Happy Path Programming
Bruce Eckel & James Ward
No-frills discussions between Bruce Eckel and James Ward about programming, what it is, and what it should be.
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Sep 25, 2020 • 1h 7min
#6 The Crusade Against Custom Declarative Languages and Meta-Bike-Shedding
James officially launches his crusade against custom declarative languages and then we bike-shed about bike-shedding; exploring ways to make decisions for trivial problems.
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Sep 17, 2020 • 1h 3min
#5 Developer Productivity, Non-Violent Agile, and Organizational Structures
We begin by talking about personal developer productivity but then expand the scope to "collective" / team productivity. This leads us to grapple with some challenging ideas around Agile, non-violent communication, organization structures, diversity, and inclusion.
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Sep 16, 2020 • 1h 2min
#4 Why is Developer Experience Often Terrible?
In this episode we discuss things that are often overlooked in developer experience and what underlying values make developer experience an afterthought.
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Sep 15, 2020 • 1h 3min
#3 Nulls, ADTs, and Code Formatting
A bike-shedless discussion about nulls, algebraic data types, and code formatting.
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Sep 14, 2020 • 59min
#2 More Kotlin!
In episode 2 we continue the conversation about Kotlin, things we enjoy and things that could be better.
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Sep 13, 2020 • 30min
#1 Adventures in Kotlin
In our first episode we discuss features of the Kotlin programming language that we like.
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