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#91 - AI & ML Sep 09, 2021

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In this episode of GeeksBlaBla we answer many questions around AI & ML, their fields of applications, what they are, their uses in industry with our guest Amine.

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Amine Erraqabi

Notes

0:01 - Intro and welcoming.

0:04 - Typical day of a data scientist

0:10 - Difference between the job of a data scientist/machine learning engineer/data engineer

0:16 - What are the key skills to have to be a great data scientist

0:21 - Do we need to have advanced mathes skills to start doing ML ?

0:27 - Machine learning process : From collecting the data to testing and tuning our chosen model

0:36 - How is Agile Management implemented in the context of ML projects?

0:43 - Subsets of Machine Learning ?

0:56 - Is statistics necessary for DS ?

1:01 - How to get started in AI ?

1:03 - What are the main stages of AI ?

1:06 - Application of AI techniques in insurance

1:13 - Application of AI techniques in advertising

1:21 - Business opportunities in african countries (Morocco) that AI will open

1:26 - Jobs in AI

1:33- Wrap up and goodbye

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#90 - Marketing Yourself as a Developer Jul 13, 2021

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In this episode of GeeksBlaBla with our community members Ahmed, Ismail, Smakosh, Iliass, Abderahim, and Youssouf, We discuss the importance of self-branding for developers and how it can help developers in their careers.

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0:01 - Intro and welcoming.

0:05 - What is self-branding?

0:09 - Is self-branding something only experts can do, or should beginners take it seriously too?

0:14 - Learning in public.

0:21 - Guests' experiences on self-branding and how they benefit from it in their career?

0:54 - Self-branding for beginners.

1:05 - Tools and tricks to market yourself: Blogging, open-source, social media, and learning in public.

1:16 - How to start blogging?

1:24 - The secret power of open-source contribution for your self-branding.

1:38- Wrap up and goodbye

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Youssouf EL Azizi

#89 - JavaScript Ecosystem Jul 05, 2021

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In this episode of GeeksBlaBla with our community members Wassim, Ismail, Abderahim, Abdellah, and Youssouf, We discuss the Javascript ecosystem from the first javascript days and the secret behind its popularity to the latest new frameworks and tools and the best practices to learn it for beginners and much more. In this episode, we have the chance to present a live demo with Wassim about Github copilot.

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0:01 - Intro and welcoming.

0:06 - The power of javascript and the secret behind it

0:13 - Do you think Javascript is the right language to start with as a beginner?

0:28 - Javascript learning RoadMap

0:45 - JavaScript libraries and frameworks, how to choose?

1:19 - Is Typescript the new Javascript?

1:33 - Javascript in the backend.

1:41 - Javascript new tools systems; esbuild, wite, snowpack.

1:53 - Javascript testing tools and libraries.

2:02 - WebAssemby

2:07 - Github Copilot demo

2:35 - The future of javascript.

2:45- Wrap up and goodbye

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Youssouf EL Azizi

#88 - Tech News & AMA #12 Jul 01, 2021

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Tech News & AMA #12 with our community members Otmane, Ismail, Abdelghani, Abderrahim. We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.

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0:01 - Intro and welcoming.

0:01 - What did you learn this week ?

0:09 - Windows 11 launch

0:46 - Should a DevOps know the functional aspect of the app he will work on ?

0:50 - Why does Windows needs Amazon store to deliver Android apps ?

0:55 - Is it common for a developer to know multiple programming language ecosystems ?

1:01 - Tips and guidelines to become a better java developer

1:04 - What language/framework to use for an web application focused on audio content ?

1:09 - Tips to get freelance assignments on freelance websites like upwork and freelance.com

1:11 - Feedbacks after more than a year of remote work

1:30 - For a java/spring developer, what skills should one master to get a job at a multinational corporation ?

1:33 - Toughts about unity and VR development

1:34 - Fake reviews investigation on Amazon and Google by the UK market and competition authority

1:42 - Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

1:57 - Why are developers average age worlwide still very young ?

2:02 - Academic paths to study AI in Morocco ?

2:05 - Will blockchain be used in Morocco ?

2:07- Wrap up and goodbye

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#87 - Working at Google with Moroccan Googlers Jun 21, 2021

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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Moroccan Googlers Karima, Rachid, Mehdi, and Abdelfatah to discuss their journey working at google, the benefits and disadvantages of working on FAANG companies and the interviews process to join Google, and much more.

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0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05 - Guests academic path

0:16 - Do you think your academic studies in morocco give you enough concepts to start a job at Google?

0:34 - Should joining FAANG be an objective for every developer?

0:43 - What is your job at google?

0:58 - Working in morocco vs working on a big company such as Google.

1:11 - Is working at Google stressful?

1:25 - Bad sides of working at Google (or at a similar size tech company), what don’t you like about your job?

1:42 - Salaries at Google

1:53 - As a student, what should I focus on to make joining Google easier?

