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The Stack Overflow Podcast

The Stack Overflow Podcast

For more than a dozen years, the Stack Overflow Podcast has been exploring what it means to be a developer and how the art and practice of software programming is changing our world. From Rails to React, from Java to Node.js, we host important conversations and fascinating guests that will help you understand how technology is made and where it’s headed. Hosted by Ben Popper, Cassidy Williams, and Ceora Ford, the Stack Overflow Podcast is your home for all things code.

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00:34:16

Connecting apps, data, and the cloud with Apollo...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/12/08

You can read about GraphQL here and Apollo here. Cassidy Williams, who curates our newsletter, wrote about her experience as an early adopter of the technology last summer.You can find more on Meteor here. Schmidt also helped create Monument, which he describes as "an affordable live/work art event space in downtown San Francisco. The upstairs is 24 private bedrooms and studio spaces and the downstairs is a 200+ capacity person event venue and makerspace. Our goal is to connect creative people

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00:23:25

Goodbye to Flash, we'll see you in Rust

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/12/04

Gone in a Flash. Actually it took quite a while. Adobe explains its decision to stop supporting Flash here.You can learn more about Ruffle, the Flash emulator written in Rust, here.Here are some tips on writing a developer resume from a hiring manager who's written an entire book on the topic.You can read more about the Supreme Court case considering the limits of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act here and hereOur Lifeboat badge of the week goes to a user named simply 4386427, who answered the most

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00:28:38

Why developers are increasingly demanding ethics in tech

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/12/01

You can find more about Resner here. Learn more about the topics we discussed by following some of Resner's suggested links below: People to follow on Twitter: Safyia Noble, Ruha Benjamin, and Kamal Sinclair.Ellen Pao and Project Include.Eli Pariser and New Public by Civic Signals.

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00:25:57

Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/27

You can read more about the operating systems and business principles schools are adopting from their corporate sponsors here.You can read about the latest version of Tailwind and what it has to offer here.

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00:16:22

React, Vue, jQuery: what flavor do you like your...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/24

You can find Ferdinandi's post and video here.12 years ago, back when Stack Overflow was a brand new site with just a few thousand users, someone asked a basic question: What is the difference between a framework and a library?FreeCodeCamp has its own take on this question with a pretty interesting answer. "When you use a library, you are in charge of the flow of the application. You are choosing when and where to call the library. When you use a framework, the framework is in charge of the flow. It

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00:20:44

Tim Berners Lee wants to put you in a pod, a web pod.

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/20

You can find out more about Sir Berners-Lee's work on Solid here.Other topics discussed in this episode: Docker puts a limit on free containers. That has to be good for the environment. But is it also good for Docker and the future of its products? Sometimes, forcing yourself to make something worth purchasing helps drive innovation. The Tao of Programming isn't new, and some of its technical references are a bit out of date. But it's still good for a laugh and little bit of enlightenment-lite.Are

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00:21:29

How do you make software reliable enough for space...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/17

You can learn more about the Power of 10 here. TIOBE's latest index can be found here.Our lifeboat of the week goes to lealceldeiro for answering the question: What does the multi: true attribute of HTTP_INTERCEPTORS mean?

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00:16:21

If you could fix any software or technology, what...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/13

Paul spent the weekend building a parser, cause who doesn't? He needed a Regex, found one on Stack Overflow, looked over the characters, and realized this is not the way to get folks interested or excited about code. "You come across a problem and you think to yourself, I know I'll use a regular expression. Now you have two problems." This sets Sara off on a tangent about CSS. What's wrong with CSS in her opinion. Well, all of it. She shares a few thoughts on how it could have been built right. Ben

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00:25:37

Turning your coding career into an RPG with Sai Vennam

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/10

You can find Sai's videos here. Come for the deep dives on Docker, stay for the live lightboard magic. Yes, I know what the comments say, but no, he isn't writing backwards. Sai also does a lot of work around OpenShift, the containerization software products created by Red Hat. He talks about what the tie up between IBM and Red Hat has been like and how the enterprise is increasingly learning to work with open source. Our lifeboat badge of the week goes to Alex for explaining why you're Getting

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00:15:24

The pros and cons of the SPA

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/06

Pawel Skolski wrote this definition of the SPA in 2016. "A single-page application is an app that works inside a browser and does not require page reloading during use. You are using these type of applications every day. These are, for instance: Gmail, Google Maps, Facebook or GitHub.SPAs are all about serving an outstanding UX by trying to imitate a “natural” environment in the browser — no page reloads, no extra wait time. It is just one web page that you visit which then loads all other content

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00:29:36

Cleaning up the cloud to help fight climate change

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/11/03

You can find some more of Holly's work and bio here. She gave a great talk at KubeCon 2020, How to Love K8s and Not Wreck the Planet, which you can watch on YouTube here.And here's a lovely presentation, Containers Will Not Fix Your Broken DevOps Cultures, drawing on her long history of programming and consulting.

