GeeksBlaBla
By Geeksblabla
each episode we invite different people to talk about what they do best and share it with you guys!
GeeksBlaBlaMay 24, 2023
#147 - State of Linux
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla, We discuss the state of Linux, why Linux is important, and how it does work.
Guests
Notes
0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:10 - What is a Linux ?
0:10:40 - Linux History
0:29:00 - How linux works ?
0:34:10 - Difference between Linux and other operating systems
0:43:10 - Difference between Linux distributions
1:16:00 - Why is Linux is used in the Server side (Data Centers, Cloud...)
1:25:30 - Linux Virtualization
1:41:00 - Linux Containers
1:52:27 - Linux Security
2:09:35 - Giveaway
2:10:45 - As a developer should I use Linux? and why?
2:32:10 - How to learn Linux?
2:42:50 - GeeksBlaBla picks
Links
LPIC Linux Foundation Certification The Linux programming interfacePrepared and presented by
Meriem Zaid Mohammed Daoudi#146 - Scaling Back: Amazon's Prime Video and the Return of the Monolith
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla, We discuss Amazon Prime Video's decision to revert a system from being deployed as functions and revert back to a "Monotlith" , this decision sparked countless discussions and controversies.
Guests
Notes
0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04:00 - Definitions
0:18:30 - Monoliths vs Microservices
0:47:00 - Discussing the Implemented Solution of Amazon Prime Video
1:10:00 - Discussing from Personal experiences the challenges of all 3 approaches
1:37:00 - Geeksblabla Picks
1:47:00 - Q/A ?
1:59:50 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Links
The Good State: On the Principles of Democracy Service Weaver So many Bad Takes - Opinion about Prime Video Blog 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think 21 Lessons for the 21st CenturyPrepared and presented by:
#145 - Developer Circles Morocco: A farewell
In this episode we discuss the end of DevC program initiated by Meta, the impact it had on community growth in Morocco and still, leads, and the many advantages of it.
Guests
Mohammed Aboullaite Hamza MakrazNotes
0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:02:40 - A bit of DevC pogram History
0:10:01 - The many meetups held by devC Morocco
0:20:50 - Community of DevC
0:40:48 - In person meetups and organisation
0:45:30 - Connexions made through DevC
0:48:00 - Mentorship within DevC in offline meetups
0:54:40 - Giveaway
0:58:46 - Wrap up & Good bye\
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Meriem zaid#144 - Networking Demystified
In this episode, we discuss the fundamental concepts of computer networking and how learning them can make you a better software engineer.
Guests
Yassine Moumen Soubai Abderahim Mehdi Cheracher Mohammed DaoudiNotes
0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:02:40 - What is networking?
0:05:25 - Where to start when learning networking?
0:17:51 - What is TCP/IP and how does it works?
0:31:52 - Network Security 0:36:45 - What should a software engineer know about networking?
0:48:00 - What are the tools and techinques used in networking?
0:57:00 - Learning resources about networking
1:08:45 - Geeksblabla picks
Links
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Mohammed Daoudi#143 - Tech News & AMA #23
Tech News & AMA #22 with our community members Yousssouf, Kawtar, Abderahim, Otmane and Mohammed. During this episode, we discuss last tech news related to AI, GPT-3, and much more.
Guets
Notes
0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04:00 - Guests learning during the last period and Productivity in Ramadan.
0:42:50 - ChatGpt Plugins, how is will be used in the future? and the launch of Bard Google assistant.
1:11:00 - How nerves vs excited our guests about AI revolution we are living in?
1:27:00 - Spark of AGI with GPT-4.
1:47:00 - QA
2:10:00 - Future of education with AI revolution.
2:23:00 - WrapUp & Goodbye.
Links
Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast
'Sparks of AGI' - Bombshell GPT-4 Paper: Fully Read w/ 15 Revelations
Google Developer Student Clubs
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Youssouf EL Azizi#142 - Mental Health for developers
In this episode, we discuss the challenges we face as IT workers in terms of Mental health, and how to overcome the issues, and solve them.
Guests
Notes
0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:20 - First assumtions about mental Health.
0:21:00 - Are developers provided with adequate resources to manage workload and stress, such as time management tools, stress reduction techniques, and support from colleagues or supervisors?
0:42:20 - Are managers trained in recognizing signs of mental health issues and equipped to provide support and resources for those who may be struggling?
0:56:10 - How to avoid negativity between your team members?
1:03:00 - Is it good to build personal relatonshi with team members or stay pfessional?
1:10:26 - Is there a way to split the job's way of thinking with normal life?
1:20:20 - Exeripment new things, hobbies, and how to create a balance.
1:26:00 - QA & Giveaway
1:48:30 - The input of professional help.
2:15:00 - Best practices.
2:28:00 - WrapUp & Goodbye.
Links
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life By David Brooks
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
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Meriem zaid
#141 - Mastering code review
In this Episode we discuss what is code review, why it is important, how to do it and how to master it and best practices to follow as author or reviewer.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:20 - What is code review and types of code review?
0:17:00 - Why code review is important?
0:28:20 - How documentation and automation tools can help you make the code review process easier?
0:47:40 - Best practices for code review as author.
1:07:00 - Best practices for code review as reviewer.
1:35:00 - QA
1:39:00 - WrapUp & Goodbye
Links Code review guidelines for humans Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#140 - Tech Education in Morocco
In this Episode we discuss the current state of tech education in Morocco, Options available for students, challenges and opportunities in the field.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:08:00 - What the current state of tech education in Morocco, are we able to produce enough developers to meet the demand?
0:18:20 - What is bootcamp ? and Bootcamps in Morocco.
0:32:32 - 1337 and Youcode schools & their impact on the market and challenges they face.
1:02:00 - Universities education in Morocco and the challenges they are facing.
1:10:00 - English vs French in tech education and market.
1:26:00 - Is "Prepa" years a waste of time for students who want to study computer science?
1:34:01 - Students orientation and our role as developers to help them.
1:51:32 - State of Dev results and the future of tech education in Morocco.
2:08:00 - WrapUp & Goodbye
Links State Of Dev in Morocco Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#139 - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
In this Episode , a roundtable discussion around Davis Epstein's book, Range: Why generalists triumph in a Specialized world.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:05:58 - General idea of the book and the author
0:09:00 - Author starts with stories of 2 sports superstars —Tiger Woods and Roger Federer—who represent specialization vs range
0:14:32 - Snapshot of Woods and Federer carrers start
0:15:41 - Is Specialization Really Better?
0:28:34 - Fast vs Slow learning
0:49:48 - Q&A and Giveaway
1:08:01 - Did the author explicitly state his message for each story, or linked them back to the central theme ?
1:19:32 - Epstein’s advice: Don’t feel behind and different figures of success
1:46:30 - WrapUp & Goodbye
Links David Epstein TED talk: Why specializing early doesn't always mean career success Plan, Act, Impact Peak: Secrets from the new science of expertise The Pragmatic Programmer Prepared and Presented by Meriem zaid#138 - Developer Seniority
In this Episode , a roundtable discussion around the topic of Seniority in IT was discussed with Senior IT Guests from different Backgrounds.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:05:18 - Seniority Definition
0:20:35 - Traits of Senior IT
1:03:42 - How to evolve from Junior to Senior
1:31:15 - Q/A
1:51:00 - Geeksblabla Picks
1:57:00 - Wraping up and Goodbye
Links Thinking Architecturally - Nate Schutta The Queen's Gambit Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions The Making of a Manager Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster D'Kover - Darja Darja Prepared and Presented by Otmane FETTAL#137 - State of Dev in Morocco 2022
In this episode, we discuss the state of dev in Morocco results. We talked about the results of the survey,jobs satisfaction, salaries, and community contribution, how they learn and level up, which tools they’re using, and what they want to learn next.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:05:30 - State overview
0:14:50 - Profile
0:48:00 - Learning and education in Morocco
1:00:20 - Work and jobs satisfaction
1:20:00 - Technology and tools
1:37:40 - Community and contributions
1:43:33 - warming up and goodbye
Links stateofdev.ma Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#136 - AMA & Tech News #22
Tech News & AMA #22 with our community members Yousssouf, Safione, Abdellah and Anas. During this episode, we discuss Anas and Safione experience in the last months, State for JS and open source, and much more.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:30 - Guests learning during last months
0:23:00 - Tiny machine learning
0:33:20 - How to be so good at what you are doing ?
0:44:20 - MLOps and ML in production
0:46:00 - Safoine experience with open source and finding a new internship
1:02:00 - State of open source by Github
1:23:33 - State of JS results
1:29:30 - GeeksBabla Picks
1:49:00 - warming up and goodbye
Links Four kinds for luck Github Student Pack State of JS State of open source ivao.aero Pulumi A Farewell Letter, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Writing a resume Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#135 - AI-Powered Tools & The Future Of Software
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss new AI-powered tools such us ChatGPT, Github Copilot, QuillBot, and Midjourney. We discuss with our guests how those tools can transform the way we write code and build software.
We also talk about how adapting to those new tools can help us write better code and save time as well as the challenges those tools can bring to the software industry.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04:24 - Are we in the AI age finally & is AI going to replace developers?
0:43:20 - New AI tools tour for developers and designers
0:54:37 - Adopting new ai tools for moroccan developers, benefits and challenges
1:13:00 - Using AI tools for beginners in learning programming
1:30:00 - Using AI tools and the challenges for universities and schools in teaching programming
1:42:00 - How to survive in the AI age as a developer
1:56:00 - AI trends and building new products
2:07:00 - QA
2:12:50 - Abdelati's devinstyle podacast.
