In this episode, Donn talks dives into his favorite software book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code. He talks about one of the introduction level topics: The Legacy Code Change Algorithm
You’ll learn what it is and how you can use it as the basis for this new series that will be focused on the book, Working Effectively with Legacy Code.
In this episode, Donn talks to software developer Alan Hill about the Growth Mindset and how it applies to software development and life in general.
They chat about pull request feedback lifecycle, learning new tech, and how applying a growth mindset can advance you in your career further than you could have imagined. They wrap up by going through Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset “back and forth” to discuss the differences.
In this episode, Donn talks about the difference between working at a big tech company vs freelancing.
There are many pro’s and con’s for each. What is best for you? Listen to the episode and find out.
In this episode, Donn talks about the importance of following code conventions and coding styles in codebases.
You’ll run into various different coding conventions throughout your career. Sometimes it’s as an employee, sometimes it’s as a freelancer or consultant or just a small side project. The number of coding “styles” that you’ll see will blow your mind as you work through your career. The big question is … should you adhere to the current coding convention that is used in the app/file/etc or should you use your own favorite or an industry standard?
In this episode, I’ll help explain the differences so you can make an informed decision going forward.
In this episode, Donn talks to David and Ross from Squeaky Dog Studios about building a business out of a side project.
David and Ross are long-time serial side project developers with experience that dates back to the Palm era. They’ve built games, apps, and now Watch Faces.
We dive deep into how they went from building their watch faces for Android as a side project and how they turned it into a full-time business in which one of the co-founders works full-time. We talk about building the app, pricing, support, which features to build, paid vs free, trial conversions, supporting your app and much much more.
If you’ve ever wanted to build a side project into a business, and it’s app-based… this one is for you.
In this episode, Donn talks about the three things that every developer needs to know how to do.
In this episode, Donn answers a listener’s question. The listener wanted to know how to choose what to learn next in Tech.
Donn provides 6 tips (actually 7 if you count a hidden one) on how to pick what technology to learn next. He provides a simple framework that will help you check whether you should pursue a particular technology or not.
In this episode, Donn talks with Philipp Lackner about growing an online presence within the Software Industry with Instagram and YouTube.
In this episode Donn talks about why you need to learn React (or Flutter) – so you can truly understand the Unidirectional data flow pattern in a framework that was built for that purpose alone.
Working with other frameworks which bolt on a custom unidirectional data flow is often hard to understand. When you work with React and learn how it works, the concept of Unidirectional data flow starts to make much more sense as that is the default way to implement UI’s in technologies like React (and Flutter).
This exposes you to the pattern and helps you understand it. In turn, this will help you become a better developer.
In this episode, Donn talks with Mitch Tabian about Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile, also known as KMM.
Mitch explains what KMM is, why he decided to use it, and how it works from a developer’s perspective. The goal was to build an app and develop both the iOS and Android versions. Mitch talks about his experience in building a KMM app. We cover the pros and cons, what worked vs what did not, and his advice on using KMM going forward. Mitch also shares content about how to build native components in Jetpack Compose and SwiftUI as well as architectures used in his KMM project.