Best Mda Podcasts (2024)

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47: Episode 46 - Creating Beauty from your Dreams with Shakiira Rahaman 27:23

1d ago27:23

27:23

In this Quest Podcast episode, we chat with the Kira Cosmetics founder and entrepreneur, who lives with muscular dystrophy. Shakiira Rahaman, who founded her make-up line in 2019 after a life changing event, joins us to share her experiences, expertise, and advice when it comes to navigating life and following your dreams. Transcript Guests: Kira C…

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SE Radio 643: Ganesh Datta on Production Readiness 53:15

1h ago53:15

53:15

Ganesh Datta, co-founder of Cortex.io, joins host Robert Blumen for a conversation about production readiness. The conversation covers the history of production readiness; its relationship to microservice architecture; the Google SRE model's impact on production readiness; production readiness checklists; the process; and production readiness trans…

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SE Radio 642: Simon Wijckmans on Third-Party Browser Script Security 1:07:32

11h ago1:07:32

1:07:32

Simon Wijckmans, founder of c/side -- a company that focuses on monitoring, securing, and optimizing third-party JavaScript -- joins SE Radio host Kanchan Shringi for a conversation about the security risks posed by third-party browser scripts. Through real-world examples and insights drawn from his work in web security, Simon highlights the danger…

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SE Radio 641: Catherine Nelson on Machine Learning in Data Science 48:19

8d ago48:19

48:19

Catherine Nelson, author of the new O’Reilly book, Software Engineering for Data Scientists, discusses the collaboration between data scientists and software engineers -- an increasingly common pairing on machine learning and AI projects. Host Philip Winston speaks with Nelson about the role of a data scientist, the difference between running exper…

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SE Radio 640: Jonathan Horvath on Physical Security 59:19

20d ago59:19

59:19

Jonathan Horvath of Z-bit discusses physical access control systems (PACS) with host Jeremy Jung. They start with an overview of PACS components and discuss the proprietary nature of the industry, the slow pace of migration to open standards, and why Windows is commonly used. Jonathan describes the security implications of moving from isolated netw…

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SE Radio 639: Cody Ebberson on Regulated Industries 39:20

28d ago39:20

39:20

Cody Ebberson, CTO of Medplum, joins host Sam Taggart to discuss the constraints that working in regulated industries add to the software development process. They explore some general aspects of developing for regulated industries, such as healthcare and finance, as well as a range of specific considerations that can add complexity and effort. Cod…

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46: Special Edition - National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) Panel for Jobseekers and Employers 1:24:36

1M ago1:24:36

1:24:36

No show notes for this episode. TranscriptBy Muscular Dystrophy Association

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SE Radio 638: Nick Tune and Jean-Georges Perrin on Architecture Modernization 1:01:39

27d ago1:01:39

1:01:39

Nick Tune and Jean-Georges Perrin join host Giovanni Asproni to talk about their proposed approach to modernizing legacy systems. The episode starts with some high-level perspective to set context for the approach described in their book, Architecture Modernization (Manning, 2024). From there, the discussion turns to important details, including cr…

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45: Episode 45 - Making Space and Creating Pathways with Keely Cat-Wells 32:49

29d ago32:49

32:49

In this Quest Podcast episode, we chat with world-renowned advocate, entrepreneur, public speaker and educator, Keely Cat-Wells. She devotes her time and expertise to creating education and employment opportunities and inclusive spaces for those with disabilities - and delivers advice and inspires action while sharing stories of resilience and posi…

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SE Radio 637: Steve Smith on Software Quality 59:03

1M ago59:03

59:03

Steve Smith, founder and principal architect at Nimble Pros, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about software quality. The episode begins with a discussion of why software quality matters for businesses, customers, and developers. Steve explains some patterns and practices that help teams design for quality. They discuss in detail the pr…

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3 Key Meal Prep Steps for Vegan Runners with Kayla Slater, MS, RDN 32:32