2:15:00 - Faking expertise with AI tools
2:17:00 - Guests predictions for the future of AI in the upcoming years
2:26:00 - warming up and goodbye
Links Github Copilot Github Student Pack Devsinstyle Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#134 - AMA & Tech News #21
Tech News & AMA #20 with our community members Yousssouf, Badr, Mohammed, Mehdi and Abderrahim. During this episode, we discuss new AI tools for developers, FTX story and Crypto in Morocco, Big companies layoffs and the future of work, and much more.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:30 - Guests learning during last months
0:18:00 - Reading search papers
0:28:00 - Writing skills for developers
0:36:00 - New AI tools for developers
0:56:00 - FTX story and Crypto in Morocco
1:20:00 - Big companies layoffs and the future of work
1:41:00 - The importance of learning economics
1:49:00 - warming up and goodbye
Links Github Copilot Github Student Pack QuillBot LogSeq Ivan Velichko Blog Obytes Starter Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#133 - SasS for developers
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla, we discuss the Software As A Service business model going from how to build a SaaS product to how to launch it in the market.
Guests
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Djalal: https://twitter.com/enlamp
Moustaid Ayoub: https://twitter.com/mstdayoub
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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:02 - What is SaaS (Software As A Service)?
0:09:55 - What are the benefits of Saas ?
0:17:56 - When not to use SaaS (as an end-user / as a maker)?
0:35:20 - The future of SaaS in Morocco ?
0:52:45 - Ideation and market validation in SaaS.
1:02:00 - How to make the technical decision for a SaaS product?
1:14:07 - Security and compliance for SaaS companies ?
1:21:14 - Pre mature optimization and Over Engineering in SaaS
1:28:30 - Saas Pricing Models
1:37:00 - SaaS Marketing and Branding
1:46:25 - How to manage Payment and invoicing without having a company
1:49:30 - Is SaaS subscription fatigue a thing ?
1:53:24 - 1:06:00 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Links
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40 SaaS Starter Kits & Boilerplates Based On Your Favourite Programming Language / Framework: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/40-saas-starter-kits-boilerplates-based-on-your-favourite-programming-language-framework-35387161e0
#77 - No code / Low code GeeksBlaBla Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-km6iydoiw
SaaS Pricing Calculator: https://indiebrands.io/saas-pricing-calculator
How to get the first users for my SaaS, micro-SaaS, App?: https://twitter.com/mstdayoub/status/1593368786777915392
Compare FastSpring and Paddle: https://www.g2.com/compare/fastspring-vs-paddle
Prepared and Presented by
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Mohammed Daoudi: https://www.iduoad.com
Social Media
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Community projects :
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Geeksblabla: https://geeksblabla.com/
GeeksBlaBla is a community initiative, to discuss, highlight and share the latest IT topics in Moroccan Darija.
Awesome Morocco: https://github.com/DevC-Casa/awesome-morocco
List of awesome Moroccan things for developers. Communities, Events, Blogs, Podcasts, Youtube Channels, Open Source Projects, Books and more
State Of Dev In Morocco: https://stateofdev.ma/
In November 2020, 2287 developers from Morocco 🇲🇦 told us about their jobs satisfaction, salaries, and community contribution, how they learn and level up, which tools they’re using, and what they want to learn next.
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#132 - Coding for Kids
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss the importance of coding for kids, how to teach them to code and how to make them love coding.
Guests
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Anas Elalaoui : https://www.linkedin.com/in/adiltouati/
Diaa Alhak El fallous: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elfallous/
Driss Boumlik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drissboumlik/
Ibrahim Drissi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-drissi-424838244/
Ayman Riad Solh:
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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:05:20 - Importance of coding for kids
0:28:00 - Experience of learning to code with Ibrahim and Ayman
0:44:30 - Teaching kids to code in morocco
1:19:10 - Wrap up and goodbye
Links
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ActiveLabs: https://www.activelabs.ma/
Code.org: https://code.org/
Mindstorms ev3: https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/mindstorms-ev3/software#downloads
Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/
Prepared and Presented by
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Youssouf EL Azizi: https://elazizi.com/
Social Media
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geeksblabla
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geeksblabla
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/geeksblabla
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/69317726/
#131 - MSS with Adil TOUATI
In this Episode of Geeksblabla , We're joined by the amazing Adil Touati who shared with us precious insights from his amazing career in the Software Industry.
Guests Adil TOUATI Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:02:00 - Adil's Journey to Microsoft
0:23:00 - How was Adil able to follow tech trends ?
0:34:30 - Adil's relationship with Technology
0:37:00 - The work of a Cloud Solution Architect
0:45:00 - What are the necessary skills to become a Solutions Architect ?
0:53:33 - Where do you see the Cloud going ?
1:14:00 - Adil's Advice for the newer generation of Software Engineers
1:26:00 - QA - Geeksblabla Picks
1:35:00 - Conclusion
Links Prepared and Presented by Otmane FETTAL#130 - React JS Revisited
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss React JS and its ecosystem and everything around it such us Next JS, Gatsby JS, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, Server component and much more.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04:30 - Learning React js, and the importance of learning basic first.
0:18:10 - How to choose a framework for your next react project, and the pros and cons of each framework.
0:33:00 - Typescript, and the benefits of using it in your react project.
0:38:00 - Routing in react.
0:43:30 - Styling a react project.
0:55:33 - State management and API calls in react.
1:12:00 - Forms in react.
1:14:00 - QA
1:22:40 - Testing in react.
1:28:00 - QA
1:40:00 - The new updates in react and Next 13.
1:53:00 - Next Js Conf 2022.
2:02:00 - Guests least favorite features in react.
2:05:50 - Future of react.
2:10:00 - Geeksblabla Picks
2:17:00 - Goodbye and See you next week.
Links Frontend Masters The Beginner's Guide to React How to learn typescript for react developers You Dont Know JS Figma to Code (HTML, Tailwind, Flutter, SwiftUI) Formik Ant design Headless UI Cypress React fiber architecture Vite vs. Next + turbopack HMR Benchmark Functional Light JS overreacted How Javascript Works Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#129 - AMA & Tech News #20
Tech News & AMA #20 with our community members Mehdi, Youssouf, Abderrahim and Manal. During this episode, we discuss 2023 IT trends predictions, BlablaConf updates, Hacktoberfest, and much more.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:30 - Guests learning during last months
0:06:00 - Hacktoberfest
0:13:45 - Blablaconf update and call for speakers
0:26:00 - Moroccan national programming contest 2022
0:58:00 - State of Java report
1:01:00 - React new async rendering
1:10:00 - react query, qraphql, fetch, axios
1:15:00 - QA
1:23:40 - 2023 IT predictions
1:48:50 - GeeksBlabla Picks
1:44:00 - warming up and goodbye
Links cfp.blablaconf hacktoberfest-open-source-2021 hacktoberfest Build Your First Sentiment Analysis Web App with Streamlit with Manal Benchrif |BlaBlaConf 2021 MNPC 2022 Editorial 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem Report stackblitz Top 5 Biggest Technology Trends In 2023 (Aikyo) rytr stateofdev Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#128 - Let’s talk about Operating Systems
In this episode we discuss the fundemental concepts of Operating Systems
Guests Mohammed Daoudi Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming.
0:01:50 - What's an Operating System ?
0:13:08 - Computer Start-up Process
0:18:11 - What's an Operating System Kernel ?
0:27:00 - What's an Operating System Shell ?
0:29:20 - What's a Process ?
0:33:50 - OS Process Management
0:41:11 - OS Memory Management
0:50:20 - OS Hardware Management
0:59:25 - OS Graphical User Interfaces
1:06:00 - Linux Distributions
1:13:51 - Q/A
1:36:00 - Wrap up and Goodbye!
Links Microsoft Linux Distro Prepared and Presented by Otmane Fettal#127 - Software Architecture Fundamentals
In this episode we discuss the fundemental concepts for building resilient and evolving Software.
Guests Mohammed Aboullaite Mehdi Cheracher Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming.
0:02:00 - Why do we need to have architectures for our Software ?
0:10:28 - "Picking the right architecture is picking the right battles and managing tradeoffs"
0:13:10 - Functional and non Functional Requirements
0:29:10 - Fundemental Concepts in Software Architecture
1:10:00 - Lessons from Implementing Successful Software Architectures.
1:21:12 - Q/A
1:49:33 - Ressources to learn Systems Design
2:02:00 - Wrap up and Goodbye!
Links Systems Design Interview Systems Design Cheat Sheet Hussain Nasser Software Engineering Architecting for Scale Building Secure and Reliable Systems Designing Data-Intensive Applications Building Evolutionary Architectures Prepared and Presented by#126 - All about Agile
In this episode we discuss Agile from Business , Project and Developement/Operation Perspectives.
Guests Amine Maarouf Djalal EL Baz Nassima Labzagui Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming.
0:01:28 - Omaima's Introduction to Geeksblaba Team
0:02:52 - Guests Introduction
0:08:29 - What's Agile ?
0:24:44 - Agile from the Business Perspective
0:41:47 - Agile from Project Management Perspective
0:58:28 - Agile from the Developer Perspective
1:10:25 - Agile Challenges
1:29:30 - Q/A
1:47:20 - Geeksblabla Picks
2:00:00 - Wrap up and Goodbye!
Links Bubble Scrum Agile Lab Prepared and Presented by#125 - DevoxxMa Special
In this episode we dicuss DevoxxMA's return this year, news and other details with Badr Elhouari.
Guests Badr Elhouari Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming.
0:01:57 - This year's theme.
0:06:53 - From developers to developers.
0:11:28 - What are the subjects most focused on?
0:16:20 - Bringing back in person events.
0:26:30 - Smart training and workshops yet to be presented by experts
0:29:28 - Talks selections and criterias.
0:40:25 - Conferences culture in Morocco.
0:52:11 - Will there be a recording of sessions this year?
1:15:54 - DevoxxMa culture and other conferences.
1:27:26 - Geeksblabla Giveaway
1:29:00 - Wrap up and Goodbye!
Links DevoxxMA 2022 Prepared and Presented by#124 - Tech News & AMA #19
Tech News & AMA #19 with our community members Mehdi,Meriem, Youssouf, Yasser and Abderrahim. During this episode, we discuss Bunjs new javascript runtime, Heroku move to kill the free tier and much more.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04:00 - Guest's learning during the last period.
0:19:29 - HeroKu free tier is dead.
0:28:00 - Is Github Copilot worth it?
0:35:30 - BunJs new javascript runtime.
