Coffee & Coding: the App Developer Podcast: Recent Episodes
Coffee and Coding
Interviews & insights with experienced developer's across all aspects of App Development. Whether you're a veteran developer or just getting started - listen weekly as I go in depth with professionals on topics ranging from Flutter, Cyber Security, Freelancing, Android, iOS & much much more!
Today’s guest is iOS lead @ Fleksy– Antonio Pallares.
In this episode we discuss:
- What goes into building a mobile keyboard
- How to build your own mobile keyboard with minimal effort
- Diagnosing medical conditions from the keyboard
- and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
Connect with Antonio
- You can find Antonio over on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajpallares/
Today’s guest is senior developer, consultant and founder of the AppRise conference – Øivind Jorfald
In this episode we discuss:
- What goes into starting a developer conference
- Working as a developer consultant
- His favourite mobile development platform
- and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
Connect with Øivind
- You can find Øivind over on Twitter @otjorfald
Today’s guest is Senior Software Engineer, and author of the investment site FoxyMonkey - Michael Vogiatzis.
In this episode we discuss:
• Building wealth as a software developer
• Investment options for freelancers
• Putting your money to work for you
• How to get more out of your limited company
• and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
• Company Investing Academy
Connect with Michael
• You can find Michael over on Twitter @FoxyMonkey and his investment blog over @ https://foxymonkey.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Android Developer, Author and Udemy instructor – Catalin Ghita.
In this episode we discuss:
• Jetpack Compose
• Nailing your next Android interview
• Mentoring
• Secondary income streams for developers
• and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
• Catalin’s Book
Connect with Catalin
• You can find Catalin over on Twitter @CatalinGhita4, his book over on Amazon & make sure you check out his courses over @ Udemy!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s episode is a solo one, where I talk about how to get much more development experience, in a lot less time!
Things discussed in the episode:
• Video version of this episode
• Rob J on Vasily Zukanov's Podcast
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Ed Holloway-George, Senior Android Engineer @Asos & speaker on all things cyber app security.
In this episode we discuss:
• The most common app vulnerabilities in 2022
• How to build more secure apps
• Using hardware keystores
• What is Tap Jacking
• and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
• DroidCon London 2022
Connect with Ed
• You can find Ed over on Twitter @sp4ghetticode, his blog over @ spght.dev & make sure you check out his talks over @ spght.dev/talks!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Rafael Costa, Principle Android Engineer @SaltPay & author of Compose Destinations.
In this episode we discuss:
• Is Jetpack Compose necessary in 2022
• What is Clean Code
• The problem with Compose navigation
• Building an open source library
• and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
• Compose Destinations
Connect with Rafael
• You can find Rafael over on Twitter @raamcosta, his Github page over @ https://github.com/raamcosta & make sure you check out Compose Destinations!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Florian Walther aka Coding in Flow.
In this episode we discuss:
• Founding a startup as a solo developer
• Making the switch from mobile to web development
• Deciding on what to build
• How to promote your product
• and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
• TutHub.io
Connect with Florian
You can find Florian over on Twitter @flo_walther, on Instagram @codinginflow, you can find his Youtube channel @codinginflow, his twitch channel @ https://twitch.tv/florianwalther & make sure you check out TutHub.io!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Alex Styl - ex Apple employee turned independent app developer.
In this episode we discuss:
• Working at Apple
• Choosing happiness over profit
• What it's really like being an indie dev
• How to find users
• How to promote your product
• and much more!
Things discussed in the episode:
• View to Composable [Book]
• Composables.co
Connect with Alex
You can find Alex over on Twitter @alexstyl & over on his website alexstyl.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Donn Felker - software developer, freelancer & host of the Fragmented Podcast.
In this episode we discuss:
• The truth about being a Freelance Developer
• Pro's & Con's of Being a Freelancer
• How to price yourself
• How to find clients
• Freelancing vs Contracting
• and much more!
Discussed in this episode:
• Donn's Books - https://www.amazon.com/Donn-Felker/e/B004LMQG3S
• Rob J on Vasilly's Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ3RuCEFi9U&t=1s
Connect with Donn
You can find Donn over on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnfelker/, on Twitter @donnfelker or over @ donnfelker.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Rahul Pandey - former developer @Pinterest, former developer @Facebook, Youtuber & now, founder of his own startup.
