Best NX Podcasts (2024)

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NX | Ep10: Ocarina of Tylor 1:51:56

3h ago1:51:56

1:51:56

Big news! NX is now available on its own ⁠dedicated feed⁠, so please look for us there and subscribe! After this episode, the ⁠dedicated NX podcast feed⁠ will be the ONLY place to listen to new episodes of NX!Indie World! New NSO games! Silksong? Don't be daft. We've got the lot on the world's most relaxed Nintendo podcast. Here's the full rundown:…

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Verena Brenner, Founder: HDI TH!NX: Insurer-led innovation (296) 35:48

19d ago35:48

35:48

HDI TH!NX was founded in 2019 by Verena Brenner, initially operating within the German insurer HDI Global, as an incubator for IIoT solutions. Now providing software to support risk management applications for insurers and insurance clients, tune in to hear Verena discuss the mechanics behind founding a startup within an insurer and the company’s d…

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Angular CLI and NX: Managing Libraries and Runtime Translation - AiA 407 39:48

21d ago39:48

39:48

Alan Agius is a Software Engineer at Google. Lucas and Alan dive into the world of Angular development with a focus on internationalization and library management. They unpack the latest features of Angular 17.3, including improvements to Angular CLI, and shed light on the upcoming developments in version 18. They explore the nuances of runtime and…

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E128: Simplifying Complex Infrastructure with Encore 33:49

3d ago33:49

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André Eriksson is Founder & CEO of Encore, the backend development platform for startups building event-driven and distributed systems. This is Andre's second time on the Open Source Startup Podcast (first episode here) and, in this episode, we dig into their GTM strategy, why it was important for them to add Typescript support (in addition to Go),…

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Richard Hartley, CEO: Cytora: Decision ready risk - the future of commercial insurance (299) 37:40

28m ago37:40

37:40

From episodes 68, 227 and now episode 299, InsTech has consistently caught up with Cytora and followed the company’s growth and expansion. Alongside Google, Cytora supported InsTech’s March event in New York, after which Matthew Grant caught up with Richard Hartley on the company’s growth, entering the US market and its impact on the insurance indu…

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Migrating Material: AngularJS -> Angular with Michael Prentice - AiA 410 53:43

1d ago53:43

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Michael Prentice is the owner of DevIntent and an AngularJS Material Lead Maintainer at Rangle.io. Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Developer Book Club Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Membership Links Michael’s GitHub Michael’s Twitter Michael’s LinkedIn Picks Aaron - rxjs.live Brian - Stephen Fluin - YouTube Brian - The Umbrella Academy Jo…

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E127: Reimagining VPNs with Tailscale 43:19

1d ago43:19

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Avery Pennarun is Co-Founder & CEO of Tailscale, the Wireguard-based VPN that reimagines secure, private networks. Tailscale has raised $115M from investors including Heavybit, Accel, CRV, and Insight. In this episode, we dig into what caused the team to reimagine zero trust security at the networking level, why they focus both on individual develo…

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E126: RisingWave's Take on Launching a New Database 40:27

9d ago40:27

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Yingjun Wu is Founder of RisingWave, a new open source stream processing database. RisingWave has raised $40M from investors including Yunqi Partners. In this episode, we discuss RisingWave's approach versus Apache Flink and other stream processing frameworks, why stream processing is important for real-time monitoring use cases, why they initially…

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Dani Katz, Co-founder & Director: Optalitix: Fix the roof while the sun is still shining (298) 21:16

5d ago21:16

21:16

Optalitix was borne out of the need for ‘optimization’ and ‘analytics’, as Co-founder and Director Dani Katz realized the biggest blocker for insurance companies was converting spreadsheets. Having now expanded beyond spreadsheets, Optalitix offers three software products to UK (re)insurers and MGAs. Robin Merttens spoke to Dani about the spreadshe…

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AngularJS to Angular Migration with Craig Spence - AiA 409 41:00

7d ago41:00

41:00

Craig Spence was a developer at Trade Me in New Zealand before he moved to Sweden to join Spotify. Trade Me is New Zealand's biggest website and it is similar to eBay where people buy and sell lots of different items. Craig talks about his experiences migrating Trade Me from AngularJS to Angular and the challenges they faced. One of the tips Craig …

