In today's episode, we bring back BadCop! Since last episode, she joined Boot.dev's team and is now writing courses with us! Today we will be discussing the approaches to writing good educational material, Bash (of course, duh), working outside cloud solutions, SSH, NAS systems, workflows with different editors and cultural shifts in different areas of programming. Enjoy! Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm BadCop's Twitter: https://x.com/badcop_ BadCop's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/badcop_ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:58 BadCop Joined the Boot.dev Team! 01:15 Writing courses is harder than it looks 03:45 Lane's approach to writing courses 05:21 What's the hardest part of writing a course for BadCop? 09:01 On writing Bash 13:19 How useful is it to know how to work outside the cloud solutions? 17:28 SSHing into the home network 20:49 What is a NAS? 23:26 Using VTuber Software off the shelf 25:55 When did BadCop start using NeoVim? 29:41 IRC talk 33:20 Cultural shift in the programming space 38:05 Getter and Setter functions 42:35 People are overusing the idea of encapsulation 48:41 Dependency Inversion Principle 51:11 The VTuber Project 52:58 Where to find BadCop