Artsy Engineering Radio

Sultan, Jon, and Matt get together and talk about what they've been up to lately. The surprising CSS of form inputs? Revamping key application surfaces? Combining systems that probably should've been one system to begin with? All that, and more, in this episode!

Artsy Alumni Anna joins Matt Dole to discuss what she's been up to since leaving Artsy (spoiler: a lot of cool stuff)! What has she learned from her work at Foundation, and how has she grown in the last year? Tune in to find out!

How is Steve doing after a year in his new job? Let's find out about one of our favorite Artsy alumni friends! 

Kaja and Erik are having a well rounded conversation about wedding planing and mentoring and programming language ecosystems. Does this potpourri of topics raise a lot of questions? Find the answers in this episode. And make sure to sign up for the Ruby mentorship as either a mentor or mentee: https://firstrubyfriend.org/

On this episode of Artsy Engineering Radio,  Adam Butler joins us in our new series "Artsy Berliners" where we highlight the exciting stories of the Artsy team in Berlin. Adam shares his unique journey from being a security guard to becoming a musician, then transitioning to tech while still being a musician on the side. We'll hear about his experiences touring as a musician, and his move from the UK to the US, and finally settling in Germany. Tune in for an interesting conversation!

Pavlos, George and Kaja talk about what kind of music they listen to during work and how it helps them to get into the "tunnel". If you listen to this episode and get curious about examples of their described music, we have the links to the songs and playlists here!

Kaja' playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5G2JL58Ub6RrwlBY0Zpmjt?si=98adafce1dda4397
Kaja's favorite work song (Aliens): https://open.spotify.com/track/1Sk3itOeGmFFYHOosfrt6c?si=b45655df2fdf47e1
George' playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ryLnMcPum6WeCr0FSV4oQ?si=256e7b50f61144eb
George's favorite band for work music (hubris): https://open.spotify.com/track/6NuQIYiZEoWXnErCScAbAG?si=31c8215337c24504
Amenra: https://open.spotify.com/track/0mfo3pSczHkPwlWbawU2uX?si=a84c1f9e8e0549f5
Pavlos' playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5EyGjQnVOv0ZLoaMzTX95g?si=78d59f20ac7441b1

Today we have a very special (and a little sad) episode: our beloved Pavlos is leaving Artsy, and he joined Matt to tell us who he is and what he's learned during his time here.

We'll miss you, Pavlos! Come back any time!

Jon Allured, Pavlos Vinieratos and George Kartalis talk about Betterer, a tool by Craig Spence (aka phenomnomnominal), all about trying to get your codebase in a better state. We used it for a couple of week. What did we think? What did we love, and what did we had issues with? Let us guide you through our experience with betterer.

PS: Jon loves green dots.

Links:
- https://github.com/phenomnomnominal/betterer
- https://github.com/artsy/eigen/pull/8045

This week, Matt Dole & Brian take time to reflect on a recent security-focused learning group run by engineers at Artsy. Have you ever wanted to beef up your security chops and hang out with your team at the same time? Listen to learn how you, too, can become a security expert...or at least less of a security noob 😉

In this episode Erik and Kaja are talking about their experience working 4 days a week instead of 5.