In this episode we discuss:
• Working in big tech
• Why he quit Facebook
• The difference between education & real life in the industry
• How to provide value as a developer
• and much more!
Links discussed in this episode:
• https://twitter.com/rpandey1234/status/1457522650633232384
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WSfv1vRV0s - Why he quit Facebook
Connect with Rahul
You can find Rahul over on LinkedIn @https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/, on Twitter @rpandey1234, on Youtube @RahulPandeyrkp or over @ rkpandey.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is John-Michael Velasquez - senior developer & founder of iteachcode.com
In this episode we discuss:
• How to become a better developer
• Why he chose employment over freelancing
• How he teaches kids to code
• His efforts in mentoring other developers
• and much more!
Connect with John-Michael
You can find John-Michael over on LinkedIn @johnmichaelvelasquez or over @ iteachcode.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Oscar Merry - founder & developer behind the podcasting app Fountain.
In this episode we discuss:
• Building a production app in Flutter
• Launching an app startup
• Podcasting 2.0
• the Bitcoin Lightening network
• and much more!
Connect with Oscar
You can find Oscar over on Twitter @merryoscarand you can find Fountain on the App or Play Store or over at fountain.fm
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode you’ll learn:
• Why you should push back on clients
• How UX is actually part of your job
• How to help clients make informed technical decisions
• and much more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Vasiliy Zukanov - Android Engineer, Course Creator & Freelancer.
In this episode we discuss:
• The future of Android
• Jetpack Compose
• Flutter
• How to value your time as a developer
• Remote working
• and much more!
Connect with Vasiliy
You can find Vasiliy over on LinkedIn @ https://il.linkedin.com/in/vasiliy-zukanov, on Twitter @VasiliyZukanov and on his website @ TechYourChance.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode you’ll learn:
• Why you should work with developers better than you
• The benefits of code reviews
• Why it's important to be able to explain your code
• and much more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Elisha Sterngold - founder and CEO of Shipbook.io
In this episode you’ll learn:
• The importance of logs
• Why code readability is better than "Genius Code"
• The downsides to over engineering
• and much more!
Connect with Elisha
You can find Elisha over on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisha-sterngold/ and you can find Shipbook.io on their website
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode you’ll learn:
• Why you should make use of A/B testing in your apps
• Why having a kill switch in your app is important
• How to encourage users to leaves a review
• and much more!
Things mentioned in this episode:
• Episode where I talk about asking for app reviews
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
☕ Support the showYou can become a supporter of the show with a monthly subscription over @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/support
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Florian Walther aka Coding In flow - a coding Youtuber & Podcaster.
In this episode you’ll learn:
• How he got into coding
• Why he started his Youtube channel with no coding experience
• Florian's thoughts on Jetpack compose
• Why it's important to do things you actually you enjoy
• and much more!
Connect with Florian
You can find Florian over on Twitter @codinginflow, on Instagram @codinginflow, you can find his Youtube channel @codinginflow, his twitch channel @ https://twitch.tv/florianwalther & you can find the Coding in Flow Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode you’ll learn:
• How to identify a "bad" interviewer
• My top strategies to perform well in a bad interview
• How to provide value in the interview itself
• and much more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today’s guest is Taylor Desseyn - the recruiter against recruiters & one of the coolest recruiters you'll ever meet.
In this episode you’ll learn:
• How to land your first software developer role with no experience
• How to craft a winning CV or Resume
• How to interview well
• Our thoughts on take home tech tasks
• and much more!
Other Things Discussed in the Show
• January CV Workshops
Connect with Taylor
You can find Taylor over on Twitter @tdesseyn, on Instagram @tdesseyn, on his website taylordesseyn.com & you can find his show Guideance Counsellor 2.0 wherever you listen to podcasts!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Season 2 is launching January 5th 2021!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is João Dias - developer behind legendary Android automation app Tasker.
