Oh, baby! We are cracking down on Big Tech. Amy Tom, David Smooke, and Hang Ngo talk about Biden's Executive Order on Big Tech, more space war dram, and decentralization & blockchain technology 🥳 Facebook sells its internet satellite orbit team to Amazon for an undisclosed sum. So of course - Amy, David, and Hang try to guess what the undisclosed sum was 🛸 (00:41) Also, between Amazon and Facebook - who benefits in terms of stock price? 📉 (04:57) What does Biden's order to crack down on Big T...
Jul 16, 2021•29 min•Ep 174•Transcript available on Metacast John McAfee talks about making more money than God on the Hacker Noon podcast hosted by David Smooke. https://podcast.hackernoon.com/ McAfee starts off with the impact of one's childhood and how it shapes perspectives. He shares his experiences as an entrepreneur and what it takes to become a multimillionaire. John McAfee also provides a take on the number one danger of the modern Internet and presents an opinion on the Black Lives Matter movement. McAfee shares anecdotes from his life, how he b...
Jul 15, 2021•34 min•Ep 173•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to this beautiful corner of the internet - Dogecoin meets partying & decentralization. Amy Tom talks to Gary Lachance, a Vancouver-based Dogecoin millionaire and the founder of the Decentralized Dance Party, about how he invested $300 into Dogecoin in 2014. Now, he's launching his latest project - the Million Doge Disco. On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: What happens at a Decentralized Dance Party? (04:06) "Decentralized parties are cool but have you seen decentralized currency?...
Jul 14, 2021•39 min•Ep 172•Transcript available on Metacast Hacker Noon: Retro Edition! COO Linh and CEO David talk with Genesis Investment about everything from business to personal life and all things in between. Viewers young and old will be astounded by what you hear. We cannot promise this episode will cure whatever ails you, but it certainly will not make it any worse. You will leave this episode a changed person, so much so that if your ex-wife will only take you back if you "make some serious changes," just listen to this podcast and that'll be a...
Jul 09, 2021•52 min•Ep 170•Transcript available on Metacast Would you risk it all on a trading bot? 🤖 David Smooke, Amy Tom, and Guy (the Cher of HN - jk his last name is Torbet) talk about special purpose acquisition companies, culture & novelization, equity crowdfunding, and trading algorithms. This Week On Planet Internet, David, Amy, and Guy are getting into the hard-hitting questions: What was up with the SPAC deal with NextDoor? 🚪 (01:06) Uhmmmm quick side note, did Zuck ruin foiling? 😅 (07:44) Do we stan novelization as hard as Quinten Tarantin...
Jul 08, 2021•30 min•Ep 169•Transcript available on Metacast Utsav Jaiswal is joined by Sam Kim, Founding Partner at Umbrella Network, and Miguel Morales, Technical Advisor to Umbrella Network, to talk about flash loans on the blockchain. They discuss how flash loan attacks happen, the implications of flash loan attacks on the finance market, and the relationship with the blockchain. 🔦 On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Utsav talks to Sam and Miguel talk flash loans: What is a flash loan attack? 💥 (02:37) Is there a world where the communication...
Jul 07, 2021•52 min•Ep 168•Transcript available on Metacast Ahh, parenting - something 2 people on this podcast episode know a lot about 😂. Linh Dao Smooke (Mama Bear of 1), Richard Kubina (Papa Bear of 2), and Amy Tom (definite Baby Bear) talk about parenting in the age of the internet and the pandemic 👨👩👧👦. What happens when a teen is up against the Supreme Court for an internet freedom-of-speech case? How are kids learning during the pandemic? Find out This Week on Planet Internet. 💩 We are bringing the parents together (& Amy LOL) to talk ab...
Jul 01, 2021•48 min•Ep 167•Transcript available on Metacast Yoz Grahame, a Solutions Architect at LaunchDarkly, joins Amy Tom on The HackerNoon Podcast this week to talk about bugs and debugging. Yoz — who is somewhat of a bug fanatic — explains software, bugs, and what happens when bugs derail a system. 🕷 This week on The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy and Yoz talk about: What is dev culture like around bug blaming? 🐛 (05:00) Amy cracks open Yoz's database of bug knowledge (08:30) Why does it take so long for bugs to get fixed? 🐜 (16:08) If developers and b...
