Citizen Coder Podcast: Recent Episodes
Andrew Martin
I interview programmers from every language and frame work. We talk about everything from learning to code, what happens on the job, and tech in general.
In this episode I talk to Charlie Helman, a game developer currently building a card game on the Defold engine. We discuss his work with Wizards of the Coast, Lua, Unity, Game engines, and a ton of other topics. Have a listen!
Thanks for listening to this episode of Citizen coder podcast. You can find links to anything we covered in the show notes. If you’d like to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or hit me up on twitter. Thanks, and as always, I’ll see you next time.
linkedin.com/in/andevr
https://twitter.com/Andevrs
Links:
https://playcanvas.com/
https://defold.com/
https://love2d.org/
Charlie's links:
https://twitter.com/charliehelman
https://vibery.gg/
In this episode I talk to the two brothers from the game studio Monolith of Minds. They have built two games on the Godot engine and have released them on PC and Nintendo Switch, Resolutiion (yes spelled the correct way) and Lila's Sky Ark. We discuss game development, the Godot engine, the Unity fiasco, and much more.
http://monolithofminds.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1573390/Lilas_Sky_Ark/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/975150/Resolutiion/
https://twitter.com/monolithofminds
Follow me on twitter/X: https://twitter.com/andevrs
on linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andevr
Show notes:
In this episode I talk to Alfie Whattam, a technologist, entrepreneur, and podcaster. He is the owner and CEO of Alfa, a recruitment company in the UK that specializes in bringing high quality developers to companies in the UK. In this episode we discuss everything from being parents to building companies.
Links:
https://twitter.com/AlfieGWhattam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfiegeorgewhattam/
https://welovealfa.com/podcast
Thanks for listening to this episode of Citizen coder podcast. You can find links to anything we covered in the show notes. If you’d like to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or hit me up on twitter. Thanks, and as always, I’ll see you next time.
linkedin.com/in/andevr
https://twitter.com/Andevrs
In This Episode I talk to Matthew Smith, a developer from Australia. We discuss Game development, the Unity3d shenanigans, and game development in general.
If you like what I'm doing and want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me on twitter or email me at info@citizencodercast.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew1smith/
https://twitter.com/Andevrs
https://godotengine.org/
https://gamemaker.io/en
If anyone is wondering what's happening with my podcast, I'm recording two podcasts, and due to the way I'm having to handle it, they both listed under the Citizen Coder podcast for now until I find a home for the Elixirized Podcast. Thanks for listening!
In this Episode We ruminate about the wonders of organization in Basecamp, using discord for voice and async text communication, and Jeff wants to be called a burrito.
Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andevr/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffhelman/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/icia-carro-barallobre/
In this episode I talk to Jon Valdivia, a musician and programmer from Spain. In part 1 of this series We talk about learning to code, building projects, wearing blinders, staying focused, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
This has been an episode of The Citizen Coder Podcast. If you’d like to get in touch with my guests you can find their links in the show notes. If you like what I’m doing and want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or find me on LinkedIn or twitter. Thanks for listening and as always, I’ll see you next time.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Andevrs
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andevr
Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonvaldivia/
Theme music is by Neffex on youtube. Find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB3EKTbeBeM
In this super rough first episode I’m joined by my co-hosts, Icia and Jeff. We discuss starting a startup, starting a podcast, introduce our first Project, learning Elixir, getting out of tutorial hell, and so much more. Let’s jump in.
Thanks for listening to this episode.
If you’re interested in getting more info on Mindery, our first app, we’d love to have you in our discord, the link is in the show notes. Follow us on twitter for updates on the app, blog posts, snarky comments, and more fun. Anything we mentioned during the podcast such as courses, websites etc you can find in the show notes. Thanks for listening and as always, we’ll see you next time.
