Engineering
Other Peoples Code

Other Peoples Code

Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting out, understanding and working with code written by others is a skill every programmer must master. The podcasters discuss the strategies, challenges, and invaluable lessons that come with analyzing and collaborating on someone else’s codebase.

DevOps 101

DevOps 101

The podcasters are joined by 2 SDG consultants as they talk all things DevOps. What it is, why you should have a DevOps expert on your team & their favorite anti-patterns.

Architecture is an art form

Architecture is an art form

So, you’re building a digital product. The business goals are well defined, the user or customer needs have been established, and the concept has been reviewed with enthusiastic support. It’s now time to determine the technical architecture for this product, but the...

Stepping outside the developer status quo

Stepping outside the developer status quo

“I think something that I’ve been really enjoying about this festival is that I feel like there is so much space here for thinking about new ideas and opportunities and radical Imagination,” Agyei Archer.   As a developer, I have been pondering on how I can merge more...

The modern logging landscape

The modern logging landscape

The logging landscape has evolved from the near past of files on the web server to the rich logging frameworks and cloud logging tools that we know today. The podcasters discuss the importance of logging and some philosophical takes on the what, when and why of modern logging.

Changes in the Dev-Ops Scenery

Changes in the Dev-Ops Scenery

What’s new in Dev-Ops? The podcasters dive into the history of Dev-Ops, automating infrastructure with code, and deploying and maintaining services and features in cloud architectures.

What’s New With Microsoft in Autumn 2020

What’s New With Microsoft in Autumn 2020

There are so many great things happening in the Microsoft space these days, it’s hard to keep track of them all. I for one continue to be amazed at the pace in which Microsoft releases new Azure products. With hundreds of available products surrounding compute,...

A Millennial’s Take on the Life of a Software Developer

A Millennial’s Take on the Life of a Software Developer

Why is a so-called millennial’s take on life as a software developer a topic worth thinking about? What is different about my professional career compared to my older *ahem* more experienced colleagues? There must be a reason that my generation is the topic of so much...

You Say Vanilla, I Say Value

You Say Vanilla, I Say Value

Vanilla software development Vanilla software development, for the purpose of this post, is the most common and mainstream way to make a decision. If software architecture were the savanna, vanilla would be in the middle of the herd of thundering wildebeest. Vanilla...

A Simple Trick to Centralize Your .NET Configuration

A Simple Trick to Centralize Your .NET Configuration

Is your .NET configuration a mess? Do you wish there was a way to centralize configuration instead of deploying config files with every application instance? Have you considered rolling your own configuration handling, but were too nervous to stray from .NET...