1M ago32:32

32:32

In this episode, I chat with a fellow vegan dietitian - Kayla Slater, MS, RDN about meal prep steps vegan runners shuold know. About our guest- Kayla Slater, MS, RDN: Kayla is known as Coach Kayla, a plant based nutrition and run coach for endurance athletes. Kayla has been a dietitian for 10 years, running for ~20 years, and vegan for almost 10 ye…

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44: Episode 44 - Voting Rights and Accessibility 39:34

1M ago39:34

39:34

In this Quest Podcast episode, we chat with Shaun Hill, MDA’s Manager of Public Policy & Advocacy and Mark Fisher, MDA’s Director of Advocacy Engagement. They join us to share the most recent voting updates, accessibility information, and expertise and advise about MDA's voting program and advocacy efforts. Please join us and make your vote count a…

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SE Radio 636: Sriram Panyam on SaaS Control Planes 1:02:23

1M ago1:02:23

1:02:23

Sriram Panyam, CTO at DagKnows, discusses SaaS Control Planes with SE Radio host Brijesh Ammanath. The discussion starts off with the basics, examining what control planes are and why they're important. Sriram then discusses reasons for building a control plane and the challenges in designing one. They explore design and architectural consideration…

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SE Radio 635: Stevie Caldwell on Zero-Trust Architecture 50:21

2M ago50:21

50:21

Stevie Caldwell, Senior Engineering Technical Lead at Fairwinds, joins host Priyanka Raghavan to discuss zero-trust network reference architecture. The episode begins with high-level definitions of zero-trust architecture, zero-trust reference architecture, and the pillars of Zero Trust. Stevie describes four open-source implementations of the Zero…

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SE Radio 634: Jim Bugwadia on Kubernetes Policy as Code 1:02:22

2M ago1:02:22

1:02:22

Jim Bugwadia, CEO of Nirmata and a committer to the Kyverno projects, joins host Robert Blumen for a discussion of policy-as-code and the open source Kyverno project. The discussion covers the nature of policies; policies and security; policies and compliance to standards; security scans that generate reports compared to tools that allow or deny op…

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SE Radio 633: Itamar Friedman on Automated Testing with Generative AI 59:41

2M ago59:41

59:41

Itamar Friedman, the CEO and co-founder of CodiumAI, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about how to use generative AI techniques to support automated software testing. Their discussion centers around the design and use of Cover-Agent, an open-source implementation of the automated test augmentation tool described in the Foundations of Software…

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SE Radio 632: Goran Petrovic on Mutation Testing at Google 55:59

2M ago55:59

55:59

Goran Petrovic, a Staff Software Engineer at Google, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about how to perform mutation testing on large software systems. They explore the design and implementation of the mutation testing infrastructure at Google, discussing the strategies for ensuring that it enhances both developer productivity and software qua…

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SE Radio 631: Abhay Paroha on Cloud Migration for Oil and Gas Operations 58:53

3M ago58:53

58:53

Abhay Paroha, an engineering leader with more than 15 years' experience in leading product dev teams, joins SE Radio's Kanchan Shringi to talk about cloud migration for oil and gas production operations. They discuss Abhay's experiences in building a cloud foundation layer that includes a canonical data model for storing bi-temporal data. They furt…

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SE Radio 630: Luis Rodríguez on the SSH Backdoor Attack 44:00

3M ago44:00

44:00

Luis Rodríguez, CTO of Xygeni.io, joins host Robert Blumen for a discussion of the recently thwarted attempt to insert a backdoor in the SSH (Secure Shell) daemon. OpenSSH is a popular implementation of the protocol used in major Linux distributions for authentication over a network. Luis describes how a backdoor in a supporting library was recentl…

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SE Radio 629: Emily Bache on Katas and the Importance of Practice 51:52

3M ago51:52

51:52

Emily Bache, founder of the Samman Technical Coaching Society and author of several books about technical agile coaching, talks with SE Radio host Sam Taggart about katas and the importance of practice. They discuss how practicing in a safe environment helps developers to learn new skills and build new habits. They also talk about how Samman coachi…

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SE Radio 628: Hans Dockter on Developer Productivity 56:46