In this episode we discuss:
• Why he started developing apps
• Quitting his job to earn a living as a full time independent developer
• App monetization models
• Deciding which features to build
• The mess that is the Android permissions system
• Working around OS restrictions
• Dealing with negative reviews
• Advice to aspiring developers on marketing their apps
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with João
You can find João on Twitter @joaomgcd, on Patreon here & on his website @ joaoapps.com.
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Tasker
• Join
• ReadItToMe (my app)
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Vasiliy Zukanov - Freelance Android Veteran, Course Creator, Youtuber & Tech Blogger.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he became a freelancer
• Finding & pricing projects
• Self discipline
• Creating courses
• Tech blogging
• His new membership programme
• React Native vs Flutter
• How the Oracle vs Google lawsuit could spell the end for Android
• and much more!
You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode13
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🔗 Connect with Vasiliy
• Twitter
• TechYourChance
• Youtube
👀 Things discussed in the show
• His membership program
• 10 Signs you will suck a programming
• Fuchsia
• His newest DI course
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Cyber Security Researcher and founder of the Cyber Security firm, Digital Interruption - Jahmel Harris.
In this episode we discuss:
• Mobile Cyber Secuirty
• The main 3 attack vectors on a mobile app
• Penetration testing mobile apps
• How to protect your apps from being hacked
• Android vs iOS Security
• Rex - an automated vulnerability scanner for CI
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Connect with Jahmel
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahmelharris/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/JayHarris_Sec
Resources discussed in the show
• Digital Interruption - https://www.digitalinterruption.com
• Rex @ https://www.digitalinterruption.com/tooling-2
• To try Rex email rex@digitalinterruption.com
Manchester Grey Hats meetup group
• Website - http://manchestergreyhats.co.uk
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/mcrgreyhats.
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is serial app startup founder - Dan Burcaw.
In this episode you'll learn:
• What it was like working at Apple when the iPhone was released
• What app development looked like in 2007
• How he launched one of the first app development studios ever
• How he landed the NBA as an app client
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Dan Burcaw
You can find Dan on Instagram @burcaw, on Twitter @burcaw and on his website danburcaw.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode I share with you my top 3 tips that I implemented to get one of my apps 100k installs in it's first 2 weeks!
Top takeaways from this episode:
• Tell your audience that the app exists
• Avoid negative reviews by controlling the feedback loop
• Ask for positive reviews strategically
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Original Talk @ The Telegraph
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode I share with you my top 3 tips to successfully deliver a freelance project.
Top takeaways from this episode:
• Understand the project before you commit
• Structure the contract so there's no ambiguity
• Set expectations up front so there's never any doubt about deliverables
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Programming Mentor, App Developer & Social Media Expert - Phillip Lackner.
In this episode we discuss:
• How to grow your developer brand on Instagram
• The benefits of having a social media presence as a developer
• His top tips to grow your following
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Phillip Lackner
You can find Phillip on Instagram @philipplackner_official, on Youtube @philipplackner and on his website pl-coding.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
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Today's guest is Featured Android Developer @ Trivago - David Odari.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he got featured in the official Android Developer video series
• The hiring process when moving to another country for a visa sponsored role
• The importance of having your own personal app portfolio
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with David Odari
You can find David on LinkedIn and on Twitter @_davidodari
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Android Developer Video featuring David
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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Today's guest is Ted Harrington, Cyber Security Expert & Author of the #1 bestseller "Hackable: How to do Application Security Right"
In this episode we discuss:
• His origins in Cyber Security
• How his team hacked medical devices
• How secure is your smartphone
• How to think like a hacker
• The book writing process
• the Blockchain Bandit
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Ted Harrington
You can find Ted on LinkedIn and at his website TedHarrington.com
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Hackable: : How to do Application Security Right
• the Blockchain Bandit (on Wired.com)
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Eran Boudjnah, Lead Android Consultant & Co-Author of the book "How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin".
In this episode we discuss:
• How he started developing at 6 years old!!
• Why he only works freelance
• The challenges of getting a mortgage as a contractor
• The writing process behind his new book
• The problem with Google's apps
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Eran Boudjnah
You can find Eran on LinkedIn or on his blog Optimisingmylife.com
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Optimisingmylife.com
• How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode I discuss:
• What's wrong with most developer CV's
• How to craft your CV to land the interview
• Why you should delete your personal statement ASAP
• What to write when you have no experience
• and more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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Today's guest is Greg Edwards, the CEO at cyber security company CryptoStopper.
