Coffee & Coding: the App Developer Podcast

S4 E2: Building a mobile keyboard w/ Antonio Pallares of Fleksy Mar 22, 2023

Today’s guest is iOS lead @ Fleksy– Antonio Pallares.

In this episode we discuss:

What goes into building a mobile keyboard
How to build your own mobile keyboard with minimal effort
Diagnosing medical conditions from the keyboard
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

Fleksy

Connect with Antonio

You can find Antonio over on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajpallares/

S4 E1: Building a Developer Conference w/ Øivind Jorfald Mar 15, 2023

Today’s guest is senior developer, consultant and founder of the AppRise conference – Øivind Jorfald

In this episode we discuss:

What goes into starting a developer conference
Working as a developer consultant
His favourite mobile development platform
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

AppRise Conference (with discount code)

Connect with Øivind

You can find Øivind over on Twitter @otjorfald

S3 E8: Michael Vogiatzis - How to Build Wealth as a Software Developer Nov 16, 2022

Today’s guest is Senior Software Engineer, and author of the investment site FoxyMonkey - Michael Vogiatzis.

In this episode we discuss:

Building wealth as a software developer
Investment options for freelancers
Putting your money to work for you
How to get more out of your limited company
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

Company Investing Academy

Connect with Michael

You can find Michael over on Twitter @FoxyMonkey and his investment blog over @ https://foxymonkey.com

S3 E7 – Catalin Ghita: Is Compose Really the End Of XML? (& How to Nail Your Next interview!) Nov 02, 2022

Today’s guest is Android Developer, Author and Udemy instructor – Catalin Ghita.

In this episode we discuss:

Jetpack Compose
Nailing your next Android interview
Mentoring
Secondary income streams for developers
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

Catalin’s Book

Connect with Catalin

You can find Catalin over on Twitter @CatalinGhita4, his book over on Amazon & make sure you check out his courses over @ Udemy!

S3 E6 - How To Get 5 Years Experience, in Just 2 Years! Oct 26, 2022

Today’s episode is a solo one, where I talk about how to get much more development experience, in a lot less time!

Things discussed in the episode:

S3 E5 - Ed Holloway-George: Building Secure Apps, Root/Jailbreak Detection, Tap Jacking & more! Oct 19, 2022

Today’s guest is Ed Holloway-George, Senior Android Engineer @Asos & speaker on all things cyber app security.

In this episode we discuss:

The most common app vulnerabilities in 2022
How to build more secure apps
Using hardware keystores
What is Tap Jacking
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

DroidCon London 2022

Connect with Ed

You can find Ed over on Twitter @sp4ghetticode, his blog over @ spght.dev & make sure you check out his talks over @ spght.dev/talks!

S3 E4 - Rafael Costa: Is Compose Production Ready, What is Clean Code, Compose Navigation and more! Oct 12, 2022

Today’s guest is Rafael Costa, Principle Android Engineer @SaltPay & author of Compose Destinations.

In this episode we discuss:

Is Jetpack Compose necessary in 2022
What is Clean Code
The problem with Compose navigation
Building an open source library
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

Compose Destinations

Connect with Rafael

You can find Rafael over on Twitter @raamcosta, his Github page over @ https://github.com/raamcosta & make sure you check out Compose Destinations!

S3 E3 - Florian Walther: From Youtube Developer to Startup Founder Oct 05, 2022

Today’s guest is Florian Walther aka Coding in Flow.

In this episode we discuss:

Founding a startup as a solo developer
Making the switch from mobile to web development
Deciding on what to build
How to promote your product
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

TutHub.io

Connect with Florian

You can find Florian over on Twitter @flo_walther, on Instagram @codinginflow, you can find his Youtube channel @codinginflow, his twitch channel @ https://twitch.tv/florianwalther & make sure you check out TutHub.io!

S3 E2 - Alex Styl: Quitting Apple to Become an Indie App Developer Sep 28, 2022

Today’s guest is Alex Styl - ex Apple employee turned independent app developer.

In this episode we discuss:

Working at Apple
Choosing happiness over profit
What it's really like being an indie dev
How to find users
How to promote your product
and much more!

Things discussed in the episode:

Connect with Alex

You can find Alex over on Twitter @alexstyl & over on his website alexstyl.com

S3 E1 - Donn Felker: Freelance Developer Masterclass, How to Price Yourself, How to Find Clients, Consulting, Contracting & more! Sep 21, 2022

Today’s guest is Donn Felker - software developer, freelancer & host of the Fragmented Podcast.

