What's the blast radius when your database goes down?
Mark started out on a 4k TRS-80. He had to program it in assembly language, as there wasn't enough memory to use the local Basic copy.Throughout his career, he's oscillated between using databases and...
6 Aug 202125min
Highlights from our 2021 Developer Survey
This year over 80,000 respondents took the time to share their feedback on the tools and trends that are shaping software development.We learned a lot about the way developers learn. For the rising c...
3 Aug 202118min
Exploring the cutting edge of privacy and encryption with Very Good Security
We chat discrete mathematics, differential privacy, and homomorphic encryption. But don't worry, we also break it down in laymen's terms.Interested in working in security? Mahmoud will personally exte...
30 Jul 202122min
Why startups should use Kubernetes from day one
You can read Max's full article on Kubernetes on our blog here.You can find Max on Twitter here and his personal website here.Our lifeboat badge winner of the week is Mantas, who answered the question...
27 Jul 202123min
From AOL chat rooms to Wikipedia, Reddit, and now, Stack Overflow
Beaudette cut his teeth in the days of AOL chat rooms, then became an early Wikipedian. More recently he worked at Reddit, where his team of ten professional community managers supported 300 million m...
23 Jul 202121min
Crafting software and games for the selfie generation
You can find Tara on Twitter here. Sam is on Twitter here.You can learn more about Loveshark's latest games and the roles they are hiring for here.Thanks to our lifeboat badge winner of the week, Ell...
20 Jul 202121min
Github Copilot can write code for you. We put it to the test.
You can find some fun video of Cassidy putting Copilot to the test here.If you want to take the Jamstack survey, check it out here.Our lifeboat badge of the week goes to Andomar, who answered the ques...
16 Jul 202126min
Leaving your job to pursue an indie project as a solo developer
We discuss how Simões learned to code and the feature set that allowed Poker Now to differentiate itself in a crowded space. Simões shares the tech stack he used to craft the first version of Poker No...
13 Jul 202130min
