The 10 Best Software Engineering Daily Podcast Episodes
1) React and GraphQL at New York Times
Are we a media company or a technology company? Facebook and the New York Times are both asking themselves this question. Facebook originally intended to focus only on building technology–to be a neut...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Facebook GraphQL with Lee Byron
In 2011, Facebook had begun to focus its efforts on mobile development. Mobile phones did not have access to reliable, high bandwidth connections, and the Facebook engineering team needed to find a so...Show More
captainawesomedi recommended:
Awesome!
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Calling All Facebook Whistleblowers
We are dedicated to exposing Facebook’s crimes. If you have sensitive information about Facebook, join our Slack or send me an email: jeff@softwareengineeringdaily.com
matresstester recommended:
I'm not specifically recommending this episode, but this podcast is one to watch to see if the community is able to help Jeff the host come ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Mattermost with Ian Tien
Chat systems have been a part of software development for decades. Older systems like Pidgin and Yammer were surpassed by newer systems like HipChat. And when Slack was created, it quickly became a pa...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) DFINITY: The Internet Computer with Dominic Williams
If the Internet was reimagined with the software and hardware infrastructure we have today, what would it look like? That is the question that DFINITY is working on answering. DFINITY’s goal is to bui...Show More
t10000 recommended:
Interesting concept, looking forward to seeing what they release later this year
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) Drones with Chris Anderson
Drones will deliver food to us. Drones will be able to extinguish fires. Drones will be used to relay Internet signals and make the world more connected. These all sound like great ideas, so why aren...Show More
matresstester recommended:
This may be a Drone episode, but really it's a great on-the-ground observation about competing with Chinese manufacturers. "It's competing ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Facebook PHP with Keith Adams
Facebook was built using PHP, a programming language that was used widely in the late 90s and early 2000s. PHP allows developers to get web applications built quickly and easily, although PHP has a re...Show More
matresstester recommended:
Facebook implementation of PHP is heroic/crazy. From transpiling into C++, then running on the V8 JavaScript VM. I like the part where there...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Niantic Real World with Paul Franceus
Niantic is the company behind Pokemon Go, an augmented reality game where users walk around in the real world and catch Pokemon which appear on their screen. The idea for augmented reality has existed...Show More
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Jeff: "How does Pokemon Go maintain a global state across all users? Do you use Google SpannerDB? isn't latency high?" Paul S: "We have some...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Kafka at NY Times with Boerge Svingen
The New York Times is a newspaper that evolved into a digital publication. Across its 166 year history, The Times has been known for longform journalistic quality, in addition to its ability to quickl...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Animating VueJS with Sarah Drasner
Most user interfaces that we interact with are not animated. We click on a button, and a form blinks into view. We click a link and the page abruptly changes. On the other hand, when we interact with ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.