Understanding how to prepare for your first technical interview, and what to expect from the process is not easy. Companies will have their own hiring process, and some of them will confuse you with their own process getting you to think al...

If you haven't been living under a rock, you might've heard about this specific type of NoSQL database being mentioned quite often lately.Now, why do you think that is? In fact, do you know what a Vector database actually is? And what you c...

Many developers avoid using AI in their day-to-day simply because they don't know how to use it. Maybe you're one of them?If reading AI automatically takes you to Copilot then you need to listen/watch to this episode.In this episode...

In today's episode I got to interview Dave Thomas, co-author of one of the most influential books in our industry: The Pragmatic Programmer.During the interview, we talk about the potential impact of LLMs (like Claude or ChatGPT) on the sof...

Have you considered using AI as part of your dev workflow? Are you aware of all the benefits LLMs can bring to the table?Some companies fear AI simply because of misconceptions, or just lack of understanding. In this episode I cover the rea...

Sometimes as developers we spend way too much time thinking about the "perfect" tech stack for our projects, and while that doesn't exists, there are some considerations that you can take to make a somewhat smart decision when deciding on what ...

Where do you prefer to work, smaller startups with very small teams? Or huge multi-national companies where your team is just one of many inside a big department?Have you tried both worlds? I have!And in this episode,...

Unit tests are usually 2nd (if not 3rd) class citizens in any codebase, teams usually work on them only once they're done with all the "important" features.However, if you do it like that, chances are those tests will eventually start slowi...

Getting burned out by a side project is, sadly, quite common in our industry. While side projects are not mandatory for developers, they are quite common.Whether your own side project is technical or not is irrelevant, if you're not careful...

In this new episode of the podcast, I get to talk about how IT (or the dev department) should align with the Business and what strategies are there to do it.Remember, IT and Business are not always aligned, to the point that sometimes I...

In this information-packed episode, I got to interview Bret Fisher, DevOps expert, YouTuber, Course creator and more.If you're new to the DevOps space, or just working adjacently to it, this episode covers everything you ever wanted to know...

In this episode I got to interview the great Tapas Adhikary, he's been working as a developer for 16 years, and recently launched his own startup, and has been successfully growing ever since.During this episode, he shares the entire jo...

What exactly does it mean for your application to scale? How do you architect its backend so you make sure there is room for scaling?In this episode I cover different tips and techniques you can apply to your backend architecture to help it...

In this episode, I cover 5 open-source licenses that every developer dealing with open-source (either creating it or using it) should be aware of.In this episode I also talk about what open-source actually is and how it affects the overall ...

In this episode I cover some of the basic skills you should focus on learning or perfecting if you're looking to become a backend developer.Are these all the technologies/skills to focus on? Absolutely not! This is just a starting point. Th...

In this episode, I'm covering some of the tasks that as developers we need to worry about, even when they're not really about coding.As developers, we're often faced with tasks that are just not "fun", like tracking our work, going into...

In this episode I got to interview Santosh Yadav, Developer, GDE and Github Star about his own Open Source journey.During the episode, we discuss different topics around the practicality and usefulness of contributing to Open Source for new...

In this episode I try to answer the age-old question: are microservices really better than monoliths?What do you think?During the episode talk about:- What exactly is a monolith?- What exactly are microservices?

Kind of a long episode, but in these 40-ish minutes I cover everything you need to know about the process of going from dev to tech lead.I recall how my particular process was, and how I became a tech lead for the first time, what went wron...

In this short episode, I cover the topic of "Culture vs Code" when building development teams. What should be the priority? And the type of effects prioritizing one over the other will have on the dev team.In the end, I also provide som...

In this episode I got to interview the JavaScript Messiah himself: Sergii Kirianov.Sergii is a former seaman who after 10 years of working at sea decided to switch careers and become a developer. During this episode, Sergii shares his j...

As developers, if we're not constantly updating ourselves, we're easily replaced by others who do. So how can you stay up-to-date in our industry without collapsing under the weight of all the new technologies being released every day?...

In this week's episode, I got to interview Natalia Venditto, ex-MVP and current GDE, working on JavaScript tooling in Microsoft.She's been working with JavaScript for a long time and shares her insights into how best to stay updated without...

On this episode of the podcast, I got to interview Alex Olivier, co-founder of Cerbos about what comes after the initial MVP stage of a new project. During our conversation, we focused on the role of security and how relevant it is for foun...

In this episode I cover some aspects of the code review process.  Some good and bad practices as well as some recommendations as to how to tackle a code review from the reviewer and the reviewee.Main concepts takled:...