Dev Quest: Recent Episodes
Dustin LeBlanc
Dev Quest is a podcast about the career journey of the modern web developer. Web development is one of the most accessible and fruitful career paths of our era, marrying a great deal of autonomy and interesting work with a strong sense of community and openness. On Dev Quest, we'll talk to devs working at all levels of the industry, from agency-employed and freelance folks building websites for small businesses to start up founders who are helping run multi-million dollar SaaS companies and everyone in between, all through the lens of trying to help you grow to the next stage in your own journey into this amazing field.
A few weeks ago Solomon Gifford from BlackMesh and the Lando team collaborated on a guide to modern CI/CD providers to help developers take the next step in their CI/CD adventurers. This episode we follow-up on that article. A few things to listen for in our conversation...
- From Jenkins to GitLab: the three epochs of CI/CD technology.
- Document. Standardize. Automate.
- What is the authorization boundary?
- How security concerns are "shifting left" toward the developer.
- Can CI/CD save developers from increasing operational burdens?
You can reach out to Solomon on the BlackMesh website or tweet @sgifford.
Got an idea for an episode? Email us at podcast@lando.dev or tweet us at @devwithlando.
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You can connect with AmyJune on Twitter, Drupal.org, or a contribution sprint happening near you!
Here are some of the key points from our conversation:
- How the altruism of a hospice nurse translated to open source.
- The power of community.
- Finding your place in technology even if you're not a coder.
- What Volkswagen maintenance and web development have in common.
- Making open source contribution easy, even for non-coders.
- The importance of accessibility.
- The wonderful world of geocaching.
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Mike and Solomon love talking with developers who have unique and complicated applications; feel free to reach out to them on LinkedIn or the Blackmesh contact form. Some things to listen for in our conversation...
- Changes in what it means to “do Drupal” and be a CMS-focused developer.
- How to send 7.5 million faxes and half a billion emails to Congress each year.
- Running websites across public and private clouds.
- Facing the realities of distributed stacks.
- Discussing whether serverless will "leap frog" containers.
- When to use decoupled architectures.
- The challenges of staying ahead of tech trends.
- Defining a "high performance NAS solution".
- How AWS and other public clouds are driving infrastructure and application framework choices.
Got an idea for an episode? Email us at podcast@lando.dev or tweet us at @devwithlando.
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You can connect with Shaundai on LinkedIn, she loves talking with people about coding, mentorship, parenting, and finding meaningful work as a developer!
Here are some of the key points from our conversation:
- Overcoming the intimidation of not having a CS degree.
- The value of persistence.
- Pursuing your passions.
- Learning to code as a single parent with a full-time job.
- Using "maniacal prioritization."
- The importance of mentors.
- Embracing failure.
- Using skills from your old career to succeed as a developer.
- How to get your first job as a developer.
- Why you should include a video with your next job application.
Got an idea for an episode? Email us at podcast@lando.dev or tweet us at @devwithlando.
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You can find Chris Teitzel at Cellar Door Media and Lockr.io
Here are some of the key points of our conversation:
- Don't be afraid to reach out and go for it, big things may happen
- Putting out good into the FOSS community always pays back, eventually.
- The diversity in FOSS makes for stronger products.
- Investors can be a double edge sword, spurring you on when you may want to quit and making your down times even harder.
- Desperation and free time can breed opportunity if you're willing to take a chance.
- The barrier between hard sciences and art is permeable.
- Speaking at conferences before you're ready can be good for your career.
- Launching a product in the open source space is a tight rope walk, you need to balance trust and always provide value first
- Continuing to run services as part of your company can help keep a finger on the pulse of your customers.
- Services can help during the lean times of your SaaS.
- Longevity is the unsexy super power.
- Build other people up to make a successful business.
Got an idea for an episode? Email us at podcast@lando.dev
Want to chat us up about the episode, tweet us at @devwithlando
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