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Coding Blocks

Allen Underwood, Michael Outlaw, Joe Zackwww.codingblocks.net
Become the best software developer you can be
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Episodes

Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Maintainability

We dig into what it takes to make a maintainable application as we continue to learn from Designing Data-Intensive Applications, as Allen is a big fan of baby Yoda, Michael's index isn't corrupt, and Joe has some latency issues.

Dec 23, 20192 hr 7 min

Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Scalability

We continue to study the teachings of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, while Michael's favorite book series might be the Twilight series, Joe blames his squeak toy chewing habit on his dogs, and Allen might be a Belieber.

Dec 09, 20191 hr 52 min

Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Reliability

We start our deep dive into Joe's favorite new book, Designing Data-Intensive Applications as Joe can't be stopped while running downhill, Michael might have a new spin on #fartgate, and Allen doesn't quite have a dozen tips this episode.

Nov 25, 20192 hr 2 min

Developer Shopping Spree 2019

We discuss this year's shopping spree only to learn that Michael spent too much, Allen spent too much, and Joe spent too much.

Nov 12, 20192 hr 33 min

DevOps: Job Title or Job Responsibility?

We debate whether DevOps is a job title or a job responsibility as Michael finally understands dev.to's name, Allen is an infosec expert, and Joe wears his sunglasses at night.

Oct 28, 20192 hr

3factor app – Async Serverless

We take an introspective look into what's wrong with Michael's life, Allen keeps taking us down random tangents, and Joe misses the chance for the perfect joke as we wrap up our deep dive into Hasura's 3factor app architecture pattern.

Oct 14, 20191 hr 32 min

3factor app – Reliable Eventing

We discuss the second factor of Hasura's 3factor app, Reliable Eventing, as Allen says he still _surfs_ the Internet (but really, does he?), it's never too late for pizza according to Joe, and Michael wants to un-hear things.

Sep 30, 20192 hr 3 min

3factor app – Realtime GraphQL

We begin to twitch as we review the first factor of Hasura's 3factor app, Realtime GraphQL, while Allen gets distrac ... SQUIRREL!, Michael might own some bell bottoms, and Joe is stuck with cobalt.

Sep 17, 20192 hr 22 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – How to use Exceptions

After 112 episodes, Michael can't introduce the show, Allen pronounces it "ma-meee", and don't make Joe run your janky tests as The Pragmatic Programmer teaches us how we should use exceptions and program deliberately.

Aug 20, 20191 hr 54 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Generate Code

We continue our dive into The Pragmatic Programmer and debate when is it text manipulation vs code generation as Joe can't read his bill, Michael makes a painful recommendation, and Allen's gaming lives up to Southern expectations.

Aug 05, 20192 hr 3 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Debug

It's about time we finally learn how to debug by taking take a page from The Pragmatic Programmer playbook, while Michael replaces a developer's cheat sheet, Joe judges the H-O-R-S-E competition for VI, and Allen stabs you in the front.

Jul 23, 20191 hr 54 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – Know Thy Tools

We dig into the details of the basic tools while continuing our journey into The Pragmatic Programmer while Joe programs by coincidence, Michael can't pronounce numbers, and Allen makes a point.

Jul 08, 20192 hr 4 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – How to Estimate

Joe is distracted by all of the announcements from E3, Allen is on the run from the Feebs, and Michael counts debugging as coding. All this and more as we continue discussing The Pragmatic Programmer.

Jun 24, 20191 hr 58 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – Tracer Bullets and Prototyping

The Pragmatic Programmer teaches us how to use tracer bullets versus prototyping while Joe doesn't know who won the Game of Thrones, Allen thought he knew about road numbers, and Michael thinks 475 is four letters.

Jun 10, 20191 hr 46 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – The Evils of Duplication

We take a deep dive into the various forms of duplication and jump aboard the complain train as Allen complains about Confluent's documentation, Michael complains about Docker's documentation, and Joe complains about curl.

May 13, 20191 hr 46 min

The Pragmatic Programmer – Investing in Your Knowledge Portfolio

We begin our journey into the wisdom of The Pragmatic Programmer, which as Joe puts it, it’s less about type-y type-y and more about think-y think-y, while Allen is not quite as pessimistic as Joe, and Michael can’t wait to say his smart words. If you’re reading these show notes via your podcast player, you […]

Apr 29, 20192 hr 37 min

Should Your Web App be a Progressive Web App (PWA)?

We dig into the nitty gritty details of what a Progressive Web App (PWA) is and why you should care, while Allen isn't sure if he is recording, Michael was the only one prepared to talk about Flo and the Progressive Price Gun, and Joe has to get his headphones.

Apr 15, 20191 hr 58 min

The Second Date is Always Easier

The Date deep dive continues as we focus in on C# and JavaScript, while Michael reminisces about the fluorescent crayons, Joe needs a new tip of the week, and Allen confuses time zones.

Apr 01, 20191 hr 38 min

Why Date-ing is Hard

We take a deep dive into understanding why all Date-s are not created equal while learning that Joe is not a fan of months, King Kong has nothing on Allen, and Michael still uses GETDATE(). Oops.

Mar 18, 20191 hr 47 min

What Should You Learn Next?

After being asked to quiet down, our friend, John Stone, joins us again as we move the conversation to the nearest cubicle while Michael reminds us of Bing, Joe regrets getting a cellphone, and Allen's accent might surprise you.

Mar 04, 20191 hr 15 min

Tackling Tough Developer Questions

We gather around the water cooler to celebrate our 100th episode with our friend John Stone for some random developer discussions as Michael goes off script, Joe needs his techno while coding, and Allen sings some sweet sounds.

Feb 18, 20191 hr 44 min

JAMstack with J.A.M.

We learn all about JAMstack in real-time as Michael lowers the bar with new jokes, Allen submits a pull request, and Joe still owes us a tattoo.

Feb 04, 2019

Data Structures – Heaps and Tries

We dig into heaps and tries as Allen gives us an up to date movie review while Joe and Michael compare how the bands measure up.

Jan 21, 20191 hr 28 min

Data Structures – (some) Trees

We ring in 2019 with a discussion of various trees as Allen questions when should you abstract while Michael and Joe introduce us to the Groot Tree.

Jan 08, 20191 hr 50 min

Data Structures – Hashtable vs Dictionary

Just in time to help you spread some cheer this holiday season, the dad jokes are back as we dig into the details of hash tables and dictionaries.

Dec 17, 20181 hr 49 min

Data Structures – Arrays and Array-ish

We continue our deep dive into data structures, this time focusing in on arrays and array-like types as Allen gives Shania Twain some singing competition, Joe is going to owe us another tattoo, and wait ... when does Michael think C++ was invented?

Dec 03, 20182 hr 39 min

Data Structures – Primitives

We begin our journey into data structures by taking a deep dive into primitives while Allen makes Michael blush and Joe crashes his browser.

Nov 19, 20182 hr 43 min

Developer Shopping Spree

With the holiday season soon approaching, we address the most important requirements list of all ... our wish lists as Joe has to disclose a cheese powder incident, Michael hopes his Bitcoin gains some value, and Allen researches his purchases to the extreme.

Nov 05, 20182 hr 44 min
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