In this episode we discuss:

The truth about being a Freelance Developer
Pro's & Con's of Being a Freelancer
How to price yourself
How to find clients
Freelancing vs Contracting
and much more!

Discussed in this episode:

Donn's Books - https://www.amazon.com/Donn-Felker/e/B004LMQG3S
Rob J on Vasilly's Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ3RuCEFi9U&t=1s

Connect with Donn

You can find Donn over on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnfelker/, on Twitter @donnfelker or over @ donnfelker.com

S2 E11 - Working at Facebook, Education vs Industry, Providing Value as a Developer & more! w/ Rahul Pandey Apr 27, 2022

Today’s guest is Rahul Pandey - former developer @Pinterest, former developer @Facebook, Youtuber & now, founder of his own startup.

In this episode we discuss:

Working in big tech
Why he quit Facebook
The difference between education & real life in the industry
How to provide value as a developer
and much more!

Links discussed in this episode:

https://twitter.com/rpandey1234/status/1457522650633232384
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WSfv1vRV0s - Why he quit Facebook

Connect with Rahul

You can find Rahul over on LinkedIn @https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/, on Twitter @rpandey1234, on Youtube @RahulPandeyrkp or over @ rkpandey.com

S2 E10 - Becoming a Better Developer, Teaching Kids to Code & Mentoring Devs w/ John-Michael Velasquez Mar 16, 2022

Today’s guest is John-Michael Velasquez - senior developer & founder of iteachcode.com

In this episode we discuss:

How to become a better developer
Why he chose employment over freelancing
How he teaches kids to code
His efforts in mentoring other developers
and much more!

Connect with John-Michael

You can find John-Michael over on LinkedIn @johnmichaelvelasquez or over @ iteachcode.com

S2 E9 - Launching an App Startup in Flutter & Bitcoin Lightening Payments w/ Oscar Merry Mar 02, 2022

Today’s guest is Oscar Merry - founder & developer behind the podcasting app Fountain.

In this episode we discuss:

Building a production app in Flutter
Launching an app startup
Podcasting 2.0
the Bitcoin Lightening network
and much more!

Connect with Oscar

You can find Oscar over on Twitter @merryoscar and you can find Fountain on the App or Play Store or over at fountain.fm

S2 E8 - What Kind of Developer are You? Feb 23, 2022

In this episode you’ll learn:

Why you should push back on clients
How UX is actually part of your job
How to help clients make informed technical decisions
and much more!

S2 E7 - the Future of Android w/ Vasiliy Zukanov Feb 16, 2022

Today’s guest is Vasiliy Zukanov - Android Engineer, Course Creator & Freelancer.

In this episode we discuss:

The future of Android
Jetpack Compose
Flutter
How to value your time as a developer
Remote working
and much more!

Connect with Vasiliy

You can find Vasiliy over on LinkedIn @ https://il.linkedin.com/in/vasiliy-zukanov, on Twitter @VasiliyZukanov and on his website @ TechYourChance.com

S2 E6 - How to Become A Better Developer Feb 09, 2022

In this episode you’ll learn:

Why you should work with developers better than you
The benefits of code reviews
Why it's important to be able to explain your code
and much more!

S2 E5 - Remote Logging, Code Readability & Over Engineering w/ Elisha Sterngold Feb 02, 2022

Today’s guest is Elisha Sterngold - founder and CEO of Shipbook.io

In this episode you’ll learn:

The importance of logs
Why code readability is better than "Genius Code"
The downsides to over engineering
and much more!

Connect with Elisha

You can find Elisha over on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisha-sterngold/ and you can find Shipbook.io on their website

S2 E4 -Kill Switches, A/B Testing & Other Tools Underutilised By App Developers Jan 26, 2022

In this episode you’ll learn:

Why you should make use of A/B testing in your apps
Why having a kill switch in your app is important
How to encourage users to leaves a review
and much more!

Things mentioned in this episode:

Episode where I talk about asking for app reviews

S2 E3 - Coding in flow w/ Florian Walther Jan 19, 2022

Today’s guest is Florian Walther aka Coding In flow - a coding Youtuber & Podcaster.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How he got into coding
Why he started his Youtube channel with no coding experience
Florian's thoughts on Jetpack compose
Why it's important to do things you actually you enjoy
and much more!

