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Coding Blocks

Coding Blocks

By: Allen Underwood Michael Outlaw Joseph Zack
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 The world of computer programming is vast in scope. There are literally thousands of topics to cover and no one person could ever reach them all. One of the goals of the Coding Blocks podcast is to introduce a number of these topics to the audience so they can learn during their commute or while cutting the grass. We will cover topics such as best programming practices, design patterns, coding for performance, object oriented coding, database design and implementation, tips, tricks and a whole lot of other things. You'll be exposed to broad areas of information as well as deep dives into the guts of a programming language. While Microsoft.NET is the development platform we're using, most topics discussed are relevant in any number of Object Oriented programming languages. We are all web and database programmers and will be providing useful information on a full spectrum of technologies and are open to any suggestions anyone might have for a topic. So please join us, subscribe, and invite your computer programming friends to come along for the ride.Coding Blocks 2022
Episodes
  • When to Log Out

    When to Log Out
    Oct 7 2024

    Well, this is awkward.

    Coding Blocks is signing out for now, in this episode we’ll talk about what’s happening and why. We have had an amazing run, far better than we ever expected. Also, Joe recommends 50 games, Allen goes for the gold, and Outlaw is totally normal. (And we’re not crying you’re crying!)

    Thank you for the support over the last 11 (!!!) years. It's been a wild ride, and the last thing we ever expected when starting a tech podcast was getting to meet so many fantastic people.

    View the full show notes here:
    https://www.codingblocks.net/episode242

    Tip of the Week

    • UFO 50 is an odd collection of 50 pseudo-retro video games made by a small group of game developers, most notably including Derek Yu of Spelunky. It's a unique and specific experience that reminds me of spending the night at your friend's house who had some console gaming system that you'd only ever heard rumors about. The games seem small and simple at first blush, but there is surprising depth. Favorites so far are Kick Club, Avianos, Attactics, and Mortol. (Steam)
    • Use JSDoc annotations to make VSCode "understand" your data (jsdoc.app)
    • Can you change your password without needing current password? (askubuntu.com)
    • Did you know you can use VS Code for interactive rebasing?
      • How to enable VS Code Interactive Editor (StackOverflow)
      • GitLens (marketplace.visualstudio.com)
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Things to Know when Considering Multi-Tenant or Multi-Threaded Applications

    Things to Know when Considering Multi-Tenant or Multi-Threaded Applications
    Sep 2 2024

    For the full show notes head over to:
    https://www.codingblocks.net/episode241
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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • Two Water Coolers Walk Into a Bar

    Two Water Coolers Walk Into a Bar
    Aug 18 2024

    Grab your headphones because it's water cooler time! In this episode we're catching up on feedback, putting our skills to the test, and wondering what we're missing. Plus, Allen's telling it how it is, Outlaw is putting it all together and Joe is minding the gaps!

    View the full show notes here:
    https://www.codingblocks.net/episode240

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    • iTunes: Yesso95
    • Spotify: Auxk0rd, artonus

    News

    Atlanta Dev Con
    September 7th, 2024
    https://www.atldevcon.com/

    DevFest Central Florida
    September 28th, 2024
    https://devfestflorida.com/

    Two water coolers walk into a bar...

    • Several folks share their origin stories in the Coding Blocks slack - especially in episode-discussion
    • Example of dealing with legacy code / hiring people that will work on it (Episode 239)
    • Intentional architecture…what's the worst that could happen?
    • What's the sentiment like on Hacker News? (outerbounds.com)
    • Cat8 is not small! Why isn't anything easy?
    • Kubernetes trivia, where are your blind spots? (proprofs.com)
    • Ask Claude: Can you give me an example of the kinds of competitions that might exist in a humorous version of the Olympics for programmers?
    • Data gathering and parsing - it doesn't seem to have gotten much better in decades…are we wrong?

