For Love Of Code

About For Love Of Code

Software craftsmanship is a passion. We talk code, craft, and fun.

Publisher

For Love Of Code

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Apr 2020

Latest episode

14 Jul 2020

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Jul 2020

   So you think you're a senior developer?!?!

   For Love of Code Episode #11 - So you think you're a senior developer?!?! Chris and Tim talk Google and Canonical partnering up, Chris's struggles to work a Blu-Ray player, some Chrome enhancements for better battery life and Tesla being close to creating full autonomous cars. The main discussion is around what should a senior developer expect to handle from mentoring junior developers, setting coding standards to taking the heat for team failures. ~ Articles ~ Google and Canonical partner to bring Linux apps support to Flutter https://9to5google.com/guides/flutter/ Tesla (TSLA): Elon Musk says ‘very close’ to level 5 autonomy complete https://electrek.co/2020/07/09/tesla-tsla-elon-musk-level-5-autonomy-complete/ The 6 Levels of Vehicle Autonomy Explained https://www.synopsys.com/automotive/autonomous-driving-levels.html Google Chrome ships a new feature to increase Battery life by 28 percent to 2 hours https://news.thewindowsclub.com/google-chrome-ships-a-new-feature-to-increase-the-battery-life-101417/ Senior Software Engineer Job Description https://www.topresume.com/career-advice/senior-software-engineer-job-description ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode #ForLoveOfCode #Prime3Software

2. 

   7 Jul 2020

   Rest API development standards

   For Love of Code Episode #10 - Rest API development standards Chris and Tim talk about how much of the internet is used in the bathroom, Walmart drive-in movies and Google's version of AirDrop. The main discussion is around using standards with developing a Rest API. Standards like date format ISO-8601, paging, and error handling. ~ Articles discussed ~ Drive-In Movies Coming to Walmart Later This Summer https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a33219950/drive-in-movies-walmart-summer/ SpaceX Starlink threat? Democrats propose $100bn US-wide fiber broadband project https://www.zdnet.com/article/spacex-starlink-threat-democrats-propose-100bn-us-wide-fiber-broadband-project Google’s Nearby Share, an AirDrop Competitor, Confirmed; Now Available in Beta https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/google-nearby-share-apple-airdrop-beta-launch-android-2256051 ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode #ForLoveOfCode #Prime3Software

3. 

   30 Jun 2020

   Contractor: To be or Not to be

   For Love Of Code Episode #9 - Contractor: To be or Not to be Chris and Tim talk about current news like the Apple WWDC 2020 version, the latest version of Angular is out, and Amazons latest offering trying to put us out of business with Honeycode. The main topic is about the joys and pains of being a contractor. The upside and downside of being a fulltime employee and maybe as a business, is ok to hire contractors? 0:36 Tim is growning hair 1:50 Dusty skies are upon us 2:43 Apple WWDC 2020 8:12 AWS Honeycode building apps without programming 12:24 Angular 10 released 15:35 Github super linter 21:13 Fear driven development 24:10 Why testing? 30:47 Pros of being a contractor 36:46 Pros of being an employee 41:35 Downsides of being an employee 48:05 Downsides of being a contractor 52:01 Fixed cost vs Time and materials 57:34 Why hire a contractor 1:03:35 Cons of hiring a contractor ~ Articles discussed ~ Massive Saharan Dust Cloud Is Moving Across The US Turning Skies Strange Colors https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-saharan-dust-plume-will-bring-technicolor-sunsets-and-fewer-tropical-storms-to-the-us 2020 Worldwide Developers Conference https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/wwdc/ AWS launches Amazon Honeycode, a no-code mobile and web app builder https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/24/aws-launches-amazon-honeycode-a-no-code-mobile-and-web-app-builder/ Version 10 of Angular Now Available https://blog.angular.io/version-10-of-angular-now-available-78960babd41 Introducing GitHub Super Linter: one linter to rule them all https://github.blog/2020-06-18-introducing-github-super-linter-one-linter-to-rule-them-all/ ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode #ForLoveOfCode #Prime3Software

4. 