In this episode we discuss:
• His origins in Cyber Security
• How SMS 2 Factor Authentication is fundamentally broken
• How Apple was recently held to ransom
• Mobile devices as attack vectors
• The future of ransomware on mobile
• How to write secure code
• Getting into the hackers mindset
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Greg Edwards
You can find Greg on LinkedIn and you can find Cryptostopper on Twitter or @ GetCryptostopper.com
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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Today's guest is Teresa Wu - Head of Android Engineering at Tide.
In this episode we discuss:
• BDD - What is it, How to do it & Why it's useful
• Why she left contract work for a permanent job
• What being Lead Engineer entails
• Becoming a T Shaped Developer
• Her thoughts on Flutter
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Teresa
You can find Teresa on Twitter @teresa_wyy, on Medium & on LinkedIn
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Teresa's Talk at Mobile London
• Episode 19 with Simon Lightfoot on Flutter
• Sign Up for the Live Q+A
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode you'll hear me on the Mentoring Developer's Podcast, talking about:
• My journey as a freelancer
• My advice to new or aspiring software engineers
• How I passed on the chance to be part of a startup that could have made him a millionaire
• and much more!
Find the original episode on the Mentoring Developer's Podcast
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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In this episode I discuss:
• Why releasing your own apps appeals to recruiters
• The benefits of experiencing the entire development lifecycle
• My own experience of releasing my own apps
• How to leverage your own apps to teach yourself new technologies
• and more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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In this episode I discuss:
• My top tips & advice when interviewing
• How to deal with bad interviewers
• How to stand out during the interview process
• Why I don't advocate for technical tests
• and more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode I discuss:
• How to get your CV ready to make the switch
• How to get your LinkedIn noticed by recruiters
• My favorite hack for leveraging recruiters
• My top tips for crushing at interviews
• and more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Timirah James - Software Engineer, iOS Developer, Tech Evangelist, Musician & Founder of Technigal
In this episode we discuss:
• How she went from musical child star to software engineer
• Her thoughts on higher education in tech
• Why she started Technigal
• Her thoughts on Freelancing vs Employment
• Why she transitioned to freelancing during Covid
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Timirah
You can find Timirah on Twitter @TimirahJ, on Instagram, on Spotify, on her website @ timirahjames.com & you can find Technigal on Twitter @technigal_la
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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Today's guest is Tracy Lee - Serial Entrepreneur & founder of Coding Consultancy This Dot Labs
In this episode we discuss:
• Starting businesses
• Being a serial entrepeneur
• What startup life in the Bay Area is actually like
• ThisDot
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Tracy Lee
You can find Tracy on Twitter @ladyleet & you find This Dot Labs @thisdot.co
🌎 Connect with Mitch
You can find Mitch on Youtube @ youtube.com/codingwithmitch & on Twitter @mitch_tabian
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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Today's guest is app development studio founder, Adedayo Omosanya.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he started his app development studio
• Finding his first clients
• His hiring process & finding the right developers
• How he communicates with clients
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Adedayo
You can find Adedayo on LinkedIn & you can find his app studio @ ingenious-app-studios.co.uk
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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Today's guest is Veteran turned Cyber Security Expert - Jon Helmus.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he got into Cyber Security
• The difference between Government Cyber vs Commercial
• What his day to day looks like
• What is Red Teaming
• Vulnerabilities of third party developer tools like Firebase
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Jon
You can find Jon on Twitter @Moos1e_Moose, on LinkedIn & on his website.
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Aws Pen Testing book
• Wireshark
• Security Onion
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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Today's episode is a rebroadcast of my recent appearance on the Code Story podcast, hosted by Noah Labhart (guest on episode 10 of this show). The interview is focused on one of my most popular apps, ReadItToMe, and my journey through building that app in 2011 as a newbie android developer to where it's at today.
🌎 Connect with NoahYou can find Noah on LinkedIn & on his website @ noahlabhart.com.
