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The Hackernoon Podcast

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The Hackernoon Podcast

Conversations with Hacker Noon’s Editorial Team and technologists about technology.

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Code[ish] • March 4th, 2026

Heroku in the Wild: Saving Lives with Nonprofit Watch Duty

Hosted by Julián Duque, Dave Merrick
During the Los Angeles wildfires in 2025, more than 10 million people relied on Watch Duty for potentially life-saving information. On this episode of Code[ish], its Cofounder and CTO Dave Merrick talks Julián Duque through how the application works and the technologies like Heroku that make it possible.
Hosted By:
Julián Duque
Julián Duque
Principal Developer Advocate, Heroku
@julian_duque
with Guest:
Dave Merrick
Dave Merrick
Cofounder and CTO, Watch Duty

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  • Heroku in the Wild
  • autoscaling
  • caching
  • scaling

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The Hackernoon Podcast • June 15th, 2020

How to Build a Tech Podcast and Engage the Community by Jennifer Hooper, Former Producer at Code[ish] by Heroku

Jennifer Hooper, the former Producer at Code[ish] and Senior Director, Technical Product Marketing, Content, and Brand at Heroku, joins Utsav Jaiswal to share her insights to building a tech podcast. Code[ish] focuses on code, technology and the life of the developer.

They talk about the place for growth-hacks in technology podcasts, how to add value to the listeners', and the importance of naming your podcast in an SEO-friendly manner. Jennifer, shares her process of sticking to schedules despite millions of moving pieces involved, the challenges of recording from remote locations, and the role of the community in podcasting.

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