Backend Banter

Explore Lewis Menelaws' coding journey from Roblox to software founder. Topics include tech stacks, challenges of freelancing, shift to content creation, and the value of understanding programming topics deeply. Delve into the blurred lines of websites vs. web apps, navigating the freelance tech industry, and transitioning into content creation. Learn about video production quality for engaging educational content.

Alex DeBrie, author of the DynamoDB book, discusses topics such as DynamoDB's comparison with Amazon S3, benefits, use cases, constraints, and cost considerations. He also shares insights into his journey of writing the book, talks about access patterns and secondary indexes, and gives advice on pursuing a similar career.

Dax Raad, a well rounded engineer, discusses personal opinions on industry practices, scale, financial decisions, infrastructure mistakes, reflections on long-term company commitments, and more!

Dev Agrawal, content creator & Developer Advocate at Clerk, discusses DevRel, authentication vs. authorization, JWT, challenges of sharing databases between microservices, and various authentication methods in Clerk.

Matt Holt, renowned figure in backend engineering and creator of Caddy, discusses the origins of Caddy, its advantages as a web server, configuration language, sponsorships, certification course creation, server-side telemetry and finding Caddy

Lane chats with BadCop, a senior Bash engineer and Twitch streamer. They discuss scripting languages, focusing on Bash, shells, terminals, and more. They explore the origins of 'BadCop' and the recent emergence of 'BashCop.' They also delve into the intricacies of online identity and the technical landscape of Unix shells. Other topics include writing web applications in Bash, building a CDN with GitHub's CLI, and discussing key values, security, and vulnerabilities in Bash.

Richard Feldman, creator of the Roc programming language, discusses object-oriented programming, functional programming, and the advantages of using pure functions. They compare programming languages and explore the complexities of compiler building. They also talk about the influences from Elm and Go on Roc's development, building on top of Git, and the limitations of hot code loading.

Philip Winston, a software engineer with a storied history, discusses the pros and cons of object oriented programming. They also explore topics such as guitar hero, implementing realism in video games, and the limitations of human memory in coding. Additionally, the chapter delves into attributes in programming and the concept of split and merge for problem-solving.

Lane chats with AJ O'Neal about giving up on Rust, the challenges of using brew from a permissions standpoint, and how, exactly, WebI is not a package manager. Tune in as they discuss why AJ developed WebI, and why you should be using it as well. AJ O'Neal's Twitter: https://twitter.com/coolaj86WebI: https://webinstall.dev/

In this episode of Backend Banter, Lane chats with JLarky about React server components... in GO. Why would anyone want to do that? Find out here! They also discuss how JLarky came up with the idea to use React in the backend, what other people think about the practice, and how he uses it to streamline his process. All this is intermixed with discussing the differences between frontend and backend, and how knowing how both work can make either job easier!Learn back-end development - https://boot.devListen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.comJLarky's Twitter: twitter.com/JLarky