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• CodeStory
• ReadItToMe (my app)
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is João Dias - developer behind legendary Android automation app Tasker.
In this episode we discuss:
• Why he started developing apps
• Quitting his job to earn a living as a full time independent developer
• App monetization models
• Deciding which features to build
• The mess that is the Android permissions system
• Working around OS restrictions
• Dealing with negative reviews
• Advice to aspiring developers on marketing their apps
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with João
You can find João on Twitter @joaomgcd, on Patreon here & on his website @ joaoapps.com.
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Tasker
• Join
• ReadItToMe (my app)
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Benedict Seyer - co-founder of IAP price optimization tool Mage
In this episode we discuss:
• What the most popular apps on the store have in common
• What part app reviews play in store ranking
• What is dynamic pricing
• How Mage works
• How you might be losing out on 20% more revenue by sticking with static pricing
• Launching on Product Hunt
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Benedict
You can find Benedict on Twitter @SeyerBenedict
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• Mage
• Mage on Product Hunt
• My zoom talk with students @ Grand Canyon University
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Simon Lightfoot - Flutter Developer & CTO of Dev Angels London
In this episode we discuss:
• His software engineering journey to Flutter
• What Flutter is
• How it works under the hood
• Why it's better than Native apps
• The ONE drawback it has
• The future of Flutter Development
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Simon
You can find Simon on Twitter @devangelslondon & you find his development agency at devangels.london
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• The video version of this episode
• Simon's Droidcon Talk
• Flutter Architectural Overview
🌎 Connect with Mitch
You can find Mitch on Youtube @ youtube.com/codingwithmitch & on Twitter @mitch_tabian
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Olivier Bloch - Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Azure.
In this episode we discuss:
• His journey from embedded software to iOT
• What IOT actually is
• What it can be used for
• Interesting products using it today
• How the cloud factors into IOT products
• Small ML (Machine Learning)
• The future of IOT
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Olivier
You can find Olivier on Twitter @OBloch & you find the IOT show he hosts on Youtube.
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• IOT Blog
• Microsoft Azure
• Sensoria Fitness
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
In this episode me & my co host for the day, the all powerful Mitch Tabian (episode 11), speak with Android developer Frederyk Linhares. We talk about:
• App development in Brazil
• His journey into mobile development
• Building embedded tablet apps for tractors
• How he rebuilt & revived a legacy app with millions of downloads
• Backend to Frontend architecture
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Frederyk
You can find Frederyk on Twitter @fredelinhares.
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• The video version of this episode
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's episode is ALL about Freelancing. Having been a freelance app developer since 2012 I answer your questions about freelancing & cover topics including:
• What is Freelancing?
• The Pro's & Con's of Freelancing
• The differences in Freelancer vs Employee
• Risk vs Security
• Do Freelancer's earn more money?
• What experience do you need to be a Freelancer?
• Why I ONLY freelance
• How I got started with ZERO experience (and you can too!)
• Why I don't use websites like UpWork
• My top hack for finding your next gig
• and much much more!
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Jonathan Cutrell - Director of Engineering at PBS & host of the Developer Tea podcast.
In this episode we discuss:
• How and why he started Developer Tea
• The why behind things we do as developers
• What drives the actions we take
• The psychology of remote working
• Hierarchies of developer roles
• and much much more!
🌎 Connect with Jonathan
You can find Jonathan on Twitter @JCutrell & on his website.
🔎 Resources discussed in the show
• How Remote First Companies are Antifragile [Article]
• The Black Swan [Book]
• Antifragile [Book]
• Thinking, Fast & Slow [Book]
• Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst [Book]
• Accelerate: the Science of Lean Software & Devops [Book]
• Principles [Book]
• Hidden Brain [Podcast]
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Andrew McAvinchey - Sales & Marketing Guru and CEO of MountArbor.io.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he got into sales & marketing
• Why sales & marketing are not the same thing
• How to approach sales/marketing in 2020
• Small budget vs big budget marketing
• The pros and cons of taking investments as a startup
• Organic vs paid reach
• Why you shouldn't do everything yourself
• The journey from startup to viable business
• The sales flywheel (it's not a funnel anymore folks)
• and much more!