Connect with Florian

You can find Florian over on Twitter @codinginflow, on Instagram @codinginflow, you can find his Youtube channel @codinginflow, his twitch channel @ https://twitch.tv/florianwalther & you can find the Coding in Flow Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts!

S2 E2 - How to Succeed in Bad Interviews Jan 12, 2022

In this episode you’ll learn:

How to identify a "bad" interviewer
My top strategies to perform well in a bad interview
How to provide value in the interview itself
and much more!

S2 E1 - How to Get Hired as an App Developer in 2022 w/ Taylor Desseyn Jan 05, 2022

Today’s guest is Taylor Desseyn - the recruiter against recruiters & one of the coolest recruiters you'll ever meet.

In this episode you’ll learn:

How to land your first software developer role with no experience
How to craft a winning CV or Resume
How to interview well
Our thoughts on take home tech tasks
and much more!

Other Things Discussed in the Show

January CV Workshops

Connect with Taylor

You can find Taylor over on Twitter @tdesseyn, on Instagram @tdesseyn, on his website taylordesseyn.com & you can find his show Guideance Counsellor 2.0 wherever you listen to podcasts!

Trailer: Season 2 is Coming! Dec 31, 2021

Season 2 is launching January 5th 2021!

41 - Rewind: João Dias: Making a Living on the Play Store, Tasker, Working around OS Permissions, App Stalkers & more! Aug 11, 2021

Today's guest is João Dias - developer behind legendary Android automation app Tasker.

In this episode we discuss:

Why he started developing apps
Quitting his job to earn a living as a full time independent developer
App monetization models
Deciding which features to build
The mess that is the Android permissions system
Working around OS restrictions
Dealing with negative reviews
Advice to aspiring developers on marketing their apps
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with João

You can find João on Twitter @joaomgcd, on Patreon here & on his website @ joaoapps.com.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

40 - Rewind: Android Conspiracy Theories, Freelancing, Tech Blogging, Course Creation & more! w/ Vasiliy Zukanov Jul 21, 2021

Today's guest is Vasiliy Zukanov - Freelance Android Veteran, Course Creator, Youtuber & Tech Blogger.

In this episode we discuss:

How he became a freelancer
Finding & pricing projects
Self discipline
Creating courses
Tech blogging
His new membership programme
React Native vs Flutter
How the Oracle vs Google lawsuit could spell the end for Android
and much more!

You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode13

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🔗 Connect with Vasiliy

👀 Things discussed in the show

39 - Rewind: Hacking mobile apps w/ Jahmel Harris Jul 14, 2021

Today's guest is Cyber Security Researcher and founder of the Cyber Security firm, Digital Interruption - Jahmel Harris.

In this episode we discuss:

Mobile Cyber Secuirty
The main 3 attack vectors on a mobile app
Penetration testing mobile apps
How to protect your apps from being hacked
Android vs iOS Security
Rex - an automated vulnerability scanner for CI

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Connect with Jahmel

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahmelharris/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/JayHarris_Sec

Resources discussed in the show

Digital Interruption - https://www.digitalinterruption.com
Rex @ https://www.digitalinterruption.com/tooling-2
To try Rex email rex@digitalinterruption.com

Manchester Grey Hats meetup group

Website - http://manchestergreyhats.co.uk
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mcrgreyhats.

38 - From Writing Code for Nuclear Submarines to Founding 4 App Focused Startups w/ Dan Burcaw Jun 30, 2021

Today's guest is serial app startup founder - Dan Burcaw.

In this episode you'll learn:

• What it was like working at Apple when the iPhone was released

• What app development looked like in 2007

• How he launched one of the first app development studios ever

• How he landed the NBA as an app client

• and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Dan Burcaw

You can find Dan on Instagram @burcaw, on Twitter @burcaw and on his website danburcaw.com

37 - 3 Tips That Got Me 100k App Installs in 2 Weeks Jun 23, 2021

In this episode I share with you my top 3 tips that I implemented to get one of my apps 100k installs in it's first 2 weeks!

Top takeaways from this episode:

• Tell your audience that the app exists

• Avoid negative reviews by controlling the feedback loop

• Ask for positive reviews strategically

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

• Original Talk @ The Telegraph

36 - 3 Tips to Successfully Deliver a Freelance Project Jun 16, 2021

In this episode I share with you my top 3 tips to successfully deliver a freelance project.

