I talked to @theprincessxena about @flydotio!

We discussed building globally distributed applications with the help of Anycast, Wireguard, and Firecracker VMs.

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My last interview @rubyconf is with @mayralunavarro!

She shares her story of getting to this year's conference with the community's help.

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Next is @getajobmike!

We talked about the @rubyconf keynote, running a solo business, and funding open source.

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Next @rubyconf I met @thoughtbot team lead Sara Jackson!

We discussed being a professor in Japan, giant LAN parties @RITtigers, and joining the Ruby community.

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Another interview from @rubyconf💎

@davetron5000 discusses engineering at Stitch Fix, making technical decisions, outgrowing Heroku, and the role of technical books.

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I met @ChaelCodes while @rubyconf!

We talked about her love of programming games and how streaming games and open source on twitch led her to a voice acting role in @OneDreamerGame

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I talked to @lcasdev about @deno_land!

We discussed why it's hard to ship features in Node and the benefits of web standards for server-side JavaScript

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I spoke to @RheingoldRiver about running the @TheLeaguepedia eSports wiki.

She explains why providing a good experience for editors matters more than the cleanliness of the code base.

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I spoke to @vadosware about his preferred stack, learning and choosing technology, and why good project pages have comparisons to other projects

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It's hard to imagine loving a corporate VPN but @theprincessxena makes a pretty good case for why @tailscale isn't a Virtual Pain Network!

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A slightly extended episode and transcript are here if you prefer reading:
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We talked a bit about Xe's blog towards the end.

Can poorly designed software be life threatening?

@DesignUXUI explains how bad UX in critical markets like the medical industry can be fatal

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I talked with @randyshoup about the evolution of eBay's architecture.

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It used to be 3.4 million lines of C++ in a class so big that they hit compiler limits on the number of methods per class 😱

I learned about building @supabase with CTO @AntWilson.

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It surprised me that they spin up a full EC2 instance for each database you create!

I spoke to @JasonSwett about testing applications.

What stood out to me?

He wrote a book on rails testing but couldn't remember the difference between stubs and mocks because he rarely uses them!

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A public PaaS can't debug customer source code and needs robust abstractions.

Internal compute teams build a "good enough" solution but get stuck debugging their user's code.

@umachingunde thinks internal compute should be treated as a public product.

I talked to @swizec about taking notes, sharing knowledge within teams, and the serverless handbook.

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- what the heck is .NET?
- where can I use it?
- why are so many runtimes?
- can I really do that with a managed language?

@shanselman walks us through the ecosystem’s history, internals, and future

se-radio.net/2021/03/episod…

This episode @ScribblingOn shares her experience working with distributed systems.

We also talk about the value of job titles and sponsors.

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This episode @ryanchenkie talks about Authentication in React applications.

We discuss why many tutorials use JSON web tokens, how full stack development is affecting framework design, and creating video courses.

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