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Technical Tips - Handling Flaky Tests in LLM-powered Applications

Semaphore Uncut - April 23, 2024 08:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
We are continuing our series of episodes - Technical Tips - to give you bite-sized advice on the best practices of software engineering so your coding life is easier and more efficient. Today, we'll learn how to apply TDD (Test-Driven Development) to Large Language Models (LLMs) powered applicat...

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Martin Emde - Ruby Central and the Art of Being Tolerant to Change

Maintainable - April 23, 2024 07:05 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
In this episode of Maintainable, our host Robby Russell sits down with Martin Emde, a sage in the Ruby community and the current Director of Open Source at Ruby Central. Together, they weave through the intricacies of maintainable software, legacy code, and the unwavering power of the Ruby ecosy...

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Unlocking Employee Engagement and Innovation | ADP’s Chuck Lafferty

Dev Interrupted - April 23, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 132 ratings
In the last few years, disengagement at work has become a massive issue. We learned from Dr. Andre Martin’s episode that 53% of managers are burnt out and 1 in 3 employees leave their jobs in the first 90 days. This week, we sat down with Chuck Lafferty, VP of CRM at ADP, to discuss ADP’s appro...

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S07 E04 Amber Vanderburg on Communicating Technical Ideas to non-Technical Audiences

Mastering Agility - April 23, 2024 06:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Summary In this conversation, Amber shares insights on leading change and higher performance within teams. She emphasizes the importance of inspiring action rather than commanding action, drawing parallels between sports teams and product development teams. Amber also discusses the power of deb...

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Episode 229: OSCA 2023 with Stephen Okonkwo on Design and OSCA Festival

Sustain - April 19, 2024 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Guest Stephen Okonkwo Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, the OSCA 2023 series, host Richard welcomes Steve Okonkwo, a multidisciplinary designer who actively contributes to the Open Source Community Africa (OSCA). Steve sheds light on his role in enhancing user exper...

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Building Green Software Part 5: Green Networking • Anne Currie

GOTO - Today, Tomorrow and the Future - April 19, 2024 09:00 - 14 minutes
This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Anne Currie - Co-Author of "Building Green Software", Leadership Team at Green Software Foundation & Veteran Software Engineer RESOURCES https://amzn.to/3IKopW5 h...

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Episode 178: Henry the Clock, chunk_by & more!

Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs - April 19, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat Henry the clock, chunk_by and more! Link to Episode 178 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Twitter ADSP: The Podcast Conor Hoekstra Bryce Adelstein Lelbach Show Notes Date Recorded: 2024-04-17 Date Release...

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Esther Olatunde - AI's Role in Evolving Software Engineering Practices

Maintainable - April 16, 2024 07:05 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratings
In this captivating episode of the Maintainable Software Podcast, host Robby Russell delves deep with Esther Olatunde, Senior Product Engineer at Intercom, into the realms of software maintenance, technical debt, and the impact of AI on software development. The discussion kicks off with Esther'...

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S7 E03 Chris Williams on the Art of Simplicity

Mastering Agility - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The conversation explores the concept of simplicity and its challenges in various contexts. It delves into the importance of feedback, organizational and cultural change, and the friction between doing the thing right and doing the right thing. The difficulty of simplicity is discussed, along wi...

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S07 E03 Chris Williams on the Art of Simplicity

Mastering Agility - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
The conversation explores the concept of simplicity and its challenges in various contexts. It delves into the importance of feedback, organizational and cultural change, and the friction between doing the thing right and doing the right thing. The difficulty of simplicity is discussed, along wi...

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Automated ≠ Autonomous: Developer Productivity and AI | MongoDB’s Tara Hernandez

Dev Interrupted - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 132 ratings
This week, our host Dan Lines sits down with Tara Hernandez, VP of Developer Productivity at MongoDB. Together, they explore the nuances of developer productivity and the impact of AI in engineering environments. Tara emphasizes that achieving developer productivity requires a focus on outcomes...

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Episode 228: Yani Bellini Saibene on better scientific coding communities

Sustain - April 12, 2024 14:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Guest Yani Bellini Saibene Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode of Sustain, host Richard welcomes guest Yani Bellini Saibene from Argentina. Yani, with a rich background in open source community management, shares her journey into the tech and open source world, and highlights he...

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Episode 177: The Couch Episode

Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs - April 12, 2024 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about Bryce’s couches. Link to Episode 177 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Twitter ADSP: The Podcast Conor Hoekstra Bryce Adelstein Lelbach Show Notes Date Recorded: 2024-03-06 Date Released: 2024-04-12...

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Intro to Roc & Innovation in Functional Programming • Richard Feldman & James Lewis

GOTO - Today, Tomorrow and the Future - April 12, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour
This interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen for GOTO Unscripted. http://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Richard Feldman - Functional Programming Language Expert, Author of "Elm in Action" & Creator for the Roc Programming Language James Lewis - Principal Cons...

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"Whose Tailwind is it Anyway?" with Ava Slivkoff

Elixir Wizards - April 11, 2024 12:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
In Elixir Wizards Office Hours Episode 4, SmartLogic Product Designer Ava Slivkoff joins hosts Sundi Myint and Owen Bickford to discuss the product designer's role in software development. Ava shares her experience navigating client expectations, software design principles, and technical constrai...

