Alternatives to Administering and Running Apache Kafka

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Kafka Compatible and Kafka Functional Alternatives

Why? Because running any type of infrastructure requires time, knowledge, and blood, sweat and tears

Confluent

https://www.confluent.io/confluent-cloud/pricing/
We’ve personally had good experiences with their Kafka as a service

WarpStream

https://www.warpstream.com/
“WarpStream is an Apache Kafka® compatible data streaming platform built directly on top of object storage: no inter-AZ bandwidth costs, no disks to manage, and infinitely scalable, all within your VPC”
ZERO disks to manage
10x cheaper than running Kafka
Agents stream data directly to and from object storage with no buffering on local disks and no data tiering.
Create new serverless “Virtual Clusters” in our control plane instantly
Support different environments, teams, or projects without managing any dedicated infrastructure
Things you won’t have to do with WarpStream
- Upscale a cluster that is about to run out of space
- Figure out how to restore quorum in a Zookeeper cluster or Raft consensus group
- Rebalance partitions in a cluster
“WarpStream is protocol compatible with Apache Kafka®, so you can keep using all your favorite tools and software. No need to rewrite your application or use a proprietary SDK. Just change the URL in your favorite Kafka client library and start streaming!”
Never again have to choose between reliability and your budget. WarpStream costs the same regardless of whether you run your workloads in a single availability zone, or distributed across multiple
WarpStream’s unique cloud native architecture was designed from the ground up around the cheapest and most durable storage available in the cloud: commodity object storage
WarpStream agents use object storage as the storage layer and the network layer, side-stepping interzone bandwidth costs entirely
Can be run in BYOC (bring your own cloud) or in Serverless
- BYOC – you provide all the compute and storage – the only thing that WarpStream provides is the control plane
  - Data never leaves your environment
- Serverless – fully managed by WarpStream in AWS – will automatically scale for you even down to nothing!
Can run in AWS, GCP and Azure
Agents are also S3 compatible so can run with S3 compatible storage such as Minio and others

RedPanda

Redpanda is a slimmed down native Kafka protocol compliant drop-in replacement for Kafka
There’s even a Redpanda Connect!
It’s main differentiator is performance, it’s cheaper and faster

Apache Pulsar

Similar to Kafka, but changes the abstraction on storage to allow more flexibility on IO
Has a Kafka compliant wrapper for interchangability
Simple data offload functionality to S3 or GCS
Multi tenancy
Geo replication

Cloud alternatives

Google Cloud – PubSub
- https://cloud.google.com/pubsub
Azure – Event Hubs
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/event-hubs
AWS – Kinesis
- https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/

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Chord AI is an Android/iOS app that uses AI to figure out the chords for a song. This is really useful if you just want to get the quick jist of a song to play along with. The base version is free, and has a few different integration options (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music Local Files for me) and it uses your phones microphone and a little AI magic to figure it out. It even shows you how to play the chords on guitar or piano. The free version gets you basic chords, but you can pay $8.99 a month to get more advanced/frequent chords.
https://www.chordai.net/
Pandas is nearly as good, if not better than SQL for exploring data
https://pandas.pydata.org/
Another tip for displaying in Jupyter notebooks – to HTML() your dataframes to show the full column data
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-render-pandas-dataframe-as-html-table/
Take photos or video and convert them into 3d models
https://lumalabs.ai/luma-api

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September 7th, 2024
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https://sessionize.com/devfest-florida-orlando-2024/

Kafka Compatible and Kafka Functional Alternatives

Why? Because running any type of infrastructure requires time, knowledge, and blood, sweat and tears

Confluent

https://www.confluent.io/confluent-cloud/pricing/
We’ve personally had good experiences with their Kafka as a service

WarpStream

https://www.warpstream.com/
“WarpStream is an Apache Kafka® compatible data streaming platform built directly on top of object storage: no inter-AZ bandwidth costs, no disks to manage, and infinitely scalable, all within your VPC”
ZERO disks to manage
10x cheaper than running Kafka
Agents stream data directly to and from object storage with no buffering on local disks and no data tiering.
Create new serverless “Virtual Clusters” in our control plane instantly
Support different environments, teams, or projects without managing any dedicated infrastructure
Things you won’t have to do with WarpStream
- Upscale a cluster that is about to run out of space
- Figure out how to restore quorum in a Zookeeper cluster or Raft consensus group
- Rebalance partitions in a cluster
“WarpStream is protocol compatible with Apache Kafka®, so you can keep using all your favorite tools and software. No need to rewrite your application or use a proprietary SDK. Just change the URL in your favorite Kafka client library and start streaming!”
Never again have to choose between reliability and your budget. WarpStream costs the same regardless of whether you run your workloads in a single availability zone, or distributed across multiple
WarpStream’s unique cloud native architecture was designed from the ground up around the cheapest and most durable storage available in the cloud: commodity object storage
WarpStream agents use object storage as the storage layer and the network layer, side-stepping interzone bandwidth costs entirely
Can be run in BYOC (bring your own cloud) or in Serverless
- BYOC – you provide all the compute and storage – the only thing that WarpStream provides is the control plane
  - Data never leaves your environment
- Serverless – fully managed by WarpStream in AWS – will automatically scale for you even down to nothing!
Can run in AWS, GCP and Azure
Agents are also S3 compatible so can run with S3 compatible storage such as Minio and others

RedPanda

Redpanda is a slimmed down native Kafka protocol compliant drop-in replacement for Kafka
There’s even a Redpanda Connect!
It’s main differentiator is performance, it’s cheaper and faster

Apache Pulsar

Similar to Kafka, but changes the abstraction on storage to allow more flexibility on IO
Has a Kafka compliant wrapper for interchangability
Simple data offload functionality to S3 or GCS
Multi tenancy
Geo replication

Cloud alternatives

Google Cloud – PubSub
- https://cloud.google.com/pubsub
Azure – Event Hubs
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/event-hubs
AWS – Kinesis
- https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/

Tip of the Week

Chord AI is an Android/iOS app that uses AI to figure out the chords for a song. This is really useful if you just want to get the quick jist of a song to play along with. The base version is free, and has a few different integration options (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music Local Files for me) and it uses your phones microphone and a little AI magic to figure it out. It even shows you how to play the chords on guitar or piano. The free version gets you basic chords, but you can pay $8.99 a month to get more advanced/frequent chords.
https://www.chordai.net/
Pandas is nearly as good, if not better than SQL for exploring data
https://pandas.pydata.org/
Another tip for displaying in Jupyter notebooks – to HTML() your dataframes to show the full column data
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-render-pandas-dataframe-as-html-table/
Take photos or video and convert them into 3d models
https://lumalabs.ai/luma-api

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In the past couple of episodes, we’d gone over what Apache Kafka is and along the way we mentioned some of the pains of managing and running Kafka clusters on your own. In this episode, we discuss some of the ways you can offload those responsibilities and focus on writing streaming applications. Along the way, Joe does a mighty fine fill-in for proper noun pronunciation and Allen does a southern auctioneer-style speed talk. View the full show notes here: https://www.codingblocks.net/episode237 Reviews As always, thank you for leaving us a review – we really do appreciate them! From iTunes: Abucr7 Upcoming Events Atlanta Dev Con September 7th, 2024 https://www.atldevcon.com/ DevFest Central Florida on September 28th, 2024 Interested? Submit your talk proposal here: https://sessionize.com/devfest-florida-orlando-2024/ Kafka Compatible and Kafka Functional Alternatives Why? Because running any type of infrastructure requires time, knowledge, and blood, sweat and tears Confluent https://www.confluent.io/confluent-cloud/pricing/ We’ve personally had good experiences with their Kafka as a service WarpStream https://www.warpstream.com/ “WarpStream is an Apache Kafka® compatible data streaming platform built directly on top of object storage: no inter-AZ bandwidth costs, no disks to manage, and infinitely scalable, all within your VPC” ZERO disks to manage 10x cheaper than running Kafka Agents stream data directly to and from object storage with no buffering on local disks and no data tiering. Create new serverless “Virtual Clusters” in our control plane instantly Support different environments, teams, or projects without managing any dedicated infrastructure Things you won’t have to do with WarpStream Upscale a cluster that is about to run out of space Figure out how to restore quorum in a Zookeeper cluster or Raft consensus group Rebalance partitions in a cluster “WarpStream is protocol compatible with Apache Kafka®, so you can keep using all your favorite tools and software. No need to rewrite your application or use a proprietary SDK. Just change the URL in your favorite Kafka client library and start streaming!” Never again have to choose between reliability and your budget. WarpStream costs the same regardless of whether you run your workloads in a single availability zone, or distributed across multiple WarpStream’s unique cloud native architecture was designed from the ground up around the cheapest and most durable storage available in the cloud: commodity object storage WarpStream agents use object storage as the storage layer and the network layer, side-stepping interzone bandwidth costs entirely Can be run in BYOC (bring your own cloud) or in Serverless BYOC – you provide all the compute and storage – the only thing that WarpStream provides is the control plane Data never leaves your environment Serverless – fully managed by WarpStream in AWS – will automatically scale for you even down to nothing! Can run in AWS, GCP and Azure Agents are also S3 compatible so can run with S3 compatible storage such as Minio and others RedPanda Redpanda is a slimmed down native Kafka protocol compliant drop-in replacement for Kafka There’s even a Redpanda Connect! It’s main differentiator is performance, it’s cheaper and faster Apache Pulsar Similar to Kafka, but changes the abstraction on storage to allow more flexibility on IO Has a Kafka compliant wrapper for interchangability Simple data offload functionality to S3 or GCS Multi tenancy Geo replication Cloud alternatives Google Cloud – PubSub https://cloud.google.com/pubsub Azure – Event Hubs https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/event-hubs AWS – Kinesis https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/ Tip of the Week Chord AI is an Android/iOS app that uses AI to figure out the chords for a song. This is really useful if you just want to get the quick jist of a song to play along with. The base version is free, and has a few different integration options (YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music Local Files for me) and it uses your phones microphone and a little AI magic to figure it out. It even shows you how to play the chords on guitar or piano. The free version gets you basic chords, but you can pay $8.99 a month to get more advanced/frequent chords. https://www.chordai.net/ Pandas is nearly as good, if not better than SQL for exploring data https://pandas.pydata.org/ Another tip for displaying in Jupyter notebooks – to HTML() your dataframes to show the full column data https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-render-pandas-dataframe-as-html-table/ Take photos or video and convert them into 3d models https://lumalabs.ai/luma-api…

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Nuts and Bolts of Apache Kafka

