Developer on Fire
Developer on Fire
Episode 131 | Rob Reynolds - Automate Everything
Guest:
Rob Reynolds talks with Dave Rael about experiences with open source, automating Windows software installation, and the joys of family
Rob is a Senior Software Engineer on the Windows Team at Puppet, where we make Windows moar awesome! He has a passion for automation and making hard concepts simple. Rob is also the creator and primary maintainer of Chocolatey, a package manager for Windows. His past as an artist has shaped the way he thinks about and develops code. Rob lives in Kansas where he spends time with his wife and two children, cheers on the Royals, and avoids tornadoes.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Rob Reynolds
- - Rob and working remotely
- - The origin of the ferventcoder moniker
- - Rob and open source software
- - Approachability and ease of use
- - Chocolatey - origins, history, and dreams that may or may not be achievable
- - Rob's costs on Chocolatey, sponsorhip, and the Kickstarter
- - Rob's definition of value
- - The things that "light Rob up"
- - Rob's story of failure - discomfort with interviewing and talking about himself
- - Rob's greatest success - Chocolatey and children
- - How Rob stays current with what he needs to know
- - Rob's book recommendations
- - The things that have Rob most excited
- - Rob's causes of pain and suffering
- - The things about which Rob likes to geek out
- - Rob's prediction for the future of software
- - Rob's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Rob
Resources:
- Rob's Blog
- Chocolatey
- Puppet
- Chuck Norris Framework
- UppercuT
- RoundhousE
- Tarantino
- Dru Sellers
- MassTransit
- Nuget
- Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire
- Phil Haack on Developer On Fire
- Notepad++
- Rob at PuppetConf 2014 on Chocolatey
- The Chocolatey Kickstarter
- Chocolatey For Business / Chocolatey Professional
- Future Farmers of America
- Love and Logic
- ScreenToGif
- Dave Thomas on Developer On Fire
- Andy Hunt on Developer On Fire
- Udi Dahan on Developer On Fire
- Mobile Video Doorbell
- Rob on .NET Rocks!
Rob's book recommendation:
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master - Andrew Hunt
- Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) - Andy Hunt
- Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age - Paul Graham
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
Rob's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Find something that interests you
- Find a way to contribute to that something that interests you
- Find a problem that is bigger than you and find a way to resolve it
