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Nov 13, 2023 • 0sec
Gartner and your Life Partners
In this episode, the hosts discuss the Gartner report on the Technology Adoption Roadmap for Midsize Enterprises 2022-2024, focusing on cybersecurity investments and the shift to cloud-based security services. They also cover topics such as Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), CAD-P solutions, and the challenges and benefits of technology and cloud systems. Additionally, they engage in a trivia game and share frustrations about managing online services and accounts, switching password managers, and the prevalence of subscription models.

Oct 30, 2023 • 0sec
Open Telemetry – Instrumentation and Metrics
The podcast discusses metrics and instrumentation in Open Telemetry, exploring the concept of metrics, their importance in monitoring service availability and performance, and their impact on end users and business systems. It also delves into the use of histograms to visualize data distribution and identifies trends and patterns. The hosts engage in a guessing game and trivia banter, and later discuss metrics and aggregations with Open Telemetry, exploring the customization options available through views. Additionally, they briefly touch on topics like silent keycaps for mechanical keyboards and the Rainbow CSV plugin combined with RBQL for CSV data in Visual Studio Code.

Oct 15, 2023 • 0sec
Keyboards, Cloud Costs, Static Analysis, and Philosophy
This podcast discusses the popularity of mechanical keyboards among programmers, the cost and benefits of cloud storage services, and provides a list of static analysis tools. They also talk about their different philosophies towards software development and offer tips on centering a div in web design.

Oct 2, 2023 • 0sec
Code Confidence using NASA’s Ten Simple Rules
In this podcast, the hosts discuss NASA's 'Power of Ten' rules for writing safety-critical code. They cover topics such as simple control flow, limiting loops, and not using the heap. They emphasize the benefits of using stack memory and avoiding the heap, including eliminating memory bugs. The podcast also includes casual conversations, discussions on podcast reviews and store name origins, mental blocks, and choosing computer science as a category for a quiz game.

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Sep 17, 2023 • 0sec
GitHub Actions
The podcast discusses GitHub Actions, a CI/CD platform, and its benefits. They explore examples of automating builds, running tests, and assigning issues. The hosts compare GitHub Actions to other solutions and delve into the choice between JSON and YAML. They also touch upon integrating GitHub enterprise and discuss coding tools and shortcuts. The podcast includes a guessing game, insights on React, Angular, and Vue.js popularity, and the importance of practicing V.I. skills. A lighthearted discussion about Rocky movies and personal time concludes the episode.

Sep 5, 2023 • 0sec
Tracing Specifics – Know your System with OpenTelmetry
The podcast covers a range of topics including open telemetry implementation, setup and configuration, spans and attributes in tracing, movie quotes and memory recall, performance comparison and TL, DR summaries, and a discussion on a video game called Sea of Stars and fuzzing applications.

Aug 21, 2023 • 0sec
What is OpenTelemetry?
This podcast delves into OpenTelemetry, discussing observability, distributed tracing, and standardizing metric exposure. Hosts explore its role in software performance analysis, signal emissions, and system functionality. They also share a helpful tip on using the control key to manage apps in the task manager, and discuss unconventional musical collaborations for coding background music.

Aug 7, 2023 • 0sec
Software in Audio and How to Lead
In this episode, Allen, Michael and Joe discuss the latest update with the Reddit saga, software for designing audio and reproducing analog sounds, an open-ended interview question and tips on how to be a great leader. Reviews Huge thank you for that! News Episode If you were going to create a web service / api […]

Jul 23, 2023 • 0sec
Team Leadership, TUIs, and AI Lawsuits
This podcast covers a range of topics including the history of "man" pages, team leadership, Artificial Intelligence liability, compromising the hiring bar, unique terminal apps, data privacy risks, a new Chrome feature, and a YouTube channel focused on off-road rescues.

Jul 10, 2023 • 0sec
Better Application Management with Custom Apps
Last episode, it might have been said that you can become a senior engineer in just one short year. Our amazing slack community spoke up and had some thoughts on that as well…we revisit that, and what does senior even mean?! Join us for that and much more as Allen plays more with ChatGPT, Michael […]
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