For Love Of Code

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Software craftsmanship is a passion. We talk code, craft, and fun.

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So you think you're a senior developer?!?!

For Love of Code Episode #11 - So you think you're a senior developer?!?! Chris and Tim talk Google and Canonical partnering up, Chris's struggles to work a Blu-Ray player, some Chrome enhancements for better battery life and Tesla being close to creating full autonomous cars. The main discussion is around what should a senior developer expect to handle from mentoring junior developers, setting coding standards to taking the heat for team failures. ~ Articles ~ Google and Canonical partner to br...

Jul 14, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 11

Rest API development standards

For Love of Code Episode #10 - Rest API development standards Chris and Tim talk about how much of the internet is used in the bathroom, Walmart drive-in movies and Google's version of AirDrop. The main discussion is around using standards with developing a Rest API. Standards like date format ISO-8601, paging, and error handling. ~ Articles discussed ~ Drive-In Movies Coming to Walmart Later This Summer https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a33219950/drive-in-movies-walmart-summer/ SpaceX Starlink ...

Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 4 min

Contractor: To be or Not to be

For Love Of Code Episode #9 - Contractor: To be or Not to be Chris and Tim talk about current news like the Apple WWDC 2020 version, the latest version of Angular is out, and Amazons latest offering trying to put us out of business with Honeycode. The main topic is about the joys and pains of being a contractor. The upside and downside of being a fulltime employee and maybe as a business, is ok to hire contractors? 0:36 Tim is growning hair 1:50 Dusty skies are upon us 2:43 Apple WWDC 2020 8:12 ...

Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Is 10x Developer a Myth

For Love Of Code Episode #8 - Is 10x Developer a Myth Chris and Tim discuss the Sony PS5 announcement and how that will impact how games are developed in the future. Chris shares the only reason he owned a PS was for the Blu-ray player. The guys also discussed the first super computer built by Virginia Tech using Apple. There was also a conversation about the current movement to create a "Right to Repair" laws for electronics. The main topic is the idea of the 10x developer and does it really ex...

Jun 22, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 8

What you should know for a Job Interview

Chris and Tim talk about data access from businesses and predict the future...kinda. The main topic is how to prepare for a job interview. 3:06 Gone fishin 5:13 Access to the power 6:55 Internet speeds 14:30 Access to data 17:32 Chris predicts the future 22:24 Disruption to service 25:37 The worst interviews 30:40 Know what your looking for 32:17 Study what's on your resume 34:25 Cattle calls 36:17 What are your accomplishments? 37:52 Resume and GitHub for the win 40:50 Real examples 42:04 Techn...

Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 7

A day in the life of a Software Developer

Chris and Tim chat about a birthday no one got a gift :(, magic quadrants, DockerCon 2020 and the main topic what tasks they do on a daily basis. Besides writing code, what else could there be? Pants are optional!?!? 0:46 Lets talk about hair 1:47 Starved for content 2:04 Java's birthday 9:53 Go vs. Rust...a correction 11:54 Gartner Magic Quadrant 15:53 DockerCon 2020 21:52 Building in the night 23:33 Netflix deployments 26:26 Continuous integration/Continuous deployment 29:45 A day in the life ...

Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Do you borrow or steal code?

Chris and Tim discuss the adage "Good coders borrow, great coders steal." They also talk about the term refactoring and why you should add that to your development routine. 0:50 Monkey rides a motorcycle 2:26 AWS Summit 4:05 Good coders vs. Great coders 5:50 Copy/Paste from Stack Overflow 7:14 Slippery slope 10:33 Solutions up-voted 12:27 Common libraries and utility solutions 14:32 Don't have to write/maintain/source control 15:52 Security - Beware of what you don't understand 16:51 Credit your...

May 26, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 5

What is Agile?

Chris and Tim talk about beard and hair styles, recent AWS Summit 2020 and working remote. The MAIN topic is what is "Agile"...hint, you're probably already doing some of it. 0:35 Nice Hair...Nice Beard 2:00 AWS Summit review 6:56 Why not the cloud? 11:19 Do you want to babysitting servers? 14:52 What's your disaster plan? 17:08 We're not a technology company? 20:29 What are you measuring 28:41 Starting out with Agile 30:26 Who started it?...Open invitation 30:59 Customer satisfaction MVP 32:38 ...

May 20, 2020•1 hr 17 min

Find a Programming Job during a Pandemic

Chris and Tim talk about the future of VR and working from home and how in the F@#K the C programming language is listed at the top of programming languages in use today, even if only by a fraction. The BIG topic is how to find a programming job during a pandemic, it might be easier than you think. 1:16 When will we meet in VR 3:02 Non brain doctor, Chris, explains the brain 4:52 Sci-Fi movie talk cuz Tim doesn't read books 7:22 Bootleg ol' school 10:36 Car automation 13:00 Rage against the "C" ...

May 13, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Myths about software development

For Love of Code Episode #2 Chris and Tim talk about the several myths about software development. article: https://hackernoon.com/19-little-known-programming-myths-mt543y4

May 05, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Top Traits of Software Developers

Chris and Tim talk about the 6 traits of good software developers. How many do you have? Did we forget any? ~ Social Media ~ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNkxIgOcBf04Li83x7Lys0A https://twitter.com/forloveofcode https://www.instagram.com/forloveofcode/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/forloveofcode/ https://www.facebook.com/forloveofcode...

Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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