Episodes
In this episode Donn talks about something not giving up and persevering when the going gets tough in software, your career and more. It's easy to give up, but the real reward is when you persevere.
Published 03/28/22
In this episode, Donn and Kaushik talk about some of the books that they're reading and thoughts and recommendations on each.
Published 11/22/21
In this episode, Donn and Kaushik reunite for an episode on how they use productivity tools like various todo apps as well as how the organize information for storage and easy retrieval in their day to day lives.
Published 10/11/21
In this episode, Kaushik talks to his good friend Prabhjot and learns about "Android Enterprise". This is the official way for companies or organizations to enable the use of Android devices and apps in the workplace. Prabhjot talks about how he setup the infrastructure to provision Android devices and the different capabilities the solution allows. If you ever wondered what kind of control is possible, listen to this episode and get a nice scary reality check. After listening to this...
Published 09/27/21
In this episode, Donn continues to dive into his favorite software book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code. He talks about one of the fundamental tactics of the book: Introducing seams
Published 08/08/21
In this episode, Donn talks to Jay Ohms about Turbo Native for Android, Hotwire, and how to build apps faster with Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus and Strata. Jay is an Android developer at [Basecamp.com](https://basecamp.com) and [Hey.com](https://hey.com) and has been building Hey with Android Turbo since it has been released (he's one of the developers of it).
Published 08/02/21
In this episode, Donn talks dives into his favorite software book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code. He talks about one of the introduction level topics: The Legacy Code Change Algorithm
Published 07/19/21
In this episode, Donn talks to software developer Alan Hill about the Growth Mindset and how it applies to software development and life in general.
Published 07/05/21
In this episode, Donn talks about the difference between working at a big tech company vs freelancing.
Published 06/30/21
In this episode, Donn talks about the importance of following code conventions and coding styles in codebases.
Published 06/23/21
In this episode, Donn talks to David and Ross from Squeaky Dog Studios about building a business out of a side project.
Published 06/14/21
In this episode, Donn talks about the three things that every developer needs to know how to do.
Published 06/07/21
In this episode, Donn answers a listener's question. The listener wanted to know how to choose what to learn next in Tech.
Published 05/31/21
In this episode, Donn talks with Philipp Lackner about growing an online presence within the Software Industry with Instagram and YouTube.
Published 05/24/21
In this episode Donn talks about why you need to learn React (or Flutter) - so you can truly understand the Unidirectional data flow pattern in a framework that was built for that purpose alone.
Published 05/18/21
In this episode, Donn talks with Mitch Tabian about Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile, also known as KMM.
Published 05/10/21
In this episode, Donn talks with Glenn Leifheit from Microsoft about a concept known as "Secure Development Lifecycle".
Published 05/03/21
This is the original story of how Uber was built ... this is a fascinating story. You don't want to miss this. Donn talks to Jason Roberts. Jason was chosen to be Uber's CTO when the company was in its infancy (but didn't accept the offer). Jason shares the story of developing the code that eventually ran Uber from a couple of cars to a highly distributed system with an impressive amount of rides.
Published 04/26/21
In this episode, Donn outlines how you can optimize your home office so that you look, sound, and perform the best that you can. From audio to video, to your body, and everything beyond, it's covered here.
Published 04/20/21
In this episode, Donn talks with DevOps expert, Will Button about everything DevOps-related. If you're ever wondered how and what DevOps is, then listen in.
Published 04/12/21
In this episode, Donn talks about the best way to learn a new technology from the ground up. Want to learn something new? This episode is bound to help you.
Published 04/08/21
In this episode, Donn returns for a solo episode to talk about his thoughts on Quality over Quantity and why it's important to software development and productivity in general.
Published 03/29/21
In this episode, we talk to acclaimed Android developer Joaquim Verges. He recently embarked on a journey of making is laptop not burn like a furnace when using Android Studio. He landed up on this unknown effort by Jetbrains called Projector and seems to have found programmer Nirvana. Listen to his adventures.
Published 03/08/21
Anvil is a Kotlin compiler plugin that makes your life a tad bit easier when using Dagger 2. In this episode we talk to Ralf Wondratschek from Square who created the library and open sourced it for all of us. After touching on some of the basics, Ralf dives into the thinking behind Anvil and how it evolved into the tool it is today. It's filled with nuggets of wisdom especially if your app uses Dagger for Dependency Injection. Enjoy!
Published 02/01/21
In episode 1 of Fragmented we talked about Testing. 200 episodes in, we decided it's a good time to do a state of the union for mobile testing. We talk with Valera Zakharov who's a Staff Engineer at Slack and considered one of the experts in the field of mobile testing. Hope you enjoy this one!
Published 11/02/20