3M ago56:46

56:46

Hans Dockter, the creator of the Gradle build tool and founder of Gradle Inc, the company behind the developer productivity platform Develocity, joins SE Radio host Giovanni Asproni to talk about developer productivity. They start with some definitions and an explanation of the importance of developer productivity, its relationship with cognitive l…

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SE Radio 627: Chuck Weindorf on Leaders and Software Engineers 57:07

4M ago57:07

57:07

Chuck Weindorf, a retired IT director and chief engineer with nearly 40 years' experience in software engineering, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about the concepts in Chuck's book, Leaders & Software Engineers. Through personal anecdotes and insights gleaned from his extensive career, Chuck underscores quality assurance's critical ro…

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SE Radio 626: Ipek Ozkaya on Gen AI for Software Architecture 59:33

4M ago59:33

59:33

Ipek Ozkaya, Principal Researcher and Technical Director of the Engineering Intelligent Software Systems group at the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, discusses generative AI for Software Architecture with SE Radio host Priyanka Raghavan. The episode delves into fundamental definitions of software architecture and explores use cases…

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SE Radio 625: Jonathan Schneider on Automated Refactoring with OpenRewrite 52:45

4M ago52:45

52:45

Jonathan Schneider, the cofounder of Moderne and the creator of OpenRewrite, talks with SE Radio's Gregory Kapfhammer about automated software maintenance. In addition to exploring the design and implementation of OpenRewrite, Schneider explains how the tool can automatically support software maintenance tasks such as framework migration and securi…

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SE Radio 624: Marcelo Trylesinski on FastAPI 41:04

4M ago41:04

41:04

Marcelo Trylesinski, a senior software engineer at Pydantic and a maintainer of open-source Python tools including Starlette and Uvicorn, joins host Gregory M. Kapfhammer to talk about FastAPI. Their conversation focuses on the design and implementation of FastAPI and how programmers can use it to create web-based APIs. They also explore how to cre…

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Is the Future Vegan? With Sapna Peruvemba, MS, RDN 30:22

4M ago30:22

30:22

In this episode, I chat with a fellow vegan dietitian - Sapna Peruvemba, MS, RDN about the eco-friendliness of a vegan diet. Listen in to hear our thoughts about whether or not the future is vegan! About our guest- Sapna Peruvemba, MS, RDN: Sapna is a vegan dietitian and the founder of Health by Sapna, her private nutrition practice where she helps…

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43: Episode 43 - Disrupting the Narrative 46:38

4M ago46:38

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In this Quest Podcast episode, we chat with the director, executive producer, and leading character of the movie Good Bad Things: Shane Stanger, Steve Way, and Danny Kurtzman respectively. This trio joins us to share their experiences, expertise, advise and hope when it comes to navigating life and Hollywood, and creating a future that is inclusive…

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SE Radio 623: Michael J. Freedman on TimescaleDB 1:05:43

5M ago1:05:43

1:05:43

Michael J. Freedman, the Robert E. Kahn Professor in the Computer Science Department at Princeton University, as well as the co-founder and CTO of Timescale, spoke with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about TimescaleDB. They revisit what time series data means in 2024, the history of TimescaleDB, how it integrates with PostgreSQL, and they take the liste…

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SE Radio 622: Wolf Vollprecht on Python Tooling in Rust 55:10

5M ago55:10

55:10

Wolf Vollprecht, the CEO and founder of Prefix.dev, speaks with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer about how to implement Python tools, such as package managers, in the Rust programming language. They discuss the challenges associated with building Python infrastructure tooling in Python and explore how using the Rust programming language addresses these c…

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SE Radio 621: Xe Iaso on Fly.io 47:33

5M ago47:33

47:33

Xe Iaso of Fly.io discusses their hosting platform with host Jeremy Jung. They cover building globally distributed applications with Anycast, using Wireguard to encrypt inter-service communication, writing custom code to handle load balancing and scaling with fly-proxy, why serving EU customers has unique requirements, letting users use docker imag…

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SE Radio 620: Parker Selbert and Shannon Selbert on Robust Job Processing in Elixir 59:42