Jun 30, 2021•33 min•Ep 166•Transcript available on Metacast Hacker Noon's Gaming Editor Limarc Ambalina talks to Video Game Blogging Fellows Jack Boreham and Nicolas Ng about the times video games may have crossed the line. Warning: Due to the topic of discussion, this episode will go over scenes of extreme violence, homicide, and suicide in video games. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. In this episode, Limarc, Jack, and Nicolas discuss: EA Games and lootboxes Oldschool flash games and newgrounds.com Gratuitous violence in video games Call of Duty'...
Jun 29, 2021•28 min•Ep 165•Transcript available on Metacast Natasha Nel, Amy Tom, and Ellen Stevens are talking about BIG MONEY. 🤑 Yeah - we're talking layoffs and payoffs at Booking.com and American Airlines, the massive petition to stop Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth, and the fallout from China's ban on crypto mining. THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET 🌎 Ellen weighs in on the latest American Airlines debacle and the "not so good optics" of the situation ✈️ (01:45) Booking.com 's hot mess - more rich stealing from the poor despite #globalpandemicvibes ...
Jun 24, 2021•37 min•Ep 164•Transcript available on Metacast The Blockchain bros are in the house! 🏠 Utsav Jaiswal talks to Tim Frost (CEO of Yield App), Arun Philips (Community Manager at Polygon), and Miles Anthony (CEO of Decentral Games). On this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast, we're offering unsolicited advice on explaining Blockchain to your Indian mom and magical Blockchain Genies 😂 Utsav asks Tim, Arun, and Miles: Okay so... we're asking the experts in the Blockchain industry: how do you explain what you do to your mom? 😅 (03:29) If you cou...
Jun 23, 2021•41 min•Ep 163•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom talks to Mark Gamble, the Product & Solutions Marketing Director at Couchbase, about data-for-good initiatives and creating a Multi-Cloud Strategy. In this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast: Mark talks about the data-for good and the initiatives he is passionate about (01:57) Data visualization is a skill (08:31) Multi-Cloud vs. Hybrid-Cloud (12:30) Does Amazon/AWS do this internationally as well? (21:23) How do the Kubernetes Containers connect across multiple platforms? (25:30) As a CT...
Jun 22, 2021•41 min•Ep 162•Transcript available on Metacast Every AUDL game is a party according to Steve Hall, the CEO of the American Ultimate Disc League. 🎉 From releasing their first NFT to taking live games to live streams, AUDL is a very digital organization. Despite being in the sports & entertainment industry, Steve tells Amy about his strategic focus on building digital engagement with fans. In this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast: How do you get into the CEO mindset? 🧠 (03:29) COVID-19 pushed AUDL to create the Athletic Care Network - a vi...
Jun 21, 2021•32 min•Ep 161•Transcript available on Metacast Do Aliens exist? 👽 Limarc Ambalina, David Smooke, and Amy Tom talk about storming area 51 and the Pentagon's upcoming UFO report, El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin, and the return to the office. 🤪 This Week On Planet Internet 🎧 How will the return to the office affect workplace culture? 😭 (01:56) Maybe this will lead to a rise in coworking spaces 🤔 (06:20) The President of El Salvador declared they will soon accept Bitcoin as legal tender. What does this mean for Bitcoin? 📈 (08:03) Amy tri...
Jun 17, 2021•32 min•Ep 160•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom talks to Yoz Grahame, a Solutions Architect at LaunchDarkly about feature flags. 🏴 Yoz has worn many hats in his tech career - from programming to movie production to developer advocacy - he seems like he's done it all! Yoz talks about his career and how he ended up at LaunchDarkly. Amy gets curious about feature flags and how they work. 🤓 In this episode of The Hacker Noon Podcast: Yoz says that as you become a more experienced engineer, you realize that it is your ability to communic...
