In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Kevin Hazzard.
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Notable Quotes:
Frank has a treadmill desk. (2:35)
"It's all about collecting the data." Health is secondary. (3:25)
On Python... (5:00)
We love our R listeners! (6:30)
Never count JavaScript out. (8:20)
Book reference: Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (8:50)
Book reference: "grok" from Stranger in a Strange Land (10:45)
How would databases be different if we'd started with unlimited memory? (12:00)
How to use data to drive web traffic. (17:45)
Generic Activity Tracker architecture (18:30)
Self-subscribing and auto-expiring microservices (20:30)
Movie reference: Dune (21:47)
The Walmart-Amazon wars (22:00)
"Data hunted me down and almost killed me!" (24:25)
Category theory (25:30)
Functional, then categorical, then both. (26:50)
"Sharpening chansaws." (28:05)
CosmosDB and Redis Cache (30:15)
"I'd love to not have a screen." (32:30)
On serving our community (33:00)
Book recommendation: The Alchemist (33:40)
"If you're a technologist, we sorely need you to serve." (35:40)
Richmond.Net (36:45)
@KevinHazzard