Top takeaways from this episode:

• Understand the project before you commit

• Structure the contract so there's no ambiguity

• Set expectations up front so there's never any doubt about deliverables

35 - How To Grow Your Developer Brand on Instagram w/ Phillip Lackner Jun 09, 2021

Today's guest is Programming Mentor, App Developer & Social Media Expert - Phillip Lackner.

In this episode we discuss:

• How to grow your developer brand on Instagram

• The benefits of having a social media presence as a developer

• His top tips to grow your following

• and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Phillip Lackner

You can find Phillip on Instagram @philipplackner_official, on Youtube @philipplackner and on his website pl-coding.com

34 - From Nano Degree to Google Featured Android Developer w/ David Odari Jun 02, 2021

Today's guest is Featured Android Developer @ Trivago - David Odari.

In this episode we discuss:

• How he got featured in the official Android Developer video series

• The hiring process when moving to another country for a visa sponsored role

• The importance of having your own personal app portfolio

• and much much more!

🌎 Connect with David Odari

You can find David on LinkedIn and on Twitter @_davidodari

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

• Android Developer Video featuring David

33 - How Secure is Your App, Hacking Medical Devices, the Blockchain Bandit & more! w/ Ted Harrington May 26, 2021

Today's guest is Ted Harrington, Cyber Security Expert & Author of the #1 bestseller "Hackable: How to do Application Security Right"

In this episode we discuss:

• His origins in Cyber Security

• How his team hacked medical devices

• How secure is your smartphone

• How to think like a hacker

• The book writing process

• the Blockchain Bandit

• and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Ted Harrington

You can find Ted on LinkedIn and at his website TedHarrington.com

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

• Hackable: : How to do Application Security Right

• the Blockchain Bandit (on Wired.com)

32 - Being A Lead Developer, Contractor Mortgage's, the Problem with Google's Apps, Getting a Book Published & more! w/ Eran Boudjnah May 19, 2021

Today's guest is Eran Boudjnah, Lead Android Consultant & Co-Author of the book "How to Build Android Apps with Kotlin".

In this episode we discuss:

How he started developing at 6 years old!!
Why he only works freelance
The challenges of getting a mortgage as a contractor
The writing process behind his new book
The problem with Google's apps
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Eran Boudjnah

You can find Eran on LinkedIn or on his blog Optimisingmylife.com

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

31 - Why your CV/Resume SUCKS.. And How to Fix It. May 12, 2021

In this episode I discuss:

• What's wrong with most developer CV's

• How to craft your CV to land the interview

• Why you should delete your personal statement ASAP

• What to write when you have no experience

• and more!

30 - SMS 2FA is NOT secure, Apple Held to Ransom, Writing Secure Code, the Hacker's Mindset & more! w/ Greg Edwards May 05, 2021

Today's guest is Greg Edwards, the CEO at cyber security company CryptoStopper.

In this episode we discuss:

His origins in Cyber Security
How SMS 2 Factor Authentication is fundamentally broken
How Apple was recently held to ransom
Mobile devices as attack vectors
The future of ransomware on mobile
How to write secure code
Getting into the hackers mindset
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Greg Edwards

You can find Greg on LinkedIn and you can find Cryptostopper on Twitter or @ GetCryptostopper.com

29 - What the F*** is BDD, Becoming a T Shaped Developer, Being a Lead Engineer & more! w/ Teresa Wu Apr 28, 2021

Today's guest is Teresa Wu - Head of Android Engineering at Tide.

In this episode we discuss:

BDD - What is it, How to do it & Why it's useful
Why she left contract work for a permanent job
What being Lead Engineer entails
Becoming a T Shaped Developer
Her thoughts on Flutter
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Teresa

You can find Teresa on Twitter @teresa_wyy, on Medium & on LinkedIn

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

Bonus: How I Passed on a Startup that Exited for $14m, 6 months later! Apr 21, 2021

In this episode you'll hear me on the Mentoring Developer's Podcast, talking about:

My journey as a freelancer
My advice to new or aspiring software engineers
How I passed on the chance to be part of a startup that could have made him a millionaire
and much more!