https://twitter.com/IciaCB
https://twitter.com/JeffHelman42
https://twitter.com/Andevrs
For information about Dockyard Academy, The bootcamp we graduated from: contact the instructor Brooklin:
https://twitter.com/BrooklinJMyers
Courses:
Dockyard Academy Curriculum
https://github.com/DockYard-Academy/curriculum
TIm Buchalca’s Java:
https://www.udemy.com/share/101Wdq/
this episode I talk to Eric Van Johnson and John Congdon from the PHPugly podcast and PHPArcitect. We talk about starting a company, running multiple podcasts, I school them on Elixir, we have a Doom and Gloom segment, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
https://twitter.com/Citizen_Coder
https://twitter.com/andevrs
Show Notes:
phparch.com
phpugly.com
Twitter handles
twitter.com/shocm
twitter.com/johncongdon
twitter.com/phparch
twitter.com/phpugly
Mastodon Handles
@eric@phparch.social
@john@phparch.com
@editor@phparch.com
@phpugly@phparch.com
In this first season 2 episode of Citizen Coder Podcast I talk to Matthew Baker. Matthew was on the show last season. In this episode we talk about some of my experience with Dockyard Academy, the first Elixir focused coding bootcamp, the job hunt, and his experience with onboarding in his first coding job. Let's dive in.
Matthew's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcbii/
If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/andevr or twitter: twitter.com/andevrs
In this long awaited last episode of season 1 I interview two devs, Zona and Luuh. We talk about their entry into programming, Their plans for the future, and building a discord community.
Show Notes:
Zona: twitter.com/SupernovaZona
Luuh: twitter.com/LuuhTech
Zona tribe discord: discord.gg/983FNzky
If you like what I’m doing and want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter. Thanks for listening and as always, I’ll see you next time.
twitter.com/andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
In this first video Episode I talk to Ash, a YouTuber with a channel focused on game development tutorials and playthroughs. We discuss game engines, game development, homeschooling, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
This is my first video upload, I definitely have some work to do on my end to get a better setup, but hopefully you all enjoy this. Thanks!
Twitter links:
twitter.com/andevrs twitter.com/Citizen_Coder
twitter.com/AmalgamAsh
Ash's YouTube channel: youtube.com/@AmalgamAsh
My show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7g9agBmhO7kRxMKQ5M6ngf?si=bdc3f4630e904670
Smile Game Builder: https://store.steampowered.com/app/483950/SMILE_GAME_BUILDER/
RPG Developer Bakin: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1036640/RPG_Developer_Bakin/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/364210/Sierra_Ops__Space_Strategy_Visual_Novel/
In this episode I interview Sabrina Piles, a musician turned software engineer. We talk about her journey into software development, the 100Devs free coding bootcamp, Elixir, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
You’ve been listening to episode 14 of the Citizen Coder Podcast. If you'd like to connect with sabrina you can find her at twitter.com/eggs_mayhem
If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter. Thanks for listening and as always, I’ll see you next time.
Show notes:
100Devs free bootcamp:
https://leonnoel.com/100devs/
https://gleam.io/e6AV3/100devs-signup
https://leonnoel.com/discord
My links:
twitter.com/Andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
https://www.youtube.com/@CitizenCoder
In this content packed episode I interview Simon Willison, Co-creator of the Python Django web framework and a survivor of the first dot com boom in the 90s. In this episode we hash out the history of the internet, open source, storming castles, scraping your history, blogging, building start-ups, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
Simon's links:
Follow him on Twitter: twitter.com/simonw
Follow him on Mastodon: https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon
If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter.
My Links:
twitter.com/Andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
https://www.youtube.com/@CitizenCoder
Show Notes:
simon's current project: https://datasette.io/
https://datasette.io/plugins
https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-graphql
GitHub.com/topics/git-scraping
https://simonwillison.net/2020/Oct/9/git-scraping/…
spacelog.org
https://blog.natbat.net/post/61658401806/lanyrd-from-idea-to-exit/amp
https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/fort-clonque-7423/#Overview
https://www.niche-museums.com/107
https://github.com/simonw/sf-tree-history
In this episode I talk to Costanza, a web developer in Italy. We talk about Assistive technology, the intersection of music and programming, The cult of apple, 5G hats, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
If you’d like to connect with Costanza or have questions about the non-profit teaching kids to code you can reach out to her on twitter: twitter.com/techsavvyteachy
If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter.
