Small Batch Devs Podcast

A relaxed discussion on all things tech and whisk(e)y 🥃 We're programmers by day and whiskey enthusiasts by nigh-, well all the time 😉

1 Year Later: Remote vs In Office Work

In this episode, we provide our take on working remotely vs working in an office. We discuss what we think the next stage of working remotely could be and the infamous "I think you're muted," issues. As always we have a great time and enjoy a dram of whiskey. And listen to the end as we make a shocking discovery! 🤯

04-05
51:31

Tech / Coding Job Interviews! Our Experiences and Opinions

Today we discuss our experience and opinions of job interviews in the tech industry. Although we are not experts on this topic, between us we have been through over 10 different job interviews in the past 5ish years. This is a topic we would love to hear from our listeners on about their experiences. Feel free to reach out to any of the following to enlighten us on your experience with interviews! smallbatchdevs@gmail.com twitter.com/smallbatchdevs instagram.com/smallbatchdevs youtube.com/smallbatchdevs Beverage of the episode! Old Elk Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey Intro music by Lazlo Steele at https://soundcloud.com/freddie-frank

03-23
55:10

Soft Tech Skills

In this episode, we discuss several tech-related soft skills and how you can incorporate them into your workday, as well as improve them to be a better programmer. We cover time management, prioritization, taking notes, how to ask good questions, and the infamous imposter syndrome!

03-08
59:13

IDE Thoughts: Which one is Better? VSCode vs Webstorm

In this episode we share our thoughts on the current Integrated Development Environment (IDE) heavyweights, VsCode and Intellij Webstorm. We talk about the pros and cons of each as well as which is our preference and why. We then dive into some futuristic plugins you can use within these IDEs and also take a look at GitHub's upcoming cloud based IDE

01-25
55:38

Firebase Overview! Our favorite topic!

In this episode, we go over Google's Firebase and all the wonderful services it provides. We start by covering Firebase's database features, Firestore, Realtime Database, and Firebase Storage. We also introduce you to Firebase Database security rules and authentication. We then discuss hosting a website on Firebase's global CDN. After the break, we quickly cover some of Firebase's other more niche services like machine learning and crashlytics. Thanks for listening!

12-15
44:02

Front End Web Development! The bits and bobs we enjoy and have experienced

Today we dive into the world of front end development and discuss what front end development means to us and what we believe are some important skills to get started as a front end developer. We also discuss some other relevant topics such as Frameworks, PWAs, and testing. We hope you enjoy this podcast and if you would like to contact us then shoot us an email at smallbatchdevs@gmail.com! Intro music by Lazlo Steele at https://soundcloud.com/freddie-frank

11-30
53:38

Databases! SQL or NoSQL? AWS or GCP?

We discuss the differences between SQL and NoSQL and our experiences using the database languages. We also talk about where to put your database once you've decided on a database language like NoSQL. We talk about the pros and cons of self-hosted and cloud-hosted as well as compare some cloud-hosted providers such as AWS and GCP and Firebase.

11-23
52:00

Our Software Development Experience. Commercial vs Government

In this episode, Austin and Elliott begin by discussing their whiskey of choice ;). Then, discuss their software development experience from their first jobs up until their current jobs. We also talk about our side gigs; along, with how we feel about commercial vs government software development careers. We hope you enjoy!

11-16
55:41

Is a computer science degree worth it?

In this episode, we relive some of our college memories and discuss whether we'd still go to college if we had to do this all over again. There are lots of other credible ways to learn to code that are much cheaper and faster than going to college, but are there other reasons to get a computer science degree? We also introduce you to our internship experience during college and briefly discuss those internships leading into our first full time software engineering jobs after graduating. Check out our youtube channel "Small Batch Devs" and our website smallbatchdevs.com You can support our podcast by visiting https://anchor.fm/smallbatchdevs/support Thanks for listening!

11-09
36:44

The Small Batch Devs Podcast Introduction

Today Austin and Elliott jump ship from Youtube to the Podcast world to introduce themselves and give a brief explanation of what they plan to cover through their podcast. Some of the topics include Technical and Coding topics spiced up by a little bit of whiskey related content. We hope you enjoy and join us on this journey :)

11-02
04:45

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