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Topics, Partitions, and APIs oh my! This episode we’re getting further into how Apache Kafka works and its use cases. Also, Allen is staying dry, Joe goes for broke, and Michael (eventually) gets on the right page. The full show notes are available on the website at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode236 News Thanks for the reviews! angingjellies and Nick Brooker Please leave us a review! ( /review ) Atlanta Dev Con is coming up, on September 7th, 2024 ( www.atldevcon.com ) Kafka Topics They are partitioned – this means they are distributed (or can be) across multiple Kafka brokers into “buckets” New events written to Kafka are appended to partitions The distribution of data across brokers is what allows Kafka to scale so well as data can be written to and read from many brokers simultaneously Events with the same key are written to the same partition as the original event Kafka guarantees reads of events within a partition are always read in the order that they were written For fault tolerance and high availability, topics can be replicated…even across regions and data centers NOTE: If you’re using a cloud provider, know that this can be very costly as you pay for inbound and outbound traffic across regions and availability zones Typical replication configurations for production setups are 3 replicas Kafka APIS Admin API – used for managing and inspecting topics, brokers, and other Kafka objects Producer API – used to write events to Kafka topics Consumer API – used to read data from Kafka topics Kafka Streams API – the ability to implement stream processing applications/microservices. Some of the key functionality includes functions for transformations, stateful operations like aggregations, joins, windowing, and more In the Kafka streams world, these transformations and aggregations are typically written to other topics (in from one topic, out to one or more other topics) Kafka Connect API – allows for the use of reusable import and export connectors that usually connect external systems. These connectors allow you to gather data from an external system (like a database using CDC) and write that data to Kafka. Then you could have another connector that could push that data to another system OR it could be used for transforming data in your streams application These connectors are referred to as Sources and Sinks in the connector portfolio ( confluent.io ) Source – gets data from an external system and writes it to a Kafka topic Sink – pushes data to an external system from a Kafka topic Use Cases Message queue – usually talking about replacing something like ActiveMQ or RabbitMQ ** Message brokers are often used for responsive types of processing, decoupling systems, etc. – Kafka is usually a great alternative that scales, generally has faster throughput, and offers more functionality Website activity tracking – this was one of the very first use cases for Kafka – the ability to rebuild user actions by recording all the user activities as events How and why Kafka was developed ( LinkedIn ) Typically different activity types would be written to different topics – like web page interactions to one topic and searches to another Metrics – aggregating statistics from distributed applications Log aggregation – some use Kafka for storage of event logs rather than using something like HDFS or a file server or cloud storage – but why? Because using Kafka for the event storage abstracts away the events from the files Stream processing – taking events in and further enriching those events and publishing them to new topics Event sourcing – using Kafka to store state changes from an application that are used to replay the current state of an object or system Commit log – using Kafka as an external commit log is a way for synchronizing data between distributed systems, or help rebuild the state in a failed system {"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@id":"https:\/\/www.codingblocks.net\/podcast\/nuts-and-bolts-of-apache-kafka\/#arve-youtube-iuudru9-hrk67f316ae1764d581944153","type":"VideoObject","embedURL":"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IuUDRU9-HRk?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0"} Tip of the Week Rémi Gallego is a music producer who makes music under a variety of names like The Algorithm and Boucle Infini, almost all of it is instrumental Synthwave with a hard-rock edge. They also make a lot of video game music, including 2 of my favorite game soundtracks of all time “The Last Spell” and “Hell is for Demons” ( YouTube ) Did you know that the Kubernetes-focused TUI we’ve raved about before can be used to look up information about other things as well, like :helm and :events. Events is particularly useful for figuring out mysteries. You can see all the “resources” available to you with “?”. You might be surprised at everything you see (pop-eye, x-ray, and monitoring) WarpStream is an S3 backed, API compliant Kafka Alternative. Thanks MikeRg! ( warpstream.com ) Cloudflare’s trillion message Kafka setup, thanks Mikerg! ( blog.bytebytego.com ) Want the power and flexibility of jq, but for yaml? Try yq! ( gitbook.io ) Zenith is terminal graphical metrics for your *nix system written in Rust, thanks MikeRg! ( github.com ) 8 Big (O)Notation Every Developer should Know ( medium.com ) Another Git cheat sheet ( wizardzines.com )…

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Intro to Apache Kafka

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We finally start talking about Apache Kafka! Also, Allen is getting acquainted with Aesop, Outlaw is killing clusters, and Joe was paying attention in drama class. The full show notes are available on the website at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode235 News Atlanta Dev Con is coming up, on September 7th, 2024 ( www.atldevcon.com ) Intro to Apache Kafka What is it? Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications. Core capabilities High throughput – Deliver messages at network-limited throughput using a cluster of machines with latencies as low as 2ms. Scalable – Scale production clusters up to a thousand brokers, trillions of messages per day, petabytes of data, and hundreds of thousands of partitions. Elastically expand and contract storage and processing Permanent storage – Store streams of data safely in a distributed, durable, fault-tolerant cluster. High availability – Stretch clusters efficiently over availability zones or connect separate clusters across geographic regions. Ecosystem Built-in stream processing – Process streams of events with joins, aggregations, filters, transformations, and more, using event-time and exactly-once processing. Connect to almost anything – Kafka’s out-of-the-box Connect interface integrates with hundreds of event sources and event sinks including Postgres, JMS, Elasticsearch, AWS S3, and more. Client libraries – Read, write, and process streams of events in a vast array of programming languages Large ecosystem of open source tools – Large ecosystem of open source tools: Leverage a vast array of community-driven tooling. Trust and Ease of Use Mission critical – Support mission-critical use cases with guaranteed ordering, zero message loss, and efficient exactly-once processing. Trusted by thousands of organizations – Thousands of organizations use Kafka, from internet giants to car manufacturers to stock exchanges. More than 5 million unique lifetime downloads. Vast user community – Kafka is one of the five most active projects of the Apache Software Foundation, with hundreds of meetups around the world. What is it? Getting data in real-time from event sources like databases, sensors, mobile devices, cloud services, applications, etc. in the form of streams of events. Those events are stored “durably” (in Kafka) for processing, either in real-time or retrospectively, and then routed to various destinations depending on your needs. It’s this continuous flow and processing of data that is known as “streaming data” How can it be used? (some examples) Processing payments and financial transactions in real-time Tracking automobiles and shipments in real time for logistical purposes Capture and analyze sensor data from IoT devices or other equipment To connect and share data from different divisions in a company Apache Kafka as an event streaming platform? It contains three key capabilities that make it a complete streaming platform Can publish and subscribe to streams of events Can store streams of events durably and reliably for as long as necessary (infinitely if you have the storage) To process streams of events in real-time or retrospectively Can be deployed to bare metal, virtual machines or to containers on-prem or in the cloud Can be run self-managed or via various cloud providers as a managed service How does Kafka work? A distributed system that’s composed of servers and clients that communicate using a highly performant TCP protocol Servers Kafka runs as a cluster of one or more servers that can span multiple data centers or cloud regions Brokers – these are a portion of the servers that are the storage layer Kafka Connect – these are servers that constantly import and export data from existing systems in your infrastructure such as relational databases Kafka clusters are highly scalable and fault-tolerant Clients Allows you to write distributed applications that allow to read, write and process streams of events in parallel that are fault-tolerant and scale These clients are available in many programming languages – both the ones provided by the core platform as well as 3rd party clients Concepts Events It’s a record of something that happened – also called a “record” in the documentation Has a key Has a value Has an event timestamp Can have additional metadata Producers and Consumers Producers – these are the client applications that publish/write events to Kafka Consumers – these are the client applications that read/subscribe to events from Kafka Producers and consumers are completely decoupled from each other Topics Events are stored in topics Topics are like folders on a file system – events would be the equivalent of files within that folder Topics are mutli-producer and multi-subscriber There can be zero, one or many producers or subscribers to a topic that write to or read from that topic respectively Unlike many message queuing systems, these events can be read from as many times as necessary because they are not deleted after being consumed Deleting of messages is handled on a per topic configuration that determines how long events are retained Kafka’s performance is not dependent on the amount of data nor the duration of time data is stored, so storing for longer periods is not a problem Resources we Like Why Strimzi moved away from statefulsets ( github.com ) Tip of the Week Flipper Zero is a multi-functional interaction device mixed with a Tamagotchi. It has a variety of IO options built in, RFID, NFC, GPIO, Bluetooth, USB, and a variety of low-voltage pins like you’d see on an Arduino. Using the device upgrades the dolphin, encouraging you to try new things…and it’s all open-source with a vibrant community behind it. ( shop.flipperzero.one ) 7 cool and useful things to do with your Flipper Zero Kafka Tui?! Kaskade is a cool-looking Kafka TUI that has got to be better than using the scripts in the build folder that comes with Kafka. ( github.com/sauljabin/kaskade ) Microstudio is a web-based integrated development environment for making simple games and it’s open source! ( microstudio.dev ) Bing Copilot has a number of useful prompts ( bing.com ) Designer (photos) Vacation Planner Cooking assistant Fitness trainer Sharing metrics between projects in GCP, Azure, and maybe AWS??? GCP (projects): ( cloud.google.com ) Azure (resource groups or subscriptions): ( learn.microsoft.com ) AWS (multiple accounts): ( docs.aws.amazon.com ) Checking wifi in your home – Android Only ( play.google.com ) Powering POE without running cables ( Amazon ) Omada specific – cloud vs local hardware ( Amazon ) How to “shutdown” a Kafka cluster in Kubernetes: kubectl annotate kafka my-kafka-cluster strimzi.io/pause-reconciliation="true" --context=my-context --namespace=my-namespace kubectl delete strimzipodsets my-kafka-cluster --context=my-context --namespace=my-namespace Then to “restart” the cluster: kubectl annotate kafka my-kafka-cluster strimzi.io/pause-reconciliation- --context=my-context --namespace=my-namespace https://github.com/strimzi/proposals/blob/main/031-statefulset-removal.md…

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StackOverflow AI Disagreements, Kotlin Coroutines and More

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Joe Zack was on a brief holiday so Allen and Michael took over the helm for an episode. What would a new episode be without a little something regarding AI, some more love for Kotlin, and a number of excellent tips throughout (as well as at the end of) the episode. Reviews iTunes: ivan.kuchin News Atlanta Dev Con September 7th, 2024 https://www.atldevcon.com/ Topics People trying to remove their answers from StackOverflow to not allow OpenAI to use their answers without permission/recognition? https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt Obfuscate data dumps with PostgreSQL https://github.com/GreenmaskIO/greenmask/ Kotlin Coroutines https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coroutines-overview.html https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coroutine-context-and-dispatchers.html#dispatchers-and-threads Reminded Outlaw of the Cloudflare Workers we mentioned a while back https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ Please leave us a review! https://www.codingblocks.net/review You can control if YouTube keeps track of your history (at least that you can see) 100 Things You Didn’t Know About Kubernetes https://www.devopsinside.com/100-things-you-didnt-know-about-kubernetes-part-1/ Do the IDE AI’s really make you more productive? Random Bits Tesla Las Vegas Loop https://www.lvcva.com/vegas-loop/ What actually happens when you overfill the oil in a vehicle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaTbfvzNbxQ Fisker Ocean totalled after a $900 door ding…really https://jalopnik.com/fisker-ocean-totaled-over-910-door-ding-after-insurer-1851451187 A Ford Mustang painted with the blackest black paint available https://youtu.be/Ll27OkWuE1g Tip of the Week Docker Blog is pretty excellent https://www.docker.com/blog/ Car Research Car reliability information https://www.truedelta.com/ Actual problems logged with car models by year https://www.carcomplaints.com/ Great search engine for finding cars and more metadata about the listing like how long the car has been listed https://caredge.com/ Utilizing wood sheet goods by utilizing cut lists https://www.opticutter.com/cut-list-optimizer Docker’s chicken-n-egg problem Use a multi-stage Dockerfile where an earlier stage has the tools you need Manually dearmor a PGP public key (Hint: it’s the opposite of: https://superuser.com/questions/764465/how-to-ascii-armor-my-public-key-without-installing-gpg ) Download the file using the server suggested name With wget … --content-disposition https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/wget.1.html Wth curl … -JO -J, –remote-header-name -O, –remote-name https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html#-J…

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Llama 3 is Here, Spending Time on Environmental Setup and More