You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode14
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🔗 Connect with Andrew
• LinkedIn
• MountArbor.io
👀 Things discussed in the show
• The Fly Wheel model
• Graph of startup time to profit
• Profit First (Book)
• Free consultation with Andrew
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Vasiliy Zukanov - Freelance Android Veteran, Course Creator, Youtuber & Tech Blogger.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he became a freelancer
• Finding & pricing projects
• Self discipline
• Creating courses
• Tech blogging
• His new membership programme
• React Native vs Flutter
• How the Oracle vs Google lawsuit could spell the end for Android
• and much more!
You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode13
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🔗 Connect with Vasiliy
• Twitter
• TechYourChance
• Youtube
👀 Things discussed in the show
• His membership program
• 10 Signs you will suck a programming
• Fuchsia
• His newest DI course
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Brian Plummer - veteran mobile developer, speaker & developer at the New York Times, Nike, TouchLab & currently OKCupid.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he got started in development
• What mobile development was like in 2010
• His experience working at the New York Times
• How he got into public speaking
• His philosophy on code reviews
• His thoughts on GraphQL
• Fakes vs Mocks when it comes to testing
• And more!
You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode12
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🔗 Connect with Brian
• Twitter
• OkCupid Tech Blog
• A list of Brian's Talks
👀 Things discussed in the show
• Mockk
• GraphQL Apollo Client
• Brian's GraphQL talk at DroidCon
• New York Time's Android App
• Brian's Talk on Code Reviews
• TouchLab
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
You can find the show notes for this episode here.
Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Mitch Tabian - mobile developer, course creator, successful Youtuber & podcast host.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he got started in development
• His journey to becoming a successful Youtuber & course creator
• His creation process
• Why he doesn't host his courses on Udemy
• His thoughts on Flutter vs Native
• Why he prefers course creation over freelance work
• And much much more!
You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode11
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🔗 Connect with Mitch
• Website
• Twitter
• Youtube
👀 Things discussed in the show
• PluralSight
• Mitch's first course
• Flutter vs Native
• Squadcast
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
You can also connect with like minded listeners on the community Slack.
💛 Leave a reviewIf you're enjoying the show & want to support us head over to Apple Podcasts or Podchaser & leave us a review!
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Noah Labhart. Software engineer, Founder of mobile development agency Touch Tap, Co-Founder and CTO of startup Veryable, and Creator & Host of the awesome podcast Code Story.
In this episode we discuss:
• How he got started in software engineering
• How he founded his own a Mobile Development Studio
• Co-founding a successful startup
• The role networking has played in his success
• What makes a good technical test
• How to hire & manage a fully remote team
• What Being CTO actually involves
• What Code Story has taught him
• And much much more!
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🔗 Connect with Noah
• LinkedIn
• Website
👀 Things discussed in the show
• CodeStory
• Veryable
• TouchTap
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is the developer behind the number 1 top paid social app on the Play Store* (Talon), Owner of app studio Klinker Apps and long time independent developer - Luke Klinker.
In this episode we discuss:
• Klinker Apps rise to success as an independent app studio
• The Story Behind Pulse + Talon
• The Pro's of Freemium vs Paid apps
• Open Sourcing his most popular apps
• Supporting 100's of 1000's of users by himself
• The strategy he would use to launch a successful in 2020
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Connect with Luke
• Twitter
• Github
• Website
Things discussed in the show
• Talon
• Pulse SMS
• Klinker Apps Github
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Yelp Android engineer, Sherry Yuan.
In this episode we discuss:
• Working with Internal Libraries + Why They're Useful
• Writing Open Source Software
• Dependency Injection
• Declarative UI Frameworks
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Connect with Sherry
• Linked - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-yuan-375291a2/
• Github - https://github.com/frostyshadows
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/frostyshadows
Resources discussed in the show
• Bento - https://github.com/Yelp/bento
• Koin - https://insert-koin.io/
• Dagger - https://github.com/google/dagger
• Hilt - https://developer.android.com/training/dependency-injection/hilt-android
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Cyber Security Researcher and founder of the Cyber Security firm, Digital Interruption - Jahmel Harris.