Find the original episode on the Mentoring Developer's Podcast

28 - Becoming More Hireable - Why I Advocate Releasing Your OWN Apps Apr 14, 2021

In this episode I discuss:

Why releasing your own apps appeals to recruiters
The benefits of experiencing the entire development lifecycle
My own experience of releasing my own apps
How to leverage your own apps to teach yourself new technologies
and more!

27 - Technical Interview Tips from a Serial Interviewer Jan 20, 2021

In this episode I discuss:

My top tips & advice when interviewing
How to deal with bad interviewers
How to stand out during the interview process
Why I don't advocate for technical tests
and more!

26 - Going from Full Time Employee to Freelancer in 2021 Jan 06, 2021

In this episode I discuss:

How to get your CV ready to make the switch
How to get your LinkedIn noticed by recruiters
My favorite hack for leveraging recruiters
My top tips for crushing at interviews
and more!

25 - Timirah James: A Non Linear Journey into Coding, Knowing Your Worth, Tech Evangelism, Guiding Women to Tech & more! Dec 09, 2020

Today's guest is Timirah James - Software Engineer, iOS Developer, Tech Evangelist, Musician & Founder of Technigal

In this episode we discuss:

How she went from musical child star to software engineer
Her thoughts on higher education in tech
Why she started Technigal
Her thoughts on Freelancing vs Employment
Why she transitioned to freelancing during Covid
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Timirah

You can find Timirah on Twitter @TimirahJ, on Instagram, on Spotify, on her website @ timirahjames.com & you can find Technigal on Twitter @technigal_la

24 - Tracy Lee: Being a Serial Entrepreneur, Startup Life in the Bay Area for Reals, Starting a Code Consultancy & more!! Nov 23, 2020

Today's guest is Tracy Lee - Serial Entrepreneur & founder of Coding Consultancy This Dot Labs

In this episode we discuss:

Starting businesses
Being a serial entrepeneur
What startup life in the Bay Area is actually like
ThisDot
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Tracy Lee

You can find Tracy on Twitter @ladyleet & you find This Dot Labs @thisdot.co

🌎 Connect with Mitch

You can find Mitch on Youtube @ youtube.com/codingwithmitch & on Twitter @mitch_tabian

23 - Starting Your Own App Development Studio with Adedayo Omosanya Nov 16, 2020

Today's guest is app development studio founder, Adedayo Omosanya.

In this episode we discuss:

How he started his app development studio
Finding his first clients
His hiring process & finding the right developers
How he communicates with clients
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Adedayo

You can find Adedayo on LinkedIn & you can find his app studio @ ingenious-app-studios.co.uk

22 - Jon Helmus: Cyber Security, Pen Testing, Red Teaming, the vulnerability of developer tools like Firebase & much more! Nov 09, 2020

Today's guest is Veteran turned Cyber Security Expert - Jon Helmus.

In this episode we discuss:

How he got into Cyber Security
The difference between Government Cyber vs Commercial
What his day to day looks like
What is Red Teaming
Vulnerabilities of third party developer tools like Firebase
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Jon

You can find Jon on Twitter @Moos1e_Moose, on LinkedIn & on his website.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

Bonus: Rob J on the Code Story Podcast Nov 05, 2020

Today's episode is a rebroadcast of my recent appearance on the Code Story podcast, hosted by Noah Labhart (guest on episode 10 of this show). The interview is focused on one of my most popular apps, ReadItToMe, and my journey through building that app in 2011 as a newbie android developer to where it's at today.

🌎 Connect with Noah
You can find Noah on LinkedIn & on his website @ noahlabhart.com.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

21 - João Dias: Making a Living on the Play Store, Tasker, Working around OS Permissions, App Stalkers & more! Oct 27, 2020

Today's guest is João Dias - developer behind legendary Android automation app Tasker.

In this episode we discuss:

Why he started developing apps
Quitting his job to earn a living as a full time independent developer
App monetization models
Deciding which features to build
The mess that is the Android permissions system
Working around OS restrictions
Dealing with negative reviews
Advice to aspiring developers on marketing their apps
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with João

You can find João on Twitter @joaomgcd, on Patreon here & on his website @ joaoapps.com.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

20 - Benedict Seyer: IAP Price Optimization, Dynamic App Pricing, Launching a Mobile SDK SAAS on Product Hunt & more! Oct 21, 2020

Today's guest is Benedict Seyer - co-founder of IAP price optimization tool Mage

In this episode we discuss:

