The podcast reflects on the past year, highlighting the coolest code, best prose, and favorite episodes. It discusses the future of AI, Python in AI development, chatbot limitations, and a new talk show format. Sponsors include Neon's serverless Postgres. Other topics include notable software development events, Bon 1.0 release, decision fatigue, and more. The podcast concludes with discussions on finished software, programming languages, and a game of fake definitions.
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GitSim allows developers to visually preview the effects of Git commands on their local repository without executing them.
Determining what needs to scale in software engineering is often the most challenging part.
Deep dives
January Coolest Code: GitSim
GitSim is a Python-based CLI tool that generates a visual representation of how any Git command would affect your local repository without actually executing it, allowing developers to avoid interruptions in their workflow.
February Best Prose: Scaleability is Overrated
In this episode, Ryan Lucas explores the myth of scalability in software engineering, emphasizing that not everything needs to be built to scale and that determining what does and doesn't need to scale is often the most challenging part.
March Favorite Episode: Leading and Scaling Engineering
Rachel Popvin, former VP of Engineering at GitHub, shares her knowledge and experiences in leading and scaling engineering teams, providing valuable insights for engineering leaders and aspiring managers.
This episodes diverges from our traditional fare. I’ve reviewed the 50 previous editions and picked (IMHO) the coolest code, best prose & my favorite podcast episode from each month!
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Neon – The fully managed serverless Postgres with a generous free tier. We separate storage and compute to offer autoscaling, branching, and bottomless storage.