   22 Jun 2020

   Is 10x Developer a Myth

   For Love Of Code Episode #8 - Is 10x Developer a Myth Chris and Tim discuss the Sony PS5 announcement and how that will impact how games are developed in the future. Chris shares the only reason he owned a PS was for the Blu-ray player. The guys also discussed the first super computer built by Virginia Tech using Apple. There was also a conversation about the current movement to create a "Right to Repair" laws for electronics. The main topic is the idea of the 10x developer and does it really exist. Tim insists he's definitely one...Chris is not a believer. ~ Articles and books discussed ~ Sony says the PlayStation 5’s SSD will completely change next-gen level design https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/18/21185356/sony-ps5-playstation-5-ssd-load-times-mark-cerny-developer-gdc The Past and Future of the Head-up Display, the Original Augmented Reality https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/the-past-and-future-of-the-head-up-display.html Tesla now disables Supercharging in salvaged vehicles https://electrek.co/2020/02/12/tesla-disables-supercharging-salvaged-vehicles/ Sonos Criticised For Bricking Old Speakers https://www.silicon.co.uk/e-innovation/green-it/sonos-bricking-old-speakers-326187 Rich Rebuilds - We hacked the Tesla model 3s and it's true potential is INSANE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivzUIOB-gw Right to Repair Is Less Complicated and More Important Than You Might Think https://gizmodo.com/right-to-repair-is-less-complicated-and-more-important-1834672055 The myth of developer productivity https://nortal.com/us/blog/the-myth-of-developer-productivity/ The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/1942788290 The Pragmatic Programmer: 20th Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition: Your Journey to Mastery https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Anniversary-Journey-Mastery/dp/B0833FBNHV ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode #ForLoveOfCode #Prime3Software

5. 

   9 Jun 2020

   What you should know for a Job Interview

   Chris and Tim talk about data access from businesses and predict the future...kinda. The main topic is how to prepare for a job interview. 3:06 Gone fishin 5:13 Access to the power 6:55 Internet speeds 14:30 Access to data 17:32 Chris predicts the future 22:24 Disruption to service 25:37 The worst interviews 30:40 Know what your looking for 32:17 Study what's on your resume 34:25 Cattle calls 36:17 What are your accomplishments? 37:52 Resume and GitHub for the win 40:50 Real examples 42:04 Technical evaluation 47:44 100 top questions 49:29 Don't lie 52:54 Come with questions Google Powermeter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_PowerMeter Google Fiber https://fiber.google.com/b/?utm_expid=.jysMqHLXTIuCgV2nMRzF5w.1 The U.S. has the 8th fastest internet speed in the world, but many are still left behind https://www.allconnect.com/blog/us-internet-speeds-globally ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode

6. 

   2 Jun 2020

   A day in the life of a Software Developer

   Chris and Tim chat about a birthday no one got a gift :(, magic quadrants, DockerCon 2020 and the main topic what tasks they do on a daily basis. Besides writing code, what else could there be? Pants are optional!?!? 0:46 Lets talk about hair 1:47 Starved for content 2:04 Java's birthday 9:53 Go vs. Rust...a correction 11:54 Gartner Magic Quadrant 15:53 DockerCon 2020 21:52 Building in the night 23:33 Netflix deployments 26:26 Continuous integration/Continuous deployment 29:45 A day in the life 31:17 Start with some emails 33:00 Review the board 33:48 Spin up the VM with a sprinkle of Linux 38:59 VirtualBox 40:45 Git some changes 44:32 Testing, testing...is this on?!?! 45:28 Push it babe 48:22 You break it, you buy it 52:41 Deployments 53:26 Switch'n it up 56:40 Last but not least 57:19 Meetings 58:07 How many hours in a day? 1:03:15 Do what works and get better 1:04:04 Its more than writing code! JShell in Java 9 https://dzone.com/articles/java-9-jshell-in-3-minutes Understanding Java 9 Modules https://www.oracle.com/corporate/features/understanding-java-9-modules.html Oracle JDK v Open JDK https://www.educba.com/oracle-vs-openjdk/ Gartner Magic Quadrant https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/magic-quadrants-research What is Docker? https://www.docker.com/why-docker DockerCon 2020 https://docker.events.cube365.net/docker/dockercon/ Jenkins https://www.jenkins.io/ VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org/ Microsoft: we were wrong about open source https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262103/microsoft-open-source-linux-history-wrong-statement IntelliJ IDEA https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ Eclipse IDE https://www.eclipse.org/eclipseide/ Stop Working More Than 40 Hours a Week https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/stop-working-more-than-40-hours-a-week.html ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode

7. 

   26 May 2020

   Do you borrow or steal code?