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In this episode Joe introduces us to more security items you should be aware of in the world of CWE’s, Michael bends to the will of Joe and Allen in his favorite portion of the show, and Allen pontificates on the time spent setting up IDE’s and environments. Reviews – Thank You! iTunes: Vlad Bezden, Mom in VA, Make1977 Spotify: chutney3000, Xuraith Upcoming Events Atlanta Dev Con September 7th, 2024 https://www.atldevcon.com/ Topics Open Telemetry The backend matters https://opentelemetry.io/ecosystem/integrations/ Some backends are more fully featured than others Splunk Trace Analyzer https://docs.splunk.com/observability/en/apm/apm-spans-traces/trace-analyzer.html Google Trace Explorer https://cloud.google.com/trace/docs/finding-traces Azure OTel Guide https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/app/opentelemetry-enable?tabs=aspnetcore AWS OTel Information https://aws.amazon.com/otel/ The processor can decouple you https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/configuration/#processors CNCF – Cloud Native Computing Foundation If you’re working in a cloud environment, you should know the projects here https://www.cncf.io/projects/ Super cool visualization tool for the projects https://landscape.cncf.io/ Llama 3 – the next version of Meta’s AI engine “Now available with both 8B and 70B pretrained and instruction-tuned versions to support a wide range of applications” https://llama.meta.com/llama3/ Environmental concerns over the processing required for AI Power requirements for processing some of the LLM’s https://www.nnlabs.org/power-requirements-of-large-language-models/ The Microsoft underwater datacenter https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/ Setting up IDE’s and environments IDE vs old school debugging Setup can require a significant amount of time Is it worth it? What if you’re just working on a bug? Security Resources What’s the difference between CWE and OWASP? CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) is a community-developed list of common software and hardware weaknesses. It’s similar to OWASP, but older (1999 vs 2001) and more general – including non web apps and (more recently) hardware The infamous “NVD” database links CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) to CWE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44228 https://cwe.mitre.org/top25/archive/2023/2023_trends.html Tips Pre-warning – probably wouldn’t recommend installing this! Saw a cool Windows utility called “Windrecorder” that records video and text from your desktop, and lets you rewind and search. Uses ffmpeg to record screen into small 15-minute fragment files Search(by window titles, text keywords, or descriptions of images) Everything happens should only on your computer Cons: No instant rewind (have to be out of the window), Storage is unencrypted, Not much LLM / ML fancy stuff…and security https://tonoko.notion.site/I-made-an-open-source-app-to-rewind-search-everything-happened-on-your-screen-on-Windows-184d1a9d5edb494dba0c2f46d311ec5c https://github.com/yuka-friends/Windrecorder MacOS’s Spotlight is more powerful than you maybe knew https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/spotlight-secrets-15-ways-to-use-spotlight-on-your-mac/ https://beebom.com/spotlight-tips-tricks/ If you’re grep command isn’t working like you thought it should, you might be a victim of content getting kicked out of the buffer grep --line-buffered iOS – get text from images https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-live-text-iphcf0b71b0e/ios…

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Ktor, Logging Ideas, and Plugin Safety

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Picture, if you will, a nondescript office space, where time seems to stand still as programmers gather around a water cooler. Here, in the twilight of the workday, they exchange eerie tales of programming glitches, security breaches, and asynchronous calls. Welcome to the Programming Zone, where reality blurs and (silent) keystrokes echo in the depths […]…

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Importance of Data Structures, Bad Documentation and Comments and More

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In this episode, Allen, Joe and Michael finally make it back to record together! Allen revisits the basics, Michael kicks off boomer hour nicely, and JZ let’s us know that the dream of an 8-bit looking keyboard is not dead. News Topics Tips

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Decorating your Home Office

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This time we are missing the “ocks”, but we hope you enjoy this off…ice topic chat about personalizing our workspaces. Also, Joe had to put a quarter in the jar, and Outlaw needs a cookie. The full show notes are available on the website at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode230 News Thank you for the review Szymon! Want to leave […]…

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Multi-Value, Spatial, and Event Store Databases

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We are mixing it up on you again, no Outlaw this week, but we can offer you some talk of exotic databases. Also, Joe pronounces everything correctly and Allen leaves you with a riddle. The full show notes are available on the website at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode229 News Multivalue DBMS Spatial DBMS Event Stores Resources we like […]…

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Overview of Object Oriented, Wide Column, and Vector Databases

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We have a different combination of the hosts for this episode where we continue the series on the types of database systems available and why you might choose one over another. Michael continues impressing by recalling everything we’ve ever said on our 500+ hours of podcasts, Allen enjoys learning about a database system he’d never […]…

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Picking the Right Database Type – Tougher than You Think

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You asked, we listened! A request from one of our Slack channels was to go over the various types of databases and why you might choose one over another. Join us in another information filled episode where Joe won’t be attending the event he’s been promoting and Allen tries to keep his voice together for […]…

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There is still cool stuff on the internet

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This episode we are talking about keeping the internet interesting and making cool things by looking at PagedOut and Itch.io. Also, Allen won’t ever mark you down, Outlaw won’t ever give you up, and Joe took a note to say something about Barbie here but he can’t remember what it was. The full show notes […]…

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Reflecting on 2023 and Looking Forward to 2024

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It’s that time of year…the time we (reluctantly) look back at what we said we were going to do this past year and see if we actually did it. Then, we repeat history and set some goals we’ll likely look back and wish we’d accomplished this time next year. In addition, we continue with the […]

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Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends 2024

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This episode we are talking about the future of tech with the Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends 2024. Also, Allen is looking into the crystal ball, Joe is getting lo, and Outlaw is getting into curling. The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode224. News Gartner Top Strategic Technology Trends 2024 No surprise, […]…

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2023 Holiday Season Developer Shopping List

vor 2 years

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It’s that time of year again when the three of us reflect on the things we’ve bought and loved, or the things we want to get…and want to love…So, come join us in this episode for our usual amount of fun while seeing if there’s anything that might make your shopping list! A small note […]

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Gartner and your Life Partners

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Ever looked at a Gartner report? We talk about the Technology Adoption Roadmap for Midsize Enterprises 2022, and the cloud services you’re married to in this episode. Also, Joe’s drumming up business ideas, Allen’s laying down the law and Outlaw never forgets. See the full show notes a https://www.codingblocks.net/episode222 News Technology Adoption Roadmap for Midsize […]…

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Open Telemetry – Instrumentation and Metrics

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Join us as we get back into the world of Open Telemetry. Piggy-backing on previous conversations from the Google SRE series as well as DevOps, metrics and instrumentation is a key component of understanding what’s happening with your systems. Follow along as Michael, Allen and Joe dive into Open Telemetry’s Metric offerings. Reviews Huge thanks […]…

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Keyboards, Cloud Costs, Static Analysis, and Philosophy

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We’ve got a smorgasbord of delights for you this week, ranging from mechanical switches to the cloud and beyond. Also, Michael’s cosplaying as Megaman, Joe learns the difference between Clicks and Clacks, and Allen takes no prisoners. See the full show notes a https://www.codingblocks.net/episode220 News The Show Resources We Like Tip of the Week…

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Code Confidence using NASA’s Ten Simple Rules

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We’ve mentioned in the past that the code we write isn’t maintaining heartbeats or being used in life-critical settings, but what if your code is? NASA happens to be a company who has code that is life and mission critical and it’s very possible it won’t even be accessible once it leaves earth. In this […]…

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GitHub Actions

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In this episode, we are talking all about GitHub Actions. What are they, and why should you consider learning more about them? Also, Allen terminates the terminators, Outlaw remembers the good ol’ days, and Joe tries his hand at sales. See the full show notes at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode218 News What are GitHub Actions? Workflows Jobs Steps Actions […]…

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Tracing Specifics – Know your System with OpenTelmetry

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Get a behind the scenes intro to some of the interesting conversations we have before we even get into the content. We’ll be jumping into the meat of this episode and looking at the specifics of tracing using OpenTelemetry. Before we do that though, we should probably find out what special 2-liter containers Outlaw uses […]…

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What is OpenTelemetry?

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In this episode, we’re talking all about OpenTelemetry. Also, Allen lays down some knowledge, Joe plays director and Outlaw stumps the chumps. See the full show notes at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode216 News What is OpenTelemetry? It’s all about Observability Reliability and Metrics Distributed Tracing To truly understand what distributed tracing is, there’s a few parts we have to […]…

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Software in Audio and How to Lead

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In this episode, Allen, Michael and Joe discuss the latest update with the Reddit saga, software for designing audio and reproducing analog sounds, an open-ended interview question and tips on how to be a great leader. Reviews Huge thank you for that! News Episode If you were going to create a web service / api […]…

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Team Leadership, TUIs, and AI Lawsuits

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In this episode, we’re talking about the history of “man” pages, console apps, team leadership, and Artificial Intelligence liability. Also, Allen’s downloading the internet, Outlaw has fallen in love with the sound of a morrvair, and Joe says TUI like two hundred times as if it were a real word. See all the show notes […]…

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Better Application Management with Custom Apps

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Last episode, it might have been said that you can become a senior engineer in just one short year. Our amazing slack community spoke up and had some thoughts on that as well…we revisit that, and what does senior even mean?! Join us for that and much more as Allen plays more with ChatGPT, Michael […]…

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Errors vs Exceptions, Reddit Rebels, and the 2023 StackOverflow Survey

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In this episode, we’re talking about lessons learned and the lessons we still need to learn. Also, Michael shares some anti-monetization strategies, Allen wins by default, and Joe keeps it real 59/60 days a year! The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode212. News Exceptions vs Errors in Java Question from Twitter: (thanks […]…

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Easy and Cheap AI for Developers, Reddit API Changes and Sherlocking 1:55:36

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We’re back after a brief break for a busy month of May, and we’re here to talk about some pretty cool stuff happening in the developer world. Outlaw took vacation and can remember nothing, Joe introduces us to Sherlocking, and Allen discovered what all the fuss was about with Chat GPT as a software developer. […]…

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Gitlab vs Github, AI vs Microservices

vor 2 years

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In this sequence of sound, we compute Joe’s unexpected pleasure in commercial-viewing algorithms, Michael’s intricate process of slicing up the pizza, and Allen’s persistent request for more cheese data augmentation. Will you engage in this data streaming session? The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode210. Resources we like Tip of the week…

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Supporting Your Code, README vs Wiki and Test Coverage 1:16:35

vor 2 years1:16:35

1:16:35

In this episode we talk about several things that have been on our mind. We find that Joe has been taken over by AI’s, Michael now understands our love of Kotlin, and Allen wants to know how to escape supporting code you wrote forever. News Visited with Jamie Taylor from the .NET Core Podcast, Tabs […]…

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Water Cooler GPT

vor 2 years

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We’re doing a water cooler talk today. Also, Allen can tell you how not to leak secrets, Michael knows how to work a spreadsheet, and Joe has been replaced by an AGI. The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode208. Topics Resources we like

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Understanding Serial Transactions for Databases like Redis

vor 2 years

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We’ve got a new / old opening…Allen goes off / on script? Michael denies Joe the “swing” vote, and Joe is all in on AI assistance Testing for concurrency issues is hard because it’s non-deterministic – basically you get unlucky due to the timing of things Serializability Common Implementations Actual Serial Execution Encapsulating transactions in […]…

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Lost Updates and Write Skew

vor 2 years

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What are lost updates, and what can we do about them? Maybe we don’t do anything and accept the write skew? Also, Allen has sharp ears, Outlaw’s gort blah spotterfiles, and Joe is just thinking about breakfast. The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode206. News Preventing Lost Updates Detecting Lost Updates […]…

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ChatGPT and the Future of Everything

vor 2 years

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There’s this thing called ChatGPT you may have heard of. Is it the end for all software developers? Have we reached the epitome of mankind? Also, should you write your own or find a FOSS solution? That and much more as Allen gets redemption, Joe has a beautiful monologue, and Outlaw debates a monitor that […]…

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Weak Isolation and Snapshotting

vor 2 years

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Ever wonder how database backups work if new data is coming in while the backup is running? Hang with us while we talk about that, while Allen doesn’t stand a chance, Outlaw is in love, and Joe forgets his radio voice. The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode204. News Thanks for […]…

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Multi-Object Transactions

vor 2 years

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It's time we learn about multi-object transactions as we continue our journey into Designing Data-Intensive Applications, while Allen didn't specifically have that thought, Joe took a marketing class, and Michael promised he wouldn't cry.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Transactions

vor 2 years

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We decided to knock the dust off our copies of Designing Data-Intensive Applications to learn about transactions while Michael is full of solutions, Allen isn't deterred by Cheater McCheaterton, and Joe realizes wurds iz hard.

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2023 Resolutions

vor 2 years

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Michael spends the holidays changing his passwords, Joe forgot to cancel his subscriptions, and Allen's busy playing Call of Duty: Modern Healthcare as we discuss the our 2023 resolutions.