What the most popular apps on the store have in common
What part app reviews play in store ranking
What is dynamic pricing
How Mage works
How you might be losing out on 20% more revenue by sticking with static pricing
Launching on Product Hunt
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Benedict

You can find Benedict on Twitter @SeyerBenedict

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

19 - Simon Lightfoot: All things Flutter! What it is, how it works, why it's better than native(!!), it's future & more! Oct 14, 2020

Today's guest is Simon Lightfoot - Flutter Developer & CTO of Dev Angels London

In this episode we discuss:

His software engineering journey to Flutter
What Flutter is
How it works under the hood
Why it's better than Native apps
The ONE drawback it has
The future of Flutter Development
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Simon

You can find Simon on Twitter @devangelslondon & you find his development agency at devangels.london

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

🌎 Connect with Mitch

You can find Mitch on Youtube @ youtube.com/codingwithmitch & on Twitter @mitch_tabian

18 - Olivier Bloch: All things IOT (Internet of Things) Oct 07, 2020

Today's guest is Olivier Bloch - Principal Program Manager for Microsoft Azure.

In this episode we discuss:

His journey from embedded software to iOT
What IOT actually is
What it can be used for
Interesting products using it today
How the cloud factors into IOT products
Small ML (Machine Learning)
The future of IOT
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Olivier

You can find Olivier on Twitter @OBloch & you find the IOT show he hosts on Youtube.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

17 - Frederyk Linhares: Rescuing a Legacy App, from a million downloads + 2 stars to BTF architecture + 4 stars! Sep 30, 2020

In this episode me & my co host for the day, the all powerful Mitch Tabian (episode 11), speak with Android developer Frederyk Linhares. We talk about:

App development in Brazil
His journey into mobile development
Building embedded tablet apps for tractors
How he rebuilt & revived a legacy app with millions of downloads
Backend to Frontend architecture
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Frederyk

You can find Frederyk on Twitter @fredelinhares.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

• The video version of this episode

16 - Freelancing 101: the Pro's, the Con's, Tips to Getting Hired, Finding Work, Risk vs Security, Listener Q+A & more! Sep 23, 2020

Today's episode is ALL about Freelancing. Having been a freelance app developer since 2012 I answer your questions about freelancing & cover topics including:

What is Freelancing?
The Pro's & Con's of Freelancing
The differences in Freelancer vs Employee
Risk vs Security
Do Freelancer's earn more money?
What experience do you need to be a Freelancer?
Why I ONLY freelance
How I got started with ZERO experience (and you can too!)
Why I don't use websites like UpWork
My top hack for finding your next gig
and much much more!

15 - Jonathan Cutrell: Developer Tea, Remote Working, Long Term Thinking, Made Up Job Titles & more! Sep 16, 2020

Today's guest is Jonathan Cutrell - Director of Engineering at PBS & host of the Developer Tea podcast.

In this episode we discuss:

How and why he started Developer Tea
The why behind things we do as developers
What drives the actions we take
The psychology of remote working
Hierarchies of developer roles
and much much more!

🌎 Connect with Jonathan

You can find Jonathan on Twitter @JCutrell & on his website.

🔎 Resources discussed in the show

14 - Andrew McAvinchey: Marketing on a Budget, Why You Should Take Investment, Organic vs Paid Reach, Why You Shouldn't Do Everything Yourself, Sales + Marketing in 2020 & much more! Sep 09, 2020

Today's guest is Andrew McAvinchey - Sales & Marketing Guru and CEO of MountArbor.io.

In this episode we discuss:

How he got into sales & marketing
Why sales & marketing are not the same thing
How to approach sales/marketing in 2020
Small budget vs big budget marketing
The pros and cons of taking investments as a startup
Organic vs paid reach
Why you shouldn't do everything yourself
The journey from startup to viable business
The sales flywheel (it's not a funnel anymore folks)
and much more!

You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode14

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🔗 Connect with Andrew

👀 Things discussed in the show

13 - Vasiliy Zukanov: Freelancing, Tech Blogging, Android Conspiracy Theories, Course Creation, Youtube, Working with Startups & more! Sep 02, 2020

Today's guest is Vasiliy Zukanov - Freelance Android Veteran, Course Creator, Youtuber & Tech Blogger.

