Off Script

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Hosted by CTOs Josh Nesbitt and James Hall, Off Script brings you unfiltered conversations about the highs, lows, and lessons of working in tech today. From leading engineering teams and scaling compa... more

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The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

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December 11, 2023Episode 36: Tech leadership misconceptions
Are all leaders extroverts? Does agile development mean there is no plan or documentation? Do leaders have to be the best developer? Following on from a recent in-person talk, James and Josh discuss more common tech misconceptions in the area of leadership.
01 Misconception in leadership
01 Leadership is the only way for progression
02 Tech path vs management path
03 Dual track progression
04 Good code is all that matters
05 How teams interact
06 We'll cross the bridge when its comes to it
09 Have to be the best engineer to be a leader
10 It’s not about you
11 Tech skills trump company culture
12 Diversity
14 More developers = more velocity
17 Documentation is less important for agile teams
19 Agile development means no plan
22 All leaders are extroverts
25 Leadership is lonely
27 You don't need a mentor or peers
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December 01, 2023Episode 35: Understanding emotional states
Any team will have a variety of emotional states when responding to problems. How do you analyse, understand and make meaningful decisions based on these differences? In this episode, James and Josh discuss different methods of understanding a team’s characteristics and how taking these into account can lead you to getting the best out of everyone.
01 SDIs
01 Strength, Deployment, Inventory
02 Stress states
05 Trickle down management
06 Myers briggs
07 Performance, Process, People
08 Dissecting Josh’s results
12 Using the results within a team
13 Strengths and weaknesses
14 What brings out the best in you
15 Being accountable
16 Applying the findings
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November 16, 2023Episode 34: Building communities
What are the steps to building a thriving community? What challenges might you face along the way? In this episode, James and Josh draw on their experience of creating and building communities online and offline, sharing their insights on how to make it a success.
04 Starting a community
06 Building trust
08 Give value, not a sales pitch
10 Josh on building a conference
12 Creating a welcoming environment
15 Letting people know your weaknesses
16 Trust
17 Empathy
18 Dealing with conflict
20 Don’t fear conflict
22 Lack of commitment or direction
23 Inclusion
24 Avoidance of accountability
26 The enemy of accountability is ambiguity
27 Shared ownership
30 Rethinking views
31 Diversity
Resources:
https://www.executiveagenda.com/resources/blog/five-dysfunctions-team
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37min
September 11, 2023Episode 33: AI ethics
AI ethics - a hot, divisive topic and rightly so. James and Josh are back with a brand new episode of Off Script to dig in and explore a space that is impacting our lives more and more.
01 Intro
02 Applied AI event
03 Bethan Vincent's talk
03 Jack Sails’ talk
06 Outcomes are not determined by intentions
07 EU Cookie law
09 Tech can’t be decided by those who know the least about the tech
10 Regulation
11 AI marking of papers
12 Only as good as the dataset it is trained on
13 Why as a company would we use this?
14 Disclaimers
15 AI Consultancy
18 Risk
19 Oxford Uni CapAI implementation
20 What happens when things don’t go right?
22 Accountability
25 The Trolley problem
27 Deontology
28 The moral machine self driving car
29 7 Things to consider when implementing AI in your business
30 Fluency bot for Slack and confluence
References
https://www.linkedin.com/events/7099321618157461505/comments/
https://www.moralmachine.net/
https://www.fluencybot.ai/
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34min
August 21, 2023Episode 32: Static site generators
James and Josh explore the world of SSGs (static site generators)! The differences between SSGs and full stack frameworks, the associated technologies out there and what to consider with your project when deciding what is best for it.
[Recorded 13th July, 2023]
01 Intro
02 The Personal Website
02 Static Site Generators
02 ASTRO
03 Content driven site vs Logic and functional site
04 Jekyll
04 Webapps
07 Full stack frameworks
08 MPA vs SPA
10 Islands
15 It’s a cms without the cms
16 Flexible data structures enforced via TypeScript
20 Deployment - compilation step, already do this on most frameworks anyway
22 Still require a rich runtime environment of JS deps etc
25 Bring your own db and cache