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200th Episode Extravaganza!

vor 2 years

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We step back and look at how things have changed since we first started the show while Outlaw is dancing on tables, Allen really knows his movie monsters, and Joe’s math is on point. The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode200. News Thanks for the review nickname222Apple<3! Want to help us […]…

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Job Hopping and Favorite Dev Books

vor 2 years

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We talk about career management and interview tips, pushing data contracts “left”, and our favorite dev books while Outlaw is [redacted], Joe’s trying to figure out how to hire junior devs, and Allen’s trying to screw some nails in. The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode199. News Thanks for the reviews […]…

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Technical Challenges of Scale at Twitter

vor 3 years

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We take a peak into some of the challenges Twitter has faced while solving data problems at large scale, while Michael challenges the audience, Joe speaks from experience, and Allen blindsides them both.

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The 2022 Shopping Spree

vor 3 years

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It's that time of year where we've got money burning a hole in our pockets. That's right, it's time for the annual shopping spree. Meanwhile, Fiona Allen is being gross, Joe throws shade at Burger King, and Michael has a new character encoding method.

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As the Watercooler Turns

vor 3 years

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We gather around the watercooler to discuss the latest gossip and shenanigans have been called while Coach Allen is not wrong, Michael gets called out, and Joe gets it right the first time.

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Git from the Bottom Up – Reset, Stash, and Reflog

vor 3 years

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We wrap up Git from the Bottom Up by John Wiegley while Joe has a convenient excuse, Allen gets thrown under the bus, and Michael somehow made it worse.

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Git from the Bottom Up – The Index

vor 3 years

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This episode, we learn more about Git's Index and compare it to other version control systems while Joe is throwing shade, Michael learns a new command, and Allen makes it gross.

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Git from the Bottom Up – Rebasing

vor 3 years

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It's time to understand the full power of Git's rebase capabilities while Allen takes a call from Doc Brown, Michael is breaking stuff all day long, and Joe must be punished.

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Git from the Bottom Up – Commits

vor 3 years

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We are committed to continuing our deep dive into Git from the Bottom Up by John Wiegley, while Allen puts too much thought into onions, Michael still doesn't understand proper nouns, and Joe is out hat shopping.

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Git from the Bottom Up – Blobs and Trees

vor 3 years

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It's surprising how little we know about Git as we continue to dive into Git from the Bottom Up, while Michael confuses himself, Joe has low standards, and Allen tells a joke.

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Understanding Git

vor 3 years

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After working with Git for over a decade, we decide to take a deep dive into how it works, while Michael, Allen, and Joe apparently still don't understand Git.

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Stack Overflow 2022 Survey Says …

vor 3 years

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Once again, Stack Overflow takes the pulse of the developer community where we have all collectively decided to switch to Clojure, while Michael is changing things up, Joe is a future predicting trailblazer, and Allen is "up in the books"

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Site Reliability Engineering – More Evolution of Automation

vor 3 years

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We're going back in time, or is it forward?, as we continue learning about Google's automation evolution, while Allen doesn't like certain beers, Joe is a Zacker™, and Michael poorly assumes that UPSes work best when plugged in.

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Site Reliability Engineering – Evolution of Automation

vor 3 years

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We explore the evolution of automation as we continue studying Google's Site Reliability Engineering, while Michael, ah, forget it, Joe almost said it correctly, and Allen fell for it.

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Site Reliability Engineering – (Still) Monitoring Distributed Systems

vor 3 years

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We finished. A chapter, that is, of the Site Reliability Engineering book as Allen asks to make it weird, Joe has his own pronunciation, and Michael follows through on his promise.

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Site Reliability Engineering – Monitoring Distributed Systems

vor 3 years

—

We haven't finished the Site Reliability Engineering book yet as we learn how to monitor our system while the deals at Costco as so good, Allen thinks they're fake, Joe hasn't attended a math class in a while, and Michael never had AOL.

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Site Reliability Engineering – Eliminating Toil

vor 3 years

—

We say "toil" a lot this episode while Joe saw a movie, Michael says something controversial, and Allen's tip is to figure it out yourself, all while learning how to eliminate toil.

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Site Reliability Engineering – Service Level Indicators, Objectives, and Agreements

vor 3 years

—

Welcome to the morning edition of Coding Blocks as we dive into what service level indicators, objectives, and agreements are while Michael clearly needs more sleep, Allen doesn't know how web pages work anymore, and Joe isn't allowed to beg.

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Site Reliability Engineering – Embracing Risk

vor 3 years

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We learn how to embrace risk as we continue our learning about Site Reliability Engineering while Johnny Underwood talked too much, Joe shares a (scary) journey through his mind, and Michael, Reader of Names, ends the show on a dark note.

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Software Reliability Engineering – Hope is not a strategy

vor 3 years

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It's finally time to learn what Site Reliability Engineering is all about, while Jer can't speak nor type, Merkle got one (!!!), and Mr. Wunderwood is wrong.

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The Great Resignation

vor 3 years

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We're living through the tail end, maybe?, of the Great Resignation, so we dig into how that might impact software engineering careers while Allen is very somber, Joe's years are ... different, and Michael compares Apples to Apples.

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Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery

vor 3 years

—

We dive into what it takes to adhere to minimum viable continuous delivery while Michael isn't going to quit his day job, Allen catches the earworm, and Joe is experiencing full-on Stockholm syndrome.

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#CBJAM 22 Recap

vor 3 years

—

We have a retrospective about our recent Game Ja Ja Ja Jam, while Michael doesn't know his A from his CNAME, Allen could be a nun, and Joe still wants to be a game developer.

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PagerDuty’s Security Training for Engineers, The Dramatic Conclusion

vor 3 years

—

We wrap up our discussion of PagerDuty's Security Training, while Joe declares this year is already a loss, Michael can't even, and Allen says doody, err, duty.

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PagerDuty’s Security Training for Engineers, Penultimate

vor 3 years

—

We're pretty sure we're almost done and we're definitely all present for the recording as we continue discussing PagerDuty's Security Training, while Allen won't fall for it, Joe takes the show to a dark place, and Michael knows obscure, um, stuff.

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PagerDuty’s Security Training for Engineers! Part Deux

vor 3 years

—

We continue our discussion of PagerDuty's Security Training presentation while Michael buys a vowel, Joe has some buffer, and Allen hits everything he doesn't aim for.

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PagerDuty’s Security Training for Engineers

vor 3 years

—

We're taking our time as we discuss PagerDuty's Security Training presentations and what it means to "roll the pepper" while Michael is embarrassed in front of the whole Internet, Franklin Allen Underwood is on a full name basis, and don't talk to Joe about corn.

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What is a Game Engine?

vor 3 years

—

With Game Ja-Ja-Ja-Jamuary coming up, we discuss what makes a game engine, while Michael's impersonation is spot-on, Allen may really just be Michael, and Joe already has the title of his next podcast show at the ready.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Secondary Indexes, Rebalancing, Routing

vor 4 years

—

We wrap up the discussion on partitioning from our collective favorite book, Designing Data-Intensive Applications, while Allen is properly substituted, Michael can't stop thinking about Kafka, and Joe doesn't live in the real sunshine state.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Partitioning

vor 4 years

—

We crack open our favorite book again, Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann, while Joe sounds different, Michael comes to a sad realization, and Allen also engages "no take backs".

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The 2021 Shopping Spree

vor 4 years

—

The Mathemachicken strikes again for this year's shopping spree, while Allen just realized he was under a rock, Joe engages "no take backs", and Michael ups his decor game.

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1
Should You Speak at a Conference?

vor 4 years

—

We discuss the pros and cons of speaking at conferences and similar events, while Joe makes a verbal typo, Michael has turned over a new leaf, and Allen didn't actually click the link.

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Transactions in Distributed Systems

vor 4 years

—

Joe goes full shock jock, but only for a moment. Allen loses the “Most Tips In A Single Episode: 2021” award, and Michael didn’t get the invite notification in this week’s episode. The full show notes for this episode are available at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode168. Sponsors Datadog – Sign up today for a free 14 day trial […]…

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1
Docker Licensing, Career and Coding Questions

vor 4 years

—

Some things just require discussion, such as Docker's new licensing, while Joe is full of it, Allen *WILL* fault them, and Michael goes on the record.

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Why Get Into Competitive Programming?

vor 4 years

—

We step away from our microservices deployments to meet around the water cooler and discuss the things on our minds, while Joe is playing Frogger IRL, Allen "Eeyores" his way to victory, and Michael has some words about his keyvoard, er, kryboard, leybaord, ugh, k-e-y-b-o-a-r-d!

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1
Are Microservices … for real?

vor 4 years

—

We decide to dig into the details of what makes a microservice and do we really understand them as Joe tells us why we really want microservices, Allen incorrectly answers the survey, and Michael breaks down in real time.

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1
2021 State of the Developer Ecosystem

vor 4 years

—

We dive into JetBrains' findings after they recently released their State of the Developer Ecosystem for 2021 while Michael has the open down pat, Joe wants the old open back, and Allen stopped using the command line.

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What is GitHub Copilot?

vor 4 years

—

It's time to take a break, stretch our legs, grab a drink, and maybe even join in some interesting conversations around the water cooler as Michael goes off script, Joe is very confused, and Allen insists that we stay on script.

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1
Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Leaderless Replication

vor 4 years

—

We wrap up our replication discussion of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, this time discussing leaderless replication strategies and issues, while Allen missed his calling, Joe doesn't read the gray boxes, and Michael lives in a future where we use apps.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Multi-Leader Replication

vor 4 years

—

We continue our discussion of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, this time focusing on multi-leader replication, while Joe is seriously tired, and Allen is on to Michael's shenanigans.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Single Leader Replication

vor 4 years

—

We dive back into Designing Data-Intensive Applications to learn more about replication while Michael thinks cluster is a three syllable word, Allen doesn't understand how we roll, and Joe isn't even paying attention.

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1
Some Fun APIs

vor 4 years

—

We couldn't decide if we wanted to gather around the water cooler or talk about some cool APIs, so we opted to do both, while Joe promises there's a W in his name, Allen doesn't want to say graph, and Michael isn't calling out applets.

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1
Making Money with Code

vor 4 years

—

We talk about the various ways we can get paid with code while Michael failed the Costco test, Allen doesn't understand multiple choice questions, and Joe has a familiar pen name.

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Write Great APIs

vor 4 years

—

We discuss all things APIs: what makes them great, what makes them bad, and what we might like to see in them while Michael plays a lawyer on channel 46, Allen doesn't know his favorite part of the show, and Joe definitely pays attention to the tips of the week.

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1
How to Scrum

vor 4 years

—

We discuss the parts of the scrum process that we're supposed to pay attention to while Allen pronounces the m, Michael doesn't, and Joe skips the word altogether.

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1
What is Scrum?

vor 4 years

—

During today's standup, we focus on learning all about Scrum as Joe is back (!!!), Allen has to dial the operator and ask to be connected to the Internet, and Michael reminds us why Blockbuster failed.

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1
Show Recursion Show

vor 4 years

—

We dig into recursion and learn that Michael is the weirdo, Joe gives a subtle jab, and Allen doesn't play well with others while we dig into recursion.

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Specialize or Bounce Around?

vor 4 years

—

It's been a minute since we last gathered around the water cooler, as Allen starts an impression contest, Joe wins said contest, and Michael earned a participation award.

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Why is Python Popular?

vor 4 years

—

We dig into all things Python, which Allen thinks is pretty good, and it's rise in popularity, while Michael and Joe go toe-to-toe over a gripe, ahem, feature.

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1
Game Jam Lessons Learned

vor 4 years

—

We step back to reflect on what we learned from our first game jam, while Joe's bathroom is too close and Allen taught Michael something (again).

