The Drunk Web

Drink: Japanese Whiskey, TALEA Sout Beer  |  Topic: Data Science, Analytics & Privacy What are Data and Data Science? What do most businesses have in common when it comes to Data and Analytics? Why does privacy matter in the practical sense? Are we trending toward more privacy or less?

Drink: Ranch Water  |  Topic: Engineering Management What a wonderful thing it is, this internet of ours, where strangers with common interests and attitudes can somehow find each other and create a bond where no way in hell was ever possible before these 1s and 0s started to travel through the miracle of HTTP. You’ll see what I mean in a second. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to The Drunk Web podcast. Episode 45. Apologies for the audio. This was my first attempt at a remote podcast. Not my favorite format but you gotta get with the times I guess. And I just couldn’t resist talking to my guest. This was recorded a while ago and I’m ashamed to admit how long it took me to release it. With that said I’m not actually gonna admit the date this was recorded. I’m back after a year-long hiatus from the podcast. I’m excited to be back and plan to stay back and frequent, and I have a special guest for you today, and he might just be a much better version of myself. I hope you enjoy—Engineering Management with Brian Dainton.

Drink: Dolin Rouge Sweet Vermouth  |  Topic: Code with Purpose Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Netflix are no longer the only companies that offer incredible financial compensation packages. As software engineering moves more and more into the mainstream, developers and engineers now have more option than ever when it comes to where to spend their efforts and work. This means choosing a place of work is no longer only about financial compensation, and that purpose and cause are important parameters for many folks in the software industry. In this episode, I talk to my old friend JR Palomar about the incredible cause he has decided to spend his engineering skills and experience on, and why.

Drink: Aperol on Ice  |  Topic: JavaScript Closures and The Why of Programming Many of us focus the majority of our time on learning solutions, tools, npm packages and the rest of 'The How'. In this episode I explain why it's drastically more important to be married the problem, rather than the solution, aka 'The What'. I use the example of JavaScript Closures to demonstrate why it's important to understand the problem before you even begin to discuss potential solutions.

Drink: Ginger Lemon Honey  |  Topic: Algorithms While the craziness of the corona virus forces the world into a corner, many of us have been given an extraordinary amount of spare time to do the important things we've put off for too long. In this episode I share my newly gained perspective on something that has been a major source of insecurity and guilt for myself and many engineers I've come to know from all roots and backgrounds: Algorithms.

Drink: Ginger Lemon Honey  |  Topic: How to Stay Motivated. While the craziness of the corona virus forces the world into a corner, it is more than ever an exercise of self awareness and motivation, more than anything else. In this episode I share my philosophy on motivation and how to theoretically and practically stay motivated and keep the fire burning. It all comes down to money, mastery, autonomy and meaning. Let's go.

Guest:  Jay Eckert  | Drink: Old Fashioned  |  Topic: User Experience Design

Guest:  Charles Fulnecky  | Drink: Kombucha Mezcal  |  Topic: Functional Programming and why it's not the norm

Guest:  Metin Senler  | Drink: Grüner White Wine  |  Topic: Be a Practitioner

Guest:  Jesse Warden  | Drink: Lagunitas IPA Beer  |  Topic: Copy Pasta Coding

Drink: Limoncello  |  Topic: Your Bed, Your Keyboard and beyond...

Guest:  Mike Greenfield   |  Drink: Mezcal Kombucha  |  Topic: Kimchi, Kombucha & the YouTube Chef

Guest:  Jason Decker   |  Drink: Aperol Spritz  |  Topic: Code Bootcamps

Guest:  Aliah Andujo   |  Drink: Dirty Martini  |  Topic: Women In Tech

Guests:  Ben Potter (@coding) and Seph Cordovano (@dvlpr)   |  Drink: Coffee  |  Topic: Dev Culture on Social Media

Guest: Will Schneider  |  Drink: Whiskey Ginger Beer  |  Topic: Take a break from Tech

Guests: Dana White  |  Drinks: Negroni  |  Topic: Goodnight, Dana White

Guest: Victor Buzzegoli  |  Drinks: French 75  |  Topic: Why I left CERN

Guests: Sena Heydari  |  Drinks: Old Fashioned  |  Topic: DevOps & Data Science

Guests: Ryan Watkins & Brent Bevolo  |  Drinks: Negroni  |  Topic: JavaScript Architecture

Guests: Richard Bumbury  |  Drinks: Hot Toddy  |  Topic: Testing, Attention Please!

