Thinking About Computers

Justin Jaffray: Databases, Blogging, and Computer Science Communication


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A conversation with Justin Jaffray. Justin is a software engineer at Datadog who writes the weekly Null Bitmap newsletter on interesting topics in the world of Databases.

Socials:
website: ⁠https://justinjaffray.com/
twitter: https://twitter.com/justinjaffray
newsletter: https://buttondown.email/jaffray
--- Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Newsletters
07:11 Drama in Github Repos
10:58 Convictions in Academia vs Industry
20:04 The Role of Data in Machine Learning
22:03 Using Math as a Tool in Software Engineering
27:10 The Lack of Accessible Content in Database Theory
29:17 Why Are There So Many Type Theory Nerds Online?
36:52 The Trade-Off Between Notation and Intuition in Technical Papers
44:15 The Value of Entertainment in Educational Content
55:09 Hobbies vs Main Hustles

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