In this episode we discuss:
• Mobile Cyber Secuirty
• The main 3 attack vectors on a mobile app
• Penetration testing mobile apps
• How to protect your apps from being hacked
• Android vs iOS Security
• Rex - an automated vulnerability scanner for CI
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Connect with Jahmel
• Linked - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahmelharris/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/JayHarris_Sec
• Email - jahmel@digitalinterruption.com (he's a brave man!)
Resources discussed in the show
• Digital Interruption - https://www.digitalinterruption.com
• Rex @ https://www.digitalinterruption.com/tooling-2
• To try Rex email rex@digitalinterruption.com
Manchester Grey Hats meetup group
• Website - http://manchestergreyhats.co.uk
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/mcrgreyhats.
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is iOS Developer Tim Mikelj - a professional cyclist turned software engineer.
In this episode we discuss:
• Building apps for the Apple Watch
• Working with Apple's Natural Language processing framework
• The importance of publishing your own apps
You can find Tim on Linked @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmikelj/ and his apps on the App Store @ https://apps.apple.com/ca/developer/tim-mikelj/id1298450749 . You can also find out more about Apple's Natural Language processing framework @ https://developer.apple.com/documentation/naturallanguage .
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Tom Bugden - a software engineer turned Cyber Security Recruiter.
In this episode we discuss:
• How to stand out as a candidate
• How to better work with recruiters
• Why some senior roles are severely underpaid
• Why job specs infamously ask for 5 years experience in a 1 year old technology
You can find Tom on Linked @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjbugden and you can find the recruitment agencies he advocates at https://www.opusrecruitmentsolutions.com and https://www.naviro.com.au
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Gijs van Veen - an iOS and Android developer whose worked on apps for companies like Takeaway{dot}com & Garmin, and is currently working at Splendo BV where he's working on Kotlin Multiplatform app library, Kaluga.
In this episode we discuss:
• Kotlin Multiplatform
• What is it
• How and when to use it
• It's pro's and con's
• Cross platform code sharing
• J2ObjC (https://developers.google.com/j2objc)
You can find Gijs on Twitter @ https://www.twitter.com/Daeda88 and you can find the Kotlin Multiplatform library he's currently working on at https://github.com/splendo/kaluga
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Andrea Scuderi - currently the lead iOS developer at Schpock that's spent the last 6 years working for a range of companies from Timeout to Sky Sports and is now the lead iOS developer at the popular marketplace app Schpock.
In this episode we discuss:
• Server-side Swift
• What is it
• How iOS developer's can leverage to write their own backend
• Running a server-less backend on AWS running Swift code
• The pro's and con's of unit testing
• Scaling up your resources as a startup
You can find Andrea on Linked at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreascuderi/ and you can find his Server-side Swift Github projects at https://github.com/Andrea-Scuderi.
You can also find his app Trackyzer on the App Store
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is Mike Akakpo - a Digital Nomad & location independent freelancer that's spent the last 4 years working on a range of freelance projects all around the world. Mike has worked on whole range of unique apps including for the Olympics in Barcelona, and even a stint as a freelancer Google - working on some of their bespoke R&D projects.
In this episode we discuss
• Being a Digital Nomad
• How he made the switch to a location independent freelancer
• Living the 4 Hour Work Week
• Generating passive income
You can find Mike on Instagram @iammikeyao, on LinkedIn and on his website https://nomadiq.co.uk/
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Today's guest is David Cruz Anaya - a lead Android developer with a background in web development. David has built apps for Android, Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV, as well as running his own online coding courses at in both English and Spanish, and currently is the lead developer of a 5 man team.
In this episode we discuss
• Switching from being a web developer to an app developer
• Building apps for Android TV, Fire TV and Apple TV
• How to create your own online coding courses
• The future of app development (think Flutter)
You can find David on Instagram @dacran, you can find his online courses at lastreact.com and lastreact.es, and finally you can find his music on Spotify
🤙🏽 Get in touchYou can find your host, Rob J, on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & at robj.me.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
A brief introduction to the Coffee and Coding podcast.
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Music by:
Maccary Bay by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4010-maccary-bay
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0