1:58 - How can competitive programming help you join Google?

2:08 - Process to join Google.

2:18 - Interviews Process and how to prepare them.

2:40 - Wrap up and goodbye

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#86 - MSS with Wassim CHEGHAM Jun 14, 2021

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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we invited Wassim CHEGHAM, Sr. JavaScript Developer Advocate at Microsoft, Core contributor at Angular, Core contributor Nodejs and Ambassador for Auth0

Guests

Wassim CHEGHAM

Notes

0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:01 - Who is Wassim CHEGHAM?

0:03 - How did he get interested in technology?

0:05 - How did you get introduced to Javascript?

0:08 - What is the advice for beginner developers that you can give to choose a programming language for a professional career?

0:15 - Do blogging help in the learning phase and in building your own personal brand?

0:21 - Walk us through some of your contributions to angular , bazel and nodejs and What you will earn from contributing / open source?

0:30 - (comments) How do you learn and practice more in less time?

0:38 - How was your experience at the professional life, and experience to manage the balance between personal life, fun, and professional life?

0:46 - Is Dependency injection implementation still your favorite feature about angular?

0:47 - (comments) How to become a GDE?

0:55 - What does it mean to be an advocate developer? Tell us about the developer advocate iceberg.

1:06 - What is your vision/expectation, where the technologies are heading?

1:10 - (comments) What is your vision/expectation for Javascript?

1:18 - (comments) Talking about web views, do you recommend specific one? (in Angular context) (Cordova, Capacitorjs)

1:20 - (comments) What is the future of Web Assembly> It's time to jump and start learning it?

1:21 - Advice for geeksblabla community

1:25 - Wrap up and goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Mohammed Aboullaite

#85 - Celebrating 26 years of Java ! Jun 09, 2021

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Celebrating 26 years of Java with our community members Badr, Marouane, and Mohammed. During this episode we discuss the latest Java updates, and we answer audience questions about Java, and much more.

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00:00 - Introduction

00:03 - Why are we still using Java?

00:09 - Why backward compatibility important for Java?

00:13 - How they keep the promise of the new release cycle?

00:16 - What are JCP, JSR, and JEP?

00:21 - Why JVM powerful?

00:27 - What is the project in the ecosystem that pushes Java?

00:35 - Comments

01:03 - The demand of java developers in the market (local market and international market)

01:07 - Is Java one of the options for new developers? And What are things that can help them to learn Java?

01:11 - Java still had 3 billion devices or this number decrease?

01:14 - Comments

01:16 - Wrap up and goodbye.

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Mohammed Aboullaite

#84 - Tech News & AMA #11 May 31, 2021

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Tech News & AMA #11 with our community members Mohamed, Abderahim and Youssouf . We discuss the latest Tech News during this episode, and we answer audience questions about programming, community, new technologies, and much more.

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0:01 - Intro and welcoming.

0:03 - Updates from our guests about their new job experience.

0:05 - The best way to land a remote job with international startups.

0:16 - Difference between working in morocco and working for a big international company such as Spotify.

0:34 - How to deal with boredom with school subjects?

0:43 - Advice and resources to start an AWS career.

0:48 - State management in React.

0:56 - What technical practices heavily used in Spotify and not used or ignored in morocco.

1:12 - The best way to get a motivating job.

1:20 - Google IO 2021 News.

1:28 - GraphQl vs REST API.

1:38 - ElectronJS

1:50 - Interview process at Spotify.

2:01 - Wrap up and goodbye.

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Youssouf El Azizi

#83 - DevOps 101: Revisiting the fundamentals of the DevOps culture May 24, 2021

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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we're Revisiting the fundamentals of the DevOps Culture and toolchain.

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0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:13 - Software developement and delivery process

0:20 - DevOPS Definition

0:34 - DevOps Goals and Pillars

0:56 - Automation

1:03 - Observability and Monitoring

1:22 - Q/A

1:42 - Toolchain

1:59 - Wrap up and goodbye

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#82 - Software Security May 22, 2021

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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our community members about software security, what is software security, tricks for effective and productive learning.

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0:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05 - What is software security

0:11 - A bit of history about cybersecurity

0:24 - Is there a secure system? why secure systems?

0:32 - Risk & Risk Assessment

0:48 - What is OWASP?

0:51 - OWASP top 10 - 2021

0:51 - OWASP top 10 - 2021: Injection

0:55 - OWASP top 10 - 2021: Broken authentication

1:01 - Sensitive data exposure - What is data leakage? What are the factors that can cause data leakage?

1:08 - XML external entities (XXE)

1:15 - Security misconfigurations

1:49 - Cross site scripting (XSS) - discuss vs CSRF

1:56 - What is the 80/20 rule of networking?

2:00 - What are personal traits you should consider protecting data?

2:05 - Famous moroccan hackers and their achievements

2:09 - GRAALVM security

2:16 - Conclusion, Wrap up and goodbye

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