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Code[ish] • August 20th, 2019

30. The Infrastructure Behind Salesforce’s Chatbots

Hosted by Jason Salaz,Ian Asaff, Rob Hurring, Joslyn Esser, Marvin Lam

Chatbots have a long history weaved into the evolution of communication on the Internet, from IRC and XMPP to Slack and Discord. They're scriptable applications that respond to a user's commands, and they rely heavily on APIs to send actions and receive responses. They don't require much in terms of computational power or disk storage, but as with any kind of software, scaling them to support millions of users across the world requires a fail-safe operational strategy. For its customers, Salesforce offer a live agent support product with a chatbot that reacts to customer inquiries. The team behind the bot join us on this episode of Code[ish] to talk about how they leverage Heroku for its multi-regional requirements.

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Code[ish] • August 13th, 2019

29. Technology and Art

Hosted by Cory Haber, Erin Allard

What is art? It's a question that's stumped philosophers for thousands of years. Fortunately, we're not going to ask that. Instead, we want to know what it would look like if a computer made art. Cory Haber is a painter who programs; he knows a thing or two about writing programs that paint. He engages in a discussion led by Erin Allard about the intersection of technology and art in a discussion. Whether it's generating art through machine learning or developing hardware that can hold a paintbrush, this field of creativity is just getting started.

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Code[ish] • August 6th, 2019

28. Effective Leadership Development

Hosted by Trey Ford, Shirley Xiaolin Xu

We tend to think of engineering as a field with graduations. You start off as a junior, and as you develop your skills, knowledge, and understanding of technical systems, work your way up to a senior, then climb to the top as a principal. Leadership is not very different. An individual headed down the career path of a leadership might be an inspiration to their colleagues, then they might manage a team, and then eventually lead a department in an organization. Trey Ford is a Vice President of Product Management in Heroku, and while moving from an IC to a manager to a leader, he's spent a lot of time thinking about what makes a leader effective. He joins Shirley Xiaolin Xu to talk about what he's learned during his career to make teams and individuals happier, confident, and more productive.

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Code[ish] • July 30th, 2019

27. Behind the Brand with Heroku’s Lead Designer

Hosted by Vikram Rana, Charlie Gleason

Join Heroku’s head of product marketing and developer relations, Vikram Rana, as he chats with Heroku’s head of brand design and front-end developer, Charlie Gleason. From finding inspiration and choosing tools, to navigating morality and ethics, the two delve into how the team at Heroku approaches design, brand, and one another.

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Code[ish] • July 23rd, 2019

26. Connectivity in the Woods

Hosted by Jason Salaz, Zach Feldman

With a plethora of technology surrounding us, we sometimes neglect the importance of unplugging in order to recharge ourselves. Getaway is a startup that offers short-term cabin rentals, with a twist: their locations offer no WiFi service or cell connectivity. Zach Feldman, their VP of Technology, joins us to talk about the technical challenges ensuring cabins are unlockable and guests are satisfied when their devices are unable to communicate.

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Code[ish] • July 16th, 2019

25. Building Enterprise-Level Applications with Web Components

Hosted by Jamie White, René Winkelmeyer

In the past, the ambitions of web developers in building feature-rich applications has run up against the limitations of an Internet that wasn't designed with heavy UI elements in mind. That's all changing with web components, a standardized way to encapsulate and distribute functionality across every browser, regardless of an application framework. René Winkelmeyer from Salesforce is our guest on this episode to talk about the history of web components, as well as the open source tooling which Salesforce is building with enterprise-level applications in mind.

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Code[ish] • July 9th, 2019

24. Side Projects for Fun and (not necessarily) Profit

Hosted by Charlie Gleason, Stephen Barlow

Heroku’s Charlie Gleason and Stephen Barlow dive into their experiences working on side projects—small, silly, funny, and emotive vignettes on the web—that span interactive music videos, browser-based mini games, collaborative art projects, and everything in between. Learn how to get involved with your own community of makers, why it’s more important to have fun than it is to try and get internet famous, and some things to look out for when working with others.

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Code[ish] • July 2nd, 2019

23. The Changing Landscape of the Tech Industry: Diversity

Hosted by Chris Castle, Claire Lee

Opportunities for women and underrepresented people interested in running their own start-ups are greater than ever before. In this second half of a two-part episode, Claire Lee, the head of the early stage group at Silicon Valley Bank, talks about the work she's involved in to improve access to capital and mentorship for individuals that have been traditionally left out. She explains why diversity in your company's make-up is essential to its success, and concludes with tips on how to get your startup's legal, payroll, and staffing affairs in order.

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Code[ish] • June 25th, 2019

22. The Changing Landscape of the Tech Industry

Hosted by Chris Castle, Claire Lee

From founder demographics to the problems a startup faces, Silicon Valley -- and the world -- are changing. In this first half of a two-part episode, Claire Lee, the head of the early stage group at Silicon Valley Bank, talks about how startups and established companies across various sectors are evolving. The challenge for acquiring seed capital has been usurped by larger problems, including finding talent and running your business in morally appropriate ways.

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Code[ish] • June 18th, 2019

21. Building APIs that Integrators Want To Use

Hosted by Idan Gazit, Matte Noble

We often think of an integration as communicating with just a single API, but it's not uncommon for some applications to pass data between several platforms. Sentry does just that, acting as a conduit between different services, so that changes in one system are reflected in another. Being able to do this efficiently—and correctly—requires a careful approach to not only your own platform's APIs, but your partners as well. Matte Noble is a Senior Software Engineer at Sentry, and he's here to talk about how they've built a robust platform that handles error cases and massive data processing with an approachable developer experience.

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