Guests: Adam Davies  |  Drinks: Hot Toddy  |  Topic: Homeless to $100,000 in 2 years

Guests: Vasily Myazin  |  Drinks: Hot Toddy  |  Topic: Working Remotely

Guests: Ryan Crowe and Jesse Owens | Drinks: Old Fashioned, Tequila and Rum | Topic: Own That Product.

Guests: Kian Tabrizi and Nick Johnson | Drinks: Old Fashioned and Tequila on the Rocks | Topic: Marriage of Hardware and Software.

Guests: Chris BraithWaite and Austin Cornelio | Drinks: Old Fashioned and Screwdriver | Topic: The Fear of Machine Learning, Angular 2 and more.

Guests: James Wanga, Charlie Fulnecky, JR Palomar | Drinks: Old Fashioneds and Tequila Shots | Topic: The State of the Web.

Guest: Austin Cornelio | Drink: Dark and Stormy | Topic: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency

Guest: Brent Bevolo | Drink: Whiskey Smash | Topics: The State of JavaScript. On being self-taght. Teaching Messi how to Code.

Guest: Jasmine Merchant and Bob Ouellette | Drinks: Cuba Libre, Maker's Mark | Topic: Why so many people hate their managers. What is Agile? Jasmine vs. Karma. A comparison between an orchestra and a software engineering team. A case for and against lean teams. Being a woman in a male dominant industry. The 'three Ps' that will guarantee success in any industry.

Guest: Mike Fisher | Drink: Margarita | Topic: Being a programmer and a DJ, recording with P.Diddy, touring with Tommy Lee and midget Cowboys. The cultural overlap between front-end developers and house music. Simulation Hypothesis. Artificial Super Intelligence.

Guest: JR Palomar | Drink: Laphroaig Scotch Whiskey | Topic: Why writing software and building UIs are not the same thing. The most important front-end skill nobody taught you. The biggest CSS mistakes and how to avoid CSS specificity wars.

Guest: Chris Mathers | Drink: Absinthe Verte, Hakushu Japanese Whiskey, Caol Ila Smoked Whiskey | Topic: How to get rich writing CSS. Why Flexbox exists and why it rules. A case for CSS Tables. How not to be hated by JS developers and visuals designers. And the future of CSS.

Guest: Evan Rose | Drink: Old Fashioned | Topic: Why React Native rocks. Tips for Tech Interviewers. Why 3D printing is the future. How to find the time to learn. And an explanation for weird Alcohol bottle design.

Guest: John K. Paul | Drink: Champagne | Topic: The Zen of Programming. What it takes to contribute to jQuery source code. How engineering managers can keep up with the ever changing technologies.

Guest: Patrick Mowrer | Drink: Cazerac | Topic: The startup world. Code quality and standards vs. urgency and business needs. The problem with boilerplate and scaffolding tools. Thoughts on IKEA Swedish meatballs.

Guest: Adam Parrish | Drink: 2012 Bogle Phantom California Wine | Topic: A guaranteed fix for the broken interview process. What it's like to start your own software company. How to make the world's greatest beet salad.

Guest: Luke Lappin | Drink: Moscow Mule | Topic: Becoming a programmer in a family of artists. The cultural differences between backend and frontend developers.

Guest: John Savarino | Drink: Bengali Tiger Beer | Topic: The only real concern with Angular. What it takes to become a programmer. What the hell is a 'brogrammer'.

Guest: Oli Griffiths | Drink: Gin and Tonic | Topic: Why EmberJS is cool. How to write code that lives for a long time. Component Driven Development. How Facebook and React could change REST APIs.

Guest: Charles Fulnecky | Drink: Mojito | Topic: History of XSLT and AJAX, AngularJS vs. ReactJS. Where the web is headed. How the web is modularizing. How to best utilize the available web technologies and be a contributing member of the community.

Guest: Dana White | Drink: Negroni | Topic: Programming culture, how it's changed, and how programmers are becoming cooler.

Guest: Neil Bhay | Drink: Cafe Patrón and Baileys | Topic: How to be successful in the tech industry. How to identify your strong suit and use it to advance. What managers are looking for these days.

Guest: Heath Burr | Drink: 1800 Reserva Añejo Tequila | Topic: Entrepreneurship. Taking action towards goals. How engineers can be better at working and communicating with managers.

Guest: James Wanga | Drink: Old Fashioned (Eagle Rare) | Topic: Transition from developer to engineer. A case against TypeScript. What not to do when working in a large team and more.