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Code[ish] • November 3rd, 2020

95. Intelligence Through Logging

Hosted by Corey Martin, Ariel Assaraf

We often think of logs as a place to report on errors or technical information. But what if we considered log data as another form of time-series data that's simply generated from your application? That's a perspective that Ariel Assaraf, the CEO of Coralogix, believes in, and he'll explain how logs are uniquely position to provide you with business insights no other metric can provide.

Hosted By:

Corey Martin

Customer Solutions Architect, Heroku

with Guest:

Ariel Assaraf

CEO and founder, Coralogix
@ArielAssaraf

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Code[ish] • October 27th, 2020

94. Engineering Management

Hosted by Anand Gurumurthi, Marcus Blankenship

Moving forward in your career as an engineer can seem like an impossible feat. For many individual contributors, the belief that hard work will lead to recognition and promotions is a misguided one. Two engineering managers, Anand Gurumurthi and Marcus Blankenship, offer career advice on how to ask for feedback and get your contributions noticed.

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Code[ish] • October 20th, 2020

93. Conferences in a Virtual World

Hosted by Chris Castle, Julián Duque, Carter Rabasa

COVID-19 has rendered many in-person events impossible. Like so many others, organizers of developers conferences have had to adjust to providing online sessions. Carter Rabasa, who runs CascadiaJS, talks about the changes he made in moving the conference to the visual space, while longtime conference organizer Julián Duque adds his thoughts as an attendee with developer advocate Chris Castle.

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Code[ish] • October 13th, 2020

92. Strategies for Improving Your Mental Health

Hosted by Chris Castle, Dr. Mireille Reece, Adam Stacoviak

Depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues are not permanent states of being. There are techniques you can employ to rewire your thinking and begin the process of healing. Dr. Mireille Reece, a practicing clinical psychologist, and Adam Stacoviak, founder and editor-in-chief of the Changelog, introduce listeners to the process of forming new and healthy habits.

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Code[ish] • October 6th, 2020

91. Destigmatizing Mental Health

Hosted by Chris Castle, Dr. Mireille Reece, Adam Stacoviak

Conversations around mental health are still difficult to have for many people. We are simultaneously afraid of admitting our weakness and scared that no one will be there when we do call for help. In this first half of a two-part episode, Dr. Mireille Reece, a practicing clinical psychologist, and Adam Stacoviak, founder and editor-in-chief of the Changelog, discuss why this is such a problem, and how to begin looking for help.

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Code[ish] • September 24th, 2020

Special Episode: Scaling Businesses During a Pandemic

Hosted by Greg Nokes, Ryan Townsend

The COVID pandemic has forever changed the way businesses operate; many shops have had to shut down, due to the lack of foot traffic. For the others who were fortunate enough to shift online, questions around distribution and logistics increased as visitor traffic spiked. Ryan Townsend, the CTO of SHIFT Commerce, discusses the ways in which his PaaS has helped online retailers manage higher order volumes efficiently.

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Code[ish] • September 29th, 2020

90. Saving Lives at Scale: Part Two

Hosted by Greg Nokes, Alex Broussard

Access to proper medical care is an impossibility in many parts of the world. In this second half of a two-part episode, we continue the conversation with THINKMD, an online platform working to improve healthcare access. Alex Broussard, the CTO of THINKMD, explains how they built a mobile application that needs to run not only on low bandwidth environments, but also on older hardware, with localization support for over a dozen languages.

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Code[ish] • September 22nd, 2020

89. Saving Lives at Scale: Part One

Hosted by Greg Nokes, Meg McLaughlin

Access to proper medical care is an impossibility in many parts of the world. In this first half of a two-part episode, Meg McLaughlin, Director of Research and Implementation at THINKMD, discusses her work with partners to build the next generation of clinical access for patients and doctors across a variety of languages, cultures, and regions.

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Code[ish] • September 15th, 2020

88. Monitoring Productivity through IoT

Hosted by Corey Martin, Yuri Oliveira, Brandon Stewart

Along with AI and machine learning, the Internet of Things is a recent evolution in software that has the power to change the way we interact with the world. More than just smart lightbulbs and thermostats, IoT devices are making their way into workplaces to collect data about how machines are operating. Yuri Oliveira and Brandon Stewart from GNAR, a software consultancy, join Corey Martin to talk about their work building tools for logistic companies.

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Code[ish] • September 8th, 2020

87. Living with Landing

Hosted by Jason Salaz, Daniel Klein

Digital nomads have the luxury of working remotely from anywhere in the world, but it's still a hassle to actually find an apartment to call one's (temporary) home. Landing is a service that provides fully furnished, lease-free apartments all across America. Daniel Klein, one of its software engineers, explains the appeal behind being able to roam.