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00:22:58

Stack Overflow's CEO reflects on his first year

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/30

You can find a more in depth discussion of these topics on our blog. Prashanth shares his ideas about the importance of community and what it means to be a product led company.

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00:22:14

The story behind Stack Overflow in Russian with...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/27

Nicolas will be the first to tell you that the version of Stack Overflow he helped to create began as a clone. It developed into a very popular site on RuNet and through persistent emails, Nic was able to find a way to make it an official part of the Stack family. Nic talks a bit about the unique culture of SO's Russian community and how each regional version of SO, from English to Spanish to Japanese, has developed its own etiquette and approach to moderation and Q&A. Nic and Sara also share some

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00:26:54

How should tech titans act when productizing tiny...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/23

We break down some thoughts on this issue, which came to light after a tweet from Tim Nolet.Later in the episode we talk about the debate raging right now around elections and technology. What role should software play and where is regulation appropriate? Last but not least, we consider what the next US administration might do with regards to regulating big tech. Will they lean towards a European model or continue to be more hands off? Shout out to our lifeboat badge winner of the week, Kin3Tix, for

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00:29:49

Making Kubernetes work like it's 1999 with Kelsey...

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/20

You can find Kelsey on Twitter here. His Github is here. His personal journey with Kubernetes is detailed in a nice piece here.Kelsey has an interesting role at Google. He sits at the director level but is an independent contributor with no direct reports. Instead he works to help galvanize interest in particular tools and topics, driving adoption at a broad scale.

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00:32:09

The downside of going viral with your programming joke

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/16

That skit made it to the front page of Reddit, and was soon seen across the internet. It's nice to make people laugh, but following the surge of interest, Emily also had to deal with severe harassment and cyber stalking. She wrote a piece about the experience which you can find here.In this episode, we discuss how moderation can be improved and the work that remains to be done to make the software industry feel safe and inclusive for everyone.

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00:21:34

Where do game developers fit in the world of software?

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/13

Has there ever been a gaming company that brought more joy to the world than Nintendo? They were making playing cards back in 1889 and continue to find ways to be different but fun with inventions like the Switch and Labo.Sara gives us some the scoop on Rimworld. Check out the trailer here and feel free to lend your skill to a new mod if you have ideas for how to improve it.A Excel sheet meltdown led to critical health data about the pandemic being lost in the UK. Rows can go to millions, but they

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00:18:51

Ben answers his first question on Stack Overflow

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/09

You can find some of Jack's art and other projects here.Ben breaks through and answers his first SO question—by copy/pasting from the comments, of course. Sara finds the relevant XKCD.Later, we check out Darling.hq, a MacOS translation layer for Linux If you are in the mood to learn programming with colors and shapes, check out the website that Jack built: Maria.cloud

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00:23:56

Talking Arduino, bits, and boards with Dr. Duino

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/06

Sara shares the story of a developer conference that was smoke bombed by an Arduino bot gone haywire. It was this chaos that inspired her to dig deeper into Arduino, which would eventually play a big role in helping her to found her company, Jewelbots. Paul unravels the mystery of what's really inside the Goonie Box: a timepiece, puzzle, and mechanical wonder that Guido uses to test his house guests. This week's lifeboat goes to Terminator17, who helped solve a problem around object detection using

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00:20:34

Who's afraid of a little merge conflict?

The Stack Overflow Podcast ·

2020/10/02

Today's episode was inspired by a question on folks who postpone a merge for fear of being the one to resolve a conflict. Shout out to Candied Orange for the thoughtful answer.Paul and Sara reminisce about the days before Git, when version control was very different from what it is today, and Paul accidentally left many a project in shambles. Do you remember the days of Subversion and CVS? Later, we dig into Sara's new adventure with Jupyter Notebooks. They are extremely useful for developers, but

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