https://simplecast.com Bits and Trees A podcast focused on Computer Science, Software Engineering, and all of the topics in between. Hosted by Matt Machuga. © 2019 Matt Machuga en Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:01:32 +0000 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:19:17 +0000 http://bitsandtrees.com Bits and Trees https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8a890e7d-6c10-415a-9d36-cf02da511aee/3e7c4eee-8671-4092-aba1-ca7bfaa9dfb7/3000x3000/1535231231artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed http://bitsandtrees.com episodic A podcast focused on Computer Science, Software Engineering, and all of the topics in between. Hosted by Matt Machuga. Matt Machuga no https://feeds.simplecast.com/VnhpcNNb computer science, software engineering, code, software, javascript, ruby, rust Matt Machuga machuga@gmail.com 782da86c-e286-4203-aea9-4d6c5e3c8293 Product Engineers Operating Infrastructure with André Henry and Jeff Koenig Show Notes

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]]> Product Engineers Operating Infrastructure with André Henry and Jeff Koenig André Henry, Jeff Koenig 01:13:16 In this episode, André Henry (Venmo) rejoins us along with Jeff Koenig (Auth0) to discuss the pros and cons of a product engineering team operating their own infrastructure. In this episode, André Henry (Venmo) rejoins us along with Jeff Koenig (Auth0) to discuss the pros and cons of a product engineering team operating their own infrastructure. ops, aws, devops, javascript, software engineering, kubernetes, development, sre, docker no full 12 75966e2f-0c1a-4e63-a429-25c20248682a Exploding Pi's, Ethics, and Fundamentals with André Henry
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    • ]]>     Exploding Pi's, Ethics, and Fundamentals with André Henry André Henry, Matt Machuga 00:52:39 André Henry and I discuss burning up Raspberry Pi Zero's, fundamentals for ops engineers and developers, André Henry and I discuss burning up Raspberry Pi Zero's, fundamentals for ops engineers and developers, ops, diy, ethics, fundamentals, raspberry pi, development no full 11     5a3286d8-7cf1-4b1c-afea-c215959dd738 Engineer to Cofounder and Back Again with Mat Silva Our first guest from my home town of Erie, PA, Mat Silva, walks us through his journey of moving from being a full time engineer, moving into a CTO role as a cofounder of a company with a small team, and ultimately transitioning back to an independent contributor role.

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    ]]>     Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:55:47 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Our first guest from my home town of Erie, PA, Mat Silva, walks us through his journey of moving from being a full time engineer, moving into a CTO role as a cofounder of a company with a small team, and ultimately transitioning back to an independent contributor role.

    Additionally, we get to learn about his "Tech Shed" office for remote work.

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    Music: Spacedman by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

    ]]>     Engineer to Cofounder and Back Again with Mat Silva Matt Machuga 00:49:17 Our first guest from my home town of Erie, PA, Mat Silva, walks us through his journey of moving from being a full time engineer, moving into a CTO role as a cofounder of a company with a small team, and ultimately transitioning back to an independent contributor role. Our first guest from my home town of Erie, PA, Mat Silva, walks us through his journey of moving from being a full time engineer, moving into a CTO role as a cofounder of a company with a small team, and ultimately transitioning back to an independent contributor role. engineering, founder, office, javascript, development, founding, software, cto, remote no full 10     4a2ca821-1906-41b3-b148-fd14e14c8378 Becoming a CTO and The Soft Stuff with Jim Wrubel Jim Wrubel tells us about his path to CTO, his project the Soft Stuff, his experiences with hiring, things new managers need to learn, and moving between independent contributor and managerial tracks.

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    • Introduction, backstory, rise to CTO
    • 15:50 - Hiring
    • 28:20 - Stepping away from the code
    • 31:00 - Transitioning between leadership levels
    • 34:20 - The Engineer/Manager Pendulum
    • 38:50 - Learning enough of your tech stack to be helpful and knowledgeable
    • 43:55 - Final remarks

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    ]]>     Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:42:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Jim Wrubel tells us about his path to CTO, his project the Soft Stuff, his experiences with hiring, things new managers need to learn, and moving between independent contributor and managerial tracks.

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    • Introduction, backstory, rise to CTO
    • 15:50 - Hiring
    • 28:20 - Stepping away from the code
    • 31:00 - Transitioning between leadership levels
    • 34:20 - The Engineer/Manager Pendulum
    • 38:50 - Learning enough of your tech stack to be helpful and knowledgeable
    • 43:55 - Final remarks

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    ]]>     Becoming a CTO and The Soft Stuff with Jim Wrubel Matt Machuga 00:46:12 Jim Wrubel tells us about his path to CTO, his project the Soft Stuff, his experiences with hiring, things new managers need to learn, and moving between independent contributor and managerial tracks. Jim Wrubel tells us about his path to CTO, his project the Soft Stuff, his experiences with hiring, things new managers need to learn, and moving between independent contributor and managerial tracks. management, soft stuff, team, hiring, growth, engineering management, soft skills, cto no full 9     b3866727-42e1-4334-aec4-64d6b540591a Vets Who Code with Jerome Hardaway Jerome Hardaway, Geek at Arms at Vets Who Code, joins us to discuss the Vets Who Code program, pragmatism / being tactical, and teaching development.

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    ]]>     Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:00:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Jerome Hardaway, Geek at Arms at Vets Who Code, joins us to discuss the Vets Who Code program, pragmatism / being tactical, and teaching development.

