Saturday 3 September 2016

Damo's Podcast Highlights 2016 #35

I subscribe to many podcasts, you can see the list as it was in 2015 here: Developer podcasts v2 but I thought I would start to keep a weekly log of the episodes that I found interesting or useful in some way.

[RunAs Radio] The Science of DevOps http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?ShowNum=488
  • Nicole is one of the key people behind the State of DevOps report (published by Puppet).
  • The conversation digs into some of the findings in that report, including the proof that stability and speed are not mutually exclusive - you can bring new features and products to market quickly while keeping your systems stable.

[.NET Rocks!] Feature Toggles http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?ShowNum=1343
  • The conversation starts out talking about different kinds of features toggles, starting with the classic one that allows you to build features over time, but keep the code in the trunk, just not visible to the users until you're ready.
  • In some cases, that feature toggle because permanent because it is a tool for ops to reduce load on a server at peak times.
  • Toggles are also a strategy for A/B testing of different features, styling and advertising

[Focus 53] What Football Has Taught Me About Business and Life http://focus53.libsyn.com/f53-053-what-football-has-taught-me-about-business-and-life
  • Short memory
  • How to lose
  • How to spot leaders
  • How to be a leader
  • Controlling your emotions
  • Setting, working for, and achieving goals
  • Life isn't always fair.
  • Hard work
  • Knowing who you are
  • Discipline
  • Responsible for yourself
  • Managing time
  • Focusing on what you can control

[Eat Sleep Code Podcast] Six Figure Developer http://developer.telerik.com/topics/podcast-how-to-be-a-six-figure-developer/

[Startups For the Rest of Us] Our Favorite Tabletop Games http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-303-our-favorite-tabletop-games
  • Many games mentioned here, if your into table top games this is worth a listen. They put the games into 3 different categories by age range and difficulty and share some stories on how their families and kids enjoy them.

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