The CyberSoc Podcast

Join Ryan and Adam, two students at the National Software Academy, as they discuss everything software development. CyberSoc is the official Computer Science society at Cardiff University.

Looking Back

Join Adam and Ryan as they look back at the podcast and their university experience (plus an announcement on a secret project), in their final episode of The CyberSoc Podcast! GET OFF MY BACKLOG: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yhJRdrM2MyRDmv9Lv4zei

05-23
12:42

Presentation Skills

In this episode, Adam and Ryan talk about their recent project and hackathon, and then share some tips on how to give good presentations.

05-03
23:15

Code Smells with Carl Jones

In this episode, Adam and Ryan are joined by Carl Jones, a lecturer at Cardiff University. We discuss code smells (what they are and how to spot them) and reflect on how things have gone on our final project. All views are our own. --- Right Thoughts & Right Action: How to Make Agile Teamwork Effective (Torgeir Dingsøyr, Diane Strode, Yngve Lindsjørn): https://www.cutter.com/article/right-thoughts-right-action-how-make-agile-teamwork-effective Your Code as a Crime Scene (Adam Tornhill): https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/your-code-as/9781680500813/ Ship / Show / Ask (Rouan Wilsenach): https://martinfowler.com/articles/ship-show-ask.html Software, Faster (Daniel Terhorst-North): https://leanpub.com/softwarefaster Modern Software Engineering: Doing What Works to Build Better Software Faster (David Farley): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Software-Engineering-Really-Better/dp/0137314914

03-27
26:19

Reacting to Hot Takes

In this episode, Ryan and Adam share their insights on some of the Internet's most controversial Software Engineering opinions. Do you agree or disagree with any of our views? Tweet us at @CUCyberSoc!

03-19
18:07

Ranking Frameworks and Libraries

In this episode, Ryan and Adam rank the various frameworks and libraries (...and other technologies) that they have used over the last 3 years at the National Software Academy (Flask, Spring Boot, Android SDK, Flutter, Node, Laravel, React, Vue). See our final tier list: https://twitter.com/CUCyberSoc/status/1502650566526312455

03-12
24:47

An Interview with Kathryn Jones

In this episode, Adam and Ryan are joined by Dr. Kathryn Jones, a lecturer at Cardiff University. We discuss how Kathryn got started in making software, how to learn new languages and frameworks, and some thoughts on the future of software. All views are our own.

02-27
26:38

Agile Processes and Business Pressures

Join Ryan and Adam, the co-hosts of The CyberSoc Podcast as they discuss their issues developing software over the past week. In this episode, Adam and Ryan discuss their experiences on the processes that have been in place for the first week of their team project, and Ryan discusses how best to balance best practices with business pressures.

02-11
33:00

Solo Development and Project Planning

Join Ryan and Adam, the co-hosts of The CyberSoc Podcast as they discuss their issues developing software over the past week. In this episode, Adam and Ryan share their experiences working on solo projects and discuss planning their upcoming team project.

02-06
41:59

Social Media and the Metaverse

Join Ryan and Adam, the co-hosts of The CyberSoc Podcast as they discuss their issues developing software over the past week. In this episode, we reflect on Ryan's implementation of timezones along with tracking bugs in software, followed by a discussion of recent developments in social media and the future of virtual reality.

12-10
58:00

Advent of Code and Unpopular Opinions

Join Ryan and Adam, the co-hosts of The CyberSoc Podcast as they discuss their issues developing software over the past week. In this episode, Adam and Ryan discuss the challenges they have faced so far with this year's Advent of Code, the benefits and drawbacks of AI-assisted development, and share some of their unpopular software engineering opinions.

12-03
55:39

Refactoring and Motivation

Join Ryan and Adam, the co-hosts of The CyberSoc Podcast as they discuss their issues developing software over the past week. In this episode, Adam discusses implementing user roles and his issues around self-motivation, and Ryan shares his thoughts on over-engineering and refactoring.

11-26
54:58

MVP and Deployment

Join Ryan and Adam, the co-hosts of The CyberSoc Podcast as they discuss their issues developing software over the past week. In this episode, Ryan shares his thoughts on defining his MVP and deploying his app, and Adam tells of his difficulties deploying his Nuxt.js app using the Serverless framework.

11-22
50:38

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