In this episode we discuss:

How he became a freelancer
Finding & pricing projects
Self discipline
Creating courses
Tech blogging
His new membership programme
React Native vs Flutter
How the Oracle vs Google lawsuit could spell the end for Android
and much more!

You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode13

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🔗 Connect with Vasiliy

👀 Things discussed in the show

#12 - Brian Plummer: Working for the New York Times, Mobile Development in 2010, GraphQL, Fakes vs Mocks, Code Reviews and more! Aug 26, 2020

Today's guest is Brian Plummer - veteran mobile developer, speaker & developer at the New York Times, Nike, TouchLab & currently OKCupid.

In this episode we discuss:

How he got started in development
What mobile development was like in 2010
His experience working at the New York Times
How he got into public speaking
His philosophy on code reviews
His thoughts on GraphQL
Fakes vs Mocks when it comes to testing
And more!

You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode12

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🔗 Connect with Brian

👀 Things discussed in the show

#11 - Mitch Tabian: Becoming A Successful Course Creator On Youtube, How to Decide On Content, Udemy vs Self Hosting, Creating Courses vs Freelancing, PC's vs Mac's and more! Aug 19, 2020

Today's guest is Mitch Tabian - mobile developer, course creator, successful Youtuber & podcast host.

In this episode we discuss:

How he got started in development
His journey to becoming a successful Youtuber & course creator
His creation process
Why he doesn't host his courses on Udemy
His thoughts on Flutter vs Native
Why he prefers course creation over freelance work
And much much more!

You can find the show notes for this episode @ CoffeeAndCodingPod.com/episode11

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👀 Things discussed in the show

#10 - Noah Labhart: Starting a Mobile Development Studio, Founding a Successful Startup, Networking for Clients, Tech Tests, What Being CTO actually involves & so much more! Aug 12, 2020

Today's guest is Noah Labhart. Software engineer, Founder of mobile development agency Touch Tap, Co-Founder and CTO of startup Veryable, and Creator & Host of the awesome podcast Code Story.

In this episode we discuss:

How he got started in software engineering
How he founded his own a Mobile Development Studio
Co-founding a successful startup
The role networking has played in his success
What makes a good technical test
How to hire & manage a fully remote team
What Being CTO actually involves
What Code Story has taught him
And much much more!

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#9 - Luke Klinker: Building Successful Independent Apps, the Pro's of Freemium, Open Sourcing Apps & Launching to Success in 2020 Aug 05, 2020

Today's guest is the developer behind the number 1 top paid social app on the Play Store* (Talon), Owner of app studio Klinker Apps and long time independent developer - Luke Klinker.

In this episode we discuss:

Klinker Apps rise to success as an independent app studio
The Story Behind Pulse + Talon
The Pro's of Freemium vs Paid apps
Open Sourcing his most popular apps
Supporting 100's of 1000's of users by himself
The strategy he would use to launch a successful in 2020

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Connect with Luke

Things discussed in the show

#8 - Working with Internal Libraries + Why They're Useful, Writing Open Source Software, Dependency Injection & Declarative UI Frameworks - with Sherry Yuan Jul 29, 2020

Today's guest is Yelp Android engineer, Sherry Yuan.

In this episode we discuss:

Working with Internal Libraries + Why They're Useful
Writing Open Source Software
Dependency Injection
Declarative UI Frameworks

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Connect with Sherry

Linked - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-yuan-375291a2/
Github - https://github.com/frostyshadows
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/frostyshadows

Resources discussed in the show

Bento - https://github.com/Yelp/bento
Koin - https://insert-koin.io/
Dagger - https://github.com/google/dagger
Hilt - https://developer.android.com/training/dependency-injection/hilt-android

#7 - How to Protect Your App from Hackers, Mobile Cyber Security, Pentration Testing Apps and Android vs iOS Security - with Jahmel Harris Jul 22, 2020

Today's guest is Cyber Security Researcher and founder of the Cyber Security firm, Digital Interruption - Jahmel Harris.

In this episode we discuss:

Mobile Cyber Secuirty
The main 3 attack vectors on a mobile app
Penetration testing mobile apps
How to protect your apps from being hacked
Android vs iOS Security
Rex - an automated vulnerability scanner for CI

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Connect with Jahmel

Linked - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahmelharris/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/JayHarris_Sec
Email - jahmel@digitalinterruption.com (he's a brave man!)

