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Announcing MockingJay
MOCKINGJAY A crazy simple python web server and javascript chat client that enables group chat over the LAN via a browser. Intended for use when security policies or politics or whatever get in the way of using IRC or Hipchat and such. Also intended to only be used on a Local Area Network (LAN) due…
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STEM Shortage
tl;dr There’s no shortage of engineers in this country. All my life I have heard about the incredible shortage of engineers in the United States. There’s just far too much demand for engineering talent, and our schools are simply not producing anywhere near the number of graduates we need to fill these positions. Heck, I…
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Extroverted Developer #20
This week Ben and I just chit chat about some goings on around NYC in technology. I kinda talk a lot this episode. Show Notes iPhone 5 Maker Fair was this weekend 3D Printing Micro controllers !!!! (obviously my favorite topic) Arduino DIY: An iPhone controlled A/C Raspberry Pi (only place I’ve found that has…
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Extroverted Developer #19 – Brian Guthrie
This week Ben and I talk with Thoughtworks developer Brian Guthrie about learning computer science, agile development and Test Driven Development. Show Notes Khan Academy revamped CS program Inventing on Principle Steve Yeggie’s Conservative vs Liberal programmers rant Jonathan Haidt on the moral mind. (conservatives vs liberals on morality, very insightful) Jim offer’s up that…
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Extroverted Developer #18 – Gayle Laakmann McDowell
This week Ben and I talk with Author, Entrepreneur and owner of careercup.com, former Google hiring committee member Gayle Laakmann McDowell about her two books: Cracking the Coding Interview and The Google Resume about how to get a job at the big tech companies Show Notes Interview preparation for Software Engineers looking to get into…
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Extroverted Developer #17 – 2TonStudios
This week Ben and I talk with indy game developer 2TonStudios about their new iOS game: Ninjaboy Show Notes Why program video games? Performance and how video games are the indy 500 of programming Carmack’s Keynote Optimizing the challenge curve. Why choose Unity? Tried MonoTouch and MonoGame for the initial port from Windows Phone 7…
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Extroverted Developer Shorts – Knight Capital
Ben and I chat quickly about what happened this week at Knight Capital. How a software bug took a profitable company to bankruptcy in 1 hour. Show Notes Technical explanation on Nanex John Carmack’s 2012 Quakecon keynote Listen Download
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Extroverted Developer #16 – Chris Smith
This week Ben and I get a chance to geek out with Chris Smith, author of Programming F#, about the recently completed second edition. Chris is a former SDET on the Microsoft F# team, and currently works for Google on developer tools. Show Notes Lots of stuff about F# History of functional programming What are…
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Git p4 alias on Windows
Because this information is apparently not available anywhere on the internet I’m going to write it here: git config —global alias.p4 !‘“C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin\git-p4.py”’ Please note that it’s single quote, then double quote, and closes double quote, single quote Or inside your .gitconfig this is what it should look like: [alias] p4 = !’C:\Program Files…
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Extroverted Developer #15
This week Ben and I riff on some news stories along with friend and ZocDoc developer, Jeremy Kimball. Show Notes Please ‘Like’ us on Facebook by clicking the Like button on the side of the site Device independent pixels and the ‘rem’ unit in CSS/HTML. As well as device independent pixels in WPF, and Android…