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In today's episode Carina C. Zona helps us understand algorithms. She walks us through fascinating examples of how they've been used in technology over the years, exploring the benefits and unintended consequences they've had along the way.

Carina C. Zona helps us understand algorithms, both what they are and how they are used. She walks us through fascinating examples of how they’ve been used in technology over the years, exploring the benefits and unintended consequences they’ve had along the way, and how we as developers can boost those benefits and decrease those … Continue reading Ep. 103 – Algorithms (Carina C. Zona) →

Long-time listener and codenewbie, Aurelian tells us how he started learning to code, how he built his education app, and what it's like to have thousands of people pay for and use the first product he's ever built.

Jacob Kaplan-Moss is often credited for co-creating Django, one of the most popular web frameworks written in python. But that’s not exactly true. Jacob tells us the true story of Django’s creation and unpacks the concept of the talent myth.

Jacob Kaplan-Moss is often credited for co-creating Django, one of the most popular web frameworks written in python. But that’s not exactly true. He’s also given credit for being an amazing developer. But that’s not very accurate either. Jacob tells us the true story of Django’s creation, why he calls himself a mediocre programmer, and … Continue reading Ep. 101 – Open Sourcerer of Django (Jacob Kaplan-Moss) →

For our special 100th episode, CodeNewbie founder gets interviewed by her husband, Rob Frelow, on creating CodeNewbie, her own coding journey, and shares info on upcoming projects for CodeNewbie.

Last episode we talked to Gina Trapani about her Lifehacker days. In this episode, we look to the future and hear about her work at Postlight, what it’s like to work with Paul Ford, and what she looks for when she’s hiring an engineer.

In part one of our two-part interview, Gina talks to us about her journey going from famous blogger to product creator, the risks of building an app based on APIs, and what it felt like to shut down her company.

Ashley Lewis used to light stages. But after some introspection, she realized that her passion wasn’t in light design. She talks to us about the similarities between coding and art plus how being introspective has helped her on her coding journey.

Nickolas Means talked about airplanes, and in doing so, he connected them with code in beautiful and interesting ways. In this interview, Nick explains how to take seemingly disconnected subjects and put them together in compelling talks.