0:46:00 QA ?
1:23:30 - Python updates.
1:31:40 - Favorite programming languages for our guests.
1:53:10 - Geeksblbla Picks.
1:48:30 - Conclusion
Links Bun Js Marketing Yourself as a Developer Pydantic Ormdantic ms-kubernetes-tools The Log-Structured Merge-Tree (LSM-Tree) Nleveldb rocksdb pebble Prepared and Presented by#123 - Create Great Documentation
In today's episode we dive into documentation, its rules, ethics, best practices and some tools that help to get started.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:01:30 - Guests Introduction
0:02:50 - What is Documentation? Why we need it?
0:05:51 - What are the types of Documentation you know?
0:10:01 - Who do we write documentation for?
0:15:35 - What makes good documentation?
0:20:34 - Ethics of documentation and rules to respect
0:24:31 - How do we structure our documentation?
0:53:07 - What types of documentation should focus on writing?
1:02:20 - Some tools you use to write or share documentation.
1:10:00 - Tips from guests.
1:14:00 - GeeksBlabla Giveaway.
1:17:45 - Geeksblabla Picks
1:29:18 - Conclusion
Links Technical Writing One introduction Bookstack Docusaurus Prepared and Presented by Meriem Zaid#122 - Tech News & AMA #18
Tech News & AMA #18 with our community members Ilyas, and Abderrahim. During this episode, we discuss DenoJS's new framework, State of cloud 2022 and AWS EKS.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:01:30 - Guest Introduction
0:03:00 - Fresh Framework release
0:35:00 - java and other programming languages can be obsolete within the next few years?
0:42:00 - What about .NET ?
0:47:00 - PHP, JS, and Python
0:49:00 - AWS EKS everywhere.
1:14:00 - Future of VueJS
1:26:10 - Geeksblabla Giveaway.
1:30:20 - Thoughts on the state of cloud 2022.
1:38:00 - QA
1:48:30 - Conclusion
Links State of Cloud 2022 StateOfDev.ma AWS Graviton Processor AWS Outposts Family AWS Inferentia VueJS core Node.js in Action Prepared and Presented by Meriem Zaid#121 - Cal Newport books
In this episode, we review a series of Cal Newport's books and discuss each of these books topics with the guests, and people who already read the book(s).
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:50 - Intro about the author: Call Newport and Books
0:07:00 - So good they can't ignore you
0:29:15 - Deep Work
0:54:51 - Digital minimalism
1:19:30 - A world Without Emails
1:33:00 - Geeksblabla Picks
1:45:00 - Conclusion
LinksCal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media)
Highlights from A world without email
Highlights from Digital minimalism
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
Prepared and Presented by Meriem Zaid#120 - Quantum computing
In this Episode , we will discover what quantum computers are and how they work.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:01:34 - Guest Introduction
0:02:52 - What is a quantum computer ?
0:12:04 - Brief definition of quantum physics
0:22:13 - How do quantum computers work ?
0:26:23 - Quantum supremacy and the cost of making quantum computers.
0:30:04 - What are Qubits and how they differ from normal bits ?
0:32:50 - Can quantum computers replace ordinary computers ?
0:42:11 - In which fields are(/will) quantum computers mostly used ?
0:56:07 - Q/A
1:06:04 - Can anyone use quantum computers and how ?
1:10:50 - How do we program quantum computer (algorithms and programming languages) ?
1:14:37 - Other recourses and tools to learn Quantum Computing
1:20:00 - Conclusion
Links QMorocco IBM quantum lab qiskit Dancing with Qubits: How quantum computing works and how it can change the world Computing with Quantum Cats: From Colossus to Qubits Quantum Computing: A Gentle Introduction The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us Quantum computers without beating about the bush Prepared and Presented by Mohammed Daoudi#119 - Tech News & AMA #17
Tech News & AMA #17 with our community members Mohamed, and Abdullah. During this episode, we discuss Oracle labs in morocco, new Abdullah experience joining Microsoft and we answer audience questions.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:01:30 - Guest Introduction
0:03:00 - Oracle Labs in Morocco
0:26:00 - Abdullah experience joining Microsoft
0:54:00 - Big company Recruitment Freezing?
1:01:00 - Resume Writing advices.
1:04:00 - Is a french an obstacle on acquiring jobs in morocco?
1:10:00 - Finding the first job remotely.
1:13:10 - How to deal when you feel you are not learning new things in your job?
1:21:20 - Freelance vs working in companies.
1:23:30 - PhD programs offered by Oracle labs.
1:28:00 - QA
1:41:30 - Conclusion
Links Oracle Labs StateOfDev.ma Self-taught developers episode Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#118 - Making Great Tech Products
In this Episode , we will discuss what do we need to know to build great tech products.
Guests Hassan BelHabib Filali Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:01:30 - Guest Introduction
0:07:00 - Product Manager Roles
0:17:30 - Product Manager vs Project Manager
0:25:00 - How can we get Ideas to build new Products ?
0:33:32 - Copycats
0:36:20 - Ingrediants to build better products
0:38:00 - Challenging Ideas and making them into reality
0:49:25 - What comes next ?
0:52:54 - Skills to develop to be a better Product Manager ?
1:03:35 - Q/A
1:09:00 - Geeksblabla Picks
1:15:00 - Conclusion
Links Product Management Tips - Shreyas Doshi Product School Fireship Prepared and Presented by Otmane FETTAL#117 - Software Project Management
In this Episode , we will walkthrough the path of managing a software project from start to finish.
Guests Adil BAAJ Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:02:20 - Engineering Manager Roles
0:05:30 - What's a Software Project ?
0:06:55 - What do we need to know before we start a Software Project ?
0:18:00 - Tools and processes necessary to implement a Software Project ?
0:25:00 - Software Project Management Methodologies
0:30:00 - Planification management
0:35:00 - Rituals to make high quality Software Projects
0:45:45 - Managing Communication between stakeholders
1:00:15 - Software Project Lifecycle
1:10:00 - Q/A
1:27:00 - Geeksblabla Picks
Links Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World Prepared and Presented by Otmane FETTAL#116 - Clean Code (part 2)
In this episode, we continue our review of the most famous books in IT; we discuss the "Clean code" book. We highlight the main ideas, our experience with the book, and discussions around the clean code tricks and resources to write clean code.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:50 - Mehdi point of view about Clean Code book
0:10:00 - Formatting
0:16:10 - Objects and Data Structure
0:24:00 - Tests
0:43:50 - Refactoring and legacy code
0:59:00 - Concurrence
1:12:00 - Tasks estimation
1:20:00 - Other recourses and tools to learn Clean Code
1:30:00 - Geeksblabla Picks
1:37:00 - Conclusion
Links Clean code (part1) Robert C. Martin - Effective Estimation (or: How not to Lie) Clean Code Typescript ReadWise Ego is the Enemy The Psychology of Money Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#115 - Clean Code
In this episode, we review one of the most famous books in IT; we discuss the "Clean code" book. We highlight the main ideas, our experience with the book, and discussions around the clean code tricks and resources to write clean code.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04:51 - The importance of reading
0:08:00 - Reading culture in Morocco
0:12:10 - How to find books in Morocco and the best tools to read books
0:17:30 - Books vs. other resources to learn IT(stateofdev.ma stats)
0:30:13 - Why clean code is so famous, and guests experience with this book
0:45:30 - What is a Clean code?
0:53:30 - Naming variables
1:06:40 - Comments
1:14:00 - Functions
1:23:30 - Clean code vs. deadlines
1:31:50 - Practicing Clean code
1:37:20 - Picks
1:44:33 - Conclusion
Links Better world books Book repository Stateofdev.ma Tech Radar Thought Works Warp Dev Rel Beautiful Code Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#114 - Switching Careers into IT
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, our community friends, Zakaria and Hamza, share their journey switching their careers to IT with us; we answer Why and How and some advice for people who want to switch their careers to IT.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04:29 - Our Guests' stories and how they end up switching to IT.
0:11:47 - The problem of school orientation and how to make a good choice?
0:22:10 - Why career switch to IT and career growth in IT compared to other fields?
0:28:10 - How to switch your career to IT and how to make sure it's the right decision?
0:37:40 - Do you consider your past career experience wasting time?
0:42:20 - How to start learning the IT field?
0:56:20 - QA
1:16:10 - Advice to find the first job for people who switch their career
1:24:10 - QA
1:37:24 - Benefits of switching career to IT
1:40:00 - Conclusion
Links Freecodecamp Coding Bootcamp in Morocco Stateofdev.ma Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#113 - Preparing for a Tech Talk
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we talk about tech talks; why you should care? How to choose a good topic? How to prepare and the right place to start.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:10 - Tech talks, why you should care?
0:14:25 - Do i need to be an expert to start speaking in confs?
0:25:20 - How to choose a good topic?
0:39:00 - When i can find open CFPs and places for my first talks?
0:53:00 - Tips to get accepted in a CFP
1:04:00 - Preparing for a tech talk
1:27:00 - Conclusion
Links Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Djalal Talk Preparation Preparing for a Teck talk Julia Evans Developers Conferences Agenda/List Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#112 - MSS with Amine Chouki
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Amine Chouki, Staff Engineer - Docker, Inc.
Guests Amine Chouki Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:01:39 - Education and getting into Technology?
0:05:25 - Co-Founding elbotola.com
0:07:35 - Managing Load and building custom solutions
0:22:05 - Monolith migration to microservices
0:27:10 - Building apps with high throughput
0:32:00 - Experience in Invision
0:39:00 - Experience in Docker
0:45:00 - Aspiring Software Engineers tips
0:52:00 - Tips to future entrepreneurs
0:59:52 - Conclusion
Links Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness Prepared and Presented by Otmane FETTAL#111 - DigiGirlz x WIT 22
In this special episode, we honor the internation women's month. Our guest from Digigirlz will talk about their experience in such IT programs, and answer all of your questions.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming guests
0:05:00 - What is the DigiGirlz initiative about?
0:09:32 - How can our girls know about it and participate in it?
0:13:00 - What are the technical and general benefits (impact) of this program?
