Founders & Coders Podcast

About Founders & Coders Podcast

Founders & Coders (FAC) is a UK-based nonprofit organisation that runs tuition-free coding programmes in London, Nazareth & Gaza. Our podcast covers the experiences and backgrounds of people on the programme and otherwise associated with FAC.

Publisher

Founders & Coders

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jul 2018

Latest episode

14 Mar 2021

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Mar 2021

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 9

   Reda (FAC18) and Reuben (FAC17) talk about working at Time to Spare and discuss what FAC was like when it happened in physical proximity with the rest of the cohort. Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

2. 

   4 Mar 2021

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 8

   An interview with Shireen Zoaby of WebAhead, FAC's sister organisation in Haifa, Israel. We discus learning to code overseas and how to bring that knowledge home and start sharing it with more people. Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

3. 

   16 Feb 2021

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 7

   An interview with Ghada Ibrahim of Gaza Sky Geeks, FAC's sister organisation in Gaza. We talk about the challenges and joys of learning and teaching others code in Gaza. Code Academy web page: https://gazaskygeeks.com/code/ Volunteering with Code Academy form: https://forms.gle/PHeUMVaiUCD2PifP9 Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus. Some media articles involving Ghada and what the team at Gaza Sky Geeks do: - Entrepreneurship Under Occupation; https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/07/25/entrepreneurship-under-occupation-my-gaza-startup - Female forces driving the Arab World’s tech revolution; https://www.vogue.in/content/meet-the-female-tech-innovators-of-the-middle-east - Gazan women in IT: doing what you love; https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/latest/news/2020/02/06/gazan-women-in-it-doing-what-you-love - Wireless in Gaza: the whizz-kids making code not war; https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/05/wireless-in-gaza-the-code-school-bringing-hope-to-the-strip - Coronavirus: The women fighting back against Covid-19 in Gaza with hackathons, meditation and yoga; https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/coronavirus-gaza-palestinians-covid19-middle-east-cases-tech-a9505681.html - Coding in a conflict Zone; https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-45758264/coding-in-a-conflict-zone

4. 

   24 Dec 2020

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 6

   Dan talks about the starting the bootcamp and where it’s going, Josh talks about starting a web developer job and how that’s going, and Azizi, Dan and Josh together discuss their dissatisfaction with studdying physics before finding web development. Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

5. 

   19 Dec 2020

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 5

   This episode Azizi chats to Shaya and Jess their experiences of getting into and FAC and their time in the bootcamp. Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

6. 

   10 Dec 2020

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 4

   FAC20 members Amber and Ephie discuss their experiences of the FAC bootcamp during their last week on the course Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

7. 

   6 Dec 2020

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 3

   In this episode of the Founders and Coders podcast Azizi chats to Rihards their FAC20 student project, Recycling In London Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

8. 

   17 Nov 2020

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 2

   In the second episode of season 2 Azizi chats to Terrence and Jack about their time in and before the bootcamp. Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

9. 

   15 Nov 2020

   FAC Podcast Season 2 Episode 1

   In the first episode of a new season of the Founders and Coders podcast Azizi chats to Rihards about their journeys into and through the FAC bootcamp Music by Glenroy-Terence FAC20. Track: Encounters With Acid - Tee Circus.

10. 

    27 Nov 2018

    Podcast Ep 004 - Final Student Project: OSCE Boss Key

    The podcast is back! This week, we had a great but time-constrained chat about one of the final student projects, and what some of us are up to now that we've graduated. More detailed episode notes to follow. These will include links to our picks, and information about React, Agile/SCRUM, Netlify, Heroku, Pomodoro. The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. Audio quality still a WIP :). OSCE Boss Key: http://oscebosskey.herokuapp.com Where to find us, and recommendations: Monika: - https://github.com/brymon - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp06tgSATPT/ Dominic: - https://twitter.com/dominicdigital - https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510308/hidden-brain Eve: - https://www.meetup.com/LLHS-Ladies-of-London-Hacking-Society/ Nathalie: - https://twitter.com/njons - https://media.giphy.com/media/12UlfHpF05ielO/giphy.gif --- React: - https://thinkster.io/tutorials/what-exactly-is-react - https://medium.freecodecamp.org/learning-react-roadmap-from-scratch-to-advanced-bff7735531b6 Agile & Srum: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development) Netlify: - https://medium.com/the-codelog/how-to-deploy-a-website-to-netlify-35274f478144 Heroku: - https://www.heroku.com/ - https://codeburst.io/node-js-on-heroku-a-more-complete-tutorial-part-1-9e80cb071498 Pomodoro: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

11. 