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Ben Ruddle, Senior Principal: Publicis Sapient: Beyond Beige - The untapped potential of underserved niches (297) 18:55

12d ago18:55

18:55

Robin Merttens is joined by Ben Ruddle, Senior Principle in Strategy at Publicis Sapient, to discuss how technology can help insurers cater to customers outside the typical insurance model. The discussion covers the concept of 'Beyond Beige,' focusing on the opportunity to serve individuals and businesses with unique or specialized needs that stand…

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Ngrid with Shlomi Assaf - AiA 408 42:13

14d ago42:13

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In this week’s episode of Adventures in Angular the panel interviews Shlomi Assaf, talking about ngrid. After some playful banter about the naming of Ngrid, Shlomi shares the reasons behind building ngrid. The company he was working for at the time need a grid, he tested nggrid but wanted something completely opensource, so he built one. He also ex…

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E125: Let's Help Engineering Teams Productionize AI 43:29

17d ago43:29

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Andrew Hoh is Co-Founder of LastMile AI, the AI developer platform for engineering teams to productionize LLM applications. They take an "open periphery" stance on open source with projects like AIConfig to help developers build AI applications. LastMile AI has raised $10M from investors including Gradient, AME, Exceptional Capital, and Firsthand A…

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NX | Ep9: Mario vs. DK & F-Zero Blasphemy 1:55:26

21d ago1:55:26

1:55:26

Exciting news! NX is now available on its own dedicated feed, so please look for us there and subscribe! After episode 10, the dedicated NX podcast feed will be the ONLY place to listen to new episodes of NX! Look. Every episode I try to inject some personality into these descriptions that nobody reads, but it's a bank holiday today, and quite fran…

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Dr Avi Baruch, Previsico & Allison Whittington, Zurich Municipal & Mark Murphy, Donaldson Timber: Managing your flood risk - stories from the frontline (295) 37:30

28d ago37:30

37:30

How would your clients describe you? This week on the podcast we have taken a slightly different approach and brought Previsico’s clients, Zurich Muncipal and Donaldson Timber, to discuss how Previsico has helped them with flood risk management. Previsico provides real-time flood forecasts, as part of its mission to reduce global flooding impact, b…

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The Cross Players Podcast | Ep135: Dan Likes a JRPG & Other Revelations 1:16:39

1M ago1:16:39

1:16:39

Lean back, make yourself comfortable and open wide for your regular dose of gaming chin-waggery. We cover Dragon's Dogma 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, WWE 2K24 and yet more Unicorn Overlord. There's also a very special guest playing quizmaster this time around...--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecrossplayers/me…

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Understanding the Power of Ignite UI with Konstantin Dinev - AiA 406 39:46

1M ago39:46

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Konstantin Dinaev is the director of product development and a major contributor to Ignite UI. They explore the differences between Ignite UI and Material UI, focusing on Ignite UI's suitability for data-heavy applications and diverse, complex components. From its open-source nature to its dual licensing model for commercial usage, they explore the…

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Mark Fermor, Non-Executive Director: GeoSmart: Groundwater - the hidden predictor of future flood loss (294) 16:52

1M ago16:52

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Groundwater flooding poses a great risk to properties in the UK but remains much less widely modelled than other types of flooding. This week, Matthew Grant caught up with Mark Fermor at GeoSmart, a company specializing in flood data analytics in the UK. They discuss GeoSmart's role in providing detailed flood risk assessments, leveraging their adv…

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NX | Ep8: Balatro is Ace 1:24:26

1M ago1:24:26

1:24:26

On this episode, Smark and the Smarkettes discuss Balatro, Suika Game, Mar10 Day and something called... Pokémon, which I don't believe they've ever mentioned before. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecrossplayers/message

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The Cross Players Podcast | Ep134: Unicorns, Narwhals & Other Mythical Beasts 1:06:08

1M ago1:06:08

1:06:08

On this episode of The World's Most Educational Casual Gaming Podcast, we give our Unicorn Overlord review in progress; our first impressions of New Star GP and take a look at upcoming releases for the rest of the month. All that sounds quite sensible in theory, doesn't it? Don't be fooled. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.co…