My Links:
twitter.com/Andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
https://www.youtube.com/@CitizenCoder
Show Notes:
reverb.wtf
Sonic-pi.net
Exercism.org
https://dashbit.co/
https://www.oppo.com/en/
https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
https://riot-optimizer.com/
I’m drew and you’re listening to Episode 11 of the citizen coder podcast. In this episode I talk to Will McGugan, founder of a startup called Textualize. We discuss The challenges of growing a startup, building terminal apps, employee retention, DNA, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
If you’d like to connect with Will MCGugan and learn about his project Textual you can reach out to him on twitter, link is in the show notes. If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter.. Thanks for listening, and as always, I’ll see you next time.
Show notes
twitter.com/@willmcgugan
Textualize.io
willmcgugan.com
My links
twitter.com/Andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
https://www.youtube.com/@CitizenCoder
I’m drew and you’re listening to the citizen coder podcast. In this episode I talk to swamy, a fellow student in the Dockyard academy and an instructor in healthcare education. We talk Learning Elixir, staying motivated, future plans gamifying learning, we experience recording issues, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
Show Notes:
If you’d like to get in touch with Swamy you can hit him up on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhargavaswamy/
If you like what I'm doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on Linkedin or Twitter:
twitter.com/Andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
I’m Drew and you’re listening to Episode 9 of the Citizen Coder Podcast. In this episode I talk to Matthew Baker, an Elixir developer just past his first year on the job. We talk about his journey learning to code, Losing the Yardstick, my experience so far with Dockyard Academy, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
Show Notes:
If you'd like to reach out to Matthew you can find him on linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcbii/
If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com or find me on linkedin or twitter:
twitter.com/Andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
I’m Drew and you’re listening to the citizen coder podcast. In this extra long episode I interview Byron Salty, VP of Video and Devices at Warner Media. We talk about Elixir, Dockyard Academy, Mentorship, skill development, We record a part two, and so much more. Lets dive in.
If you’d like what I’m doing and you want to sponsor the show you can reach out to me at info@citizencodercast.com, or message me on LinkedIn or twitter.
Byron offers a great value in the form of (currently free) mentorship. He has over 20 years experience in development, both programming and management. Do yourself a favor and book a call with him! Get free mentorship: https://byronsalty.com/mentoring
My Links:
twitter.com/andevrs
twitter.com/citizen_coder
linkedin.com/in/andevr
Show Notes:
Get free mentorship: https://byronsalty.com/mentoring
Read the Salty Blog: https://byronsalty.medium.com/
The Lean Startup: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898
Little Book of Talent: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Talent-Improving-Skills/dp/B084T5KXPC
The Pragmatic Programmer: https://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Programmer-Anniversary-Journey-Mastery/dp/B0833FBNHV
In this episode I talk to Michael Page, a PHP developer in the UK and a member of the PHPUgly discord. We talk about Family members in world war 2, a unique way to get a job as a developer, Michael mixes up VIM hotkeys, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
Show notes:
Can you guess which Hotkey? Tell me on twitter!
twitter.com/Andevrs
linkedin.com/in/andevr
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcG1I3bEUHNWQzZ7-c0To2g
If you’d like to follow Mike Page you can find him on twitter:
twitter.com/MikePageDev
NeoVIM editor: https://neovim.io/
Lando: lando.dev
PHPUgly discord community and podcast:
https://discord.com/invite/BMV6Xdt
phpugly.com
Arnold motivational video mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ktRTWMX3M
Learn VIM! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhoH5vyxr6Qq41NFL4GvhFp-WLd5xzIzZ
You’re listening to the citizen coder podcast. In this episode I talk to Chris Bowman, a SiteCore Developer and long time outdoor enthusiast living the RV life dream. We talk about building friendships online, finding your path in tech, soft skills, and so much more.
Show Notes:
Follow Chris: twitter.com/Minimalish_YT
If you’re interested in sponsoring the show feel free to reach out to me on twitter or email me at citizencoder1@gmail.com.
You can find me on:
Twitter: twitter.com/Andevrs
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/andevr
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcG1I3bEUHNWQzZ7-c0To2g
or search citizen_coder
you’re listening to the citizen coder podcast. In this episode I talk to Brooklin Myers, a developer for DockYard and teacher of the Elixir programming language. We talk about finding a job in tech, functional programming, building an Elixir Academy, I forget how to say anecdotal, and so much more.