Jun 16, 2021•50 min•Ep 159•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom talks to Anil Kumar, the Product Manager at Couchbase, about becoming a Product Manager, writing his book: Couchbase on Kubernetes, and creating a multi-cloud strategy. 😁 This week on The Hacker Noon Podcast: Anil has been at Couchbase for 8 years, and prior to that was at Microsoft for 7 years. Amy needs to know - what is it like to grow within a company? 🤯 (05:25) Anil did his Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science. Amy asks if he has any regrets about his education experience (...
Jun 15, 2021•31 min•Ep 158•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Pride Month, Hackers! 🏳️🌈 Amy Tom, Linh Dao Smooke, and Kien Dao have a thoughtful conversation about LGBTQ+ culture in the tech industry and intersectional discrimination in the workplace. They also discuss WWDC 2021, the iOS 14.6 privacy update, and security news. 🖤🤍🤎 This Week On Planet Internet, Amy and the Daos get into: Is participating in rainbowification for Pride month considered controversial? ❤️ (05:27) What is Pride/LGBTQ+ culture like in Vietnam where Kien currently live...
Jun 11, 2021•37 min•Ep 157•Transcript available on Metacast Limarc Ambalina talks to John Roo, the Solo Indie Game developer behind Quest Arrest, an RPG detective game developed for the Nintendo Game Boy in 2020. John explains some of the reasons for the game's success and his decision to print physical cartridges for a Nintendo system discontinued in 2003. In this episode, John and Limarc discuss: Becoming an indie game dev Making Quest Arrest Quest Arrest gameplay mechanics How to print physical Game Boy cartridges Marketing your indie game to gaming c...
Jun 10, 2021•30 min•Ep 156•Transcript available on Metacast In the age of extreme personalization, how can you remain safe and secure online? 😭 Amy Tom talks to Jeff Morris, VP of Product & Solutions Marketing at Couchbase, and Mike Schwartz, Founder & CEO of Gluu. Mike is an expert in authentication and application security and Jeff brings his expertise on solutions marketing and tech trends. The trio discuss the rise of extreme personalization, collecting data to meet consumer expectations, and improving the experience for the user - all through the l...
Jun 08, 2021•35 min•Ep 154•Transcript available on Metacast Okay yes, Natasha, Linh, Amy, and Hang do a HOT TAKE on the Friends Reunion for the first 5 minutes of this episode. 🙄 BUT they also talk about the most traded tech stocks, investing in Bitcoin, and local startup news. This Week on Planet Internet: Linh has FEELINGS on the Friends Reunion. But also, wtf was up with James Corden? 😳 (0:29) Hang goes over the 10 most traded tech stocks in 2021. She has mixed feelings about Tesla's stocks 📈 (9:21) Amy drops some Vancouver-based tech news about Da...
Jun 04, 2021•31 min•Ep 153•Transcript available on Metacast What's it like to be a CTO? 😱 Amy Tom talks to Ravi Mayuram, CTO of Couchbase, about the CTO mindset, Ravi's career journey to CTO, and skill trends in tech. Amy and Ravi talk about education, trends in data, building trust, and more. In this episode of The Hacker Noon Podcast : What does a CTO do? What's the day-to-day like? Ravi says his role involves setting the right technology goals and seeing them through to completion 👊🏻 (01:50) Ravi explains that he got his Bachelor's degree in Mathem...
Jun 01, 2021•36 min•Ep 152•Transcript available on Metacast Catch up with the Hacker Noon Editors This Week on Planet Internet — Amy Tom, Limarc Ambalina, and Natasha Nel are wrapping their head's around a delicious piece of news in the NFT world. A plot of land on the Decentraland platform was sold for $572,000 😱 🎧 TUNE IN: Will China's Digital Yuan enable more money laundering, or will it have the opposite effect as China's CBDC intends? 💰 (00:45) More vaccine dram 💉 French influencers were offered €2,000 to claim that Pfizer is causing more deaths...
May 28, 2021•27 min•Ep 151•Transcript available on Metacast What is Web 3.0 and why should you care? 🤨 Amy Tom talks to Jaro Šatkevic, Head of Product at Mysterium Network, about the evolution of the web and Web 3.0. Following the 30-year anniversary of the first webpage, Amy and Jaro discuss permissionless networks, decentralization, and more. 👊🏻 In this episode of The Hacker Noon Podcast: Hey, remember that time when we transitioned from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0? ⏭ (02:00) What the heck is Web 3.0 and what does it really mean? 🤨 Jaro explains that the cu...
