Happy Path Programming

By Bruce Eckel & James WardTechnology

Happy Path Programming episodes

June 11, 2021 #31 "ZIO's not a library it's a state of mind" with Kit Langton
Bruce and James' coauthor Bill Frasure, joins to talk with Kit Langton, creator of ZIO Magic and many other magical ZIO tools & libraries.
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1 hr 1 min
May 28, 2021 #30 Programming in (not with) Scala 3 but with Bill Venners
Bruce and James chat with their long time friend Bill Venners about Scala 3 and the updates to his "Programming in Scala" book.
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1 hr 5 min
May 18, 2021 #29 Contemplating Computer Cognition with Julie Amundson
Bruce and James chat with their friend Julie Amundson about AI, Machine Learning, and many related complexities. They explore what the journey is like for Data Scientists at medium / large companies where everything from data access to productionizing models, has challenges. Also we learn about the Metaflow system Julie's team built to make this journey smoother at Netflix.
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1 hr 2 min
April 30, 2021 #28 PREP - Performant, Reliable, Expressive, and Productive
Bruce, James, and their friend Bill are working on a new book about systems that are Performant, Reliable, Expressive, and Productive. This episode explores those themes with some significant detours along the way.
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1 hr
April 23, 2021 #27 Side-Effects of a Scala 3 Release
With the eminent release of Scala 3, we chat about the language changes, effect systems (ZIO), and reliability.
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1 hr 4 min
April 16, 2021 #26 Dependency Injection - Why Do We Even...
All about Dependency Injection, why we do it, and why James thinks it is terrible.
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1 hr 3 min
April 09, 2021 #25 No Good Build Tools. Blocked on Reactive.
Once again we lament build tools. Then we get blocked talking about Reactive, async, non-blocking, actors, and concurrency.
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1 hr 6 min
April 02, 2021 #24 Vulnerability & Additive Hiring with Dianne Marsh
Bruce & James have a delightful chat with long-time friend Dianne Marsh about changing tech culture to be more vulnerable and diverse.
Note: The Non-Violent Communication trainer mentioned in the episode is Karl Steyaert.
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1 hr 5 min
March 19, 2021 #23 The Modern Java Platform - 2021 Edition
James shares about a blog he posted this week titled: "The Modern Java Platform - 2021 Edition"
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1 hr 1 min
March 08, 2021 #22 Be the Kindness You Want to See in the Programming World
Special guest Oli joins us to chat about Recursion Schemes, tech conferences, podcasts, and kindness.
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1 hr 4 min