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Chris Temple & Christine Brogan: PwC: ESG - from ambition to action (293) 33:10

1M ago33:10

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PwC’s Chris Temple and Christine Brogan join Matthew Grant to discuss transformation in insurance, specifically steering organizations towards achieving their ESG goals. The conversation covers the role of technology and AI in driving change in insurance as well as building resilient business models for the future. This episode is a great introduct…

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Tom Wilde, CEO: Indico Data: Better decisions with better data (292) 21:49

2M ago21:49

21:49

“This economy we are heading into [...] we are referring to as the decision economy”. Robin Merttens spoke to Tom Wilde, CEO of Indico Data on how the company's intelligent intake solution is shaping the decision-making process in the insurance industry by structuring unstructured data. Data is important in our current 'decision economy'. Indico Da…

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The Cross Players Podcast | Ep133: What We're Playing Now & What We're Playing Next 1:40:52

2M ago1:40:52

1:40:52

PlayStation lay-offs! Pokemon announcements! Balatro! Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth! Cobalt Core! Tails of Iron! Persona 3 Reload! A new quiz format and the obligatory c-bomb from Alex rounds out another edition of the world's most casual casual gaming podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecrossplayers/me…

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E124: Re-Focusing on Security - the Sysdig Story 44:51

2M ago44:51

44:51

Loris Degioanni is Founder & CTO of Sysdig, the observability and container security company behind the Falco and Sysdig open source projects. Both projects are widely adopted, with 7K GitHub Stars each. Sysdig is a $2.5B company that has raised over $700M from investors including Insight, Accel, Bain, DFJ, Goldman Sachs, Third Point & Permira. In …

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Marty Smuin, CEO: Arturo: Protecting against assuming unsustainable risk (291) 36:55

2M ago36:55

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Arturo is a property intelligence company which combines multispectral imagery, geographic data and customer portfolio insights with machine learning models in a single platform. A lot has developed in property intelligence since we last spoke to Arturo on the podcast. Matthew Grant caught up with CEO Marty Smuin about how generative AI is adding a…

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NX | Ep7: Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase 1:56:36

2M ago1:56:36

1:56:36

Join the gang as we break down the recent Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and ask all the big questions. Does Snake Rattle 'n' Roll still hold up? Did it ever? Is Pocket Card Jockey even a real game? Why does it feel so nice to say "Contra: Operation Galuga"? Try it: Galooooga. Galooooooga. Lovely stuff. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcas…

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Revolutionizing Angular Development with Rxfx - AIA 405 50:08

2M ago50:08

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Dean Radcliffe is a senior software engineer at Optum. Armen and Lucas take a deep dive into the intricacies of reactivity and RxJS. Our special guest, Dean, introduces us to the RxFX library and its potential to simplify observable and effect handling. Join them as they explore the complexities of managing loading states and effects in app develop…

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Tim Rayner, CEO: Verisk Specialty Business Solutions: Innovation in the London Market (290) 26:09

2M ago26:09

26:09

Robin Merttens is joined by CEO and President of Verisk Specialty Business Solutions (VSBS), Tim Rayner. The discussion covers VSBS’s acquisitions such as Rulebook and Whitespace for a broader digital ecosystem, and the challenges of decision-making and procurement in the London market. Key talking point: Growth and opportunities in the specialty m…

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John Mullen, President and CRO: Guidewire: A view from the top (289) 37:49

2M ago37:49

37:49

Since its start in 2001, the insurance platform provider Guidewire has grown to be used by more than 540 insurers in 40 countries. Guidewire's President and Chief Revenue Officer, John Mullen, spoke to Matthew Grant about the company's journey as it continues to grow, the climate of the insurance industry and what are the driving forces of innovati…

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NX | Ep6: Switch 2 & Extraneous Waffle 2:09:38

3M ago2:09:38

2:09:38

Hey! The Switch 2 rumour mill keeps on chugging. Although mills don't actually chug, do they? I suppose former host of Channel 5's Games World, Bob Mills, looks like he's chugged a few pints in his time... So there we go. Mills can chug. Now shut up and let me get on with this. Er... Switch 2, yeah. That's covered here. We've also played a bunch of…