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1
Who Owns Open-Source Software?

vor 4 years

—

We discuss all things open-source, leaving Michael and Joe to hold down the fort while Allen is away, while Joe's impersonations are spot on and Michael is on a first name basis, assuming he can pronounce it.

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1
Our Favorite Developer Tools of 2020

vor 4 years

—

We start off the year discussing our favorite developer tools of 2020, as Joe starts his traditions early, Allen is sly about his résumé updates, and Michael lives to stream.

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1
Into the Octoverse

vor 4 years

—

It's the end of 2020. We're all tired. So we phone it in for the last episode of the year as we discuss the State of the Octoverse, while Michael prepared for the wrong show (again), Allen forgot to pay his ISP bill and Joe's game finished downloading.

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1
We

vor 4 years

—

We discuss the things we're excited about for 2021 as Michael prepared for a different show, Joe can't stop looking at himself, and Allen gets paid by the tip of the week.

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1
What is a Developer Game Jam?

vor 5 years

—

We learn all the necessary details to get into the world of developer game jams, while Michael triggers all parents, Allen's moment of silence is oddly loud, and Joe hones his inner Steve Jobs.

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1
The DevOps Handbook – Create Organizational Learning

vor 5 years

—

We wrap up our deep dive into The DevOps Handbook, while Allen ruined Halloween, Joe isn't listening, and Michael failed to... forget it, it doesn't even matter.

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1
The 2020 Shopping Spree

vor 5 years

—

It's our favorite time of year where we discuss all of the new ways we can spend our money in time for the holidays, as Allen forgets a crucial part, Michael has "neons", and Joe has a pet bear.

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1
The DevOps Handbook – Enable Daily Learning 1:52:56

vor 5 years1:52:56

1:52:56

We dive into the benefits of enabling daily learning into our processes, while it's egregiously late for Joe, Michael's impersonation is awful, and Allen's speech is degrading.

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The DevOps Handbook – The Value of A/B Testing 1:50:13

vor 5 years1:50:13

1:50:13

We wrap up the second way from The DevOps Handbook, while Joe has a mystery episode, Michael doesn't like ketchup, and Allen has a Costco problem.

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1
Is Kubernetes Programming? 1:42:15

vor 5 years1:42:15

1:42:15

We gather around the water cooler to discuss some random topics, while Joe sends too many calendar invites, Allen interferes with science, and Michael was totally duped.

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1
The DevOps Handbook – Enabling Safe Deployments 1:36:58

vor 5 years1:36:58

1:36:58

We learn the secrets of a safe deployment practice while continuing to study The DevOps Handbook as Joe is a cartwheeling acrobat, Michael is not, and Allen is hurting, so much.

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The DevOps Handbook – Anticipating Problems 1:22:25

vor 5 years1:22:25

1:22:25

We're using telemetry to fill in the gaps and anticipate problems while discussing The DevOps Handbook, while Michael is still weird about LinkedIn, Joe knows who's your favorite JZ, and Allen might have gone on vacation.

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The DevOps Handbook – The Technical Practices of Feedback 1:51:11

vor 5 years1:51:11

1:51:11

It's all about telemetry and feedback as we continue learning from The DevOps Handbook, while Joe knows his versions, Michael might have gone crazy if he didn't find it, and Allen has more than enough muscles.

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The DevOps Handbook – Architecting for Low-Risk Releases 2:05:23

vor 5 years2:05:23

2:05:23

Our journey into the world of DevOps continues with The DevOps Handbook as Michael doesn't take enough tangents, Joe regrets automating the build, err, wait never regrets (sorry), and ducks really like Allen.

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The DevOps Handbook – The Technical Practices of Flow 1:50:51

vor 5 years1:50:51

1:50:51

We begin our journey into the repeatable world of DevOps by taking cues from The DevOps Handbook, while Allen loves all things propane, Joe debuts his "singing" career with his new music video, and Michael did a very bad, awful thing.

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1
Survey Says … 2020 Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2:07:41

vor 5 years2:07:41

2:07:41

We review the Stack Overflow Developer Survey in the same year it was created for the first time ever, while Joe has surprising news about the Hanson Brothers, Allen doesn't have a thought process, and Michael's callback is ruined.

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1
Google’s Engineering Practices – How to Navigate a Code Review 1:42:16

vor 5 years1:42:16

1:42:16

As we learn from Google about how to navigate a code review, Michael learns to not give out compliments, Joe promises to sing if we get enough new reviews, and Allen introduces a new section to the show.

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Google’s Engineering Practices – What to Look for in a Code Review 1:41:48

vor 5 years1:41:48

1:41:48

We learn what to look for in a code review while reviewing Google's engineering practices documentation as Michael relates patterns to choo-choos, Joe has a "weird voice", and Allen has a new favorite portion of the show.

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Google’s Engineering Practices – Code Review Standards 1:39:01

vor 5 years1:39:01

1:39:01

We dig into Google's engineering practices documentation as we learn how to code review while Michael, er, Fives is done with proper nouns, Allen can't get his pull request approved, and Joe prefers to take the average of his code reviews.

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Big Data – How Far is Too Far? 1:51:10

vor 5 years1:51:10

1:51:10

We gather around the water cooler at 6 foot distances as Michael and Joe aren't sure what they streamed, we finally learn who has the best fries, at least in the US, and Allen doesn't understand evenly distributing your condiments.

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1
Designing Data-Intensive Applications – To B-Tree or not to B-Tree 1:56:40

vor 5 years1:56:40

1:56:40

We dig into the details of how databases use B-trees as we continue our discussion of Designing Data-Intensive Applications while Michael's description of median is awful, live streaming isn't for Allen, and Joe really wants to bring us back from the break.

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1
How to Work Remote Effectively 2:10:24

vor 5 years2:10:24

2:10:24

Since we can't leave the house, we discuss what it takes to effectively work remote while Allen's frail body requires an ergonomic keyboard, Joe finally takes a passionate stance, and Michael tells them why they're wrong.

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1
Designing Data-Intensive Applications – SSTables and LSM-Trees 1:38:11

vor 5 years1:38:11

1:38:11

It's time to learn about SSTables and LSM-Trees as Joe feels pretty zacked, Michael clarifies what he was looking forward to, and Allen has opinions about Dr Who.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Storage and Retrieval 2:15:58

vor 5 years2:15:58

2:15:58

In this episode, Allen is back, Joe knows his maff, and Michael brings the jokes, all that and more as we discuss the internals of how databases store and retrieve the data we save as we continue our deep dive into Designing Data-Intensive Applications.

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Why Attend Developer Conferences and What were the Hot Topics at NDC London 2020? 1:16:32

vor 5 years1:16:32

1:16:32

Jamie from https://dotnetcore.show/ and Allen, ya know, from Coding Blocks, sat down together at NDC London to talk about the hot topics from the conference as well as how to get the most out of any conference you attend. If you’re reading this episodes show notes via your podcast player, you can find this episode’s […]…

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Data Models: Query Languages 1:38:44

vor 5 years1:38:44

1:38:44

We dive into declarative vs imperative query languages as we continue to dive into Designing Data-Intensive Applications while Allen is gallivanting around London, Michael had a bullish opinion, and Joe might not know about The Witcher.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Data Models: Relationships 2:14:00

vor 5 years2:14:00

2:14:00

While we continue to dig into Designing Data-Intensive Applications, we take a step back to discuss data models and relationships as Michael covers all of his bases, Allen has a survey answer just for him, and Joe really didn't get his tip from Reddit.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Data Models: Relational vs Document 1:53:53

vor 5 years1:53:53

1:53:53

We're comparing data models as we continue our deep dive into Designing Data-Intensive Applications as Coach Joe is ready to teach some basketball, Michael can't pronounce 6NF, and Allen measured some geodesic distances just this morning.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Maintainability 2:06:42

vor 5 years2:06:42

2:06:42

We dig into what it takes to make a maintainable application as we continue to learn from Designing Data-Intensive Applications, as Allen is a big fan of baby Yoda, Michael's index isn't corrupt, and Joe has some latency issues.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Scalability 1:52:19

vor 5 years1:52:19

1:52:19

We continue to study the teachings of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, while Michael's favorite book series might be the Twilight series, Joe blames his squeak toy chewing habit on his dogs, and Allen might be a Belieber.

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Reliability 2:02:01

vor 6 years2:02:01

2:02:01

We start our deep dive into Joe's favorite new book, Designing Data-Intensive Applications as Joe can't be stopped while running downhill, Michael might have a new spin on #fartgate, and Allen doesn't quite have a dozen tips this episode.

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Developer Shopping Spree 2019 2:32:52

vor 6 years2:32:52

2:32:52

We discuss this year's shopping spree only to learn that Michael spent too much, Allen spent too much, and Joe spent too much.

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DevOps: Job Title or Job Responsibility? 2:00:06

vor 6 years2:00:06

2:00:06

We debate whether DevOps is a job title or a job responsibility as Michael finally understands dev.to's name, Allen is an infosec expert, and Joe wears his sunglasses at night.

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3factor app – Async Serverless 1:31:37

vor 6 years1:31:37

1:31:37

We take an introspective look into what's wrong with Michael's life, Allen keeps taking us down random tangents, and Joe misses the chance for the perfect joke as we wrap up our deep dive into Hasura's 3factor app architecture pattern.

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3factor app – Reliable Eventing 2:03:13

vor 6 years2:03:13

2:03:13

We discuss the second factor of Hasura's 3factor app, Reliable Eventing, as Allen says he still _surfs_ the Internet (but really, does he?), it's never too late for pizza according to Joe, and Michael wants to un-hear things.

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3factor app – Realtime GraphQL 2:21:42

vor 6 years2:21:42

2:21:42

We begin to twitch as we review the first factor of Hasura's 3factor app, Realtime GraphQL, while Allen gets distrac ... SQUIRREL!, Michael might own some bell bottoms, and Joe is stuck with cobalt.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Build Pragmatic Teams 2:07:45

vor 6 years2:07:45

2:07:45

We learn how to apply the concepts of The Pragmatic Programmer to teams while Michael uses his advertisement voice, Joe has a list, and Allen doesn't want anyone up in his Wheaties.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – How to use Exceptions 1:54:00

vor 6 years1:54:00

1:54:00

After 112 episodes, Michael can't introduce the show, Allen pronounces it "ma-meee", and don't make Joe run your janky tests as The Pragmatic Programmer teaches us how we should use exceptions and program deliberately.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Generate Code 2:02:51

vor 6 years2:02:51

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We continue our dive into The Pragmatic Programmer and debate when is it text manipulation vs code generation as Joe can't read his bill, Michael makes a painful recommendation, and Allen's gaming lives up to Southern expectations.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Debug 1:53:30

vor 6 years1:53:30

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It's about time we finally learn how to debug by taking take a page from The Pragmatic Programmer playbook, while Michael replaces a developer's cheat sheet, Joe judges the H-O-R-S-E competition for VI, and Allen stabs you in the front.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – Know Thy Tools 2:03:32

vor 6 years2:03:32

2:03:32

We dig into the details of the basic tools while continuing our journey into The Pragmatic Programmer while Joe programs by coincidence, Michael can't pronounce numbers, and Allen makes a point.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Estimate 1:58:10

vor 6 years1:58:10

1:58:10

Joe is distracted by all of the announcements from E3, Allen is on the run from the Feebs, and Michael counts debugging as coding. All this and more as we continue discussing The Pragmatic Programmer.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – Tracer Bullets and Prototyping 1:45:34

vor 6 years1:45:34

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The Pragmatic Programmer teaches us how to use tracer bullets versus prototyping while Joe doesn't know who won the Game of Thrones, Allen thought he knew about road numbers, and Michael thinks 475 is four letters.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – Is Your Code Orthogonal? 2:01:23

vor 6 years2:01:23

2:01:23

The dad jokes are back as we learn about orthogonal code while JZ (the 8-mile guy) has spaghetti on him, Michael's Harry Potter references fail, and Allen voice goes up a couple octaves.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – The Evils of Duplication 1:46:04

vor 6 years1:46:04

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We take a deep dive into the various forms of duplication and jump aboard the complain train as Allen complains about Confluent's documentation, Michael complains about Docker's documentation, and Joe complains about curl.

