Code && Beyond

Code && Beyond

By Alexander Sulim and Pablo VicenteTechnology
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Code && Beyond episodes

  • Quality in software development

    In this episode of Code && Beyond, Pablo and Alex discuss the topic of quality in software development. How much is "good enough"? How can you maintain the quality of tests in your projects? What tools can be used to automate quality assurance?

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    Music by Twisterium from Pixabay.

    21 min
  • Teamwork

    In this episode of Code && Beyond, Pablo and Alex touch on the topic of teamwork. What is the optimal size of a team? What kind of challenges are facing many teams? What structure should have an effective team? These and other questions are discussed in this episode.

    Notes:

    • Async is a composable asynchronous I/O framework for Ruby based on nio4r and timers.

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      Music by Twisterium from Pixabay.

      23 min
    • SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and software development

      To celebrate our 20th episode, Code && Beyond welcomed its first-ever guest: Ana Hernández. She helped us explore the topic of search engine optimization or SEO, what software developers should be aware of, how SEO specialists work together with devs and more.

      Notes:


      - Screaming Frog is a website crawler that helps you improve onsite SEO by extracting data & auditing for common SEO issues.
      - Schema.org is a collaborative, community activity with a mission to create, maintain, and promote schemas for structured data on the Internet, on web pages, in email messages, and beyond.
      - Core Web Vitals is an initiative by Google to provide unified guidance for quality signals that are essential to delivering a great user experience on the web.
      - Ahrefs is an All-in-one SEO toolset.
      - Semrush is a platform for SEO, content marketing, competitor research, PPC and social media marketing

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      Music by Twisterium from Pixabay.

      49 min
    • Work under pressure

      Just like Freddie and David say, no man asks for pressure.  There is no denying that working under pressure with an upcoming deadline in sight is stressful. However, can it also be useful? Perhaps the stress can help push you forward towards the finish line of a project? The truth is that there is no one answer, it all depends on the situation.

      In this episode of Code  && Beyond, Pablo and Alex explore different types of pressure while working in software development projects, including the accountability that comes from building in public and the relief of getting rewards for achievements.

      Notes:


      - gRPC-Gateway
      - Building in public
      - The Billion Dollar Code

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      Music by Asepirawan20 from Pixabay.

      18 min
    • Productivity tools: Focus

      In this episode of Code && Beyond, Pablo and Alex share their best tips and tricks to stay focused on the task at hand. Listen as they recount their experiences and discuss focus tools like the Pomodoro Technique, meditation, and even crazy time-tracking in great detail.

      Notes:


      - "Working from orbit"
      - Session helps you focus and be more mindful by blocking distractions and tracking your progress.
      - The Pomodoro® Technique
      - Headspace

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      Music by Asepirawan20 from Pixabay.

      30 min
    • Test-driven development

      Writing tests is like flossing your teeth: everyone agrees it's great  for your health, but not everyone does it right (or even at all). Nobody  denies that it can sometimes be tricky. It requires time, a good  understanding of the context, and access to the right tools. In this  episode of Code && Beyond, Pablo and Alex delve deep into the  topic of testing in software development, discussing not only why and  how, but also common mistakes, and solutions. Let's see how it goes 😃

      Notes:

      - Armada is a science fiction novel by Ernest Cline.

      - Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert.

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      --- Music by Asepirawan20 from Pixabay.

      29 min
    • Productivity tools: Planning

      In this episode of Code && Beyond, Pablo and Alex talk about  their experiences with long and short-term planning as software  developers. Also quite unexpectedly featuring some larger topics such as  freedom and how life goals can become distorted once you start chasing someone else's dreams.  

      Notes:


      - NeoVim
      - telescope.nvim is a highly extendable fuzzy finder over lists. Built on the latest awesome features from neovim core. Telescope is centered around modularity, allowing for easy customization.

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      Music by Asepirawan20 from Pixabay.

      19 min
    • Monolith vs. microservice
      On Code && Beyond, we recently touched  on the hot topic of relational and NoSQL databases. To continue with the  trendy themes, this time Alex and Pablo discuss monolith and  microservice architectures.
      What are the cons and pros of these approaches? Does it make sense to start with microservices in a greenfield project?
      Notes:
      - Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program.
      - NeoVim 0.5+ (Lua stuff).
      - Practical Microservices.  
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      Music by Asepirawan20 from Pixabay.
      25 min
    • Productivity tools: Tasks management

      In the 14th episode of Code && Beyond, Pablo and Alex talk about  task management. Listen to them discuss their experiences with GTD  (Gettings Things Done) with Things and Todoist, Kanban with Trello, pen and paper with Bullet Journal, and Passion Planner.  

      Notes:


      - Passion Planner
      - Good notes
      - Bullet Journal
      - Notion
      - Trello
      - Todoist
      - Dynalist
      - Things
      - Nirvana

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      Music by Asepirawan20 from Pixabay.

      32 min
    • Our stories
      In this special episode, Pablo and Alex talk about themselves.  Learn about their life, their career, their hobbies, and much more.  Find out things like:
      How we decided to become software developers
      How Pablo got a job in London speaking very little English
      How a book changed Alex's whole life
      All of this and more in the 13th episode of Code && Beyond.
      Have any feedback? Send us an email at [email protected] or leave a voice message on Anchor.
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      Music by John Yasut from Pixabay.
      35 min

    About Code && Beyond

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    Code && Beyond is a weekly podcast with Pablo and Alex, two software engineers with more than 35 years of professional experience combined. We talk about creativity, productivity, problem…