We talk to Harminder Virk, author and maintainer of AdonisJS, a Node.js framework highly focused on developer ergonomics, stability and confidence. We talk about writing frameworks and libraries with a focus on developer experience, first principle thinking and the ecosystem around Node.js development.…

We talk to Brent Bradbury, Head of Software at STOKE Space Technologies, about writing code for re-usable rockets. Brent offers a unique contrast on how building enterprise SaaS is different from building software that goes on a rocket. STOKE is a rocket company that delivers satellites directly to their final orbit at 20x lower cost. They do this …

We talk to Badri Rajasekar about how engineering practices differ in large teams vs. small teams; the role automation plays in ensuring good code quality, and how a Microsoft executive stormed into the room with a baseball bat when a Windows build broke! Badri has spent almost 20 years building software now. He started his career working at compani…

We talk to Cheuk Ting Ho about her experience in coming from academia to working in an open-source company and building a community of contributors, code review practices in the TerminusDB project, and the importance of communication while building a healthy open-source community. Cheuk spent 5 years researching theoretical physics at Hong Kong Uni…

We talk to Timothy Chen (@tnachen) about how large open-source projects like Apache Mesos, Kafka, Spark, among others manage code reviews, and contrast the different processes and rigor set by the maintainers. We discuss how finding a balance in the strictness and the scope of the code reviews is important as a new project tries to attract new cont…

In this episode, we talk to Javed Khan (@tuxcanfly) about dev tooling and workflows, and the contrast between small and large teams in how developers collaborate. A pharmacy student turned software developer, Javed brings a unique perspective on how processes and tooling helped him learn the ropes fast during his first gig as a Python developer. We…

In this episode, we talk to Shabda (@shabda) about the nuances of API design and how to think about things like URLs, implicitness vs. explicitness, and security when starting to build a new API from scratch. We also explore the differences in approach between REST and GraphQL API design, contrasting the choices one has to make for either of them. …