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Ep. 46: Matt Genovese, CEO and Founder of Planorama

Frontier Podcast by Gun.io - April 11, 2024 06:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratings
This week, Teja sits down with Matt Genovese, CEO and Founder of Planorama, a company that designs UX/UI flows for products with complete enablement for software teams. They discuss the intricacies of living abroad, the importance of incorporating design, and how de-risking early on in the life ...

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Early WhatsApp Engineer Jean Lee: Keep Trying New Things in Tech!

The Scrimba Podcast - April 10, 2024 20:09 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Meet Jean Lee! She was the nineteenth engineer at WhatsApp (that was even before it got acquired by Facebook!) and then worked at Meta as an engineering manager for six years after the acquisition. She helped set up WhatsApp's London office and also worked on diversity, equity, and incl...

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#47 Retrospectives

Inspect and Adapt - April 09, 2024 17:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
If hindsight is 20/20—and it's good practice to look back to find ways you could do better—then why do retrospectives seem like such a waste of time? Shouldn't they be a goldmine that we're excited about rather than just another obligatory meeting? Inspect & Adapt host Mark Griffin gathers fello...

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Kelsey Hightower on Embracing Open Source

Semaphore Uncut - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
By challenging assumptions and embracing experimentation, individuals and teams can unlock fresh ideas. To this end, collaboration fueled by diverse perspectives further strengthens this innovation cycle.  In this episode, Kelsey Hightower shares his experiences, from challenging the status quo...

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S07 E02 Tom Siebeneicher on Our Journey in Public Speaking

Mastering Agility - April 09, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Summary In this conversation, Sander and Don discuss their journey in public speaking and share their experiences and insights. They talk about how they started doing public speaking, the challenges they faced, and the lessons they learned along the way. They emphasize the importance of having a...

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Episode 227: OSCA 2023 with Adewale “Ace” Abati on Made. In. Nigeria.

Sustain - April 05, 2024 14:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Guest Adewale “Ace” Abati Panelist Richard Littauer Show Notes In this episode, host Richard Littauer sits down with Adewale “Ace” Abati, a staff developer advocate at TBD and member of the Open Source Community Africa. Today, they discuss Ace’s work in building a decentralized future of the web...

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Episode 176: prior, deltas & Dinner with Phineas

Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs - April 05, 2024 13:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat with Phineas Porter about the functions delta, prior and more over dinner. Link to Episode 176 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Twitter ADSP: The Podcast Conor Hoekstra Bryce Adelstein Lelbach About the G...

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Effective Haskell • Rebecca Skinner & Emily Pillmore

GOTO - Today, Tomorrow and the Future - April 05, 2024 09:00 - 44 minutes
This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Rebecca Skinner - Author of "Effective Haskell", Lead Software Engineer at Mercury & Member of the Haskell.org Committee Emily Pillmore - Head of Core Engineering ...

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"You've Got a Job to Do" with Joel Meador

Elixir Wizards - April 04, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
Today on Elixir Wizards Office Hours, SmartLogic Engineer Joel Meador joins Dan Ivovich to discuss all things background jobs. The behind-the-scenes heroes of app performance and scalability, background jobs take center stage as we dissect their role in optimizing user experience and managing hea...

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How Not to Be Afraid of Git, with O'Reilly Author Anna Skoulikari

The Scrimba Podcast - April 03, 2024 19:08 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
✨Use this link for a free month of O'Reilly Learning and read Anna's book and any other resource on the platform! ✨ Meet Anna Skoulikari! She's a UX designer turned front-end developer, senior technical writer, and the author of "Learning Git" - a book published by O'Reilly Media that t...

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S07 E01 Gojko Adzic on Specification By Example

Mastering Agility - April 03, 2024 14:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
Summary In this episode, Goiko shares his experiences and insights on visualizing specifications, writing Specification by Example, and solving communication problems in software development. He discusses the challenges and patterns in the adoption of Spec by Example and the importance of ident...

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How Microsoft Integrates AI into Security | Binil Pillai

Dev Interrupted - April 02, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 132 ratings
In the past year, ransomware attacks have been up almost 300%, with over 50% targeting small businesses. To help mitigate this increase, Microsoft is launching their new Security Copilot, and we sat down with their SMB Security Strategy Head, Binil Pillai, to learn more. We dive into the import...

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Episode 226: Jacob Kaplan-Moss on Compensating Open Source Maintainers (but not that way)

Sustain - March 29, 2024 14:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Guest Jacob Kaplan-Moss Panelist Richard Littauer | Amanda Casari Show Notes This episode of Sustain explores the challenges and dynamics of funding open source projects. Host Richard Littauer and co-host Amanda Casari welcome guest Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Board Member and Treasurer of the Django Soft...

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Episode 175: Parallel chunk_by (Part 3)

Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs - March 29, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 27 ratings
In this episode, Conor and Bryce continue their conversation on parallel chunk_by. Link to Episode 175 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Twitter ADSP: The Podcast Conor Hoekstra Bryce Adelstein Lelbach Show Notes Date Recorded: 2024-03-06 Dat...

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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager • James Stanier & Gergely Orosz

GOTO - Today, Tomorrow and the Future - March 29, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes
This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here James Stanier - Director of Engineering at Shopify & Author of "Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager" Gergely Orosz - Writing The Pragmatic Engineer & ...