S6:E8 - Ruby and Rails: From Features to Governance

In this episode, we talk about introducing children and teens to coding with Jon Mattingly, co-founder and CEO of Kodable, and Pete Ingram-Cauchi, CEO of ID Tech. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Kodable IDTech Code.org Grace Hopper Head First Book Series Susan Wojcicki

In this episode, we talk about how technology is being used as a tool for abuse and coercive control with Bindu Oommen Fernandes, executive director at Freedom Forward, and Sonya Mital, community engagement lead at Narika. We discuss possible warning signs of abuse to keep an eye out for, tactics abusers use on their victims, and the different ways technology is also helping survivors overcome these circumstances. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Narika Freedom Forward

In this episode, we talk with Jim Walker, principal product evangelist at Cockroach Labs about the evolution of SQL. Learn more about the origins and importance of SQL and how it's managed to not only last but also evolve throughout time. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Smalltalk Quel Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat article in "Wired" 100 millisecond rule The Secret Lives of Data Michael Stonebraker Assembler Language

In this episode we talk with Tracy P Holmes, technical community advocate at Isovalent and Pachi Parra, developer advocate at Github about getting a conference talk proposal accepted. Get some tips and advice from their own personal experiences and a glimpse at this year's Codeland 2022, since both of them will be speaking at this year's conference. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Ali Spittel- Yes, You Should Write That Blog Post OS 101 Notion Obsidian Linux Foundation Mercedes Bernard- How to Write a Great Abstract Proposal

In this episode, we talk about how to work cohesively and efficiently across different departments with Kate Travers, Senior Software Engineer at GitHub, and Tracy Osborn, Principal Program Director at TinySeed. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Design for Non-Designers (Part 1) Design for Non-Designers (Part 2) Design for Non-Designers (Part 3) Tracy Osborn's book "Hello Web Design" Slide Desk

In this episode, we talk about the the most fun we’ve had coding with Paula Gearon, semantic web architect at Intelligent Medical Objects, and Lucia Cerchie, software developer at StepZen. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) What's the most fun you've ever had coding? Clojure Babashka Binary Predicate Parliament IEEE 754 Determining the Width of a String

In this episode, we talk about how we created unified embeds with Arit Amana, software engineer at Forem, and Jeremy Friesen, lead software engineer at Forem. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Regex

In this episode, we talk about using design patterns to improve how you architect web apps, with authors of the book, Learning Patterns, Lydia Hallie, Staff Developer Advocate at Vercel, and Addy Osmani, engineering manager at Google working on Chrome. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Learning Patterns

In this episode, we talk about Forem’s product and engineering with Jennie Ocken, Forem’s head of product, and Allison McMillan, Forem’s head of engineering. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Forem DEV

In this episode, we talk about jQuery, Vanilla JS, and when and how you should transition out of an older technology, with Diana Le, senior web developer at topSpot Internet Marketing, Tyler Smith, software engineer at Unearth, and Chris Ferdinandi, JavaScript Educator and creator of Go Make Things. Show Notes DevNews (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) DataStax (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Swimm (DevDiscuss) (sponsor) Stellar (sponsor) Do you still work with jQuery? Go Make Things jQuery