Podcasts

Sander Mak on the Java Module System

Sander Mak discusses the module system with Java. We’ll hit on some of the practical advice he’s seen preparing and then implementing migrations to 9 (with and without the classpath). We’ll discuss some of the benefits and pitfalls to look for as you plan and execute your migrations.

Jendrik Joerdening and Anthony Navarro on Self-Racing Cars Using Deep Neural Networks

Jendrik Joerdening and Anthony Navarro describe how a team of 17 Udacity students entered a self-racing car event using a Neural Network built with using Keras and Tensorflow to steer the car and just one front-facing camera.

Andrea Magnorsky on Paradigm Shifts and the Adoption of Programming Languages

In this podcast we talk about paradigm shifts and the adoption of programming languages with Andrea Magnorsky, tech lead at Goodlord on their engineering squads; she has a background in Scala, C#, and organised conferences.

Anne Currie on Organizational Tech Ethics, Including Scale, GDPR, Algorithmic Transparency

Wes Reisz and Anne discuss issues such as the implications (and responsibilities) of the massive amount of scale we have at our fingertips today, potential effects of GDPR (EU privacy legislation), how accessibility is a an example of how we could approach tech ethics in software, and much more.

Oliver Gould on Service Mesh for Microservices, LinkerD, and the Recently Released Conduit

Wes Reisz talks with the CTO of Bouyant Oliver Gould. Bouyant is the maker the LinkerD Service Mesh and the recently released Conduit. Gould defines a service mesh, clarifies the meaning of the data and control plane, discusses what a Service Mesh can offer a Microservice application owners, and, finally, discusses some of the considerations they took into account developing Conduit.