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A history of open-source licensing from a lawyer who helped blaze the trail (Ep. 473)

The home team is joined by Heather Meeker, a specialist with a deep history in the world of open-source software licensing.

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How to interrogate unfamiliar code

Readable code is great, but not all code will be immediately readable. That's when you get your interrogation tools.

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A conversation with Spencer Kimball, creator of GIMP and CockroachDB (Ep. 472)

Spencer Kimball, cofounder and CEO of Cockroach Labs and co-creator of the GIMP image editor, tells Ryan and Ceora about how database technology has evolved to handle massive data volumes, how Cockroach labs came to focus on solving latency issues through serverless technology, and his “relatively gentle” transition from engineer to CEO.

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The internet’s Robin Hood uses robo-lawyers to fight parking tickets and spam calls (Ep. 471)

Joshua Browder, founder and CEO of DoNotPay, tells us how a heap of expensive parking tickets inspired him to build software that helps people avoid fines, secure refunds, claim free land, win back lost savings, and even combat systemic racism.

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Satellite internet: More useful than sending a car into space (Ep. 470)

The home team talks about the coding error that forced ten million Canadians offline, advice for coders trying to get out of a rut, and how low-earth orbit satellites are reshaping the internet. Plus: a Netflix documentary for getting out of a rut and reshaping your mind all in one.

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Great engineering cultures are built on social learning communities

For a successful Agile and DevOps practice, organizations need to think beyond tooling. Engineering organizations need a strong community of practice culture that supports the collecting and distributing of knowledge, greater cross-organizational collaboration, and breaks down the silos that can happen in companies of all sizes.

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