   Chris and Tim discuss the adage "Good coders borrow, great coders steal." They also talk about the term refactoring and why you should add that to your development routine. 0:50 Monkey rides a motorcycle 2:26 AWS Summit 4:05 Good coders vs. Great coders 5:50 Copy/Paste from Stack Overflow 7:14 Slippery slope 10:33 Solutions up-voted 12:27 Common libraries and utility solutions 14:32 Don't have to write/maintain/source control 15:52 Security - Beware of what you don't understand 16:51 Credit your original source 18:23 Smart consumer 20:13 No original ideas 23:43 Picasso said it?!? 27:22 Uber-fication 29:51 DON'T STEAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY!!! 30:50 Refactoring stories 37:11 Refactor, what is it good for? 40:17 The REAL definition 44:08 Simplicity 45:43 Give something a name 47:23 Why did you delete that? 50:48 Measure your code quality Article in the discussion https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/05/20/good-coders-borrow-great-coders-steal/ Refactoring https://refactoring.com/ Clean Code https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=_i6bDeoCQzsC&gl=us&hl=en-US ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode

8. 

   20 May 2020

   What is Agile?

   Chris and Tim talk about beard and hair styles, recent AWS Summit 2020 and working remote. The MAIN topic is what is "Agile"...hint, you're probably already doing some of it. 0:35 Nice Hair...Nice Beard 2:00 AWS Summit review 6:56 Why not the cloud? 11:19 Do you want to babysitting servers? 14:52 What's your disaster plan? 17:08 We're not a technology company? 20:29 What are you measuring 28:41 Starting out with Agile 30:26 Who started it?...Open invitation 30:59 Customer satisfaction MVP 32:38 Welcome changing requirements 33:12 Frequent deliveries 33:31 Business people and developers 34:06 Be Motivated 34:44 Measuring progress 35:00 Sustainable pace 35:24 Technical excellence 35:38 Simplicity 35:48 Self-Organizing team 36:04 Meet regularly and adjust 37:22 Agile vs. Waterfall...fight 41:26 Why should a developer be Agile? 47:59 There's no "I" in Team 53:27 Project managers fire drills 59:10 Post-it note priorities 1:02:24 Product owners care 1:06:33 Renaissance 1:08:13 Building a house 1:12:43 Demo it!! Principles behind the Agile Manifesto https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html Lean manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing Scrum tutorial with actionable tips from experts https://www.knowledgehut.com/tutorials/scrum-tutorial ~ Social Media ~ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNkxIgOcBf04Li83x7Lys0A/ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode

9. 

   13 May 2020

   Find a Programming Job during a Pandemic

   Chris and Tim talk about the future of VR and working from home and how in the F@#K the C programming language is listed at the top of programming languages in use today, even if only by a fraction. The BIG topic is how to find a programming job during a pandemic, it might be easier than you think. 1:16 When will we meet in VR 3:02 Non brain doctor, Chris, explains the brain 4:52 Sci-Fi movie talk cuz Tim doesn't read books 7:22 Bootleg ol' school 10:36 Car automation 13:00 Rage against the "C" 17:15 Web centric vs. Hardware centric world 19:17 By the numbers 22:03 Why Java? 25:53 A touch of EDI 30:38 How to get a job during a crisis 32:25 Useful resources 36:05 A different way to learn 42:40 Increase your search radius 46:45 Find and area of interest 47:35 Shotgun approach 49:53 Make your own job 51:56 Try at open source Article we discussed: https://jaxenter.com/c-programming-ma... MIT course https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrica... Rice course https://www.coursera.org/learn/python... Other Resources https://usc.uloop.com/online-courses/ Info on contributing to open source https://www.firsttimersonly.com/ ~ Social Media ~ https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forl... https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode

10. 

    5 May 2020

    Myths about software development

    For Love of Code Episode #2 Chris and Tim talk about the several myths about software development. article: https://hackernoon.com/19-little-known-programming-myths-mt543y4

11. 

    28 Apr 2020

    Top Traits of Software Developers

    Chris and Tim talk about the 6 traits of good software developers. How many do you have? Did we forget any? ~ Social Media ~ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNkxIgOcBf04Li83x7Lys0A (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNkxIgOcBf04Li83x7Lys0A) https://twitter.com/forloveofcode (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=U1POmlji-ik&redir_token=SRYbamvIQq2LbUam44HN6WW4tUN8MTU4ODIwNDI1OUAxNTg4MTE3ODU5&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fforloveofcode) https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=U1POmlji-ik&redir_token=SRYbamvIQq2LbUam44HN6WW4tUN8MTU4ODIwNDI1OUAxNTg4MTE3ODU5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fforloveofcode%2F) https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=U1POmlji-ik&redir_token=SRYbamvIQq2LbUam44HN6WW4tUN8MTU4ODIwNDI1OUAxNTg4MTE3ODU5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fforloveofcode) https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&v=U1POmlji-ik&redir_token=SRYbamvIQq2LbUam44HN6WW4tUN8MTU4ODIwNDI1OUAxNTg4MTE3ODU5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fforloveofcode)

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