May 26, 2021•35 min•Ep 150•Transcript available on Metacast So it turns out there's more to Shell than Powershell and Bash! 😱 Amy Tom chats with Michael Nitschinger, a Software Architect at Couchbase, and Jonathan D. Turner (AKA JT), the Co-Creator of NuShell, about Shell scripting, how to explore data interactively, and how to modify data records. Amy finds out the use cases of Shell scripting databases including editing sensitive data records and more. ✨ In this episode, Amy, Michael, and JT get into: What's the deal with NuShell? JT explains he co-cr...
May 25, 2021•40 min•Ep 149•Transcript available on Metacast Will people even want to return to the office? This Week On Planet Internet, Limarc, David, and Amy dig into Google's new workplace policy around remote working. They discuss what's coming with Web 3.0 and social media algorithms, and they chat about Elon Musk's latest crazy antics. 🎧 TUNE IN WITH LIMARC, DAVID, AND AMY: With 20% of Google's workforce working from home and another 20% working from new offices, will they be investing in more office real estate? Will people even want to go into t...
May 20, 2021•31 min•Ep 148•Transcript available on Metacast Is database migration as scary as it sounds? Amy Tom talks to Matt Groves, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Couchbase, and Curt Gratz, Co-Owner of CKH Consulting. Amy, Matt, and Curt talk about migrating from a SQL database to a NoSQL database, the challenges developers face when shit hits the fan, and assessing the use case of your database. Curt is a Couchbase user and is well-versed in database migration; he shares how to avoid disaster migration and what he's learned using a NoSQL databas...
May 18, 2021•35 min•Ep 147•Transcript available on Metacast This Week On Planet Internet: Elon Musk’s disproportionate influence on doge; all the best Netflix and podcast recommendations; PLUS a chat with the maker of Hacker Noon's latest Chrome Extension—The Free Internet Plugin! 🎧 TUNE IN WITH AMY TOM , NATASHA NEL , AND GUY TORBET : “Creating Content is More Important than Being a Millionaire” — says dogecoin millionaire (01:38) Elon Mask: doge daddy, master marketeer, future murderer (03:52) Lol remember that time David Smooke interviewed John McAfe...
May 14, 2021•28 min•Ep 146•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom talks to Yevheniia Shmelkova, the Token Specialist at Mysterium Network about crypto exchanges. Yevheniia explains some of the strategic decisions behind choosing which crypto exchange to get listed on including assessing your overall goal, understanding your community, and more. Why would I list my project on a crypto exchange? When is the best time to list my project? Find out on this episode of the Hacker Noon Podcast. In this episode, Amy and Yevheniia discuss: Amy confesses her fear...
May 12, 2021•29 min•Ep 145•Transcript available on Metacast Amy Tom talks to Matt Groves, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Couchbase, and Rob Hedgpeth, Developer Advocate at MariaDB about their careers. Rob and Matt are former coworkers from Couchbase; they reminisce about their career paths and their time working together. The trio gets REAL about starting from the bottom, working too hard, and learning along the way. In this episode, Amy, Matt, and Rob discuss: Their very first jobs. Matt recalls being a paperboy and Rob reminisces about his days on...
May 11, 2021•37 min•Ep 144•Transcript available on Metacast Would you subscribe to a video platform that produced 15-minute videos? Is it illegal to Snapchat with Gen Z? Join Utsav, Richard, Hang, Amy and Limarc for This Week on Planet Internet: Amy lets everyone know IMMEDIATELY that she does not identify as Gen Z (0:36) Breaking down why Hang (the resident Gen Z) loves to share photos of her breakfast, lunch, and dinner but would never do a social media house tour (05:10) Is Snapchat still a thing? Richard only vaguely knows Snapchat exists, Limarc leg...
May 07, 2021•34 min•Ep 143•Transcript available on Metacast 