0:24:00 - How did you start your DigiGirlz journey and how was it?
0:30:00 - Are there any other similar initiatives?
0:36:30 - Initiatives created by our guests in Morocco.
0:39:00 - Is the DigiGirlz initiative the best one? And why?
0:44:00 - Is the low presence of women in tech a problem? if so, why ?
1:07:00 - What do you think about the latest result of stateofdev?
1:18:00 - Geeksblabla Picks.
1:28:00 - Wrap up & Goodbye
LinksOrange Digital Center ML workshop
Prepared and Presented by Meriem Zaid#110 - Service mesh demystified
In this special episode, We discuss with our community members what service mesh is? How to get started and decide if service mesh is the best pattern for your next project?
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming guests
0:03:00 - What is a service mesh?
0:12:37 - The benefits of using a service mesh pattern
0:21:42 - Service mesh implementation
0:31:00 - Service mesh challenges
0:37:00 - Service mesh use cases
0:57:30 - CI/CD for service mesh
1:06:00 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by Mohammed Aboullaite#109 - UX/UI for the rest of us
In this special episode, We invite our UX/UI designer community friends to Talk about designer careers, How to get started, Jobs in Morocco and outside, as well as discussions around the best practice and resources.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming guests
0:05:15 - What is UX/UI?
0:16:24 - Why UX/UI is important?
0:27:45 - How do our guests start their careers?
0:39:50 - Should I have an artiste talent to be successful as UX/UI designer
0:50:00 - UX/UI Jobs
0:59:00 - Job for UX/UI designers In morocco and outside.
1:06:14 - Self-taught vs. schools to learn UX/UI
1:11:14 - How to bridge the gap between front-end developers and designers?
1:39:10 - Tips and tools and recourse for people who want to start a UI/UX career
1:55:05 - Blank board challenge
1:59:50 - UX/UI community
2:01:30 - What makes the difference between a good and a bad one?
2:09:52 - Picks
2:24:40 - Wrap up & Goodbye
PicksThe Elements of User Experience
UX/UI design: How to get started
LinksGoogle UX Design Professional Certificate
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#108 - Tech News & AMA #16
Tech News & AMA #16 with our community members Abderahim, Hamza, and Khalil. During this episode, we discuss Khalil's experience as a security researcher, the latest Tech News, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction
0:03:50 - Khalil's story as a security researcher.
0:19:10 - A day in the life of a security researcher.
0:26:40 - Tooling and Programming languages you need to master to start as a security researcher
0:35:00 - Khalil studies and helped him master this field as a self-thought security researcher.
0:38:00 - Can a developer combine between Dev and DevOps?
0:43:00 - Is mastering C important for security researchers?
0:47:03 - Is mastering Networking important for security researchers?
0:55:00 - Menara program
0:58:00 - State of JS results
1:09:00 - GeeksBlabla Picks.
1:18:50 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Picks Links Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#107 - Fail gloriously!
In this special episode, our guests share with us some failures stories, How those failures impact them, and lessons they learned from them. The main of this episode is basically to say it’s okay to fail; it’s a learning opportunity.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming guests
0:05:18 - Guests failures stories
0:18:24 - Impact of failure in personal and professional life
0:30:29 - Come back from failure 🚀
0:42:02 - Learnings from failure stories
0:57:17 - Challenging the term failure.
0:59:00 - How does society and the education system impact how we see failure?
1:09:14 - How can we learn from other people's failure stories?
1:12:14 - How to quit?
1:25:10 - Impact of Social Media
1:35:50 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by#106 - Amazon WEB Services
On the 106th Episode of Geeksblabla we're having a discussion around Amazon Web Services, how it was launched, its strenghts and capabilities, as well as discussions around Serverless, Databases and AI/ML services in AWS.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction
0:04:00 - The start of AWS
0:14:45 - Overlapping AWS Services
0:20:00 - Strenghts of AWS
0:31:31 - Containers in AWS
0:35:35 - Serverless in AWS
0:57:15 - Databases in AWS
1:27:39 - AI/ML in AWS
1:34:56 - Q/A
1:41:00 - Giveaway.
1:46:12 - Closing
Links Prepared and Presented by Otmane FETTAL#105 - Tech News & AMA #15
Tech News & AMA #15 with our community members Abdelfettah, Kawtar and Youssef. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction
0:04:00 - Kawtar experience and learning process during last year.
0:10:32 - Time management advice for beginners.
0:21:00 - Youssef experience with Notion apps and doing profitable projects.
0:33:00 - Career advice about PFE internship on salesforce and its future for a developer.
0:38:00 - Can a developer combine between Dev and DevOps?
0:41:00 - K8s certifications: More valuable ones for a career (CNCK, CKAD, CKA, or CKS).
0:44:00 - Does the school and diploma in IT matter?
0:55:00 - Do developers need to learn about marketing in addition to programming?
1:01:00 - MoroccoTech
1:08:00 - First GDE in Morocco.
1:13:00 - faker.js story
1:32:00 - Giveaway.
1:33:00 - Tips on obtaining many certificates.
1:36:00 - Best practices to measure code quality as a junior developer?
1:51:10 - GeeksBlabla Picks.
1:59:00 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Picks LinksThe Dark side of open source, What really happened to faker.js
MoroccoTech With Zouheir Lakhdissi
Morocco’s Chari valued at \$100M
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#104 - MSS with Mehdi Daoudi
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Mehdi Daoudi, CEO and Co-Founder - Catchpoint Systems, Inc.
Guests Mehdi Daoudi Notes0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03:00 - Who is Mehdi Daoudi?
0:11:00 - How was the switch from marketing to the IT field? And what is your advice to people who want to switch their careers?
0:14:00 - When Google acquired DoubleCLicks, What was the special thing that push google to purchase it and how was the switch from a small company to Google word?
0:19:00 - What are the products/services DoubleCLicks offer?
0:21:00 - When does it make sense for someone to say I will sell my company and when isn't?
0:27:00 - What is Catchpoint? How was the experience, and how did you get the idea?
0:34:00 - How was the experience moving to the cloud and not creating a SAAS product?
0:42:00 - How bad was the Covid 19 for Catchpoint?
0:51:00 - Catchpoint is hiring everywhere, so what profiles does Catchpoint need?
0:56:00 - Would you share with us some of your failure stories?
1:00:00 - In your opinion, what are the main qualities and skills of a good leader?
1:05:00 - Why did working in a big company like Google push you to leave it?
1:09:00 - Any advice about how to close deals with clients?
1:13:00 - Do you follow news about the startups' ecosystem in Morocco, what do you think about it, and what does miss it?
1:13:00 - Do you follow news about the startups' ecosystem in Morocco, what do you think about it, and what does miss it?
1:19:00 - What do you think about companies that do the offshoring?
1:22:00 - After ten years of pushing startups, why can't we see some of them succeed now?
1:26:00 - What is the advice you can give to someone who is trying to build a startup?
1:28:00 - What would you advise your 20-year-old self?
1:29:00 - Wrap up and goodbye
Links weathering the storm leading your organisation through a pandemic The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business Prepared and Presented by Mohammed Aboullaite#103 - NFT & Web3.0
In this episode, we’re going to break down an easy-to-understand explanation of NFT, and all the ways Web3 could change the way the world works. Then, our guests will respond to these subjects related questions.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction & Guests presentation.
0:04:00 - Short Web history.
0:06:00 - Web1.0 Web2.0 and now Web3.0, what is the real difference?
0:11:00 - Thoughts about when you first heard about web3.
0:18:00 - How do you think it can revolutionize the future of the web in certain domains?
0:24:00 - Web3.0 and DApp transparency.
0:27:00 - Smart contract definition
0:28:00 - ERC-20 smart contracts.
0:34:00 - Metaverse and Web3.0
1:00:00 - Roadmap to start in smart contracts and Blockchain.
1:04:00 - What is NFT anyway?
1:06:00 - How does the NFT work?
1:24:00 - NFT Derivatives.
1:34:00 - What is Ethereum, and how does it relate to NFT?
1:39:00 - Limitations of NFT.
1:46:00 - Smart contractsERC-721 / ERC-1155.
1:50:00 - Metadata (on-chain/off-chain).
1:54:00 - Layer 2 (L2 solutions).
2:00:00 - Now, anything/nothing can be sold as NFT. Do you think that it's now mainstream?
2:09:00 - What if DeFi?
2:12:00 - What are the existing Defi apps?
2:15:00 - Uniswap/sushi swap.
LinksEthereum Improvement Proposals
Prepared and Presented by Meriem zaid#102 - Developing iOS Apps
In this Episode of GeeksBlabla , we discussed how to make Apps for the Apple Ecosystem using both Native and Hybrid solutions , we did a deep dive on the differences between Swift , ObjectiveC , SwiftUI , UiKit and when to use each of them , plus what to keep in mind when submiting your apps to the Appstore.
Guests Notes0:00:00 - Introduction
0:03:00 - The Apple Ecosystem
0:09:45 - Apple vs Android developement
0:27:00 - How to Develop Apps for iOS
0:40:00 - Objective C vs Swift
0:55:00 - SwiftUI C vs UIkit
1:21:00 - Hybrid iOS Developement
1:27:00 - Web Developement vs Mobile Developement
1:33:20 - Getting your App published into the Appstore
1:48:00 - Conclusion
Links Prepared and Presented by Otmane Fettal#101 - Microsoft Azure Ecosystem
In this Episode of GeeksBlabla , we discussed The Microsoft Azure Ecosystem , first we started with an overview about the cloud and what did it enable the world of tech to do , then we dived deeper on what sets Microsoft Azure apart and what we can do with the tools and capabilities it offers.
Guests Notes0:02 - Introduction
0:06 - Cloud computing Introduction
0:36 - Microsoft Azure Capabilities
1:18 - Advanced Microsoft Azure services and capabilities
Prepared and Presented by Otmane Fettal#100 - The 100th Episode
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we celebrate the 100th episode, we discussed how the podcast started, how we work as a team behind the scene and some statistics about the podcast.
