Scale Your Code Podcast

Tracking errors and performance issues in production environments and in real time can help drastically improve user experience. This episode not only talks about implementing exactly that, but it also talks about building and scaling Raygun, which is a service that provides this solution. This episode covers both business and technical knowledge.

Learn how to build scalable APIs with features like performance analytics, from a company that focuses on building API integrations. Also learn about their development pipeline, culture, and communication, and how important these are when you are growing quickly.

Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality are all popular topics right now, but what can we expect from them and what role will JavaScript play in this future? We talk about these points, and we also talk about finding the right talent when hiring, and how to get jobs in the industry.

Whether you are a new startup or a larger and established company, data analytics can give you unique answers to business and engineering questions. How can you build an engine with limited resources on AWS, and how can you make sense of data? Jeff answers these critical questions.

Take a look at how HashiCorp's engineering culture promotes building well-polished open source tools. We also go over each tool to see how they simplify infrastructure and development.

This episode gives us unique insight into Etsy's engineering culture, thanks to Jon Cowie's remote work experience as a Staff Operations Engineer. In addition to that, we peek inside their architecture and scale.

In this interview with Thomas Meeks, Code School's CTO, we learn about how they use a service-oriented architecture to spread around the load. We also talk about Docker, which they use in their newer coding sandboxes to run student's code and verify it. On top of that, we discuss caching, databases, monitoring, and company culture.

We talk about his experience at Google, ImageShack, and how his engine can process images in 25ms on the cloud.

Should you still build apps natively, or can you use web apps? What about building an API that can support all of these different devices? Schuyler from Plex.tv joins us to explain their decision making.

This episode covers principles to build SaaS apps that scale. We also talk about building strong teams with hiring, onboarding, and culture tips.