Episodes
On today’s episode we celebrate all the contributors, maintainers, minders, and menders who crafted or cleaned up the code that let a helicopter fly on Mars. You are all part of the sci-if future we imagined.
Published 05/04/21
We chat with Matt Studdert, founder of Frontend Mentor, an online learning platform that teaches programming through a series of challenges. The platform's goal is to get students familiar with skills they can use on the job by having them build web apps and go through code reviews. Matt also walks us through what he's been working on recently, from React to Tailwind to Three.JS.
Published 04/30/21
This week we chat with David Pakman, a tech investor with a background in computer science and music. David worked at Apple and founded several companies before moving into venture capital, where he invests in crypto, robotics, AI, and consumer technology.
Published 04/27/21
We chat about NFTs, Ethereum, DAPs, and blockchain. Paul thinks most crypto companies are still focused on the protocol layer. Sara thinks the great product people are still waiting for block chain to get more mainstream adoption before they develop on it. Ben can't believe he still has Doge coin from 2015.
Published 04/23/21
Our April Fools prank taught us there is more than a kernel of truth to the old joke about borrowing software smarts from Stack Overflow. Kyle Pollard explains how we built the software behind the joke, and Cassidy Williams explains how we built the actual keyboard.
Published 04/20/21
We speak with David Spinks, co-founder of CMX and VP of Community at Bevy, about the best ways to build and maintain a community. We're also joined by Cesar Manara a senior community manager on the trust and safety team at Stack Overflow. We explore community building across open source software projects, video games, and knowledge communities.
Published 04/16/21
We chat about Paul's return to the office and what our lives are like now that all your podcast hosts have been at least partially vaccinated. Plus, Lotus Notes, networked spreadsheets, and the biggest flight simulator update of all time.
Published 04/13/21
We chat with Michelle Grover, the Chief Information Officer at Twilio, about making hard decisions across a large engineering organization.
Published 04/09/21
Published 03/19/21
Published 03/05/21
Published 02/16/21