Guests Notes0:02 - Introduction
0:04 - How the podcast started?
0:23 - The secret behind podcast consistency.
0:43 - Audience reviews
0:59 - Episodes preparation and tools we use
1:10 - Statistics quiz
1:19 - Geeksblabla funny moments
1:38 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#99 - State of Dev in Morocco 2021
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss and analyse the results of stateofdev.ma 2021 with our guests and answer your questions about the survey.
Guests Notes0:02 - Introduction
0:05 - Overview
0:11 - Profile
0:36 - Education and Learning
1:01 - Work
1:36 - Technology
2:07 - Community
2:23 - Wrap up & Goodbye
LinksState Of Dev project on GitHub
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#98 - The weakest link: why all software needs security?
During this episode we will go over common security breaches where the weakest service/software were exploited, why all components of a system should get their share of security evaluation, and why secure software design and coding are important for developers on all stacks.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:07 - Exciting security news: Log4j zero-day exploit meltdown.
0:13 - Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI).
0:16 - A brief introduction of security from your perspective?
0:22 - What are the software/system aspects that are more critically in need for security?
0:32 - The weakest links for system security: Physical security.
0:42 - The weakest links for system security: Network security.
0:49 - The weakest links for system security: Employees.
0:59 - Stuxnet, where employees contribute to getting malware to the org.
1:02 - Social engineering attack: FB & Google fraud attack.
1:04 - Small satellite apps: FBI website hack, ~100k email sent from a legit fbi.org email address.
1:35 - Secure coding principles for developers
1:45 - Securing small systems (usually considered irrelevant systems)
1:54 - How to secure frontend?
2:00 - How to make sure employees/developers machines are secure?
2:09 - How to manage secrets
2:28 - Wrap up and Goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by Mohamed Ez-zarghili#97 - How to succeed in end of study internship (PFE)
We talk about the end of study internship(PFE) in this episode. How to find a good end of studies internship? How to prepare yourself for the internship and succeed during the internship?
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:15 - What are the main goals of an end of studies internship?
0:50 - How to deal if your option is not related to development as we don't have enough opportunities on other options such Big data.
0:54 - Are universities helping students find PFE?
1:04 - How and Where can I find internship opportunities?
1:23 - Big companies vs medium and startups, which one is the best for an internship (advantages and disadvantages)?
1:32 - Resumes and Interviews
2:07 - Should companies pay interns?
2:26 - How to succeed during the internship?
3:00 - Wrap up and Goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#96 - Tech News & AMA #14
Tech News & AMA #13 with our community members Abderrahim, Youssouf, Mohamed, mohamed and Yasser. We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Mohamed Ez-zarghili Mohammed Aboullaite Yasser Tahiri Abderrahim soubai Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:04 - Community friends updates
0:09 - New Mac book pro with M1 pro
0:22 - New Generation of CPUs and servers
0:29 - Next 12 features
0:33 - Rust based tools in Javascript ecosystem tools
0:42 - Remix run: a new react based framework for SSR
0:47 - New Python version 3.10 updates
0:57 - PHP new updates
1:09 - What is Web3?
1:18 - Opportunity for people with no degrees
1:22 - QA
1:31 - Wrap up and goodbye
Links Next 12 StateOfDevMA issues remix.run Python 3.10 Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#95 - Hacktoberfest & Open Source 2021
In this episode, we talk about Open Source and the annual event Hacktoberfest. We answer your questions about getting started with Open Source, the best practices, and how it could help advance your career.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:04 - What is hacktoberfest
0:09 - What are the least requirements to start with Hacktoberfest and Open Source?
0:30 - What are the types of contributions?
0:40 - Are there any Moroccan repositories to contribute to?
0:44 - How to promote your Open Source project?
1:07 - Geeksblabla giveaway
1:08 - How did your contribution to Open Source help you in your career?
1:12 - Did it help you get hired easily?
1:28 - Open Source in Morocco
1:55 - Hacktoberfest participation
2:00 - Wrap up and Goodbye
LinksHacktoberfest & Open source previous Episode
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#94 - Tech News & AMA #13
Tech News & AMA #13 with our community members Abderrahim, Youssouf and Meriem. We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:03 - What is Manara?
0:10 - Is it an online program? How can you manage it if the participant is a worker ?
0:13 - Do they prepare you for interviews, meetup with the talent hunters?
0:15 - How did you find out about Manara ?
0:20 - Is it a free program?
0:24 - How do you select BlablaConf talks ?
0:29 - Epic Games scores for developers in Apple court case
0:34 - How did you find the last Apple event ?
0:38 - StackOverFlow 2021 survey insights
0:57 - StateOfDev survey
1:15 - Geeksblabla giveaway
1:20 - Wrap up and goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by#93 - Reactive Programming
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla, we discuss with our guests about Reactive programming ecosystem, its difference with Functional programming, its uses, and many other details around the subject.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:04 - What does reactive mean in programming?
0:10 - Where is it used?
0:15 - What does RP solve?
0:25 - Advantages and disadvantages of Reactive programming
0:34 - Reactive programming in Java/JS/Angular
0:46 - Reactive programming vs Functional programming
1:05 - Main concepts behind this paradigm, and Observer patterns
1:18 - Differences between Event-Driven Programming and Reactive Programming
1:22 - Reactive programming most used libraries, is it polyglot ?
1:29 - Some Reactive programming libraries
1:36 - How can Reactive programming make us better programmers?
1:52 - Difference between Cold and Hot Observables
1:56 - Is subjects like Observables
2:05- Wrap up and goodbye
LinksReactive Programming by Venkat Subramaniam
Prepared and Presented by#92 - Coding Bootcamp in Morocco
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla, we discuss coding Bootcamps in morocco; what you need to learn before attending a coding bootcamps? Options we have in morocco ? How much does that cost to participate in coding bottcamps? And much more.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:05 - What is a Bootcamp?
0:08 - Can bootcamp replace studies in university?
0:19 - Does it work for everyone/people with no experience and people with CS degrees?
0:37 - Process of a Bootcamp.
1:01 - How much does a coding Bootcamp cost?
1:12 - Coding bootcamp for children.
1:16 - Coding bootcamp vs online course.
1:27 - Drawbacks of Bootcamps?
1:37- Wrap up and goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#91 - AI & ML
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla we answer many questions around AI & ML, their fields of applications, what they are, their uses in industry with our guest Amine.
Guests Amine Erraqabi Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:04 - Typical day of a data scientist
0:10 - Difference between the job of a data scientist/machine learning engineer/data engineer
0:16 - What are the key skills to have to be a great data scientist
0:21 - Do we need to have advanced mathes skills to start doing ML ?
0:27 - Machine learning process : From collecting the data to testing and tuning our chosen model
0:36 - How is Agile Management implemented in the context of ML projects?
0:43 - Subsets of Machine Learning ?
0:56 - Is statistics necessary for DS ?
1:01 - How to get started in AI ?
1:03 - What are the main stages of AI ?
1:06 - Application of AI techniques in insurance
1:13 - Application of AI techniques in advertising
1:21 - Business opportunities in african countries (Morocco) that AI will open
1:26 - Jobs in AI
1:33- Wrap up and goodbye
Links The Elements of Statistical Learning Prepared and Presented by#90 - Marketing Yourself as a Developer
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla with our community members Ahmed, Ismail, Smakosh, Iliass, Abderahim, and Youssouf, We discuss the importance of self-branding for developers and how it can help developers in their careers.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:05 - What is self-branding?
0:09 - Is self-branding something only experts can do, or should beginners take it seriously too?
0:14 - Learning in public.
0:21 - Guests' experiences on self-branding and how they benefit from it in their career?
0:54 - Self-branding for beginners.
1:05 - Tools and tricks to market yourself: Blogging, open-source, social media, and learning in public.
1:16 - How to start blogging?
1:24 - The secret power of open-source contribution for your self-branding.
1:38- Wrap up and goodbye
Links Lists of Moroccan blogs Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#89 - JavaScript Ecosystem
In this episode of GeeksBlaBla with our community members Wassim, Ismail, Abderahim, Abdellah, and Youssouf, We discuss the Javascript ecosystem from the first javascript days and the secret behind its popularity to the latest new frameworks and tools and the best practices to learn it for beginners and much more. In this episode, we have the chance to present a live demo with Wassim about Github copilot.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:06 - The power of javascript and the secret behind it
0:13 - Do you think Javascript is the right language to start with as a beginner?
0:28 - Javascript learning RoadMap
0:45 - JavaScript libraries and frameworks, how to choose?
1:19 - Is Typescript the new Javascript?
1:33 - Javascript in the backend.
1:41 - Javascript new tools systems; esbuild, wite, snowpack.
1:53 - Javascript testing tools and libraries.
2:02 - WebAssemby
2:07 - Github Copilot demo
2:35 - The future of javascript.
2:45- Wrap up and goodbye
Links Javascript Info Mozilla MDN Web Development Bootcamp JavaScript wesbos modern-js-cheatsheet https://zirotohero.com/ Most used framework in Morocco Typescript challenge Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi#88 - Tech News & AMA #12
Tech News & AMA #12 with our community members Otmane, Ismail, Abdelghani, Abderrahim. We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:01 - What did you learn this week ?
0:09 - Windows 11 launch
0:46 - Should a DevOps know the functional aspect of the app he will work on ?
0:50 - Why does Windows needs Amazon store to deliver Android apps ?
0:55 - Is it common for a developer to know multiple programming language ecosystems ?
1:01 - Tips and guidelines to become a better java developer
1:04 - What language/framework to use for an web application focused on audio content ?
1:09 - Tips to get freelance assignments on freelance websites like upwork and freelance.com
1:11 - Feedbacks after more than a year of remote work
1:30 - For a java/spring developer, what skills should one master to get a job at a multinational corporation ?
1:33 - Toughts about unity and VR development
1:34 - Fake reviews investigation on Amazon and Google by the UK market and competition authority
1:42 - Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
1:57 - Why are developers average age worlwide still very young ?
2:02 - Academic paths to study AI in Morocco ?