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Finding a Job with Charles Max Wood - AIA 404 43:17

2M ago43:17

43:17

In this episode of Adventures in Angular, Charles does a solo episode talking about entrepreneurship and the topic/course on “How to Get a Job.” This is an informative episode for those looking for a job as a developer and how to prepare your resume for your career search. Charles covers the core pieces of the course and specific areas of tailoring…

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Adrian Coupland, Head of Sales: Earnix: Agile pricing for a world of change (288) 16:06

2M ago16:06

16:06

In this mid-week special, Matthew Grant speaks to Adrian Coupland at Earnix, a software provider to global insurers and banks. They discuss how the nature of risk in the insurance industry is rapidly changing, presenting new challenges in areas like motor pricing and supply chain management. The podcast ends with a discussion about Earnix's new pro…

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January news - $73 million funding, ships, war and thunderstorms (287) 45:59

3M ago45:59

45:59

After the popularity of our first episode, InsTech is back with another analysis of what happened in insurance in the past month. If you are curious to know what is going on behind the news items you read about in insurance or technology - we’re bringing together experts, founders, insurers and some well know figures to tell us the news items that …

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The Cross Players Podcast | Ep132: Games to Look Out For in 2024 1:18:24

3M ago1:18:24

1:18:24

Hey! Let's talk about the games we're looking forward to in the year of our lord 2024, shall we? Also covered on this week's show: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown; Tekken 8 and The Last of Us Part II Remastered. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecrossplayers/message…

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E123: Real-time Video & Audio Infrastructure for Conversational AI 44:15

3M ago44:15

44:15

Russ d'Sa is Founder of LiveKit, the real-time streaming audio, video, and data infrastructure platform for developers. Their open source project, also called livekit, provides the end-to-end stack for WebRTC and has over 6K stars on GitHub. In this episode, we dig into LiveKit's unique founding story with the idea coming from the founders' experie…

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Sarah Woolliscroft & Wayne Calderbank: Synergy: Passionate about claims management (286) 26:06

3M ago26:06

26:06

In this episode, Matthew Grant sits down with Sarah Woolliscroft, Group Head of Operations & TPA and Wayne Calderbank, Group Data and Performance Director at Claims Consortium Group (CCG) for an exploration of the importance of technology in the claims industry and CCG's journey into the world of artificial intelligence. Synergy originated as a sol…

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Building A Component Library with Thomas Pink & Fabian Friedl - AiA 403 50:05

3M ago50:05

50:05

Thomas Pink and Fabian Friedl from Dynatrace join Adventures in Angular to discuss the highs and lows of building an in-house design system with Angular and the exciting move from keeping it internal to open sourcing and letting the world loose upon it. Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Developer Book Club Become a Top 1% Dev with a Top End Devs Mem…

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E122: How Orkes is Building a Great Company on Conductor 42:29

3M ago42:29

42:29

Jeu George is Co-Founder & CEO of Orkes, the orchestration engine based on the Conductor project. Conductor was originally created at Netflix but they have since discontinued support of the project. The team at Orkes has forked the project and is building a company around it. In this episode, we talk through the Conductor journey - from creating th…

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James Orchard, CEO: QBE Ventures: Driving strategic value through corporate ventures (285) 42:22

3M ago42:22

42:22

This week James Orchard, CEO of QBE Ventures, joins the podcast and discusses the shift in insurers' appetite for innovation, partnerships with startups, and the importance of collaboration in achieving strategic goals. The conversation covers how QBE Ventures is making strides in data and AI, resilience, and growth in emerging markets, with intere…

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NX | Ep5: Nintendo's 2024 Plans and Predictions 2:19:59

3M ago2:19:59

2:19:59

2024 baybeeeeeeee! Strap in for a big one. This week, we're joined by one of our most ravishing patrons and PROPER GAMES JOURNALIST, Nate Ellingsworth, to pick his brains on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. We also look ahead to Nintendo's 2024, and look back at other years that end in a 4. Hey, what's your favourite year that ends in a 4? Mine is…