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    ]]>     Vets Who Code with Jerome Hardaway Matt Machuga 00:59:50 Jerome Hardaway, Geek at Arms at Vets Who Code, joins us to discuss the Vets Who Code program, pragmatism / being tactical, and teaching development. Jerome Hardaway, Geek at Arms at Vets Who Code, joins us to discuss the Vets Who Code program, pragmatism / being tactical, and teaching development. non-profit, vets who code, teaching, development, bootcamp, programming no full 8     33c6e29b-437b-4d8a-8b14-877805a44c05 Engineering Management and Remote Working with Derek Prior Derek Prior and I take time to chat about how he worked with his team to release the new free private repos at GitHub, our experiences as Engineering Managers, and our love for working remotely.

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    ]]>     Tue, 15 Jan 2019 03:15:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Derek Prior and I take time to chat about how he worked with his team to release the new free private repos at GitHub, our experiences as Engineering Managers, and our love for working remotely.

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    ]]>     Engineering Management and Remote Working with Derek Prior Matt Machuga 01:10:50 Derek Prior and I take time to chat about how he worked with his team to release the new free private repos at GitHub, our experiences as Engineering Managers, and our love for working remotely. Derek Prior and I take time to chat about how he worked with his team to release the new free private repos at GitHub, our experiences as Engineering Managers, and our love for working remotely. github, programming, remote work, engineering management, auth0, software development no full 7     4c6d7c7d-dff5-48c3-bc75-b3e59ef4b863 Pair Programming with Ben Orenstein In this episode Ben Orenstein tells us about his experiences with pair programming, moving from consulting to product work, creating a screen sharing application, and more.

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    ]]>     Mon, 5 Nov 2018 16:10:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com In this episode Ben Orenstein tells us about his experiences with pair programming, moving from consulting to product work, creating a screen sharing application, and more.

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    ]]>     Pair Programming with Ben Orenstein Matt Machuga 00:33:38 In this episode Ben Orenstein tells us about his experiences with pair programming, moving from consulting to product work, creating a screen sharing application, and more. In this episode Ben Orenstein tells us about his experiences with pair programming, moving from consulting to product work, creating a screen sharing application, and more. podcasting, pair programming, entrepreneur, software development, ergonomics, podcasts no full 6     4a992017-04ab-485d-ab7d-89012c418fda SRE and Incident Response with Dirceu Tiegs Show Notes ]]> Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:00:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Show Notes ]]> SRE and Incident Response with Dirceu Tiegs Matt Machuga 00:46:55 In this episode, Dirceu Tiegs from Auth0 joins me to discuss his role as an Site Reliability Engineer, how he handles Incident Responses, and how to write a good Post-mortem. In this episode, Dirceu Tiegs from Auth0 joins me to discuss his role as an Site Reliability Engineer, how he handles Incident Responses, and how to write a good Post-mortem. programming, software development, devops, site reliability engineering, auth0, sre no full 5 d5213f1b-a8c0-49ad-b289-ea2836cfda0a Rust and Writing Books with Carol (Nichols || Goulding) Show Notes ]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2018 04:00:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Show Notes ]]> Rust and Writing Books with Carol (Nichols || Goulding) Matt Machuga 00:54:37 In this episode, Carol tells us all about the Rust Programming Language, her experiences writing the book, and launching the first Rust consultancy in Rust's early days. In this episode, Carol tells us all about the Rust Programming Language, her experiences writing the book, and launching the first Rust consultancy in Rust's early days. authoring, writing, rust, books, development, software, systems programming, programming, rustlang no full 4 ede33a19-21bf-4e17-a730-cf4be16e1ffd REST API's with Phil Sturgeon Show Notes ]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:30:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Show Notes ]]> REST API's with Phil Sturgeon Matt Machuga 00:49:07 Phil Sturgeon explains to us why REST is still a rock solid solution for many use cases in 2018, where GraphQL and gRPC have their roles, and gives tips on how to keep your API's reasonable and scalable. Phil Sturgeon explains to us why REST is still a rock solid solution for many use cases in 2018, where GraphQL and gRPC have their roles, and gives tips on how to keep your API's reasonable and scalable. programming, rest, graphql, api design, ruby, api, rest api, php, software, grpc no full 3 ca00d4f2-3a16-44be-81d1-26d0fc477955 Going Solo with Adam Wathan Show Notes ]]> Tue, 4 Sep 2018 04:00:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Show Notes ]]> Going Solo with Adam Wathan Matt Machuga 00:39:48 Adam Wathan, host of Full Stack Radio, joins us to talk about his experience starting as an entrepreneur, creating educational products, and more. Adam Wathan, host of Full Stack Radio, joins us to talk about his experience starting as an entrepreneur, creating educational products, and more. education, podcasting, s, entrepreneur, ui, software development, laravel, vue, full stack radio no full 2 eacf960f-56e4-441f-a8b6-73a7dfc7c1a8 Introspection with Caleb Porzio Show Notes ]]> Sun, 26 Aug 2018 02:03:00 +0000 machuga@gmail.com (Bits and Trees - Matt Machuga) http://bitsandtrees.com Show Notes ]]> Introspection with Caleb Porzio Bits and Trees - Matt Machuga 00:49:46 In our kickoff episode we speak with Caleb Porzio, co-host of Twenty Percent Time podcast and developer at Tighten Co., about introspection and how he approaches deep thinking. In our kickoff episode we speak with Caleb Porzio, co-host of Twenty Percent Time podcast and developer at Tighten Co., about introspection and how he approaches deep thinking. code, programming, code review, coding, software, introspection, laravel no full 1