    Tip of the Week

    • 8 Top Docker Tips and Tricks for 2024 (docker.com)
    • Have you tried Eartlhy, like Dockerfiles for all of your builds that you can run locally? (earthly.dev)
    • Java's JavaAgent Explained (bito.ai)
    • Mirrord is an alternative to Telepresence that makes working with Kubernetes easier (mirrord.dev)
    • Kubernetes + Skaffold + Telepresence + K9s = Winning, it's a great combination of tools that work great together!
      • https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine?hl=en
      • https://skaffold.dev/
      • https://www.telepresence.io/
      • https://k9scli.io/
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    1 hr and 34 mins
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I searched the web for best coding podcasts and Coding Blocks came up as a suggestion. Clearly the best coding podcast I've heard. I've listen to it for years now, and I don't think I've heard an episode yet where I haven't both laughed and learned. I listen to all episodes twice for the same reason. I'm a self taught programmer, and their discussions about best practices and coding techniques etc. is awesome. Thank you guys!

With love from Denmark

Best coding podcast

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A bunch of experienced technology guys who know each other, know their trade and enjoy sharing and learning from one another and their great community. Surprisingly technology agnostic with a wide spread of jokes and open minded approach to solving problems.

Would have given it a 3 or a 4 star review but that is part of an inside joke.

Keep up the great work!

Intelligent and informal

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Hey,
Thanks for all the episodes, you guys make a great podcast.
I am a Software engineer student from Denmark and have been listening on and off for 2 years now. My favorite thing about this podcast is that it prepared me for many of the subjects in my class. It happens a lot that the teachers don't have time to tell us why something is important, which makes it hard to learn. Coding blocks explore WHY these things are important and make it so easy to become interested in learning computer science.

Hope you're doing great
Kind regards from Denmark.

A great place for Software student

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After being out of the software development world for close to two decades I decided to career change back into this world and needed help, and coding blocks came to the rescue!

Real world chat through in depth topics and gritty realities of what matters to quality developers. Allen, Joe and Micheal have taught me an incredible amount from the fundamentals(for example algorithms and data types) through to higher level concepts(SRE or designing data intensive applications) and everything in between(pragmatic programmer). Thanks to the three amigos I have grown in conference that I can return to the software development sector, I've worked out what I need to learn and accomplish, and I've also passed an interview in part thanks to knowing how to answer questions talked about in back episodes (algorithm episode for the win!)

I'm now in my first software job in 20 years and loving it. Micheal, Allen and Joe, thank you.

Keep the jokes coming, the tips, the insights, surveys, mathmagics and more! And I haven't even mentioned the incredible slack community, helpful, funny, informative, a true community.

Oh, and Micheal, I do enjoy your intros for surveys and tip of the week, more so I enjoy your "all right" that accompanies each intro!

Keep them coming boys!

Outstanding coding podcast, it will change your li

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I have been listening to Allen, Joe and Michael since I fell in love with .NET.

As an aspiring developer (since 2019 but still an amateur/hobbyist, I regret) I have found so much use in the unique perspectives that Coding Blocks present as to what it is like to be a developer. These guys will take you from the most basic concepts all throughout the gnarly, dark alcoves in the field that no tutorial will be able to illuminate for you out there. And the best part of it all is that they will make you feel like one of them while doing it!

Let alone, they manage to bring some much-needed context to all this stuff that is truly hard to understand for someone who hasn’t been employed in the field: someone who hasn’t worked with all these tools and methods that appear to be second nature and obvious to some people, and they make it easily digestible! These guys make the intimidating concepts less intimidating, and that is why I appreciate their contribution to globally educating more refined and informed developers.

These guys bring up what it is actually like to be employed as a developer. They emphasize tremendously on real life examples and that is what makes this podcast great for entry level developers, but it also provides a unique perspective to already experienced developers due to their thorough discussions on these topics. You get, FOR FREE, a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience just by listening to these three brilliant minds.

I can just say that this podcast inspires me on a daily basis to push forward with my ambitions, and it gives me some great pointers when it comes to getting into the IT-sector, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to be a fly on the wall around this water cooler talk between these gifted guys. I couldn't count how many tips and tricks supplied by these guys that I've actually found real life application for, and in some cases, they have been real life savers.

I hope that you guys will have the funds to continue as you are doing, because I am really learning a lot while having fun with you guys.

And there's Dad-Jokes.... Plenty of them!

Kind Regards
Glen Jakobsen

A great mix of education, experience and fun,

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Alan, Joe and Michael are great hosts, they enjoy having a good laugh (at the expense of themselves sometimes). They obviously all have extensive knowledge in the development world and I'm always tuning into new episodes to see the topic of conversation its like sitting down to talk with friends.

love the podcast and probably one of the best programming/development podcasts out there

one of the best development podcasts out there

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