Bits and Trees: Recent Episodes
Matt Machuga
A podcast focused on Computer Science, Software Engineering, and all of the topics in between. Hosted by Matt Machuga.
Show NotesLinks* SREcon20 Americas - It's a Trap! How Abstractions Have Failed Us. * So You Want To Deploy That * André's Twitter * Jeff's Twitter
Our first guest from my home town of Erie, PA, Mat Silva, walks us through his journey of moving from being a full time engineer, moving into a CTO role as a cofounder of a company with a small team, and ultimately transitioning back to an independent contributor role.
Additionally, we get to learn about his "Tech Shed" office for remote work.
Links * Baffle.io * The Tech Shed * Mat's Twitter
Music: Spacedman by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Jim Wrubel tells us about his path to CTO, his project the Soft Stuff, his experiences with hiring, things new managers need to learn, and moving between independent contributor and managerial tracks.
Times * Introduction, backstory, rise to CTO * 15:50 - Hiring * 28:20 - Stepping away from the code * 31:00 - Transitioning between leadership levels * 34:20 - The Engineer/Manager Pendulum * 38:50 - Learning enough of your tech stack to be helpful and knowledgeable * 43:55 - Final remarks
Show Notes * Jim Wrubel's Twitter * The Soft Stuff * Beer Goggles * Megan Callaghan (designer) * The Engineer/Manager Pendulum
Jerome Hardaway, Geek at Arms at Vets Who Code, joins us to discuss the Vets Who Code program, pragmatism / being tactical, and teaching development.
Show Notes Vets Who Code
Derek Prior and I take time to chat about how he worked with his team to release the new free private repos at GitHub, our experiences as Engineering Managers, and our love for working remotely.
Show Notes * Making Work Visible Book
In this episode Ben Orenstein tells us about his experiences with pair programming, moving from consulting to product work, creating a screen sharing application, and more.
Show Notes * The Art of Product Podcast * Tuple * Tuple Pairing Guide * Level * Thoughbot
Show Notes * Dirceu's Twitter * Auth0's Hiring! * How We Store Data in the Cloud at Auth0 * Auth0's Move to a Single-Cloud Architecture on AWS * Auth0 Architecture: Running In Multiple Cloud Providers And Regions * Seeking SRE Book
Show Notes * Rust in Motion MEAP Video Course (Manning) * Rustlings * The Rust Programming Language Book (Print and eBook) * The Rust Programming Language Book (Free Online) * The Rust Programming Language Site * Rust Out Your C at Erie Day of Code Conference
Show Notes * Phil's Twitter * Phil's Blog * Phil's Bike Blog * API's You Won't Hate * Book: Building API's You Won't Hate * Book: Surviving Other People's API's
Show Notes * Full Stack Radio * Refactoring to Collections * Test Driven Laravel * Advanced Vue Component Design * Refactoring UI * Full Stack Radio Episode 5 with Ryan Singer
Show Notes * Twenty Percent Time Podcast * Caleb's Laracon talk * Laravel Sticker Context