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100. Tackling Tough Developer Questions

We gather around the water cooler to celebrate our 100th episode with our friend John Stone for some random developer discussions as Michael goes off script, Joe needs his techno while coding, and Allen sings some sweet sounds.

Are you reading these show notes via your podcast player? Head over to https://www.codingblocks.net/episode100 to find this episode’s full show notes and join in on the conversation.

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What interests you the most?
  • Learning the low level nuts and bolts of how computers and OSes work, i.e. the lowest possible level, can I build my own hardware or OS?
  • Or the highest possible level, i.e. subjects like formal algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligence, etc.
  • Those other options are nice, but I enjoy prototyping and experimenting with all the things, broadening my horizons.
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News

  • Thank you to everyone that left us a review:
    • iTunes: is0mer, Shdhdhahajdjdjsjajxheha, mukuljain.dce, khoitd1997
    • Stitcher: joshjb, LowlyQCguy, zrcni, I_am_your_daddy, MichaelsJustSoSo, AllensTheSmartest
  • Allen and Joe released some new videos:
    • Clean Code – Naming is Hard and so is Organizing (YouTube)
    • Building a Dev Workstation in 2019 (YouTube)
  • Upcoming conferences:
    • The whole gang will be at the Orlando Code Camp, March 30, 2019. Stop by, get some swag, and kick Joe in the shins!
    • We’re giving away a ticket to React Amsterdam, April 10-12, 2019. Be sure to sign up to our mailing list for the details.

Overheard at the Water Cooler …

  • If you could only have one computer, would you prefer a laptop or a desktop?
  • What technology would you recommend a new developer look into? And is it the same recommendation you’d make for a senior developer?
  • We play another round of Up/Down.
  • Are dark themes bad for your eyes?
    • Based on this tweet from Cory House and this Stack Overflow answer, we revisit the idea of which theme is healthier.

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