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The Pragmatic Programmer – Investing in Your Knowledge Portfolio 2:36:43

vor 6 years2:36:43

2:36:43

We begin our journey into the wisdom of The Pragmatic Programmer, which as Joe puts it, it’s less about type-y type-y and more about think-y think-y, while Allen is not quite as pessimistic as Joe, and Michael can’t wait to say his smart words. If you’re reading these show notes via your podcast player, you […]…

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Should Your Web App be a Progressive Web App (PWA)? 1:58:28

vor 6 years1:58:28

1:58:28

We dig into the nitty gritty details of what a Progressive Web App (PWA) is and why you should care, while Allen isn't sure if he is recording, Michael was the only one prepared to talk about Flo and the Progressive Price Gun, and Joe has to get his headphones.

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The Second Date is Always Easier 1:38:01

vor 6 years1:38:01

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The Date deep dive continues as we focus in on C# and JavaScript, while Michael reminisces about the fluorescent crayons, Joe needs a new tip of the week, and Allen confuses time zones.

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Why Date-ing is Hard 1:46:45

vor 6 years1:46:45

1:46:45

We take a deep dive into understanding why all Date-s are not created equal while learning that Joe is not a fan of months, King Kong has nothing on Allen, and Michael still uses GETDATE(). Oops.

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What Should You Learn Next? 1:14:30

vor 6 years1:14:30

1:14:30

After being asked to quiet down, our friend, John Stone, joins us again as we move the conversation to the nearest cubicle while Michael reminds us of Bing, Joe regrets getting a cellphone, and Allen's accent might surprise you.

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Tackling Tough Developer Questions 1:44:15

vor 6 years1:44:15

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We gather around the water cooler to celebrate our 100th episode with our friend John Stone for some random developer discussions as Michael goes off script, Joe needs his techno while coding, and Allen sings some sweet sounds.

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JAMstack with J.A.M.

vor 6 years

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We learn all about JAMstack in real-time as Michael lowers the bar with new jokes, Allen submits a pull request, and Joe still owes us a tattoo.

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Data Structures – Heaps and Tries 1:28:06

vor 6 years1:28:06

1:28:06

We dig into heaps and tries as Allen gives us an up to date movie review while Joe and Michael compare how the bands measure up.

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Data Structures – (some) Trees 1:49:56

vor 6 years1:49:56

1:49:56

We ring in 2019 with a discussion of various trees as Allen questions when should you abstract while Michael and Joe introduce us to the Groot Tree.

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Data Structures – Hashtable vs Dictionary 1:49:08

vor 6 years1:49:08

1:49:08

Just in time to help you spread some cheer this holiday season, the dad jokes are back as we dig into the details of hash tables and dictionaries.

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Data Structures – Arrays and Array-ish 2:38:38

vor 7 years2:38:38

2:38:38

We continue our deep dive into data structures, this time focusing in on arrays and array-like types as Allen gives Shania Twain some singing competition, Joe is going to owe us another tattoo, and wait ... when does Michael think C++ was invented?

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Data Structures – Primitives 2:42:57

vor 7 years2:42:57

2:42:57

We begin our journey into data structures by taking a deep dive into primitives while Allen makes Michael blush and Joe crashes his browser.

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Developer Shopping Spree 2:43:37

vor 7 years2:43:37

2:43:37

With the holiday season soon approaching, we address the most important requirements list of all ... our wish lists as Joe has to disclose a cheese powder incident, Michael hopes his Bitcoin gains some value, and Allen researches his purchases to the extreme.

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Azure Functions and CosmosDB from MS Ignite 1:07:08

vor 7 years1:07:08

1:07:08

This is a special episode recorded at Microsoft Ignite 2018 where John Callaway from The 6 Figure Developer Podcast joins Allen Underwood to talk about Azure Functions and CosmosDB. Find out what they are and why you might want to try them out for yourself.

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How to Learn Programming Skills 1:12:19

vor 7 years1:12:19

1:12:19

We continue our dive into how to learn things while Michael's voice sounds an awful lot like Joe's, Joe says it's a square, and Allen says it's a triangle ... oh, and Google Feud is back!

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Comparing Git Workflows 1:48:53

vor 7 years1:48:53

1:48:53

We have some fun with our names, get ahead of ourselves during Survey Says, and vet Michael's tip on-air as we take a deep dive into comparing some popular Git workflows and when should we use which.

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Does Big O Matter? 1:52:13

vor 7 years1:52:13

1:52:13

We wrap up our conversation on complexity and play some more over/under as Allen thinks learning is backwards, Michael doesn't write clean code, and Joe brings his dog to the discussion.

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What is Algorithmic Complexity? 1:41:50

vor 7 years1:41:50

1:41:50

We continue our dive into Rob Conery's The Imposter's Handbook as Allen is Allen, Joe is Michael, Michael is Joe.

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Thunder Talks 2:00:48

vor 7 years2:00:48

2:00:48

Joe's voice sounds funny, Allen has a theme, and Michael pours one out for Media Play as Michael's and Allen's impersonation of Joe is on point (#NailedIt).

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Lightning Talks 1:58:50

vor 7 years1:58:50

1:58:50

We meet up around the water cooler for a quick round of lightning talks as Allen and Michael sing FizzBuzz while Joe passes the caching buck.

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Graph Algorithms 1:15:18

vor 7 years1:15:18

1:15:18

We continue digging into Rob Conery's The Imposter's Handbook as Joe explains Florida time, Allen likes greedy algorithms, and Michael shares his geography knowledge.

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Algorithms You Should Know 2:15:22

vor 7 years2:15:22

2:15:22

It's time we discuss algorithms we all need to know as we continue diving into Rob Conery's The Imposter's Handbook while Michael will read anything, Allen questions Greenland's name, and Joe talks wormholes.

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Search Driven Apps 2:18:37

vor 7 years2:18:37

2:18:37

We're talking databases, indexes, search engines, and why they're basically microwaves in this episode while Joe wears a polo, Allen's quick brown fox jumps over whatever, and Michael gives out fake URLs.

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Programmer Strengths and Weaknesses 1:50:19

vor 7 years1:50:19

1:50:19

Inspired by Rob Conery's The Imposter's Handbook, we take an introspective look at ourselves to find two weaknesses and one strength while Allen shows off his vocal prowess in song, Joe needs a list, and Michael is a dash.

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Understanding Complexity Theory 1:51:15

vor 7 years1:51:15

1:51:15

This episode we talk complexity theory while digging into Rob Conery's The Imposter's Handbook as Allen channels his inner Austin Powers, Michael finds linearly to complex to pronounce, and Joe ruins Batman for the rest of us.

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Docker for Developers

vor 7 years

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This episode we’re talking about server naming conventions, confusing command line arguments, and how high we can get our voices. Huge thanks to the NSA and the freedom of information act for making this episode possible. Sponsors Airbrake.io/CodingBlocks – Try Airbrake *free* for 30 days _and_ get 50% off the next 3 months! Survey Says […]…

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Design Anti-Patterns: YoYo, The God Object and More 1:28:40

vor 7 years1:28:40

1:28:40

It's time for more design Ant-EYE or Ant-EEE patterns as we venture into cesspool that awaits. Come find out what these patterns are, why you should, and how to avoid them. Bonus: Michael drops the term Heinz Doofenshmirtz - Joe and Allen didn't know this pattern, but maybe you will.

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Deliberate Practice for Programmers 2:16:51

vor 7 years2:16:51

2:16:51

It's time for more cowbell as we have a special guest in the studio, Will Madison (@IAmWillMadison), join us as Allen finally gets tripped up trying to pronounce a name, Joe teaches us the value of practice, and Michael evacuates in a rainbow colored straight line.

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Clean Architecture – Are Microservices Truly Decoupled? 2:11:56

vor 7 years2:11:56

2:11:56

We're back with our last deep dive into Robert C. Martin's latest book, Clean Architecture, while Allen suffers from sleep deprivation, Joe shows us his dance moves, and Michael's mind is blown on how to unit test.

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Clean Architecture – What is the Humble Object Pattern? 1:44:16

vor 7 years1:44:16

1:44:16

It's time for another deep dive into Robert C. Martin's Clean Architecture as Joe puts us on the spot, Allen has a new mission, and Michael shares his Easter eggs.

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Clean Architecture – Make Your Architecture Scream 2:25:23

vor 7 years2:25:23

2:25:23

Michael can't tell higher from lower, Allen puts his views where he wants them, and Joe snaps it to a Slim Jim as we discuss how to make our architectures scream while discussing Robert C. Martin's Clean Architecture.

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Clean Architecture – The Art of Drawing Lines 1:53:59

vor 7 years1:53:59

1:53:59

It's time for another deep dive into Robert C. Martin's Clean Architecture as Allen warns us about driving in front of him, Joe tries to describe a diagram again, and Michael can't understand the survey results.

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Clean Architecture – Keeping Your Options Open 2:19:01

vor 7 years2:19:01

2:19:01

Joe drinks too much coffee, Allen spits his coffee out, and Michael feels vindicated as the discussions about Robert C. Martin's latest book, Clean Architecture, continues.

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Clean Architecture – How to Quantify Component Coupling 2:19:16

vor 7 years2:19:16

2:19:16

Joe baits Michael, Michael takes the bait, and Allen lets it happen, as Uncle Bob explains how we can quantify the coupling between our components from his latest book, Clean Architecture.

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Clean Architecture – Components and Component Cohesion 1:58:09

vor 7 years1:58:09

1:58:09

Joe is down with OCP, Michael argues DRY, and Allen deletes our show notes as we dig into Components and Component Cohesion from Robert C. Martin's (aka Uncle Bob) Clean Architecture.

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How to Spend $2,500 on Developer Gear 1:58:31

vor 8 years1:58:31

1:58:31

We're back with another installment as we challenge ourselves to compare how we'd each spend $2,500 on developer gear as Allen waxes on about the loudest quiet keyboard, Joe teaches us how cheese is made, and Michael puts some neon on his computer.

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Clean Architecture – Programming Paradigms 2:08:55

vor 8 years2:08:55

2:08:55

Michael forgets what his favorite part of the show is, Joe makes us wait to learn what his favorite part is, and Allen pronounces it "pair-a-dig-'ems" as we continue our deep dive into Uncle Bob's latest book: Clean Architecture.

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Clean Architecture – Fight for Architecture 1:37:37

vor 8 years1:37:37

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Joe learns of our harebrained idea, Michael learns of Eisenhower’s matrix, and Allen explains polyfills as we begin our dive into Uncle Bob’s latest book, Clean Architecture. Prefer to read these show notes on something other than your podcast player? You can find the full show notes for this episode at http://www.codingblocks.net/episode68. Sponsors Linode – Use code […]…

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Object Oriented Mistakes 1:55:47

vor 8 years1:55:47

1:55:47

Allen brings the dad jokes, Michael unplugs, and Joe gets a second wind as we discuss the anti-patterns found in object oriented programming.

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Project Management Anti-patterns 2:05:06

vor 8 years2:05:06

2:05:06

It's time for another episode as Joe wants to choke a developer, Michael scraps his new social networking platform, and Allen finally learns of dad jokes while we continuing the anti-patterns conversation.

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Software Design Anti-patterns 2:04:17

vor 8 years2:04:17

2:04:17

We've discussed design patterns too much. Now it's time for some discussion about anti-patterns as Joe has dark visions about robots, Allen has to take sensitivity training, and Michael picks Arial.