2:05 - Will blockchain be used in Morocco ?
2:07- Wrap up and goodbye
Links Amazon Kinesis Prepared and Presented by#87 - Working at Google with Moroccan Googlers
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Moroccan Googlers Karima, Rachid, Mehdi, and Abdelfatah to discuss their journey working at google, the benefits and disadvantages of working on FAANG companies and the interviews process to join Google, and much more.
Guests Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:05 - Guests academic path
0:16 - Do you think your academic studies in morocco give you enough concepts to start a job at Google?
0:34 - Should joining FAANG be an objective for every developer?
0:43 - What is your job at google?
0:58 - Working in morocco vs working on a big company such as Google.
1:11 - Is working at Google stressful?
1:25 - Bad sides of working at Google (or at a similar size tech company), what don’t you like about your job?
1:42 - Salaries at Google
1:53 - As a student, what should I focus on to make joining Google easier?
1:58 - How can competitive programming help you join Google?
2:08 - Process to join Google.
2:18 - Interviews Process and how to prepare them.
2:40 - Wrap up and goodbye
LinksGrokking the System Design Interview
Introducing Non-Abstract Large System Design
The importance of competitive programming - Diaa Alhak El Fallous
Prepared and Presented by#86 - MSS with Wassim CHEGHAM
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Wassim CHEGHAM, Sr. JavaScript Developer Advocate at Microsoft, Core contributor at Angular, Core contributor Nodejs and Ambassador for Auth0
Guests Wassim CHEGHAM Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:01 - Who is Wassim CHEGHAM?
0:03 - How did he get interested in technology?
0:05 - How did you get introduced to Javascript?
0:08 - What is the advice for beginner developers that you can give to choose a programming language for a professional career?
0:15 - Do blogging help in the learning phase and in building your own personal brand?
0:21 - Walk us through some of your contributions to angular , bazel and nodejs and What you will earn from contributing / open source?
0:30 - (comments) How do you learn and practice more in less time?
0:38 - How was your experience at the professional life, and experience to manage the balance between personal life, fun, and professional life?
0:46 - Is Dependency injection implementation still your favorite feature about angular?
0:47 - (comments) How to become a GDE?
0:55 - What does it mean to be an advocate developer? Tell us about the developer advocate iceberg.
1:06 - What is your vision/expectation, where the technologies are heading?
1:10 - (comments) What is your vision/expectation for Javascript?
1:18 - (comments) Talking about web views, do you recommend specific one? (in Angular context) (Cordova, Capacitorjs)
1:20 - (comments) What is the future of Web Assembly> It's time to jump and start learning it?
1:21 - Advice for geeksblabla community
1:25 - Wrap up and goodbye
LinksDemystifying Open Source Contributions
The Subtle Art of Being A Developer Advocate
Prepared and Presented by Mohammed Aboullaite#85 - Celebrating 26 years of Java !
Celebrating 26 years of Java with our community members Badr, Marouane, and Mohammed. During this episode we discuss the latest Java updates, and we answer audience questions about Java, and much more.
Guests Notes00:00 - Introduction
00:03 - Why are we still using Java?
00:09 - Why backward compatibility important for Java?
00:13 - How they keep the promise of the new release cycle?
00:16 - What are JCP, JSR, and JEP?
00:21 - Why JVM powerful?
00:27 - What is the project in the ecosystem that pushes Java?
00:35 - Comments
01:03 - The demand of java developers in the market (local market and international market)
01:07 - Is Java one of the options for new developers? And What are things that can help them to learn Java?
01:11 - Java still had 3 billion devices or this number decrease?
01:14 - Comments
01:16 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Prepared and Presented by Mohammed Aboullaite#84 - Tech News & AMA #11
Tech News & AMA #11 with our community members Mohamed, Abderahim and Youssouf . We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:03 - Updates from our guests about their new job experience.
0:05 - The best way to land a remote job with international startups.
0:16 - Difference between working in morocco and working for a big international company such as Spotify.
0:34 - How to deal with boredom with school subjects?
0:43 - Advice and resources to start an AWS career.
0:48 - State management in React.
0:56 - What technical practices heavily used in Spotify and not used or ignored in morocco.
1:12 - The best way to get a motivating job.
1:20 - Google IO 2021 News.
1:28 - GraphQl vs REST API.
1:38 - ElectronJS
1:50 - Interview process at Spotify.
2:01 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#83 - DevOps 101: Revisiting the fundamentals of the DevOps culture
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we're Revisiting the fundamentals of the DevOps Culture and toolchain.
Guests Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:13 - Software developement and delivery process
0:20 - DevOPS Definition
0:34 - DevOps Goals and Pillars
0:56 - Automation
1:03 - Observability and Monitoring
1:22 - Q/A
1:42 - Toolchain
1:59 - Wrap up and goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by#82 - Software Security
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our community members about software security, what is software security, tricks for effective and productive learning.
Guests Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:05 - What is software security
0:11 - A bit of history about cybersecurity
0:24 - Is there a secure system? why secure systems?
0:32 - Risk & Risk Assessment
0:48 - What is OWASP?
0:51 - OWASP top 10 - 2021
0:51 - OWASP top 10 - 2021: Injection
0:55 - OWASP top 10 - 2021: Broken authentication
1:01 - Sensitive data exposure - What is data leakage? What are the factors that can cause data leakage?
1:08 - XML external entities (XXE)
1:15 - Security misconfigurations
1:49 - Cross site scripting (XSS) - discuss vs CSRF
1:56 - What is the 80/20 rule of networking?
2:00 - What are personal traits you should consider protecting data?
2:05 - Famous moroccan hackers and their achievements
2:09 - GRAALVM security
2:16 - Conclusion, Wrap up and goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by#81 - Learning How to Learn - تعلم كيفاش تعلم
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our community members about learning how to learn, the best place to found resources, tricks for effective and productive learning.
Guests Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03 - Why is self-learning important for students and employers?
0:26 - Best ways to know what to learn and how to find your path on self-learning as a beginner?
0:50 - how to form a self-learning habit?
0:58 - RoadMap to follow while learning?
1:08 - Self-thought developers and issues whit diplomats?
1:11 - Learning resources and how our guests approach learning new technologies?
1:31 - How to filter learning resources?
1:45 - Tools, tricks, and methodologies for learning consistency.
1:56 - What is enough while learning?
2:10 - How to manage your time, energy, and focus?
2:25 - QA.
1:54 - Wrap up and goodbye
Links Prepared and Presented by#80 - Tech News & AMA #10
Tech News & AMA #9 with our community members Mohamed,Meriem , soufiane, Abderahim and Youssouf . We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:01 - Intro and welcoming.
0:03 - updates from our guests about their learning experience in the last months.
0:07 - New javascript build tools using no-js language such us esbuild, snowpack…
0:27 - Expo vs React Native.
0:46 - Abderahim experience with s7aba podcast.
0:52 - Advice to find internships.
1:00 - Generalist vs specialist
1:06 - Ramadan and productivity
1:12 - Apple event M1 in ipad pro…
1:20 - Nvidia new SoCs for cars and other plans to take over server workloads
1:24 - Google rolling FLoC out to tester and the resistance from the industry and community
1:32 - Generalist vs specialist
1:40 - QA
2:51 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links Prepared and Presented by#79 - Testing & QA Engineering
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, Meriem and Ismail invited Abdelghani Achibane who is a Quality Assurance Engineer to talk about Software testing and QA Engineering
Guests Abdelghani Achibane Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:03 - What is Software testing ?
0:06 - History of Software testing ?
0:08 - Difference between debugging and testing
0:09 - Why do we need to test ?
0:22 - Manual tests ?
0:28 - Automated tests ?
0:31 - Software testing lifecycle ? What do we automate in testing ? Relation between automated tests and CI ?
0:49 - Types of automated tests ?
0:59 - TDD vs BDD ? Testing strategy ?
1:11 - Testing metrics ?
1:19 - Popular tools used in automated testing of web applications ? APIs ? Desktop applications ?
1:31 - Ressources to start in QA engineering ?
1:54 - Wrap up and goodbye
Prepared and Presented by Ismail Tlemcani Meriem Zaid#78 - MSS with Abdelahad SATOUR
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Abdelahad SATOUR, a developer, tech serial entrepreneur, and learner; Abdelahad has more than 31 certificates in the IT and business fields; during the episode, he shared with us his professional and personal experiences.
Guests Abdelahad SATOUR Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:02 - Who is Abdelahad SATOUR?
0:11 - Studies and school activities
0:15 - Learning experience in high school and how to get the best of it?
0:19 - Abdelahad's first steps as an entrepreneur.
0:28 - The secrets behind his commitment and motivation.
0:58 - What is success for Abdelahad?
1:04 - Getting things done.
1:10 - Learning and get updated about tech.
1:16 - How to know what works for you as a learning method?
1:19 - How to be focused on your work?
1:23 - Why certifications?
1:30 - QA
1:50 - Wrap up and goodbye
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#77 - No Code / Low Code
In the 77 Episode of GeeksBlaBla , We're taking a look at the landscape of Low Code / No Code technologies; These technologies are taking the world by storm, building a strong Hype around them, and expected to be an industry worth 23 Billion Dollars by 2023.
Guests Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:09 - Why It took no Code / Low Code trends all these years to reach the mainstream?
0:16 - Can Microsoft Excel / Access considered as Low Code / No Code Platform ?
0:28 - What’s the current state of the Low Code / No Code Ecosystem ?
0:50 - Trends in Low Code / No Code Ecosystem ?
1:04 - What are the good practices to follow ?
1:09 - What are the opportunities for developers in a low code context ?
1:13 - Integration between Low Code / No Code Apps and Traditional Business apps ?
1:19 - Vendor Lock-In and Portability ?
1:27 - Are Low Code / No Code Apps ready for Production and Missing Critical Scenarios ?
1:30 - Low Code / No Code Apps longevity ?
1:35 - Wrap up and goodbye
Links No Code / Low Code Ressources Prepared and Presented by Otmane Fettal#76 - Tech News & AMA #9
Tech News & AMA #9 with our community members Ahmed, Mohamed and Othman. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News, Make it legal Ahmed's book and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:03 - NFTs
0:16 - 'Make it legal' book.
