Coding Blocks
Allen Underwood, Michael Outlaw, Joe Zack
Become the best software developer you can be
Episodes
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Aug 5, 2019 • 2h 3min
The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Generate Code
We continue our dive into The Pragmatic Programmer and debate when is it text manipulation vs code generation as Joe can't read his bill, Michael makes a painful recommendation, and Allen's gaming lives up to Southern expectations.
Jul 23, 2019 • 1h 54min
The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Debug
It's about time we finally learn how to debug by taking take a page from The Pragmatic Programmer playbook, while Michael replaces a developer's cheat sheet, Joe judges the H-O-R-S-E competition for VI, and Allen stabs you in the front.
Jul 8, 2019 • 2h 4min
The Pragmatic Programmer – Know Thy Tools
We dig into the details of the basic tools while continuing our journey into The Pragmatic Programmer while Joe programs by coincidence, Michael can't pronounce numbers, and Allen makes a point.
Jun 24, 2019 • 1h 58min
The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Estimate
Joe is distracted by all of the announcements from E3, Allen is on the run from the Feebs, and Michael counts debugging as coding. All this and more as we continue discussing The Pragmatic Programmer.
Jun 10, 2019 • 1h 46min
The Pragmatic Programmer – Tracer Bullets and Prototyping
The Pragmatic Programmer teaches us how to use tracer bullets versus prototyping while Joe doesn't know who won the Game of Thrones, Allen thought he knew about road numbers, and Michael thinks 475 is four letters.
May 27, 2019 • 2h 1min
The Pragmatic Programmer – Is Your Code Orthogonal?
The dad jokes are back as we learn about orthogonal code while JZ (the 8-mile guy) has spaghetti on him, Michael's Harry Potter references fail, and Allen voice goes up a couple octaves.
May 13, 2019 • 1h 46min
The Pragmatic Programmer – The Evils of Duplication
We take a deep dive into the various forms of duplication and jump aboard the complain train as Allen complains about Confluent's documentation, Michael complains about Docker's documentation, and Joe complains about curl.
Apr 29, 2019 • 2h 37min
The Pragmatic Programmer – Investing in Your Knowledge Portfolio
We begin our journey into the wisdom of The Pragmatic Programmer, which as Joe puts it, it’s less about type-y type-y and more about think-y think-y, while Allen is not quite as pessimistic as Joe, and Michael can’t wait to say his smart words. If you’re reading these show notes via your podcast player, you […]
Apr 15, 2019 • 1h 58min
Should Your Web App be a Progressive Web App (PWA)?
We dig into the nitty gritty details of what a Progressive Web App (PWA) is and why you should care, while Allen isn't sure if he is recording, Michael was the only one prepared to talk about Flo and the Progressive Price Gun, and Joe has to get his headphones.
Apr 1, 2019 • 1h 38min
The Second Date is Always Easier
The Date deep dive continues as we focus in on C# and JavaScript, while Michael reminisces about the fluorescent crayons, Joe needs a new tip of the week, and Allen confuses time zones.