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Power Up Angular with RXjs with Armen Vardanyan - AiA 402 57:15

3M ago57:15

57:15

Armen Vardanyan is an Armenian Angular developer who works extensively with both Angular and RXjs. He walks Chuck through the ins and outs of how he uses RXjs to expand the functionality of his Angular applications and how to think about observables in general. Sponsors Chuck's Resume Template Raygun - Application Monitoring For Web & Mobile Apps B…

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Garrett Koehn, CRC Brokerage & Gordon Wintrob, Newfront: Brokers using generative AI today (284) 35:06

3M ago35:06

35:06

This week, we return with Henry Gale as he caught up with Garrett Koehn, President of CRC Brokerage, and Gordon Wintrob, Co-founder and CTO of Newfront. The discussion covers the potential of generative AI for insurance brokers, with real-world examples of brokers using AI right now. Garrett and Gordon talk about how generative AI can improve the c…

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Working with Google Maps on Angular with Katerina Skroumpelou - AiA 401 49:01

3M ago49:01

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In this episode of Adventures in Angular, we talk with Katerina Skroumpelou, who is a Google Maps and Angular Google Developer Expert and team member at @nrwl_io, living in Greece. In this episode, Katerina talks about how she got started with Google Maps. She also covers how the Google Maps JS API has changed over time, how you can get started usi…

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Colville Wood & David Fearne: Cognizant: The power and surprises of generative AI in practice (283) 30:39

3M ago30:39

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Cognizant is a global professional services company helping companies across different industries with generative AI. Henry Gale is joined this week by Colville Wood, Chief Technology Officer for Insurance (UK&I and EMEA) and David Fearne, Global Director of Generative AI at Cognizant. The discussion covers how Generative AI has the potential to au…

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E121: Coding in the Cloud with Coder 41:27

4M ago41:27

41:27

Kyle Carberry is Founder & CTO of Coder, the self-hosted remote development platform. Their project, also called coder, enables users to provision remote development environments via Terraform and has over 6K Github Stars. In this episode, we dig into the evolution of the browser-based coding movement, how Coder massively improved developer experie…

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Jamie Crystal, CEO & Co-founder: MIC Global: Simple microinsurance for everyday risks (282) 28:47

4M ago28:47

28:47

In our first podcast of 2024, Jamie Crystal, CEO of MIC Global, discusses with Matthew Grant their aim to close the insurance protection gaps by offering insurance products tailored to the needs of underserved individuals, including income protection, identity theft protection, and incident coverage. MIC uses a business-to-business-to-customer (B2B…

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E120: Building Better Python Tooling 42:26

4M ago42:26

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Charlie Marsh is Founder & CEO of Astral, builders of next-gen python tooling. Their first project, ruff, is an extremely fast Python linter and code formatter written in Rust and has 22K GitHub Stars. In this episode, we dig into why they started with a linter, getting to 8.5M monthly downloads, the impact of building with Rust, how they developed…

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Amazing Backends for Angular Devs with NestJS with Ely Lucas - AiA 400 42:52

4M ago42:52

42:52

Ionic’s very own Ely Lucas swings by to chat to Alyssa, Chris & Brooks about NestJS, the node framework that’s winning over devs in the Angular community and beyond. The panel dive into the docs, learning about how Nest allows developers to structure powerful backends with a syntax that will make Angular devs in particular feel right at home.Sponso…

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E119: Building With Monorepos Using Nx 41:23

4M ago41:23

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Jeff Cross is Co-Founder & CEO of Nx, the build system for maintaining and scaling monorepos, both locally and on CI. Their project, also called nx, has over 20K stars on GitHub. Nx has raised $25M from investors including a16z & Nexus. In this episode, we discuss the benefits of using monorepos and the types of teams and codebases it works well fo…

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InsTech is away but the AI never rests (281) 1:18

4M ago1:18

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The InsTech team is taking a break and we’ve outsourced this week’s short podcast to ChatGPT. But fear not - humans will be back in the loop next week. Interested to find out more about how insurers are using AI. Sign up to our Generative AI newsletter here. If you like what you're hearing, please leave us a review on whichever platform you use or …

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