0:32 - Remote work future
0:50 - Job satisfaction and How do people end up loving what they do?
1:18 - OVH outage
1:30 - New Windows updates
1:37 - QA
1:51 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links\$69 Million for a JPEG File - The Wild World of NFT’s
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#75 - IT Certifications
In this episode, we talk about Certificates in the IT field; why should you care? How will certificates help you in your career, the essential certifications you should have, and how to prepare for those certificates?
Guests Notes0:02 - Introduction.
0:10 - Why should you care about certifications?
0:28 - Types of IT certifications.
0:38 - The best period to get a certificate ( junior or senior )
0:43 - Certification vs open-source contributions vs blogging.
0:25 - How to say that a resource is behaving normally?
0:51 - Why are IT certifications so expensive?
1:03 - Is certifications from the learning platform worth it?
1:07 - Why some people/companies criticize certifications and interpret them as a bad sign?
1:22 - Certifications for beginners.
1:46 - How to prepare for a certificate?
2:07 - The most valuable certificates in Morocco.
2:28 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Certifications Scrum en Management. (Foundation seulement) - Python, .NET, Java, PHP ou JavaScript. - Comptia A+, LPIC 101, CCNA. - ITIL 4, ISO 27001 - AWS/Microsoft Azure/GoogleCloud Foundation Prepared and Presented by#74 - Monitoring: Why, and How?
In this episode, we talk about Monitoring, what is it about, what to consider in a project roadmap, how to do it and its different types with our guests..
Guests Notes0:02 - Introduction.
0:05 - What is Monitoring?
0:08 - When should monitoring take place?
0:11 - What do we need to monitor ?
0:22 - How we define KPIs - The indicators we need to keep an eye on.
0:25 - How to say that a resource is behaving normally?
0:43 - Monitoring Toolchain (ELK Stack , Prometheus and Grafana)
0:59 - What are the different types of monitoring ?
1:06 - Infrastructure Monitoring vs Application Monitoring
1:14 - What is Observability and how it differs from Monitoring ?
1:17 - What are the big benefits of cloud monitoring solutions VS in house monitoring solutions
1:23 - With the increase in compressed application life cycles, proper monitoring is critical in DevOps. How can we deal with it?
1:40 - Datadog demo
1:50 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links Prepared and Presented by#73 - Women In Tech 2021
In this special episode, we highlight the hidden category in Tech in general, Women and girls in tech in Morocco. The guests are students in IT & CS will share their experiences and their journey.
Guests Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:03 - How did you become interested in engineering
0:08 - What influenced you to pursue a career in IT
0:17 - What is it like to be a woman working in technology for you?
0:27 - How could you convince a random Moroccan girl to be interested in programming?
0:35 - Why we don't see many ladies involved in communities in Morocco?
0:50 - Is it true the is no wage difference between men and women working in Tech in Morocco?
0:53 - How can we help as a tech community to empower more WIT?
0:54 - Is it easy or hard to find a job or Internship
0:58 - Did you ever faced discrimination in a job interview where they prefered a man instead?
1:00 - Do you feel that women in technology careers face barriers not faced by their male counterparts?
1:05 - What are some challenges you’ve faced.
1:12 - OHow can women balance between their work time, home & family time?
1:27 - What job did you dream of when you were a kid – your Plan A career path
1:32 - How could men empower women in IT?
1:37 - What do you think of StateOfDevMa survey results
2:12 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links Prepared and Presented by#72 - Tech News & AMA #8
Tech News & AMA #8 with our community members Ilyas, Othmane, Mehdi, Otmane, and Mohamed. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Ilyas Bakouch Othmane MANIAR Mehdi Cheracher Aboullait mohamed Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:05 - New Social Media Platform: ClubHouse
0:15 - The guy who hacked into PayPal, apple, MS
0:33 - Bitcoin: News, Energy, future …
0:43 - Jeff Bezos Steps down as Amazon CEO
0:50 - Some fact and opinions about Java and JEE
1:06 - Intro to Rust
1:13 - Lambda function and serverless
1:18 - Oracle java SE Certification
1:21 - Python compared to JAVA
1:24 - Remote Jobs with companies such as Toptal, xteam …
1:32 - Flutter
1:35 - Minimum skills that you should learn to start applying for a react job
1:40 - should i know compiler structure and language theory to be a good software engineer
1:46 - PHP
1:58 - Front-end vs. back-end
2:07 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies Build Your own x StateOfDev.ma Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#71 - Data Centers in Morocco
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Abdelfettah Sghiouar, Islam Abouelata and Karim Benzidane to talk about Data Centers.
Guests Notes0:00 - Introduction.
0:05 - What’s a datacenter?
0:09 - How does the datacenter work?
0:17 - What are the criteria to build a data center?
0:24 - What job positions exist, and what people do?
0:36 - What are datacenter impact on environment?
0:44 - Should you care as a developer?
0:47 - Questions and Comments
0:55 - CNCF Casablanca Community announcement
1:08 - What are datacenters exist in Morocco?
1:09 - What do you think of the new datacenter in benguerir?
1:12 - Why are datacenters important for Morocco?
1:18 - What’s an ISP (Internet Service Provider), IXP (Internet Exchange Point) and POP (Point of Presence)?
1:21 - Why are datacenters important for Internet?
1:24 - What does it mean to have a home datacenter?
1:32 - What studies do I have to do to work in a datacenter?
1:35 - Questions and Comments
1:45 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Prepared and Presented by#70 - DataBases deep dive
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Taoufik Khamouli, Anouar Boukhatem and El Housseine Jaafari to talk about Databases, different types and, some advanced topics.
Guests Notes0:00 - Introduction.
0:06 - What do we mean by a Database?
0:10 - Why do we need databases?
0:20 - What are the different types of databases and why we have more than one?
0:39 - What are ACID properties, and why are they important?
0:51 - What is denormalization and, when we need it?
0:55 - What consideration to decide between database types?
1:29 - Open-source vs. proprietary database, Which one is better?
1:34 - What is Indexing and how to use it well?
1:37 - What is CAP theorem, and why is it important?
1:42 - What are the requirements to have High Availability & Data Replication in databases?
1:49 - What are Backup & Restore Policies best practices?
1:56 - Advice about Performance Optimization.
2:19 - Wrap up and goodbye.
LinksBooks:
Building Secure and Reliable Systems: Best Practices for Designing, Implementing, and Maintaining Systems
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Prepared and Presented by#69 - Python Deep Dive
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Taoufik Abbassid along with Mohamed Daoudi to talk about Python, how to get started with it and some of its perspectives.
Guests Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:03 - What is Python and what made it so famous?
0:08 - Is Python 2 vs Python 3 still relevant ?
0:13 - Do you recommend beginners to start with Python?
0:17 - How to get started with Python ?
0:24 - Python in the job market. Job offers for Python in Morocco and outside.
0:25 - Is learning (panda,numpy,pyplot..pandas) enough to work as a backend developer?
0:26 - When to use and when not to use Python?
0:28 - Most known use cases of Python. In which use cases Python might be the best programming language to use ?
0:33 - Is Python Slow ? If yes can we make it faster ?
0:38 - Fundamental concepts you need to master before starting with Python.
0:43 - Frameworks & CMS used in Python for web dev. In which scenario use Django or Flask ?
0:46 - Why learn Python?
0:50 - Programming Workflow in Python (package management, venv, IDE..).
0:52 - Testing With Python.
0:56 - Deploy your Python project.
0:58 - Famous Projects built with Python.
1:01 - Resources and Tools.
1:05 - Do you think universities should switch from Java to Python?
1:17 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links Prepared and Presented by#68 - Developer Productivity
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Diaa Alhak El Fallous and Othmane Kinane, and we discuss Developer Productivity Definition, tools, and more things about it.
Guests Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:04 - What do we mean with Productivity?
0:08 - How to measure productivity?
0:20 - What do we mean with Productivity for a developer working alone, and How he measure it?
0:30 - Does a predefined roadmap consider a developer’s productivity?
0:43 - How do you do to being consistent at work?
1:08 - How to manage the situation when you need more time to grasp the task's skills or feel that you won’t meet some deadline?
1:13 - What are the criteria to promote a person?
1:23 - How can a developer avoid burnout?
1:36 - Tips to handle distractions and to be more productive while working
1:54 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Prepared and Presented by#67 - Tech News & AMA #7
Tech News & AMA #6 with our community members Abderrahim, Youssouf, Abderrahim, Otmane, and Mohamed. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:04 - New WhatsApp Privacy.
0:10 - Google Threatens To Shut Down Search Engine In Australia If Forced To Pay Publishers For News.
0:14 - Elastic Changes Licences for Elasticsearch and Kibana: AWS Forks Both
0:30 - The future of React & React Native
0:31 - Micro frontend Apps
0:43 - How to switch your career
0:46 - Parallel Programming
0:54- when we should start using ngrx
1:02 - Self-driving cars updates
1:07 - SEO
1:13 - pub/sub or RabbitMq
1:31 - Gatsbyjs for E-Commerce websites
1:33 - No-Code or low code trends
1:44 - What's the quality strategy used in the projects you worked on?
1:54 - What I should master before get started with devops?
2:04 - Deno.js vs Node
2:18 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#66 - Internet of Things
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discussed with our guests Ali Lakrakbi and Saad Zabari what's IoT, its impact, Adopting IoT in Morocco, and more things about it.
Guests Saad Zabari Ali Lakrakbi Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming.
0:07 - What's the Internet of Things?
0:11 - Why the Internet of Things, and what is its impact on humanity?
0:19 - Around 4/5 years ago, IoT was trending, and then it started slowly to disappear. Why is that?
0:26 - What are the difficulties in creating a startup in the domain of Iot, and why don't we see many successful startups in that area?
0:39 - What is the impact of 5g on IoT?
0:43 - Rumors said that the vaccine would have a microchip; technically, is that possible?
