I Was There: Stories of Production Incidents
Meg Viar, Brendan Hennessy, and Corey Martin
Corrupted rows in a database? Escalating API response times? These aren't just tall tales, but nightmares that could come true for anyone--including you! Hear perplexing stories of mysterious production incidents from developers Meg Viar and...
96. Incubating a Startup
Wesley Magness, Melanie Plaza, and Becky Jaimes
Startups incubators are a way for established companies to establish new businesses with reduced risk. Essentially, a team of developers, designers, and product managers within an existing company will launch a new idea before fully...
95. Intelligence Through Logging
Ariel Assaraf and Corey Martin
We often think of logs as a place to report on errors or technical information. But what if we considered log data as another form of time-series data that's simply generated from your application? That's a perspective that Ariel Assaraf,...
94. Engineering Management
Marcus Blankenship and Anand Gurumurthi
Moving forward in your career as an engineer can seem like an impossible feat. For many individual contributors, the belief that hard work will lead to recognition and promotions is a misguided one. Two engineering managers, Anand Gurumurthi...
93. Conferences in a Virtual World
Julián Duque, Carter Rabasa, and Chris Castle
COVID-19 has rendered many in-person events impossible. Like so many others, organizers of developers conferences have had to adjust to providing online sessions. Carter Rabasa, who runs CascadiaJS, talks about the changes he made in moving...
92. Strategies for Improving Your Mental Health
Dr. Mireille Reece, Adam Stacoviak, and Chris Castle
Depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues are not permanent states of being. There are techniques you can employ to rewire your thinking and begin the process of healing. Dr. Mireille Reece, a practicing clinical psychologist, and...
91. Destigmatizing Mental Health
Dr. Mireille Reece, Adam Stacoviak, and Chris Castle
Conversations around mental health are still difficult to have for many people. We are simultaneously afraid of admitting our weakness and scared that no one will be there when we do call for help. In this first half of a two-part episode,...
90. Saving Lives at Scale: Part Two
Alex Broussard and Greg Nokes
Access to proper medical care is an impossibility in many parts of the world. In this second half of a two-part episode, we continue the conversation with THINKMD, an online platform working to improve healthcare access. Alex Broussard, the...
Special Episode: Scaling Businesses During a Pandemic
Ryan Townsend and Greg Nokes
The COVID pandemic has forever changed the way businesses operate; many shops have had to shut down, due to the lack of foot traffic. For the others who were fortunate enough to shift online, questions around distribution and logistics...
89. Saving Lives at Scale: Part One
Meg McLaughlin, MPH and Greg Nokes
Access to proper medical care is an impossibility in many parts of the world. In this first half of a two-part episode, Meg McLaughlin, Director of Research and Implementation at THINKMD, discusses her work with partners to build the next...
88. Monitoring Productivity through IoT
Yuri Oliveira, Brandon Stewart, and Corey Martin
Along with AI and machine learning, the Internet of Things is a recent evolution in software that has the power to change the way we interact with the world. More than just smart lightbulbs and thermostats, IoT devices are making their way...
87. Living with Landing
Daniel Klein and Jason Salaz
Digital nomads have the luxury of working remotely from anywhere in the world, but it's still a hassle to actually find an apartment to call one's (temporary) home. Landing is a service that provides fully furnished, lease-free apartments...