Happy Path Programming

Bruce and James chat with their friend Julie Amundson about AI, Machine Learning, and many related complexities.  They explore what the journey is like for Data Scientists at medium / large companies where everything from data access to productionizing models, has challenges.  Also we learn about the Metaflow system Julie's team built to make this journey smoother at Netflix. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Bruce, James, and their friend Bill are working on a new book about systems that are Performant, Reliable, Expressive, and Productive. This episode explores those themes with some significant detours along the way. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

With the eminent release of Scala 3, we chat about the language changes, effect systems (ZIO), and reliability. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

All about Dependency Injection, why we do it, and why James thinks it is terrible. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Once again we lament build tools. Then we get blocked talking about Reactive, async, non-blocking, actors, and concurrency. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Bruce & James have a delightful chat with long-time friend Dianne Marsh about changing tech culture to be more vulnerable and diverse. Note: The Non-Violent Communication trainer mentioned in the episode is Karl Steyaert. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

James shares about a blog he posted this week titled: "The Modern Java Platform - 2021 Edition" Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Special guest Oli joins us to chat about Recursion Schemes, tech conferences, podcasts, and kindness. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

James is a Dynamic Programming Language Denier but realizes only a part of his code is actually statically typed. And programming languages so full of quirks that you have to hold the quick reference book in your teeth. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF

Culture - the hidden force that sometimes reveals itself through code reviews. What is it & how does it form / change? Also, Developer Marketing and how most companies do it wrong. Discuss this episode: https://discord.gg/nPa76qF