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Software Architecture – What is Supple Design?

vor 8 years

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More Domain Driven Design talk this week: Supple Design, Declarative(ish?) Programming, and Ohio Envy. Sponsors FreshBooks.com/Coding – Use code “CODING BLOCKS” in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section GetAirbrake.com/cb Linode – Use code “CODINGBLOCKS17” for $20 towards hosting (up to four months free!) Start Slack’ing Now. We’re so happy you’ve found us and […]…

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Software Architecture – Explicit Constraints, Processes, Specification Pattern, and more 2:03:34

vor 8 years2:03:34

2:03:34

Know what Joe and Waldo have in common? We can't find either, as this week, it's just Allen and Michael to continue the dive into Domain Driven Design.

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Software Architecture – Strategic Design and Domain Events 1:58:07

vor 8 years1:58:07

1:58:07

We're not saying that Michael is Carmen Sandiego. We're just saying that nobody has ever seen them in a room together. And this week, we don't know where in the world either are, as Allen and Joe continue the Domain Driven Design discussion without Michael. Nor Carmen.

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Software Architecture – Aggregate Roots, Factories, and Repositories 2:11:52

vor 8 years2:11:52

2:11:52

Stitcher is back and so are we as Michael proves he doesn't have a career as a rapper, Allen can't type on his phone, and Joe tweets with famous authors as we continue our dive into Domain Driven Design talking about aggregate roots, factories, and repositories.

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Software Architecture – The Domain in Domain Driven Design 1:41:33

vor 8 years1:41:33

1:41:33

We continue our Domain Driven Design conversation this week as Allen is indecisive, Michael decides for him, and Joe can't handle the night life.

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How to Jumpstart Your Next App 1:27:28

vor 8 years1:27:28

1:27:28

We’re back with another exciting episode as Michael questions Hollywood, Allen dreams of his Hackintosh, and Joe is surrounded by Star Wars as we talk about how to jumpstart your next app with Michael Crump (@mbcrump) and Clint Rutkas (@clintrutkas). If you’re reading these show notes via your podcast player, you can find this episode’s full […]…

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Why Domain Driven Design 1:32:08

vor 8 years1:32:08

1:32:08

This week, Michael asks his customers about their anemic domain model, Allen talks in front of people, and Joe plays Rocket League as we begin our dive into understanding domain driven design. Are you reading this episode’s show notes via your podcast player? You can find this episode’s full show notes at http://www.codingblocks.net/episode58. Become a Part of the […]…

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How We Badly Built Stuff 1:38:26

vor 8 years1:38:26

1:38:26

This week we talk about all of the bad things we’ve done while making software. The good, the bad, … oh wait, it compiles, never mind. Want to be part of the conversation? Head over to http://www.codingblocks.net/slack to become a member of our Slack community! What are you waiting for? Join now! Oh, wait, are you […]…

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Clean Code – How to Build Maintainable Systems 1:58:21

vor 8 years1:58:21

1:58:21

We’re back with another deep dive into the infamous book Clean Code by Uncle Bob as Joe alters columns, Michael misreads things, and Allen has a positive customer service experience. Care to join in on the conversation? Become a member of our Slack community by signing up at http://www.codingblocks.net/slack. Viewing these show notes through your podcast […]…

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Clean Code – How to Write Classes the Right Way 1:23:15

vor 8 years1:23:15

1:23:15

This week Allen is troubled by circles, Michael talks like a game show host, and Joe announces it's twins as we continue our deep dive into the classic Clean Code book by Robert C. Martin.

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Clean Code – How to Write Amazing Unit Tests

vor 8 years

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When and why should you write unit tests, and just how important are they? Take a listen and see what YOU think. Podcast News iTunes: AUS Dan G, bryangrove, Criviere, Kasprs, sulhogar, Niil Ohlin (Neil Ilin) Stitcher Reviews: indiegamer21, makeACaseForCamelCase, athyng, brokenrelay, El_Zilcho MongoDb and ElasticSearch Ransomware Attacks http://www.pcworld.com/article/3157417/security/after-mongodb-ransomware-groups-hit-exposed-elasticsearch-clusters.html Alexa 7 Minute Workout https://www.amazon.com/Pargee-7-Minute-Workout/dp/B018WUNBE6 Question: […]…

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Clean Code – Integrating with Third Party Libraries the Right Way 1:18:07

vor 8 years1:18:07

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In this episode we talk about how to insulate your application at it’s boundaries? What in the world does that even mean?! We’re not talking about those boundaries where others aren’t allowed to touch your keyboard (although that’s a real thing). No, we’re talking about making sure you make your code easier to maintain over […]…

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Clean Code – Error Handling 1:25:48

vor 8 years1:25:48

1:25:48

This week, we continue our Clean Code discussion as we dive into the joys and pains of error handing.

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Clean Code – Objects vs Data Structures

vor 8 years

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This week we’re drawing a line in the sand between objects and data structures. Who will win? Take a listen and decide for yourself! For the full show notes visit: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode51 Podcast News iTunes Reviews: DelBoyeire, nullthecode, Ser_j, Pneema, matthew.watkins, JC_JavaScripter, Connor Phee, Stratodavius, GS Leonric, dmitry.gokun, MobileMon, vasyl shcherbatjuk Stitcher Reviews: tommyrush, DoNotAsk, nullthecode, […]…

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Clean Code – Formatting Matters 2:18:34

vor 9 years2:18:34

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Ever judged a book by its cover? Of course you have. Ever passed judgement on some code simply because it didn’t look pretty? There’s more to writing code than having it functional and in this episode we dive into the reasons code formatting actually matters. Who wins the newspaper format debate?! Leave us a comment and […]…

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Clean Code – Comments Are Lies 2:19:16

vor 9 years2:19:16

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This week, Michael fails geography, Allen introduces us to Croom, and Joe has to potty as we head into our third installment of the Clean Code series. Want to be part of our Slack community? Sign up @ http://www.codingblocks.net/slack and say “hi”! Join the Slack Link to Episode 49’s Full Show Notes http://www.codingblocks.net/episode49 Survey News […]…

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Clean Code – How to Write Amazing Functions

vor 9 years

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We continue talking our way through Clean Code, taking a deep look at the building blocks of programming in the quest to write the best functions. Oh, and everybody sings. The original version of the show notes can be found at: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode48. Podcast News iTunes Reviews: BrokenDev, Simontheu, Hruncito, TerrenceD, Rich11145, HardCoreRockstar, Bcmsco, FriendofEntropy, Fredstban, […]…

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Clean Code – Writing Meaningful Names 1:51:36

vor 9 years1:51:36

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In this episode, we take our first dive into the book Clean Code by Robert Martin and specifically we talk about writing meaningful names for all things code related. You’ll be amazed at how following some decent rules that you can start naming things that will help you and fellow coders understand your code at […]…

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Caching in the Application Framework

vor 9 years

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Storing smaller subsets of data in a faster, closer memory can make astronomical differences in performance. This episode we’re talking about the caching tools and techniques that application frameworks provide. The original version of the shownotes can be found at: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode46 New Poll! Podcast News Thanks for the reviews! Mr_Automation, Nateve, chubb5000, Travelerbell, LaCaren, ryanwebjackson, […]…

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Caching Overview and Hardware 1:35:44

vor 9 years1:35:44

1:35:44

In this episode we give a general overview of caching, where it’s used, why it’s used, and what the differences in hardware implementations mean in terms we can understand. This will be foundational to understanding caching at a software level in an upcoming episode. There’s also something about the number 37 that may be the […]…

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Stack Overflow Salaries and Landing the Job 2:39:15

vor 9 years2:39:15

2:39:15

This week on Coding Blocks, Allen says www as best he can, Joe eats the microphone, and Michael does something crazy as we discuss Stack Overflow’s Salary Calculator and our experiences in landing the job – what to do and what not to do. Want to be part of our Slack community? Sign up @ […]

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Nulls, Procs, and Impostor Syndrome 1:40:46

vor 9 years1:40:46

1:40:46

This time we’re talking about problems with nulls, stored procedures, and impostor syndrome. Link to Episode 43’s Full Show Notes: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode43 News Join us on slack: http://www.codingblocks.net/ Thanks for the awesome reviews: darkjedioverlord, Gustav, David W, XiaoHong, neoanomally, IAmAResource, alanw707, GDog, Demiera, kngtfallen, BMay1, jcook1017, XiaoHong89, Thallius, a.alhadhrami, BriCee34, iPawan85 Great Comments on last episode’s […]…

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Command, Repository and Mediator Design Patterns 2:08:04

vor 9 years2:08:04

2:08:04

In this episode we go back to the design pattern well that we’ve been away from for so long. We cover the Command, Repository and Mediator design patterns. It was hard for us to believe, but it’s been almost a year since our last design patterns episode!!! Come on in for fun, learning, and of […]

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Dev Talk: Django, VB vs C#, and Bash on Windows 1:52:43

vor 9 years1:52:43

1:52:43

This week on Coding Blocks, Joe changes a different kind of string, Allen drools over the Hellcat, and Michael shares his random thoughts. We span a collection of topics including GraphQL framework envy, bash on Windows, and whether it takes two to Django.

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How to be an Advanced Programmer 2:23:17

vor 9 years2:23:17

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Are you an Advanced Programmer? We dig into the final section of Robert Read’s fantastic writing: How to be a programmer. Also, how to cheat at Jira, a lazy butcher and if learning web development is worth it. Link to Episode 40’s Full Show Notes http://www.codingblocks.net/episode40 This Episode’s Survey To squash, or not to squash, […]…

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How to be an Intermediate Programmer 2:50:19

vor 9 years2:50:19

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In Episode 38, we dug into the first section of the essay by Robert Read on what it takes to be a programmer. In that episode there was a lot of great information on what to expect and what should be expected of you as a developer. In this episode, we go into the second […]

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How to be a Programmer: Personal and Team Skills 2:26:16

vor 9 years2:26:16

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Talking about the short book “How to be a Programmer”, which covers a huge spectrum of important topics for developers of all levels. The Puddle Poll! Thanks for the share pwright08! News Thanks for the reviews! JKCooper2, CSharpest, Joopkins, NickStuer How’d you get into programming? Join codingblocks.slack.com! Survey – Star Wars wins! Check out Allen […]…

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Our Favorite Developer Tools for 2015 1:53:52

vor 9 years1:53:52

1:53:52

We wrapped up 2015 with another favorites of episode and a chance to win a gray Coding Blocks T-Shirt just by leaving a comment on the show notes page! Tools are anything from hardware, to software or a service that we feel is integral in our daily needs as programmers. There’s a total of 20 picks […]…

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The Twelve Factor App: Dev/Prod Parity, Logs, and Admin Processes 1:40:25

vor 9 years1:40:25

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Welcome back to the dramatic conclusion of our discussion on the 12 factor app. This time we’re talking dev/prod parity, logs, and admin processes. Oh, and Call of Duty! News Thanks for the reviews! arathustra, lu S, Seb (from London), S Willowood, TheDarkKnight15, FreeAppsHunter Where do transforms go? UI or Middleware? Joe had surgery! Oopsy […]…

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The Twelve-Factor App: Port Binding, Concurrency, and Disposability 1:14:58

vor 10 years1:14:58

1:14:58

It's time for more DevOps fun as we continue learning about the Twelve-Factor app. This week we dive into the next three chapters: port binding, concurrency, and disposability.

