Programming Throwdown

150: Code Reviews with On Freund

Jan 24, 2023

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Why Computer Science Degree Isn't Equivalent?

01:20

What Is the Difference Between Programming and Image Processing?

01:34

Code Review Is a Great Way to Read Code

02:56

Introduction

2min

The Booklet for Computer Science

2min

How Did You Learn Programming Through High School?

4min

Is It a Video Game or a Fighting Game?

2min

Did You Study Computer Science or Related Field in University?

2min

Why Computer Science Degree Isn't Equivalent?

1min

What Is the Difference Between Programming and Image Processing?

2min

Is There a Difference Between CI and CI?

2min

So You're Considering a Career in Computer Science?

3min

10.

Applied Materials

3min

11.

Writing Windows Kernel Drivers

2min

12.

Embedded Development

2min

13.

I've Been There, Done That, Don't You?

4min

14.

Build Versus Buy Decisions Are So Complicated

2min

15.

Code Review

3min

16.

Code Review Is a Great Way to Read Code

3min

17.

You Know You Need to Know the Architecture of a Code Base and the Given Practices Around It

2min

18.

Code Reviews - Why You Might Want One

3min

19.

Is There a Difference Between a Carpenter and a Carpenter?

2min

20.

Code Reviews

2min

21.

C++ Code Review

2min

22.

Code Review

2min

23.

Code Review Is Not Just About Code

2min

24.

Code Review

3min

25.

Code Review Is Not a Regular Conversation

3min

26.

I've Never Heard of a Company Down Leveling Upprints an Engineer

1min

27.

What Makes a Senior Engineer?

4min

28.

How to Google Database Backups and You Know What to Google

2min

29.

The Way to Carnegie Hall Is Practice Practice Practice Right

2min

30.

Is There a Difference Between Knowing the State of the Arts and Being Able to Practice It?

2min

31.

What's the Story Behind the Scenes of Writing Quests?

2min

32.

Hiring a Developer at Wilco

3min

Patrick and I are always stressing the importance of code reviews and collaboration when developing. On Freund, co-founder & CEO at Wilco, is super familiar with how code review processes can go well, or become a hinderance. In today’s episode with us, he shares his unique perspective on code reviews and maintaining high code quality!

00:00:56 Introductions

00:01:38 On’s first exposure to tech
00:06:04 Game development adventures
00:11:12 The difference between university and real-world experiences
00:17:43 A context switch question
00:24:41 Points of frustration
00:30:53 Build versus Buy complications
00:32:06 Code reviews
00:39:58 Quality of code
00:45:12 Using callouts for the right reasons
00:49:57 Code reviews can be too late sometimes
00:52:11 Using social interaction as pre-review orientation
00:57:03 How not to use code reviews
01:01:35 Where Wilco helps programmers learn
01:09:11 Working in Wilco
01:11:49 Farewells

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Links:

On Freund:
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onfreund
Wilco:
- Website: https://www.trywilco.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/trywilco
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trywilco

References:

Micro-Adventure:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Adventure

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