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#161 - JavaScript in 2023 🇲🇦 - الجديد في جاڤسكريبت - TS, React, Angular, Astro, Qwik, Bun, Htmx Nov 14, 2023

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In this episode, we discuss the JavaScript updates and features in 2023, with Abderrahim Soubai Idrissi, Ayoub Alouane, Wassim CHEGHAM, Mouad Sidqi, Niima Chigr, and Youssouf El Azizi.

Guests

Notes

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:06:00 - Is Typescript the new Javascript?

0:10:00 - Which is better for starting a new project in 2023-2024: JavaScript or TypeScript?

0:19:00 - Are we making the front-end development too complex with too many concepts?

0:32:00 - Walking through some of the most important concepts in frontend: Hydration, islands, resumability.

1:16:00 - Are compilers the new frameworks?

1:26:00 - What are signals?

1:33:00 - Answer the questions from the comments

1:56:00 - What do you think about Micro-frontend?

2:03:00 - Answer the questions from the comments

2:14:00 - How do you stay updated with Javascript trends?

2:23:00 - Frameworks updates: Angualar, React, Qwik, Next ...

2:49:00 - Bun

2:55:00 - JavaScript future

3:10:00 - Geeksblabla Picks

3:17:00 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links

State Of Dev
Frontend Masters
Hackernoon
Hackertab
This week in react
Bytecode alliance
JCO
Crazy startup
Overreacted

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi

#160 - Java in 2023 - 🇲🇦 اش واقع فالجاڤا ؟ واش جاڤا بقيا مطلوبة ولا صافي ؟ 🤔 Nov 10, 2023

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In this episode we discuss the Java updates and features in 2023, with Aicha Laafia, Hamza Belmellouki, Ossama Ismaili, Adnane Belmadiaf, Marouane gazayni, and Mohammed Aboullaite.

Guests

Notes

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:04:00 - What is 6 month realse? and the favorite feature on latest java version (java 11 to 21)

0:15:45 - Is Java Still Relevant In 2023?

0:25:00 - What's/Why the Pattern Matching

0:32:00 - Record and how it helps the developers?

0:45:00 - The project Loom and the Virtual Threads

0:58:00 - The project Valhala

1:08:00 - The project Panama

1:10:00 - The project Leyden

1:14:35 - What are the limitations of Java in the serverless?

1:16:00 - Java benchmark and comparison with other languages

1:18:00 - Giveaway

1:20:00 - Answer the questions from the comments

1:33:00 - Is Java slow and/or Verbose?

1:35:00 - Migration from old to new Java versions tips, feedback and recommendations

1:47:00 - Answer the questions from the comments

2:12:00 - Recommendations for new Java devs

2:18:00 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links

Languages comparison
Picocli

Prepared and Presented by

Mohammed Aboullaite

#159 - It Depends: The Art of decision-making - ماشي أي حاجة دارتها نيتفليكس خاص نديروها 👌🏻 Nov 04, 2023

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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our guests the art of decision-making, how to make better decisions, and how to deal with the consequences of our decisions.

Guests

Notes

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:50 - Why is "it depends" such a common response in the IT industry?

0:16:24 - Anecdotes and examples of "it depends" in the IT industry

0:41:17 - The importance of transparency in the process of decision making

0:55:40 - What are the risks associated with one-size-fits-all answers in IT?

1:03:20 - Experimentation budgets are essential to better decisions

1:12:30 - What are some of your strategies to make better decisions?

1:42:30 - Why it's hard to decide on paying technical debt?

1:59:56 - Book recommendations, Closing and Goodbye

Books

Algorithms to live by.
Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking
Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library

Prepared and Presented by

Abdelati El ASRI

#158 - L3arbi chatbot: A Technical deep dive Oct 29, 2023

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In this eisode we discuss more of L3arbi, that was resented by the DevoxxMA team at the vent, from a technical point of view with Nouamane and Faissal.

Guests

Notes

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:01:21 - Who/what is l3arbi?

0:16:24 - Is there possibilties that L3arbi will learn other arabic dialects other than darija?

0:26:35 - Challenges of audio transcription

0:27:31 - Live demo of L3arbi

0:32:56 - Data training and Whisper and how many hours of darija data is used ?

0:34:30 - Format of data that is used for training, and arcitecture of web application presented in DevoxxMA

0:39:37 - The use case of DevoxxMA

0:44:30 - Finetuning of an LLM, models and details

0:56:20 - Evaluation set for different dialects per regions in morocco

1:03:31 - Did you use manual transcription for the audio sets ?

1:12:09 - The future plans of data sources for L3arbi solution.

1:15:12 - Plans to open-source? Are there APIs available for developers to extend its functionality?

1:25:00 - QA & Giveaway

1:59:40 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links

Prepared and Presented by

Meriem Zaid

#157 - Tech News & AMA #27 - DevoxxMa, AI, CSS Survey, Bun, HacktoberFest - 🇲🇦جديد الاخبار Oct 20, 2023

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Tech News & AMA #26 with our community members Ilias, Nouamane, Faisal, and Youssouf. During this episode, we discuss the next Devoxx Morocco conference, Hacktoberfest, AI, bun and much more.