5M ago59:42

59:42

Shannon Selbert, co-founder of Soren and developer of Oban, and Parker Selbert, creator of the Oban background job framework, chief architect at dscout, and co-founder of Soren, speak with SE Radio host Gavin Henry about robust job processing in Elixir. They explore the reliability, consistency, and observability in relation to job processing, to u…

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SE Radio 619: James Strong on Kubernetes Networking 49:55

5M ago49:55

49:55

Infrastructure engineer and Kubernetes ingress-Nginx maintainer James Strong joins host Robert Blumen to discuss the Kubernetes networking layer. The discussion draws on content from Strong’s book on the topic and covers a lot of ground, including: the Kubernetes network's use of different IP ranges than the host network; overlay network with its o…

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42: Episode 42 - Empowering Individuality with Inclusive Style 39:44

6M ago39:44

39:44

In this Quest Podcast episode, we chat with the Executive Director of Open Style Lab (OSL), a non-profit organization that is on a mission to make style accessible for everyone, regardless of cognitive and physical abilities. Yasmin Keats has devoted her career to the core functions of research, education, and informing the public about inclusive d…

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SE Radio 618: Andreas Møller on No-Code Platforms 53:53

6M ago53:53

53:53

Andreas Møller, founder of Toddle, a no-code tool for building scalable performant web applications, speaks with SE Radio's Brijesh Ammanath about no-code platforms. They discuss the role of developers in a no-code ecosystem and explore scalability and performance considerations, as well as enterprise adoption of no-code tools. Andreas also expands…

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SE Radio 617: Frances Buontempo on Modern C++ 1:11:16

6M ago1:11:16

1:11:16

Frances Buontempo, author of the new book Learn C++ by Example, discusses the C++ programming language, a widely used general-purpose programming language. Host Philip Winston spoke with Buontempo about where C++ fits into the landscape of existing programming languages and how recent C++ standards have changed things. They talk about specific lang…

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Nutrition Tips for Vegan Runners with Amanda Wagner, Dietitian and Running Coach 28:18

6M ago28:18

28:18

In this episode, I chat with a fellow vegan dietitian (who also happens to be running coach) about her top tips for vegan runners! About our guest: Amanda Wagner, M. Ed, RDN, LDN: Amanda is a former high school science teacher with a M.Ed in science education who changed careers to become a dietitian. Amanda is an avid runner and former division 1 …

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SE Radio 616: Ori Saporta on the Role of the Software Architect 54:56

6M ago54:56

54:56

Ori Saporta, co-founder and Systems Architect at vFunction, joins host Jeff Doolittle for a conversation about the role of the software architect. The episode begins with Ori’s thoughts on what is typically missed or overlooked regarding this role. The conversation then explores aspects of both hard and soft skills required of software architects. …

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SE Radio 615: Kent Beck on "Tidy First?" 1:01:51

6M ago1:01:51

1:01:51

Kent Beck, Chief Scientist at Mechanical Orchard, and inventor of Extreme Programming and Test-Driven Development, joins SE Radio host Giovanni Asproni for a conversation on software design based on his latest book "Tidy First?". The episode starts with exploring the reasons for writing the book, and introducing the concepts of tidying, cohesion, a…

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SE Radio 613: Shahar Binyamin on GraphQL Security 56:17

6M ago56:17

56:17

Shahar Binyamin, CEO and co-founder of Inigo, joins host Priyanka Raghavan to discuss GraphQL security. They begin with a look at the state of adoption of GraphQL and why it's so popular. From there, they consider why GraphQL security is important as they take a deep dive into a range of known security issues that have been exploited in GraphQL, in…

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SE Radio 614: Wouter Groeneveld on Creative Problem Solving for Software Development 51:10

7M ago51:10

51:10

Wouter Groeneveld, author of The Creative Programmer and PhD researcher at KU Leuven, discusses his research related to programming education with host Jeremy Jung. Topics include evaluating projects, constraints, social debt in teams, common fallacies in critical thinking, maintaining flow state, documenting and retaining knowledge, and creating e…

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41: Episode 41 - Courage Kindled: A Hero’s Unbreakable Spirit 51:29

