Dev Quest
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsDev Quest is a podcast about the career journey of the modern web developer. Web development is one of the most accessible and fruitful career paths of our era, marrying a great deal of autonomy and interesting work with a strong sense of community and openness. On Dev Quest, we'll talk to devs working at all levels of the industry, from agency-employed and freelance folks building websites for small businesses to start up founders who are helping run multi-million dollar SaaS companies and everyone in between, all through the lens of trying to help you grow to the next stage in your own journey into this amazing field.
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Episode 5: Adventures in CI/CD
September 07, 2021 20:24 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBA few weeks ago Solomon Gifford from BlackMesh and the Lando team collaborated on a guide to modern CI/CD providers to help developers take the next step in their CI/CD adventurers. This episode we follow-up on that article. A few things to listen for in our conversation... From Jenkins to GitLab: the three epochs of CI/CD technology. Document. Standardize. Automate. What is the authorization boundary? How security concerns are "shifting left" toward the developer. Can CI/CD sa...
AmyJune Hineline: Enable contributors. Make it accessible. Help open source win.
June 29, 2021 19:39 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBYou can connect with AmyJune on Twitter, Drupal.org, or a contribution sprint happening near you! Here are some of the key points from our conversation: How the altruism of a hospice nurse translated to open source. The power of community. Finding your place in technology even if you're not a coder. What Volkswagen maintenance and web development have in common. Making open source contribution easy, even for non-coders. The importance of accessibility. The wonderful world o...
Mike Wetter and Solomon Gifford: The Joy of Multi-Application Deployments
May 05, 2021 00:32 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBMike and Solomon love talking with developers who have unique and complicated applications; feel free to reach out to them on LinkedIn or the Blackmesh contact form. Some things to listen for in our conversation... Changes in what it means to “do Drupal” and be a CMS-focused developer. How to send 7.5 million faxes and half a billion emails to Congress each year. Running websites across public and private clouds. Facing the realities of distributed stacks. Discussing whether se...
Shaundai Person: From salesperson to web developer.
April 28, 2021 18:40 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBYou can connect with Shaundai on LinkedIn, she loves talking with people about coding, mentorship, parenting, and finding meaningful work as a developer! Here are some of the key points from our conversation: Overcoming the intimidation of not having a CS degree. The value of persistence. Pursuing your passions. Learning to code as a single parent with a full-time job. Using "maniacal prioritization." The importance of mentors. Embracing failure. Using skills from your old ...
Chris Teitzel: Take chances, embrace open source, believe in people
April 02, 2021 16:13 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBYou can find Chris Teitzel at Cellar Door Media and Lockr.io Here are some of the key points of our conversation: Don't be afraid to reach out and go for it, big things may happen Putting out good into the FOSS community always pays back, eventually. The diversity in FOSS makes for stronger products. Investors can be a double edge sword, spurring you on when you may want to quit and making your down times even harder. Desperation and free time can breed opportunity if you're w...