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.
In this episode, Donn talks with Glenn Leifheit from Microsoft about a concept known as “Secure Development Lifecycle”. Glenn is a Senior Security Program Manager at Microsoft.
Glenn explains to you what the secure development lifecycle is, how it works and how you can implement something like this in your company. He also shares the top tips you can implement in order to get the quickest benefit of the Secure Development Lifecycle
This is the original story of how Uber was built … this is a fascinating story. You don’t want to miss this. Donn talks to Jason Roberts. Jason was chosen to be Uber’s CTO when the company was in its infancy (but didn’t accept the offer). Jason shares the story of developing the code that eventually ran Uber from a couple of cars to a highly distributed system with an impressive amount of rides.
We talk about building what is needed when it’s needed, the tools that he chose to build Uber’s platform on. Early startup learnings, and how Uber originally ran on PHP before he chose to move it to Node.js.
Jason shares his story of how he met Travis (Uber’s CEO who took it from a small company to a huge international corporation), how they built the systems, and team and much more. You’ll learn how networking, working on interesting things, and seizing the moment and luck played into him landing his role at Uber.
Finally, we wrap up by chatting a bit about how being a generalist in an early-stage startup is beneficial (vs being a specialist).
In this episode, Donn outlines how you can optimize your home office so that you look, sound, and perform the best that you can. From audio to video, to your body, and everything beyond, it’s covered here.
In this episode, Donn talks with DevOps expert, Will Button about everything DevOps-related. If you’re ever wondered how and what DevOps is, then listen in.
In this episode, Donn talks about the best way to learn a new technology from the ground up. Want to learn something new? This episode is for you.
You’ll learn Donn’s proven 5-step methodology for learning new technology. This is the same method Donn has used for over 2 decades of learning new technology. We hope it helps you.
In this episode, Donn returns for a solo episode to talk about his thoughts on Quality over Quantity and why it’s important to software development and productivity in general.