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Toys for Developers 1:49:25

vor 10 years1:49:25

1:49:25

The holidays are coming sooner than we realized, so we gotta get our wish lists together. After all, no one wants to sit around the Festivus Pole without their favorite dev toys. This week we discuss some of the toys we love, as well as the ones we drool over, and even the ones we're not so crazy about.…

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The Twelve-Factor App: Backing Services, Building and Releasing, Stateless Processes 1:22:32

vor 10 years1:22:32

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We’re headed back to the Twelve-Factor app territory and this time we’re picking up with the next three chapters – backing services, building and releasing and processes. Jump in to get the shownotes and listen to the next three pieces of building a manageable and scalable twelve-factor app. Survey News Mark Tinsley – PHP Composer […]…

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Got Any Hot Stacks?! 59:01

vor 11 years59:01

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In this episode, we have a discussion about what type of technology stack you should choose when you go to create your own project whether it be for profit or an open source type of deal. As programmers, we often struggle with balancing our ADHD tendencies to code in every language known to man, or […]…

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Design Patterns Part 2 – Oh behave! 1:03:09

vor 11 years1:03:09

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This week we’re following up on our episode about talking about Creational Design Patterns a few of our favorite behavioral patterns: Template. Strategy, and Null Object. Also, pumpkin spice lattes, Mario’s pants, and a billion dollar mistake. Points of Interest Pumpkin Spice Latte is back! Great feedback from NDepend, great things coming in V6! LG […]…

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Static Analysis w/ NDepends – How good is your code? 1:23:25

vor 11 years1:23:25

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This week we’re discussing NDpend, a static analysis tool for .NET. Triage your biggest problems, Prioritize your refactoring, and CYA with real metrics and trend lines. We also discuss hidden nuggets, Pintrest-envy, and we pour another one out for google reader. News Check out our YouTube channel! Angular 2.0 is coming! Beginning XML in SQL […]…

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Databases the SQL [see-kwuhl] 1:33:13

vor 11 years1:33:13

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Welcome back for part 2 of the podcast about databases. In this half, we discuss several of the things we believe that developers should know about databases. From joins to unions, group by’s and indexing, we try to touch on a lot of the items that most developers should at least be familiar with when […]…

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All Your Database Are Belong to Us 59:19

vor 11 years59:19

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Part one of our two part database podcast starts with choosing the RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) and what to do when you run into deficiencies in that particular database system. First and foremost, what’s with the title?! Are these guys grammatically challenged? If that was your first thought, then you should check out this link: […]…

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What programmer do you want to be? 1:08:16

vor 11 years1:08:16

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“Water Cooler” episode talking about sweet sugary C# kisses, JavaScript as a first language, T-shaped developers, how to get addicted to drugs and…Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Points of Interest Keep the keys! Go follow @trentapple and check his site out at www.trentapple.com! A year’s worth of tech podcasts! from @patrikdahlen NativeScript – Cross […]…

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Design Patterns Part 1 – You Create Me! 1:37:14

vor 11 years1:37:14

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This week we’re tackling the first section of seminal Design Patterns book: Creational Patterns. We discuss factories of factories, “bullet hell” games, pathological liars, and Allen’s lack of voice. Big thanks to @rajsotweet for calling us out and getting us motivated to record! Points of Interest .NET Framework 4.5.2 is out! ASP vNext Awesome stats […]…

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C# 6 and Roslyn – Pour Some Sugar On Me 1:33:10

vor 11 years1:33:10

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This week we’re taking pot shots from the peanut gallery! We talk about new features in C# 6. What we like, what we love…and binary literals. We also struggle to define Roslyn and BONUS! poetry reading from Michael Outlaw! Points of Interest Build Keynote in 7 minutes – via @patrikdahlen Allen owes the world a […]…

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Aspectacular with Vlad Hrybok – You down with AOP? 1:22:21

vor 11 years1:22:21

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You down with AOP? This week we’re talking with Vlad Hrybok about his spectacular Aspect Oriented Framework: Aspectacular. Highlights include lots of Design Patterns, Acronyms, Buzzwords and…Duff Beer? ChangeLog Interesting debate about SOLID principles An attempt at a completely SOLID implementation of TicTacToe Great feedback on /r/csharp Interesting viewpoint from an anti-craftsman on dotnetrocks, great […]…

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Accessories for Programmers 55:14

vor 11 years55:14

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Q: What do developers love more than developing? A: Expensive accessories!!! This week we’re talking about our Christmas in July lists. Dream keyboards, mouses, office furniture and tablets…oh my! Lots of links below. Click and drool. Keyboards Joe’s favorite is The CODE Keyboard Mike’s favorite is any old plain keyboard – previous was the Logitech […]…

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SOLID as a Rock! 1:03:47

vor 11 years1:03:47

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This week we tackle the SOLID principles in .NET and discuss the eternal struggle between perfect code and looming deadlines. Please leave us feedback in your Podcasting app of choice! Update: Great comments/debate on reddit! About Solid SOLID Principles for writing maintainable and extendable software Michael Feathers and “Uncle Bob” Robert Martin May be impossible […]…

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There’s Something About LINQ 1:04:57

vor 11 years1:04:57

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This week we’re talking about LINQ, what’s so special about .NET, the differences IQueryable and IEnumerable, and another round of “Never Have I Ever”. Oh, and jokes! Download the episode on iTunes or Stitcher and make sure to send us your feedback! What is LINQ? Language Integrated Query Common interface for working with data Famous […]…

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We Still Don’t Understand Open Source Licensing 47:56

vor 11 years47:56

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This week we’re trying to wrap our heads around open source software licensing. We discuss the main types of licenses (and a few of our favorites!), what it means to violate a license, and take a fun look at a few weird questions. Download the episode on iTunes or Stitcher and make sure to send […]

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OWASP and You! 1:07:27

vor 12 years1:07:27

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This week, we talk about OWASP and their list of top 10 application security risks. What they are, infamous examples, and what you can do about it. Download the episode on iTunes or Stitcher and make sure to send us your feedback. Thanks for listening! Show Notes Overview OWASP.org Top 10 culled from 100s organizations, […]…

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Source Control Etiquette 56:28

vor 12 years56:28

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This episode is all about source control etiquette. It’s a bit different from the last two podcasts we released and we’d love to hear how you liked it! Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher and make sure to send us your feedback! Show Notes Duration ~56 Discussion on Source Control Etiquette 00:00 – 25:09 A tale […]…

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Boxing and Unboxing in .NET 33:32

vor 12 years33:32

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This episode is all about boxing and unboxing. We discuss memory management, the pros (yes, there are a few!) and cons of boxing/unboxing, some of the weird side effects and how to you can avoid it with generics and ToString methods. Download the episode on iTunes or Stitcher and make sure to drop your feedback […]…

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I is for Interface 45:24

vor 12 years45:24

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The good, the bad, and the ugly side of interfaces. We list some minor gripes, their limitations, and some strange gotchas as well as some tips for how we like to (mis|ab)use them. Download the episode on iTunes or Stitcher. Show Notes Duration: ~44m What Are Interfaces? 0:00 – 5:21 Interfaces are a contract Interfaces […]…

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The Twelve-Factor App: Codebase, Dependencies, and Config 1:13:38

vor 10 years1:13:38

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Dipping our toes into the DevOps waters with the Twelve-Factor App. How important is depedency management, and how fired would you be if you accidentally leaked your company’s source code? News We have a new logo! Allen was right… Soundcloud Thanks for the reviews! GunBlade77 What is the Twelve-Factor App? A methodology for writing applications […]…

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Javascript Promises and Beyond 1:18:23

vor 10 years1:18:23

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In this episode we dive into Javascript Promises. If you’re used to the olden way of doing an async call with a callback, you’ll definitely want to give this episode a listen as you could improve your mental sanity 10 fold by learning how to use promises in your application! Survey – What is Your Favorite Language? […]…

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Design Patterns Part 4 – Adapter, Facade, and Memento 1:14:12

vor 10 years1:14:12

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Part 4 of our design patterns series, this time up it's Adapters, Facades, and Mementos. Oh, an which tech luminary would make the best head of state!

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Hierarchical Data cont’d – Path Enumeration and Closure Tables 1:09:19

vor 10 years1:09:19

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It's that time again. This week we answer a question, Allen registers for school, Joe reads some numbers, Michael breaks out the survey results, and Joe cringes at the thought of bidets. It's time for episode 29! And we thought, what better to talk about than to continue our discussion on hierarchical data solutions.…

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Hierarchical Data – Adjacency Lists and Nested Set Models 1:38:03

vor 10 years1:38:03

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So, how DO you persist hierarchical Data? We discuss two common solutions to this age-old problem: Adjacency Lists and Nested Set Models. Also, Build Atlanta, technical problems, multi-monitor vs ultra-wide, and utilizing gaming mice to up your game. See all the notes and take the poll by going to: http://www.codingblocks.net/episode28 News Big thanks for the […]…

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Your Questions Our Answers SYN-ACK with Packet Loss 1:34:44

vor 10 years1:34:44

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In this, Episode 27 of the Coding Blocks Podcast, we are answering several questions from our listeners regarding: more frequent episodes, naming of classes / assemblies, Test Driven Development, the differences between MVC and MVVM and a number of other side conversations such as aliasing tables in SQL. As always we’d love to hear back […]…

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Algorithms, Puzzles and the Technical Interview 1:26:21

vor 10 years1:26:21

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On this episode we discuss algorithms, puzzles and how to approach them when asked to solve one in the interview process. We discuss many of the problems programmers face when being asked to solve these types of problems as well as steps to alleviate some of these common issues. We also provide a number of resources for sharpening your problem solving skills as well as a number of resources, and of course our favorite tips!…

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ASP.NET 5 – It’s Basically Java 1:33:51

vor 10 years1:33:51

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This week we give away Joe's stuff, we break up with IE8 like a big boy, Joe and Allen get excited about readme files, and we argue about which is worse: bad code or bad architecture. That and more in this week's episode where we explore the new bits in ASP.NET 5.

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Delegate all the things! 1:28:32

vor 10 years1:28:32

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This week we tackle one of life's great quesitons, does Jack Bauer give high fives? Also, we go over everything you need to know about delegates, events, callbacks and closures in .NET. Big thanks to @kappelcodesalot for being the inspiration for this episode!

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Back to Basics – Encapsulation for Object Oriented Programming 1:07:22

vor 10 years1:07:22

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It's time to get back to basics. It's easy as a software developer to be working on the latest and greatest frameworks, using the best methodologies, trying out new things. Sometimes it's a good idea to get a refresher on the very basic fundamentals. In this episode we go over the access modifiers that are common in C# and Java as well as ways to emulate these types of behaviors in Javascript. And let's be honest - encapsulation is only effective if you're providing programmers that come after you with a roadmap of how things should work. For that reason we also discuss Command Query Separation and some other ideas and practices that are a part of good programming practices. Be sure to head over to www.CodingBlocks.net/review and leave us a review on your favorite podcasting platform!…

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Silverlighting through your College Enumeration 1:03:15

vor 10 years1:03:15

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Coding Blocks Episode 22 is live! Organizing your code, moving from school-work to work-work, the future of Silverlight, and lots of poo-pooing! News Great testing tool suggestions from Anders Bauman: TDDHelper, NCrunch We had to look up our new year’s resolutions – not a good sign! Awesome reviews from punforgettable, Jonno Choo, AdamTheHun, Elistaria, JeramyRR, […]…

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Our Favorite Tools 1:20:54

vor 10 years1:20:54

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We gather around the Festivus pole this holiday season and before we get into the Airing of Grievances, we discuss our favorite tools. No, not people. Actual tools. Srsly.

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We’re Testing Your Patience… 1:26:25

vor 10 years1:26:25

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I figured this title was appropriate considering it's been a month since our last episode. We've all been incredibly busy so we hope you've been patient waiting and maybe, just maybe it was worth the wait! We've crammed quite a bit into this episode which is all about testing. Follow the more link to see the show notes for this particular episode and don't forget to click one of the share buttons there to let all your friends know about the podcast!…

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Design Patterns – Iterators, Observers, and Chains, Oh My 1:03:48

vor 11 years1:03:48

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We’re back to the gang of four, continuing with another segment of design patterns. This time we’re talking about some of our favorite Behavioral Design Patterns: Observer, Chain of Responsibilities, Iterator patterns. Also, why the visitor pattern is weird and what it’s like to be raked over hot coals. News Atlanta Code Camp was amazing […]…

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Programmer Questions and Answers 1:06:40

vor 11 years1:06:40

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We’re very excited about ASP.NET vNext , we’ve never been seen together, and a cute little ninja was MEAN to Allen. All that and more in this week’s episode where we attempt to answer some questions.

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