    31 Aug 2018

    Podcast Ep 003 - Node JS, Speech APIs and Grads Without a CORS

    This week, we introduce Joe and Aisha, and welcome back Kate! We talk about Node JS, our Node projects and hear about Aisha's experiences since finishing FAC. We hope to get her back on to chat more about her experiences as a mentor in Gaza, too. The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. As the episodes progress, we'll try to make it more polished, and get the chance to include people otherwise associated with FAC (the people taking the FAC course in Nazareth and Gaza, FAC alumni, and some of the external speakers that we get in). Resources: Node JS: https://www.w3schools.com/nodejs/nodejs_intro.asp https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-exactly-is-node-js-ae36e97449f5 (see comments in the article, too) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/Introduction Context switching: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/context-switching-developers-paul-graham/ Technical debt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt Datasets subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/ https://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/8ej8vh/the_446_people_places_and_things_donald_trump_has/ (and see the useful comment by rarely_beagle!) Speech API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API NPM: https://nodesource.com/blog/an-absolute-beginners-guide-to-using-npm/ https://www.sitepoint.com/beginners-guide-node-package-manager/ ("beginners guide", but still technical) DRY code: https://www.codementor.io/joshuaaroke/dry-code-vs-wet-code-89xjwv11w Array and object methods and properties: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object#Methods_of_the_Object_constructor Wes Bos' array cardio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB1ZC7czKRs Codebar: https://codebar.io/ Nikhila Ravi: https://twitter.com/nikhilaravi CORS: https://medium.com/@baphemot/understanding-cors-18ad6b478e2b (see article comments, too) Recommendations and where to find us: Aisha: http://www.askelias.club/ - may take a few seconds to load Fun Fun Function: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1cgjhGzsSYb1rsB4bFe4Q Joe: https://www.instagram.com/joesfriel/ The Adam Buxton Podcast: http://adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts A Neuroscientist Explains Podcast: https://www.theguardian.com/science/series/a-neuroscientist-explains-podcast Dom: https://twitter.com/dominicdigital All Songs Considered Podcast: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510019/all-songs-considered?t=1535720672931 Stuff To Blow Your Mind Podcast: https://www.stufftoblowyourmind.com/podcasts The Vanilla JS Podcast: https://vanillajspodcast.com/ (good info, but a few episodes include quite a bit of course promo) Kate: https://twitter.com/sbinlondon DevPal: https://devpal.io/ Glitch: https://glitch.com/ Singing Cowboy Meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBLdQ1a4-JI

12. 

    15 Aug 2018

    Podcast Episode 002 - Radioactivity, Russia, APIs, GIFs and JSON

    This week, we introduce Eve and Martin, and talk about APIs and JSON, while going off-topic quite frequently. Recorded on 2nd August 2018. The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. As the episodes progress, we'll try to make it more polished, and get the chance to include people otherwise associated with FAC (the people taking the FAC course in Nazareth and Gaza, FAC alumni, and some of the external speakers that we get in). Resources: APIs: https://zapier.com/learn/apis/ https://www.codenewbie.org/blogs/an-intro-to-apis https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/JavaScript/Client-side_web_APIs/Introduction APIs on Wikipedia (standard vs simple English): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface Objects: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_objects.asp JSON: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/383692/what-is-json-and-why-would-i-use-it https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_json_intro.asp ES6: https://codeburst.io/es6-tutorial-for-beginners-5f3c4e7960be Video on the Event Loop (not quite beginner friendly): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ Recommendations: Jessie: That Classical Podcast: https://www.thatclassicalpodcast.com/ Eve: Reply-All Podcast: https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all Dom: Composer of the Week Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnxf CodeNewbie Podcast: https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast Martin: Learning How to Learn Coursera course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

13. 

    12 Jul 2018

    FAC Podcast Episode 001 - The first and worst

    The Founders & Coders (FAC) podcast is aimed at anyone interested in hearing about what it's like to be on the course, web development in general, and/or the backgrounds and interests of the people taking it. As the episodes progress, we'll try to make it more polished, and get the chance to include people otherwise associated with FAC (the people taking the FAC course in Nazareth and Gaza, FAC alumni, and some of the external speakers that we get in). Resources: Web Accessibility: https://a11yproject.com Callbacks: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Callback_function https://medium.freecodecamp.org/javascript-callbacks-explained-using-minions-da272f4d9bcd DOM Manipulation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model/Introduction https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3934826/what-do-people-mean-by-dom-manipulation-and-how-would-i-do-that Test-Driven Development: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development https://jrsinclair.com/articles/2016/gentle-introduction-to-javascript-tdd-intro/ https://github.com/dwyl/learn-tdd Git: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Git-Basics Recommendations & Where to find us: Dominic (virtualdominic on GitHub): Syntax: https://syntax.fm https://twitter.com/dominicdigital Jessie (developess on GitHub): fCC podcast: https://freecodecamp.libsyn.com https://github.com/developess Kate (sbinlondon on GitHub, Instagram & Twitter): The Adventure Zone: http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/adventure-zone https://twitter.com/sbinlondon Michael (arrested-developer on GitHub): Front End Happy Hour: http://frontendhappyhour.com https://github.com/arrested-developer

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