Post-mortem on Randy's Job Search
CTO Think Podcast9 Heinä 2019

Post-mortem on Randy's Job Search

Randy is about to start a new job and has a number of opinions about the job search, hiring, negotiation process he recently went through. Don tries to play Devil's Advocate as the employer/hiring side, but Randy's not hearing any of it! Don uses coconuts as the example of currency and Randy somehow manages to quadruple the asking price for labor in the Hawaiian produce marketplace Don tried to set up.

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Security Concerns Keep Coming

Security Concerns Keep Coming

In Don's role as CTO for AspirEDU, he has a number of security audits posed by potential customers and increasing complexity around third-party hosts. Randy keeps wanting to talk about the XFL (Part 2...

11 Helmi 202034min

Proposed Project Approach and the Wonders of Sous Vide Cooking

Proposed Project Approach and the Wonders of Sous Vide Cooking

Randy pitches to Don an approach for a CMS project and then rifs on the cool new toy he recently purchased for the kitchen: A sous vide cooking device.

28 Tammi 202031min

Viable or crap? Discussing Blockchain, VR, Autonomous Cars, and Drone Delivery

Viable or crap? Discussing Blockchain, VR, Autonomous Cars, and Drone Delivery

This week we take a look at the state of a few hyped technologies and see where they really are in terms of usefulness, adoption, and long-term viability. Don thinks VR will never go mainstream and Ra...

21 Tammi 202051min

Modern Content Management Options

Modern Content Management Options

Don and Randy discuss content management options from the old-school Full Stack apps, WYSIWYG SaaS, and Headless + Static Site Generator options

7 Tammi 202044min

A Deeper Dive into Building Power Apps

A Deeper Dive into Building Power Apps

Don takes Randy along for the ride of his latest applications using Microsoft's Power App platform. They discuss building an application that uses Twilio, Trello, Flow, Power Apps, OneDrive, Adaptive ...

31 Joulu 201945min

Automation vs Programming

Automation vs Programming

Don describes his work on moving his company to Microsoft and his use of Power Apps. This leads to a discussion of the automation vs programming strategies and how this might be the future for all non...

17 Joulu 201941min

Headless CMS + Static Site Generators

Headless CMS + Static Site Generators

Randy's been approached, both at his job and from an external firm, about the need for a CMS. The old stalwarts of Wordpress and Drupal don't seem to work, but the idea of a Static Site Generator and ...

10 Joulu 201924min

Twilio Segments, Pricing, and Proxy

Twilio Segments, Pricing, and Proxy

Randy has been working on Twilio a bit since the team last worked on the Chasms project and updates Don on some of the interesting features Twilio has brought to market. In addition, they discuss a fe...

19 Marras 201921min