Western Devs :: Panel discussions on .NET, software practices, and smoked meat: Recent Episodes

Western Devs

A group of software developers, mostly from western Canada, mostly in the Microsoft .NET space, and all west of someplace else get together to discuss topics that tickle their fancy.

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A discussion on the implications of blindly using NPM

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Should developers be held accountable for security breaches?

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Wherein the Western Devs expect you not only to show up to meetings, but to read as well

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Sleep easy knowing all your interactions with the Western Devs are secure and free from prying eyes

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In a leaner half-hour podcast, we discuss whether we should still be rendering web pages on the server

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The Western Devs aren't getting any younger. We take time out of our exercise routines to talk about keeping healthy

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Wherein the Western Devs determine if, when, and how companies should publish salary and diversity numbers

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Yeah, so Pokemon Go was still a thing when we originally recorded this. Add procrastination to the list of hazards for working from home.

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When it comes to planning your career, the Western Devs have it aaaaaaaall worked out. But when it comes to audio issues...sorry about that, westerners.

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Chillax with the Western Devs as they relieve their stress through podcast therapy

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Kyle hijacks Matthew Renze at Prairie Dev Con 2016 to talk about exploratory data analysis and the increasingly popular programming language, R.

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The Western Devs kidnap Rachel Reese at Prairie Dev Con and force her to speak on functional programming and F# in exchange for empanadas

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The Western Devs discuss the ins and outs of mobile development and Xamarin

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The Western Devs discuss the ins and outs of building APIs

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The Western Devs reminisce on their experience at Prairie Dev Con and offer tips to speakers, conference organizers, and attendees.

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The Western Devs pontificate on the latest Microsoft Build announcements

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Special guest, Jake Belcham, joins the Western Devs as they review the state of diabetes technology today and what's coming in the future

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We talk with Igal Tabachnik and discuss the finer points of building tools for Visual Studio

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The Western Devs take a break from their collective workdays to discuss developer productivity

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Open source addict, Adam Ralph sits down with the Western Devs to give us tips on getting started in the wacky world of open source

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The Western Devs try to fight off the various aches and pains that come with chatting online all day

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The devs track down Microsoft MVP Yves Goeleven in a busy Thai restaurant and talk to him about Azure

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The Western Devs discuss whether web development really is terrible

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The Western Devs reminisce on 2015 and look to 2016

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Special guest Rachel Thomas and the Western Devs discuss the barriers facing women when they enter and when they stay in technology

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The Western Devs pontificate on the future of computing

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Learn what the Western Devs might have got this year for Christmas if any of them were nice

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A chat with Josh Nielsen, creator of Zencastr

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The definitive answer on how to hire your next dev

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An Interview with SmartView founder Amir Barylko

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Ways to encouraging and educate kids in the dark art of coding. With special guest Wendy Closson

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The Western Devs discuss working outside your comfort zone

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The Western Devs tackle the eternal debate: do we refactor or rewrite?

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The Western Devs welcome Lori Lalonde and D'Arcy Lussier to the podcast and discuss ethics in software

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In honour of Botswanan Independence Day, the Western Devs discuss going independent with special guest, Wendy Closson

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The WesternDevs try their hand at pronouncing, then describing Kanban

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Wherein the Western Devs try to balance work and not work

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In this episode, special guest Steve Rogalsky helps the Western Devs understand the #NoEstimates movement

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The Western Devs sound off on why your company should share and collaborate on its internal code

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Do we really need all these repositories?

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Continuing the theme of making grandiose claims about vaguely defined terms, the Western Devs take on the Rise of DevOps

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The Western Devs delve into the mire that is the Internet of Things

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In our inaugural podcast, the Western Devs tackle what is either the new hotness, retro SOA, or a flash in the pan: microservices.