Osmani considers himself to be an occasional JavaScript Janitor, who cares about improving user-experiences on the web. He is also an engineering manager working on Google Chrome at Google, focused on web performance and tooling.Lydia HallieLydia Hallie is a software consultant (JavaScript, TypeScript, GraphQL, Serverless, AWS, Docker, Golang), international speaker, course instructor, and tech influencer with a great passion for coding.
Transcribe →S8:E8 - Take a Look Inside Forem’s Product and Engineering
Mar 30, 202200:34:46Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about Forem’s product and engineering with Jennie Ocken, Forem’s head of product, and Allison McMillan, Forem’s head of engineering.Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Forem DEV Jennie OckenJennie Ocken brings a business and market perspective into the software development process and represent the software development team to the business and market. As a passionate user advocate and visionary product owner, she strikes the right balance between user needs and business results, between market demand and technical requirements.Allison McMillanAllison McMillan is a self-taught web developer with over a decade of leadership and management experience.
Transcribe →S8:E7 - All Hail jQuery (Or Not)
Mar 23, 202200:38:37Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we talk about jQuery, Vanilla JS, and when and how you should transition out of an older technology, with Diana Le, senior web developer at topSpot Internet Marketing, Tyler Smith, software engineer at Unearth, and Chris Ferdinandi, JavaScript Educator and creator of Go Make Things. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Do you still work with jQuery? Go Make Things jQuery Chris FerdinandiChris Ferdinandi is the author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series, creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program, and host of the Vanilla JS Podcast. My developer tips newsletter is read by over 8,500 developers each weekday. Diana LeDiana Le is a front-end web developer who creates responsive websites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. She is continuously learning and a huge advocate of documentation to improve team efficiency and code practices.Tyler SmithTyler Smith is a full-stack developer from Bakersfield, California. He is passionate about technology, tinkering, and solving interesting problems.
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