0:46 - Is there any risk concerning the IoT, specifically because we are related to servers/cloud?
0:52 - What are the solutions proposed by manufacturers to ensure security and privacy?
1:15 - During quarantine, the community of makers and IoT enthusiasts were here, never than before were in the appointment and came up with many great initiatives. Your opinion about that?
1:23 - Adopting IoT in Morocco will help the communities to move forward, and having products made in morocco?
1:30 - How can we integrate IoT into the education system?
1:49 - Conclusion and Goodbye.
Prepared and Presented by Mohammed Aboullaite Ismail Tlemcani#65 - Tech Interviews
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discussed some ways to present your best self in a tech interview, how to answer common questions, types of interviews, best practices, and tips for better communication with the recruiter.
Guests Hanae El Bouyousfi Diaa Alhak El Fallous Mohamed Ez-zarghili Mohammed Aboullaite Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming.
0:08 - Types of interviews
0:22 - Things to do before and after the interview
0:29 - Types of technical interviews
0:52 - Tips for better communication with the recruiter
1:00 - How to prepare for technical questions
1:19 - QA.
1:46 - Tell Me About Yourself.
1:52 - Why Should We Hire You?
1:54 - Why did you leave (or why are you leaving) your job?
1:55 - What Are Your Greatest Strengths and Weaknesses?
2:01 - What are your goals?
2:04 - Can you talk about a technical challenge you faced and how you handled it?
2:06 - When was the last time you had a problem with a coworker? How did you handle it?
2:09 - Salary expectation
2:20 - QA.
2:43 - Conclusion and Goodbye.
Links Brilliant - Making Decisions Glassdoor Job Search StateOfDev.ma Prepared and Presented by Mohammed Aboullaite Youssouf El Azizi#64 - MSS with Aboulfeth Hamza
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Aboulfeth, a tech serial entrepreneur who started his first business at the early age of 17. He dropped out of college at 21, became ICANN accredited at 24, attended the World Economic Forum at 25, and went to Harvard at 26 and Hajj and Burning Man at 27.
Guests Aboulfeth Hamza Prepared and Presented by Hamza Makraz Mohammed Aboullaite#63 - Tech News & AMA #6
Tech News & AMA #6 with our community members Meriem, Youssouf, Abderrahim, Abdelfettah, and Mohamed. During this episode, we discuss the latest Tech News and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.
Guests Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi Abdelfettah Sghiouar Mohamed Ez-zarghili Meriem Zaid Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:04 - Biggest Tech News in 2020 and the impact of COVID-19.
0:13 - Google Outage.
0:22 - Google monopoly case.
0:35 - The worst-ever US government cyber-attack.
0:43 - New IOS 14 privacy policies?
0:54 - GoDaddy Employees Were Told They Were Getting a Holiday Bonus. It Was Actually a Phishing Test.
0:59 - Zero click venerability & NSO Group.
1:07 - SI and Big Data in Morocco.
1:12 - Bitcoin Approaching \$30k.
1:20 - What is a good backend tech stack to build a social media platform?
1:22 - Research labs in Morocco.
1:28 - SEO for react apps.
1:30 - React Native vs Flutter?
1:43 - Angular Universal.
1:50 - Rust and what kind of project we can build with ?
1:54 - Are there any PAAS, CAAS companies in Morocco?
2:09 - React Server Component?
2:11 - Wrap up and goodbye.
Links Google Cloud Infrastructure Components Incident #20013 US government cyber-attack AlJazeera Documentary : Pegasus The state of Dev in Morocco Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi#62 - PhD in Computer Science
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our guests Karim Mouhssine and Mohamed, who had experience in PhD before, everything about PhD and how to apply for it in Morocco.
Guests Karim Benzidane Mouhssine Lakhdissi Mohammed Ez-zarghili Notes0:02 - Introduction
0:03 - What is PhD, How long does it take, Objective of a PHD and How to apply for a CS PHD in Morocco ?
0:06 - Do you have any advices for choosing a subject and the supervisor?
0:09 - Advice for getting an additional funding if possible
0:12 - When you apply for a PhD in university, are you affected automatically to another institution?
0:13 - Is ther a precise time of the year when we can start working on our PhD?
0:20 - What are the objectives and responsabilities of a PhD syudent during his cursus?
0:32 - One of the requirements to aply for PhD is having indexed articles
0:38 - Do salaried PhD students pay subscribtion fees to PhD program?
0:39 - Any advices on how to write a scientific article?
0:42 - Different categories of academic journals. How to know the reputation (or impact) of a given journal ? Is there a ranking of academic journals ? How is a researcher's impact calculated ?
0:49 - Work opportunities for PHDs in Morocco beside a career in academia. Does having a PHD make any difference for working in a multinational company in Morocco like Oracle or Microsoft ?
1:00 - Is it difficult to publish an article?
1:02 - For CS PhDs, are there subjects that englobe other fields? (Industrial for example)
1:03 - Are Maths a principal requirement to apply for PhD in CS?
1:04 - Are there any collaborations of Moroccan universities with foreign universities in computer science research
1:22 - Recent important research made by moroccan universities in computer science. Leading moroccan universities in computer science research
1:25 - Why industries are not pushing forward subjects to universities?
1:44 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Links Oracle Labs projects IBM PhD Fellowship Award program Computer search & education portal Erasmus Mundos Scimago Journal & Country rank Prepared and Presented by Ismail Tlemçani Meriem Zaid Hamza Makraz#61 - State of Dev in Morocco
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss and analyze the results of stateofdev.ma with our guests and answer your questions about the survey.
Guests Haytam Zanid Abderrahim Soubai Djalal Notes0:02 - Introduction
0:05 - How important is it to have these kinds of initiatives?
0:20 - Overview
0:26 - Profile
0:53 - Education and Learning
1:22 - Work
2:00 - Technology
2:13 - Community
2:44 - Wrap up & Goodbye
Links Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2020 State Of Dev In Morocco 2020 The State Of Software Development in Morocco 2019 State Of Dev project on GitHub Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi Meriem Zaid Mohamed Ez-zarghili Mohammed Aboullaite#60 - MSS with Mohamed Youssfi
In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Mohamed Youssfi, one of the most famous university school teachers in morocco, we discuss his experience and IT education in morocco.
Guests Mohamed Youssfi Notes0:00 - Introduction and welcoming
0:04 - Who is Mohamed Youssfi ?
0:13 - Did you plan to be a teacher in your childhood?
0:22 - What is the secret behind a successful teacher?
0:30 - The story behind Mohammed Youssfi successful youtube channel.
0:46 - Why most of the tutorials are related to Java and JEE?
1:00 - Getting updated about the latest technologies?
1:10 - How to deal with the level of disparity between students?
1:16 - What do you think about the height of education in Morocco (IT)?
1:35 - Is diplomas important in IT?
1:51 - French or English for height school education ?
2:10 - The problem of researcher professor not working in technology in the market before teaching it.
2:28 - The State Of Dev In Morocco 2020.
2:48 - what the first thing you will do if you are the minister of education.
3:04 - Pieces of Advice to students.
Prepared and Presented by Youssouf EL Azizi Soufian El Foukahi#59 - Ask Me Anything #5
Ask Me Anything episode #5 with our community members and guests Youssouf, Abderrahim, Ouissal and Mohamed. During this episode we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies and much more.
Guests Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi Ouissal Moumou Mohamed Moumou Notes0:01 - Introduction.
0:04 - How have you heard about Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge?
0:05 - What was the submitted tutorial/project about?
0:08 - How have you decided to start your Open Source journey?
0:12 - What were the challenges that you have faced while working on the Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge?
0:15 - What were the tools that you have used to train your bot?
0:16 - How do you manage working while being a computer science student?
0:17 - What is like to be a student at Al Akhawayn University?
0:19 - What are the access options to Al Akhawayn University?
0:20 - What can you tell us about the events that take place in Al Akhawayn University?
0:22 - Can you choose courses in Al Akhawayn University or are they imposed on you?
0:25 - Does the Al Akhawayn University ecosystem help students with their projects and Startup ideas?
0:27 - The importance of self learning for students.
0:28 - How do you learn new technologies as students?
0:34 - What was studying during the pandemic like?
0:36 - How did you get started with programming/coding?
0:42 - Which is the preferable language to learn for the Moroccan Tech Industry?
0:48 - What are your thoughts on Apple's new M1 processor?
0:53 - SAD DNS attack.
0:56 - New Google Chrome Zero-Day vulnerability.
0:59 - Twitter's new Stories feature 'Fleets'.
1:01 - Google Photos will not be free by June 1, 2021!
1:06 - What is new in Angular 11?
1:09 - Vue.js 3 Composition API?
1:12 - Do you focus on the front-end? If so what is your stack?
1:14 - Tailwind CSS and the problem with CSS.
1:17 - Which code editor do you work with?
1:22 - The high quality of Vercel's Next.js conference.
1:24 - Spotify.js, weekend Open Source project by Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi.
1:33 - What are your thoughts on Prisma next-generation ORM?
1:35 - The importance of using schematics in Angular?
1:36 - What should every Django back-end developer be familiar with?
1:39 - Advice for Machine Learning enthusiasts.
1:40 - What exactly is a software engineer?
1:46 - How much a beginner fullstack developer should charge per hour?
1:50 - How to stand out in the freelance market while other "freelancers" charge below average?
1:54 - Do you have plans to work abroad?
1:55 - Are there any work opportunities for .Net developer?
1:56 - How can I know that I am ready for job interviews?
2:00 - What is the best way to escape a job interview question?
2:08 - Why jumping to the source code of an Open Source project is benificial?
2:10 - What is the role of TypeScript?
2:18 - The secret sauce to master Javascript.
2:19 - What are your learning resources?
2:23 - What are your thoughts on Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in Morocco?
2:24 - As a self-taught developer, how do I know that I'm in the right track with the right pace?
2:28 - The "self-taught title" from the perspective of a self-taught Fullstack developer and Cloud Architect.
2:30 - How do you manage freelancing while being an employee?
2:31 - As a junior developer, how do you deal with the fact that you have to work with technologie