Episodes

  • Episode 12: Debugging
    Sep 29 2023

    What is debugging? How should you approach it? Strategies for different types of bugs and common pitfalls. Jaffee brings the knowledge, and Jason has the management perspective. What does your manager want to hear when you're working on a bug? Outro music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day License code: EM3UAQAIVY98JDTV Become a Smart And Snark Subscriber: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwLENYgJttVRLEWZX8gB6g?sub_confirmation=1 Spotify (Podcast): https://open.spotify.com/show/4chYJ8VzDblFPUnd3M86Z7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SmartSnarkCast FeatureBase: https://www.featurebase.com/ Channel Home Page: https://www.youtube.com/@SmartAndSnark

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    56 mins
  • Episode 11: (Not so) Agile
    Sep 11 2023

    Jason delves into the minutiae of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban while Jaffee vents his frustration with the myopic focus on process details.


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    49 mins
  • Episode 10 Get Off My Lawn!
    Aug 31 2023

    In this episode, Jason longs for the old days when these darn kids weren't ruining software. Jaffee pushes him to look for the deeper cause.


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    46 mins
  • Episode 9 ER Nurse to Software Engineer with David Kagan
    Jul 24 2023

    Special guest David Kagan joins the show to talk about how, and why he made the transition from accomplished ER nurse to junior software engineer and how those first months have gone.


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    52 mins
  • Episode 8 Surprise! Database swap, BoltDB to PostgreSQL
    Apr 24 2023

    Jason hits Jaffee with a surprise topic: a discussion of a recent migration from BoltDB to Postgres. Pros/cons, lessons learned, spicy opinions, and lame jokes... it's all here. Outro music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day License code: EM3UAQAIVY98JDTV

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    31 mins
  • Episode 7: LLMs and AI
    Apr 10 2023

    In this episode, Jaffee is obnoxiously excited about LLMs while Jason plays the curmudgeonly luddite. They both agree though that this technology is incredibly powerful and will shape our future for better or worse.

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    46 mins
  • Episode 6: One on Ones—Not Just a Waste of Time?!?
    Mar 31 2023

    As a leader my experience is 1:1’s are the easiest and most important time spent by managers.  This podcast will detail my 4 simple questions which can be used to facilitate productive and actionable conversation with your direct reports. Outro music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/andrey-rossi/seize-the-day License code: EM3UAQAIVY98JDTV

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    33 mins
  • Episode 5: Estimates—Why do managers love them? Why do engineers hate them?
    Mar 30 2023

    In this episode, Jason and Jaffee discuss software estimates, why they're important and why they SUCK—er sorry, why they're difficult and nuanced. Give it a listen :)


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    44 mins