26 Environmental impact
27 New SSGs
References
https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/
https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/mpa-vs-spa/
https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/islands/
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July 21, 2023Episode 31: Blockchain
What is the blockchain? How has it changed over time? Is it still killing the planet? James and Josh discuss various types of blockchain systems and how they might have some real world applications for social good.
[Recorded 13th July, 2023]
1 Blockchain
02 How did it start
03 Bitcoin
03 Ethereum
03 Proof of work vs Proof of stake
05 Hardforking
06 Web3 bros
06 Masterdon & De-centralisation
07 Microservices
10 Real word aplications
11 Music Industry
12 Coinbase
14 Wallet management
17 User identity
18 Social good smart contracts
19 Blockchain kickstarter
20 Bored Ape
21 Digital art
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June 14, 2023Episode 30: WWDC 2023 round-up
James & Josh discuss the recent WWDC 2023 conference and break down some of the announcements. Dive in to the episode to hear all their thoughts on the latest developments coming out of Apple HQ and the impact it may have on us.
[Recorded 9th June, 2023]
05 - Apple Vision Pro
09 - Product reveals
11 - MacOS Sonoma
12 - Paprika
13 - Safari Profiles
15 - ARC Browser
18 - Widgets
19 - Presenter Overlays
20 - Installable Webapps
21 - WatchOS 10 & promoting health
23 - Apple & AI Spacial Computing
24 - Squid Soup
24 - Spacial audio
25 - Apple Vision Pro
30 - New dev tools and experiences for headset
35 - Nest Cameras & Starling Hub
37 - JPEG XL
40 - The future of Apple development & products
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May 11, 2023Episode 29: The future of large language models
Returning podcast guest Jack Sails joins James and Josh to discuss developments in large language models! Over this episode they discuss how LLMs are being used, Open AI and its current offerings, tips on how to use them and any concerns they may have around this new technology.
[Recorded 19th April, 2023]
02 - Metaverse & Crypto
03 - Online virtual spaces
04 - Chat GPT evolution
05 - GPT-4
06 - Apple audiobooks
06 - SIRI + LLM
07 - A GPT does not understand you
09 - What are LLMs and how do they work?
10 - 1 word = 1 token
11 - What is temperature in the context of LLMs?
13 - OpenAI Playground
14 - Clippy on crack
16 - Should we be concerned about the flaws? It can’t even add 2+2
18 - Siri Skills
19 - How can we lean into this technology to improve our productivity
20 - Decision paralysis
20 - Good prompt writing is key
22 - Megaprompting
23 - How can you learn how to reprompt to get the output you’re looking for
24 - Privacy concerns
26 - Bias
27 - D.A.N
31 - NPCs in games
34 - How do we remain ethical in a world of generated content?
35 - UK Chancellor using it to craft a speech
41 - How can we use this today, in our everyday lives?
44 - Example prompts
45 - Becoming an editor
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52min
April 21, 2023Episode 28: Tech misconceptions
There are a lot of misconceptions in the tech world. In this episode James and Josh shine some light and dispel some common myths!
01 - Private browsing is private
04 - Agile development means no planning
06 - Adding more developers speeds up projects
09 - Code should be optimised right form the begining
12 - Usability testing is done once the product is ready
14 - Adding more features makes products better
16 - AI will replace developers
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March 24, 2023Episode 27: Engineering culture
Off Script is back! This episode, James and Josh discuss engineering culture and some of the best practices and processes they’ve implemented for reliable development cycles. What’s the release process? How do you monitor the application and ensure robust code quality? How do Infrastructure and security considerations affect the development? All covered in this episode!
02 Release process - Continuous integration
03 Feature flagging
05 Versioning
07 Application Monitoring & alerting
09 Flare error message mishap
10 Centralised Dashboards
11 Shipping a better product
11 Tips for a new hire
12 Linting
13 Versioning
15 Testing
17 Reduce the feedback loop
20 Architecture review
22 Programming patterns
25 Infrastructure
26 Tooling setup and access (Consul, Vault, etc)
28 Infrastructure as code
30 Data residency and regional deployments
32 Security
33 Secret storage and environment specific configuration
34 Regulatory compliance (e.g. ISO 27001, GCloud expectations
35 Dependency review
36 External security review
37 On-boarding/off-boarding Documentation
38 OpenAPI documents
40 Slack
44 Communication is key
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