Hello and Welcome Back to the LabVIEW Experiment! Today we have the honor of speaking with a long-time friend and colleague Dave Thomson. He is an incredible LabVIEW developer, an intelligent business operator, and a champion of the LabVIEW community. Today we dive into a host of issues from what it takes to solve complex problems, to what NI is doing to solve problems within our beloved code, and reminiscing about the good ole days!

Who doesn’t need a good sparring partner? Jörg Hampel is one of my favorite people on the planet, and one of the reasons for that is our differing opinions. Our conversations force us to grow and think about things in a way that allows us to find new solutions.

Speaking of new solutions, what is the “best” way to do anything? What makes it the “best”? Your “best” practices could be holding you back from the creative solutions that make everything better.

The one, the only, THE Steve Watts! Today we sit down with some whom I deeply admire. I have worked closely with GDevCon to create GDevConNA, we have viewpoints that align and, of course, differing views. We caught up in Amsterdam during GDevCon 2021, outside his incredibly unique hotel.

Where is the community going? What are we building? How can we communicate better? How can our Teams Operate better? These questions and more, are on today's episode of the LabVIEW Experiment!

Catch up with Steve here:
You want writings - https://forums.ni.com/t5/Random-Ramblings-on-LabVIEW/Floated-Index-to-articles/ba-p/3887698
Or our book - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2063056.A_Software_Engineering_Approach_to_LabVIEW

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I've known Bill Welch for YEARS and he is an unbelievably talented, and intelligent LabVIEW engineer. Today, we get the opportunity to sit down and discuss the core subject of the Podcast, "How do you define and handle failure?". The number one goal of the podcast is to encourage YOU, the experienced or the new software engineer to try new things. Take a breath, zoom out, problem-solve, and try to make something AMAZING! I hope you enjoyed the conversation, I know I did! You can catch up with Bill Welch here: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ Web Site HTTPS://www.scenicsystems.net Email: [email protected] And of course, you can find Sam at: https://www.sasworkshops.com/ https://www.thelabviewexperiment.com/

While in Amsterdam for GDevCon, I was able to catch up with Shane O'Neil, who is hands down one of my favorite people on the planet.

We had a short window to sit down at chat at lunchtime before his plane was scheduled to whisk him away, but we had a heavy-hitting conversation. Heavily centered around the importance that community plays in our industry, and different thoughts and observations about how the community has changed over time.

I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did, and I'd love to hear your feedback on how we can continue to build and improve our community!

Today we are talking with Derrick Bommarito, Senior Technical Support Engineer at National Instruments, about what it means to dabble, experiment, and learn all of the skills that WORLD CLASS Engineers have.

WELCOME BACK! To the LabVIEW Experiment! Today I am very excited to Speak with Stefan Lemmens, a member of our Mastermind (https://www.sasworkshops.com/mastermind) and a prolific engineer! Stefan and I dive into the weeds of how best to deploy a team on a project, his Conan Project, and I express my desire for a giant experiment! All that and more on today's episode of The LabVIEW Experiment. What was discussed in today's episode: Conan (the C/C++ Package Manager) https://conan.io/ https://docs.conan.io/en/latest/ Artifactory (a repository manager for build artifacts) https://jfrog.com/artifactory/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxbmT6Y5Lhs Intro to Spikes https://www.geepawhill.org/2020/06/02/an-intro-to-spikes/ Advent of Code https://adventofcode.com/ LabVIEW Advent of Code Discord Server : https://discord.gg/AgKWURdGak

Jim Kring and Sam have been friends and colleagues for a while now, and both are huge fans of having a community around them. While it is understandable to be concerned about sharing all of your programming secrets, this duo understands the value that open discussion and iteration bring to the process of innovation.

Allen C. Smith is a legend in the LabVIEW community. The chance is high that you’ve heard him speak, had him answer a question, or interacted with him at some point in your LabVIEW journey. Allen takes us back in time as he walks us through his “failures” and successes on the way to greatness.

Welcome to the LabVIEW Experiment! Turning LabVIEW Developers into LabVIEW Experts,
One Episode at a Time! We believe in the idea that failure is a step in the process to become successful.

Today, we are speaking with Enrique Noe Arias of Panther Console out of Mexico. Enrique is truly in love with what LabVIEW is capable of doing, and beyond that, he is dedicated to creating a better developer experience. Sam and Enrique discuss the LabVIEW Community, Events, and of course Technical Issues facing LabVIEW coders today!

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Catch up with Sam here:
Blog: https://blog.sasworkshops.com/
Website: https://www.sasworkshops.com/

Catch up with Enrique here:
Panther Dashboard for DQMH https://www.vipm.io/package/pantherlab_lib_panther_dashboard/
Website https://pantherlab.com.mx/en/tools/
Twitter https://twitter.com/Enoearias - https://twitter.com/PantherLAB_
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/enrique-noe/