Resources discussed in the show

Digital Interruption - https://www.digitalinterruption.com
Rex @ https://www.digitalinterruption.com/tooling-2
To try Rex email rex@digitalinterruption.com

Manchester Grey Hats meetup group

Website - http://manchestergreyhats.co.uk
Twitter - https://twitter.com/mcrgreyhats.

#6 - From professional Cyclist to iOS Developer, building Apple Watch apps and working with Apple's Natural Language processing framework, with Tim Mikelj Jul 15, 2020

Today's guest is iOS Developer Tim Mikelj - a professional cyclist turned software engineer.

In this episode we discuss:

Building apps for the Apple Watch
Working with Apple's Natural Language processing framework
The importance of publishing your own apps

You can find Tim on Linked @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmikelj/ and his apps on the App Store @ https://apps.apple.com/ca/developer/tim-mikelj/id1298450749 . You can also find out more about Apple's Natural Language processing framework @ https://developer.apple.com/documentation/naturallanguage .

#5 - Getting hired, how to stand out as a candidate & how to better work with recruiters with Software Engineer turned Cyber Security Recruiter Tom Bugden Jul 07, 2020

Today's guest is Tom Bugden - a software engineer turned Cyber Security Recruiter.

In this episode we discuss:

How to stand out as a candidate
How to better work with recruiters
Why some senior roles are severely underpaid
Why job specs infamously ask for 5 years experience in a 1 year old technology

You can find Tom on Linked @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjbugden and you can find the recruitment agencies he advocates at https://www.opusrecruitmentsolutions.com and https://www.naviro.com.au

#4 - Kotlin Multiplatform 101, cross platform code sharing & J2ObjC with Gijs van Veen Jun 30, 2020

Today's guest is Gijs van Veen - an iOS and Android developer whose worked on apps for companies like Takeaway{dot}com & Garmin, and is currently working at Splendo BV where he's working on Kotlin Multiplatform app library, Kaluga.

In this episode we discuss:

Kotlin Multiplatform
What is it
How and when to use it
It's pro's and con's
Cross platform code sharing
J2ObjC (https://developers.google.com/j2objc)

You can find Gijs on Twitter @ https://www.twitter.com/Daeda88 and you can find the Kotlin Multiplatform library he's currently working on at https://github.com/splendo/kaluga

#3 - Serverside Swift, Unit Testing, Scaling as a Startup & Cycling Apps with iOS Lead Andrea Scuderi Jun 23, 2020

Today's guest is Andrea Scuderi - currently the lead iOS developer at Schpock that's spent the last 6 years working for a range of companies from Timeout to Sky Sports and is now the lead iOS developer at the popular marketplace app Schpock.

In this episode we discuss:

Server-side Swift
What is it
How iOS developer's can leverage to write their own backend
Running a server-less backend on AWS running Swift code
The pro's and con's of unit testing
Scaling up your resources as a startup

You can find Andrea on Linked at https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreascuderi/ and you can find his Server-side Swift Github projects at https://github.com/Andrea-Scuderi.

You can also find his app Trackyzer on the App Store

#2 - Being a Digital Nomad, working location independant, freelancing for Google & living the 4 Hour Work Week lifestyle with Mike Akakpo Jun 16, 2020

Today's guest is Mike Akakpo - a Digital Nomad & location independent freelancer that's spent the last 4 years working on a range of freelance projects all around the world. Mike has worked on whole range of unique apps including for the Olympics in Barcelona, and even a stint as a freelancer Google - working on some of their bespoke R&D projects.

In this episode we discuss

Being a Digital Nomad
How he made the switch to a location independent freelancer
Living the 4 Hour Work Week
Generating passive income

You can find Mike on Instagram @iammikeyao, on LinkedIn and on his website https://nomadiq.co.uk/

#1 - From web to app developer, building apps for Android + Apple TV, and creating online coding courses - with David Cruz Anaya Jun 10, 2020

Today's guest is David Cruz Anaya - a lead Android developer with a background in web development. David has built apps for Android, Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV, as well as running his own online coding courses at in both English and Spanish, and currently is the lead developer of a 5 man team.

In this episode we discuss

Switching from being a web developer to an app developer
Building apps for Android TV, Fire TV and Apple TV
How to create your own online coding courses
The future of app development (think Flutter)

You can find David on Instagram @dacran, you can find his online courses at lastreact.com and lastreact.es, and finally you can find his music on Spotify

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