Code completion is part of every programmer’s working environment, but to plenty of people, it still feels like magic. On this episode, Meredydd Lyff, founder and CEO of Anvil, joins the home team to discuss code completion: what it is and how it works, from first principles to best practices. Plus: Is 90% of biology attributable to magic gremlins?
The home team convenes to discuss the end of the GPU shortage, how the no-code/low-code movement is impacting developers, and why job candidates should flip the script and interview their interviewers.
The home team chats with Devraj Varadhan, SVP of Engineering at Ripple, about crypto companies bracing for economic uncertainty, how Ripple’s solutions might help to expand financial inclusion in underserved markets, and why companies should take the long view rather than getting distracted by hype.
On today’s episode we chat with Jody Bailey, Stack Overflow’s new Chief Technology Officer. He recounts his path from physics to sales to programming and shares thoughts on what our organization can build for the future.
In this sponsored episode, we chat with Mike Hendrickson, VP of Tech and Dev Products at Skillsoft, about his organization's latest research into the skillsets that lead to highly compensated roles. Mike breaks down the hard and soft skills associated with landing a role as an security architect, enterprise cloud architect, and data scientist/architect.
The home team chats about Ethereum's long-delayed difficulty bomb and what engineering by consensus looks like when there is no centralized authority insisting on a ship date. Plus, how to contribute to commercial open-source projects, the fascinating research behind Figma’s spring animation, and more rumors of Apple’s long-awaited AR/VR headset.
Ben and Matt unpack the results of the 2022 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, from remote and hybrid work to preferred learning methods to how devs actually spend their time. Plus: Ikea’s surprisingly detailed augmented reality.
The home team convenes to discuss the full public release of AI pair programmer GitHub Copilot, the VPN company that turned off subscriptions to protect its customers’ privacy, and the moral hazard of “free-to-play” apps and games.
Today’s guests are two of Cassidy’s former colleagues on Netlify’s developer experience team. Director of Developer Experience Phil Hawksworth and Staff Developer Experience Engineer Salma Alam Naylor join the crew to discuss the work they do at Netlify, why ensuring a good developer experience is so important, and why Jamstack deserves a special place in your heart.
We chat with Jared Bhatti and Zachary Sarah Corleissen, two technical writers with deep experience at major tech companies and open source projects, about their approach to documentation and the new book they helped co-author, Doc For Devs. We go deep on the best ways to annotate a codebase for future generations and how to localize explainer content so that it works for teams across multiple regions and languages.