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Code[ish] • June 11th, 2019

20. Becoming a Junior Developer

Hosted by Chris Castle, Eric Chen, Shirley Xiaolin Xu

Transitioning into a career in tech can be intimidating and challenging, but everyone starts somewhere. On this episode, Chris Castle chats with Shirley Xiaolin Xu and Eric Chen about their experiences as Junior Developers at Heroku. After the initial barrier of learning how to program, they faced many new challenges in the workplace, like engaging with mentors and managers, gaining confidence to ask more questions, and trying to learn the latest tech lingo.

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Code[ish] • June 4th, 2019

19. Securing the Web with Let’s Encrypt

Hosted by Craig Ingram, Josh Aas

Let's Encrypt is a certificate authority with a humble goal: to make HTTPS encryption ubiquitous across the web. Co-founder Josh Aas is on this episode to tell us about how TLS/SSL works, the challenges Let's Encrypt has faced, and potential threats still facing the security of the Internet. Heroku is proud to be a Silver sponsor of Let's Encrypt.

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Code[ish] • May 28th, 2019

18. The Making of Trailhead

Hosted by Chris Castle, Tyler Montgomery, Shaun Russell

Trailhead is an e-learning platform that teaches a wide range of topics, from Git and Swift, to Marketing and Analytics. It was also built and launched in just six short weeks. Tyler Montgomery and Shaun Russell join us from Salesforce to talk about the genesis of the project and the scaling issues they've faced over the last few years.

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Code[ish] • May 21st, 2019

17. Integrating Terraform with Heroku

Hosted by Owen Ou, Mars Hall

Provisioning your infrastructure through code has gained popularity as more app services have moved into the cloud. One of the options, Terraform, is an open source project, with plugins available to spin up resources for several platforms. Mars Hall joins us on this episode to talk about the advantages of using Terraform, some best practices of using it with Heroku, and what's coming up on the roadmap for the next release.

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Code[ish] • May 16th, 2019

16. Accessibility in Web Standards

Hosted by Jamie White, Léonie Watson

The web couldn't exist without standards that define everything from presentation to metadata. For many millions of visually impaired users, the standards that support accessibility are just as important. Léonie Watson has been focused on accessibility for nearly twenty years. She joins us to talk about her long career in web accessibility, her involvement in the W3C, and where she believes the future of the technology is headed.

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Code[ish] • May 14th, 2019

15. Pursuing a Career in Tech

Hosted by Charlie Gleason, David Routen

Tech is a rapidly growing industry with a wealth of opportunities across a range of skill sets. If you don't come from a programming background, or you’re just starting out and are interested in learning more, tune in as designer and front end developer Charlie Gleason and Rails developer David Routen share their advice on creating a career in tech.

Code[ish] • May 9th, 2019

14. Talking About Talks

Hosted by Caleb Thompson, Richard Schneeman, Terence Lee, Joe Kutner, Amy Unger, Stella Cotton

After your presentation has been accepted for a conference, actually giving the talk can be an intimidating experience—but it doesn't have to be! Join several Herokai engineers as they open up about their techniques for combating nervousness, memorizing slides, and iterating on deliveries.

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Code[ish] • May 7th, 2019

13. oclif: An Open Source CLI Framework

Hosted by Nahid Samsami, Jeff Dickey

As developers, we spend a lot of our time running commands in a terminal, whether for a local project or to manage a service in the cloud. Jeff Dickey of DropBox joins us to talk about his process for building oclif, an open-source framework for building command-line programs, used by Heroku, Netlify, Apollo, and many others.

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Code[ish] • May 2nd, 2019

12. Mindfulness at Work

Hosted by Raúl Barroso, Francis Lacoste

You might believe that meditation techniques are best practiced in silence and solitude. However, there are ways to bring that sense of calm into the office, too. Google launched a mindfulness program to improve the mental wellbeing of its employees. Francis Lacoste talks about how he adapted that program for Heroku's distributed workforce, and how mindfulness can also be a shared experience with your colleagues.

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Code[ish] • April 30th, 2019

11. The Agony and Ecstasy of Maintaining Good Documentation

Hosted by Charlie Gleason, Stephen Barlow

It may be challenging to see the value in spending time on writing robust, detailed documentation. That is, until you try and implement software without it. Stephen Barlow, lead strategist for Heroku's Dev Center—the documentation behind the Heroku platform—dives into why spending time on documentation isn't just valuable—it's necessary.