Show Notes:
If you’d like to follow Brooklin you can find him on twitter:
Twitter.com/BrooklinJMyers
If you’re interested in trying out the DockYard Academy curriculum:
https://github.com/DockYard-Academy/beta_curriculum/
If you’re interested in participating in the beta, you can email Brooklin at : brooklin.myers@dockyard.com
If you’d like to learn more about Elixir:
Elixir-lang.org
https://www.phoenixframework.org/
https://joyofelixir.com/
Follow me on twitter:
twitter.com/andevrs
twitter.com/citizen_coder
Welcome to the Citizen Coder Podcast. In this episode I talk to Leonard and Costanza, Two people building a non-profit to teach a community of kids to code in the harsh conditions of Nairobi, Kenya. We talk about the challenges and struggles, successes, and what it takes to build something from scratch where modern infrastructure doesn’t exist. Let’s dive in.
Leonard Onyango was born & raised in Kibera Slums, he is amongst the lucky students who got sponsorship to pursue further education in the midst of harsh conditions. He taught basic computer skills and graphic design in different colleges. Along the way, he discovered great platforms like Coder Kids, Endless OS, Roblox, Autodesk - Tinkercad and many more which inspired him to pursue his interest in giving back to the marginalized communities through teaching kids IT in creative ways.
Costanza is passionate about using technology and gamification to make education more accessible. She has a masters degree in education from Trinity College Dublin and currently lives in Italy. Aside from her day job, she dedicates her spare time to volunteering remotely for Watoto Coding for their social media strategy, their funding campaign, and their website.
Show notes:
Watoto Coding links
Website that has a button to donate www.watotocoding.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/watoto-coding
Twitter www.twitter.com/watotocoding
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/storozetu/
Buy a ticket to enter our giveaway and support the charity (prizes ship worldwide) https://giveaway.watotocoding.com/
Resources to learn coding
Scratch Jr https://www.scratchjr.org/
Code bella by blue studios https://play.bluestudios.io/code-bella/
Tinkercad https://www.tinkercad.com/
Make a watering system using Arduino https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/neetithakur/automatic-plant-watering-system-using-arduino-uno-8764ba
HTML/CSS workbook by Sam Taylor https://www.amazon.com/Coding-Workbook-Sam-Taylor/dp/1718500319
Tools used to run the nonprofit
Kofi https://ko-fi.com/watotocoding
Todoist https://todoist.com/
Notion https://www.notion.so/
Birdesk https://birdesk.app/
You’re listening to Episode 3 of the Citizen Coder Podcast. In this episode I talk to Antonio Riccelli, a full stack developer living in the UK. We talk about Programming, Death Metal, Getting his first dev job, Tinfoil hats, and so much more. Let’s dive in.
Follow Antonio on twitter:
www.twitter.com/atniori_
Follow me on twitter:
Find me on Twitter:
@andevrs
@citizen_coder
www.godotengine.org
https://monolithofminds.com/
Games mentioned:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/824600/HROT/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/347800/Ghost_Song/
Theme song by NEFFEX on youtube:
www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic/featured
I’m drew and you’re listening to episode 2 of the Citizen Coder Podcast. In this episode I talk to another Drew, this one from drewlearns.com, a learning platform with a big free course on web development. We talk about his entry into tech, building a web platform, dev ops, The secret to Udemy, and so much more. Lets dive in.
Show links:
Find me on Twitter:
@andevrs
@citizen_coder
on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andevr/
Follow the other Drew on Twitter- @codingwithdrewk
Get more social with him: https://linktr.ee/codingwithdrew
Check out his free course- drewlearns.com
Support the Other Drew:
Join Kinsta using drew’s link: https://kinsta.com/?kaid=SWIOBMMAJXZX
Get Elementor using drew’s link: trk.elementor.com/Codingwithdrew
Music by NEFFEX: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBefBxNTPoNCQBU_Lta6Nvg
In this First episode I talk to Eric Van Johnson, One of the people behind PHP Architect and the development team at DiegoDev. We discuss Hosting PodCasts, Why PHP isn’t dead, Restraining orders, Pair Programming terror, Eric gives me advice on starting my own podcast, and so much more.
Links:
the podcast that Eric Hosts: https://www.phpugly.com/
The PHP[architect] magazine: https://www.phparch.com/
Follow Eric on twitter: twitter.com/shocm