Guests

Notes

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05:00 - Quick introduction about DevoxxMA

0:21:30 - DevoxxMa theme for this year and community programme

0:46:00 - AI news, Amazon Alexa AI, one year after GPT-3, Mistral and more

1:45:00 - Hacktoberfest and how to contribute to open source

1:56:00 - Bun as new JS runtime

1:06:06 - QA

1:23:00 - Missing semester program

1:35:04 - Switching technologies and frameworks.

1:45:00 - QAs

1:27:00 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi

# 156 - How to be a -10x developer - كيفاش تكون مبرمج عيان 😂 Sep 29, 2023

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In This episode, We discuss around a famous article titled "How to be a -10x developer" and we share our thoughts and experiences around the topic.

Guests

Notes

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05:00 - What is an average developer?

0:22:00 - 10x developer definition and how to spot them?

0:41:00 - Guests's level from -10x to 10x

0:55:30 - Nullify the output of a 10 developer

1:08:00 - Create 400 hours of busy work

1:14:06 - Create 400 hours of burnout/takeover

1:17:06 - Waste 10 weeks of wages on cloud costs

1:32:36 - Add 400 hours of compilation/build time.

1:40:20 - Write pointless tests

1:47:40 - Lose 10 weeks of wages on unhappy customers

1:56:30 - Hire 10 0x developers

2:10:00 - How AI tools can help you be a 10x developer

2:17:00 - How to optimize your communication with your laptop

2:33:00 - QA

2:47:20 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links

Prepared and Presented by:

Youssouf El Azizi

#155 - Back to school 🇲🇦 Sep 11, 2023

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In This episode, we discuss the Moroccan IT student's life, How to make the most of your academic years, and how to prepare for the job market.

Guests

Notes:

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:04 - What is your ultimate goal for an academic year as an IT student?

0:13:00 - How to deal with stress, and how to approach the generalist nature of your curriculum?

0:38:50 - How does participating in events and watching content online affect you as a student?

0:53:30 - How to prepare for internships in your first year!

0:37:00 - Perfection vs delivery and how to balance between them.

1:09:06 - Question: How to choose a technology to learn?

1:14:06 - How to deal with imposter syndrome as a student?

1:19:36 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links

Prepared and presented by:

Abdelati El ASRI

#154 - Tech News & AMA #26 Sep 01, 2023

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Tech News & AMA #25 with our community members Mehdi, Abdul, Abderahim, and Youssouf. During this episode, we discuss the whodesign.ma initiative, and we answer audience questions about learning, switching technologies, frameworks, and much more.

Guests:

Notes:

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:40 - Our guests were learning during the last period and facing challenges in learning new things.

0:11:07 - What technology expert means?

0:16:04 - Whodesign.ma initiative and what's the goal?

0:21:00 - Mentoring and coaching students' initiative, experiences, and challenges.

0:37:00 - Perfection vs delivery and how to balance between them.

1:06:06 - QA

1:23:00 - Missing semester program

1:35:04 - Switching technologies and frameworks.

1:45:00 - QAs

1:27:00 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links

Whodesign.ma

Prepared and Presented By:

Youssouf El Azizi

#153 - Google Cloud Platform Aug 02, 2023

Show notes

In this episode, we will discuss the Google Cloud Platform, its various services, how it compares to other cloud providers, and how to get started.

Guests:

Notes :

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:02:30 - What is Cloud and Google Cloud Platform?

0:05:00 - How google cloud is different from other cloud providers?

0:11:40 - Google Cloud Platform strengths

0:16:00 - How to get started with Google Cloud Platform?

0:19:00 - Google Cloud Platform compute services

0:44:00 - Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

0:50:00 - Google Cloud Platform database and storage services

1:07:00 - Google Cloud Platform security and how the services help to secure your infrastructure ?

1:14:00 - Q/A

1:22:30 - Good resources to learn Google Cloud Platform

1:28:00 - Google Cloud Platform with DATA

1:30:30 - Google Cloud in Morocco

1:38:10 - Conclusion and goodbye.

Links :

Google Cloud Platform

Prepared and Presented by

Mohammed Daoudi

#152 - The State of AR and VR Jul 16, 2023

Show notes

In this episode, we discuss the state of AR and VR, the challenges and opportunities that this field faces, how to get started and most important resources that help to learn it.

Guests :

Omar Guendeli

Abdellah ALAOUI MDARHRI

Houssam Eddine REHHALI

Notes:

0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05:00 - The state of AR and VR — is it a promising field or just hype?

0:15:10 - why meta is investing heavily in AR and VR ?

0:23:00 - Apple's vision of AR and VR with the new headset

0:37:00 - AR and VR hardware and software challenges

0:45:00 - B to B use cases of AR and VR

1:10:00 - Start learning AR and VR and how having a background in video games helps