7M ago51:29

51:29

In this Quest Podcast episode, we chat with a retired US Army veteran and firefighter, Ken Sutcliffe and his wife, Andi. He has devoted his career to saving lives but now he must also fight for his own after being diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, He and his wife join us to share their experie…

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Is Your Vegan Kid a Picky Eater? (Strategies with Karla Moreno-Bryce, MDA, RD, LD) 31:20

7M ago31:20

31:20

In this episode, I chat about picky eating with Karla Moreno-Bryce, MDA, RD, LD! About our guest: Karla Moreno-Bryce, MDA, RD, LD is a leading expert in pediatric vegan nutrition and author of the Vegan Kids Cookbook. Her vegan journey began in 2008 with a slow and gradual start and has committed to a vegan diet for over 8 years now to extend compa…

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Can you Stay Vegan with IBS? (An IBS Dietitian's Take) 40:05

7M ago40:05

40:05

In this episode, I talk with fellow plant based dietitian Dahlia Marin. She's the co-founder of Married to Health- a virtual company that offers plant-based integrative nutrition services for those with gut issues. In this episode, we chat: 'Can you Stay Vegan with IBS?' Check out what Dahlia's comapny as to offer: Married to Health Instagram Handl…

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40: Episode 40 - Unlocking Access and Inspiring Action with Sophie Morgan 49:06

7M ago49:06

49:06

In this Quest Podcast episode, we chat with world-renowned advocate, entrepreneur, TV personality and producer, Sophie Morgan. She devotes her time and expertise to create inclusive spaces for those with disabilities and deliver advice, inspire action, and make us feel closer together while sharing stories of resilience and positivity. Sophie is a …

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SE Radio 612: Eyal Solomon on API Consumption Management 53:30

7M ago53:30

53:30

Eyal Solomon, CEO and co-founder of Lunar.dev, joins SE Radio’s Kanchan Shringi for a discussion on tooling for API consumption management. The episode starts by examining why API consumption management is an increasingly important topic, and how existing tooling on the provider side can be inadequate for client-side issues. Eyal talks in detail ab…

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SE Radio 611: Ines Montani on Natural Language Processing 1:11:32

7M ago1:11:32

1:11:32

Ines Montani, co-founder and CEO of Explosion, speaks with host Jeremy Jung about solving problems using natural language processing (NLP). They cover generative vs predictive tasks, creating a pipeline and breaking down problems, labeling examples for training, fine-tuning models, using LLMs to label data and build prototypes, and the spaCy NLP li…

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SE Radio 610: Phillip Carter on Observability for Large Language Models 1:05:06

7M ago1:05:06

1:05:06

Phillip Carter, Principal Product Manager at Honeycomb and open source software developer, talks with host Giovanni Asproni about observability for large language models (LLMs). The episode explores similarities and differences for observability with LLMs versus more conventional systems. Key topics include: how observability helps in testing parts…

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SE Radio 603: Rishi Singh on Using GenAI for Test Code Generation 49:02

8M ago49:02

49:02

Rishi Singh, founder and CEO at Sapient.ai, speaks with SE radio’s Kanchan Shringi about using generative AI to help developers automate test code generation. They start by identifying key problems that developers are looking for in an automated test-generation solution. The discussion explores the capabilities and limitations of today’s large lang…

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SE Radio 609: Hyrum Wright on Software Engineering at Google 56:48

8M ago56:48

56:48

Hyrum Wright, Senior Staff Engineer at Google, discusses the book he co-edited, “Software Engineering at Google,” with host Gregory M. Kapfhammer. Wright describes the professional and technical best practices adopted by the software engineers at Google. The wide-ranging conversation investigates an array of topics, including measuring engineering …

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SE Radio 608: Lane Wagner on Revisiting the Go Language 1:08:23

8M ago1:08:23

1:08:23

Lane Wagner of Boot.dev speaks with host Philip Winston about Go, the programming language that's popular for web, cloud, devops, networking, and other types of development. In addition to discussing existing features such as structs, interfaces, concurrency, and error handling, Lane and Philip take a deep look at generics, a recent addition to the…

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