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#141 - Mastering code review Mar 13, 2023

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In this Episode we discuss what is code review, why it is important, how to do it and how to master it and best practices to follow as author or reviewer.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:20 - What is code review and types of code review?

0:17:00 - Why code review is important?

0:28:20 - How documentation and automation tools can help you make the code review process easier?

0:47:40 - Best practices for code review as author.

1:07:00 - Best practices for code review as reviewer.

1:35:00 - QA

1:39:00 - WrapUp & Goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf EL Azizi

#140 - Tech Education in Morocco Mar 07, 2023

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In this Episode we discuss the current state of tech education in Morocco, Options available for students, challenges and opportunities in the field.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:08:00 - What the current state of tech education in Morocco, are we able to produce enough developers to meet the demand?

0:18:20 - What is bootcamp ? and Bootcamps in Morocco.

0:32:32 - 1337 and Youcode schools & their impact on the market and challenges they face.

1:02:00 - Universities education in Morocco and the challenges they are facing.

1:10:00 - English vs French in tech education and market.

1:26:00 - Is "Prepa" years a waste of time for students who want to study computer science?

1:34:01 - Students orientation and our role as developers to help them.

1:51:32 - State of Dev results and the future of tech education in Morocco.

2:08:00 - WrapUp & Goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf EL Azizi

#139 - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World Mar 03, 2023

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In this Episode , a roundtable discussion around Davis Epstein's book, Range: Why generalists triumph in a Specialized world.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05:58 - General idea of the book and the author

0:09:00 - Author starts with stories of 2 sports superstars —Tiger Woods and Roger Federer—who represent specialization vs range

0:14:32 - Snapshot of Woods and Federer carrers start

0:15:41 - Is Specialization Really Better?

0:28:34 - Fast vs Slow learning

0:49:48 - Q&A and Giveaway

1:08:01 - Did the author explicitly state his message for each story, or linked them back to the central theme ?

1:19:32 - Epstein’s advice: Don’t feel behind and different figures of success

1:46:30 - WrapUp & Goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Meriem zaid

#138 - Developer Seniority Feb 20, 2023

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In this Episode , a roundtable discussion around the topic of Seniority in IT was discussed with Senior IT Guests from different Backgrounds.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05:18 - Seniority Definition

0:20:35 - Traits of Senior IT

1:03:42 - How to evolve from Junior to Senior

1:31:15 - Q/A

1:51:00 - Geeksblabla Picks

1:57:00 - Wraping up and Goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Otmane FETTAL

#137 - State of Dev in Morocco 2022 Feb 20, 2023

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In this episode, we discuss the state of dev in Morocco results. We talked about the results of the survey,jobs satisfaction, salaries, and community contribution, how they learn and level up, which tools they’re using, and what they want to learn next.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05:30 - State overview

0:14:50 - Profile

0:48:00 - Learning and education in Morocco

1:00:20 - Work and jobs satisfaction

1:20:00 - Technology and tools

1:37:40 - Community and contributions

1:43:33 - warming up and goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi

#136 - AMA & Tech News #22 Feb 05, 2023

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Tech News & AMA #22 with our community members Yousssouf, Safione, Abdellah and Anas. During this episode, we discuss Anas and Safione experience in the last months, State for JS and open source, and much more.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:30 - Guests learning during last months

0:23:00 - Tiny machine learning

0:33:20 - How to be so good at what you are doing ?

0:44:20 - MLOps and ML in production

0:46:00 - Safoine experience with open source and finding a new internship

1:02:00 - State of open source by Github

1:23:33 - State of JS results

1:29:30 - GeeksBabla Picks

1:49:00 - warming up and goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi

#135 - AI-Powered Tools & The Future Of Software Jan 25, 2023

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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss new AI-powered tools such us ChatGPT, Github Copilot, QuillBot, and Midjourney. We discuss with our guests how those tools can transform the way we write code and build software.

We also talk about how adapting to those new tools can help us write better code and save time as well as the challenges those tools can bring to the software industry.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:04:24 - Are we in the AI age finally & is AI going to replace developers?

0:43:20 - New AI tools tour for developers and designers

0:54:37 - Adopting new ai tools for moroccan developers, benefits and challenges

1:13:00 - Using AI tools for beginners in learning programming

1:30:00 - Using AI tools and the challenges for universities and schools in teaching programming

1:42:00 - How to survive in the AI age as a developer

1:56:00 - AI trends and building new products

2:07:00 - QA

2:12:50 - Abdelati's devinstyle podacast.

2:15:00 - Faking expertise with AI tools

2:17:00 - Guests predictions for the future of AI in the upcoming years

2:26:00 - warming up and goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi

#134 - AMA & Tech News #21 Jan 03, 2023

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Tech News & AMA #20 with our community members Yousssouf, Badr, Mohammed, Mehdi and Abderrahim. During this episode, we discuss new AI tools for developers, FTX story and Crypto in Morocco, Big companies layoffs and the future of work, and much more.

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:30 - Guests learning during last months

0:18:00 - Reading search papers

0:28:00 - Writing skills for developers

0:36:00 - New AI tools for developers

0:56:00 - FTX story and Crypto in Morocco

1:20:00 - Big companies layoffs and the future of work

1:41:00 - The importance of learning economics

1:49:00 - warming up and goodbye

Prepared and Presented by

Youssouf El Azizi

#133 - SasS for developers Nov 28, 2022

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In this episode of GeeksBlaBla, we discuss the Software As A Service business model going from how to build a SaaS product to how to launch it in the market.

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Djalal: https://twitter.com/enlamp

Moustaid Ayoub: https://twitter.com/mstdayoub

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:03:02 - What is SaaS (Software As A Service)?

0:09:55 - What are the benefits of Saas ?

0:17:56 - When not to use SaaS (as an end-user / as a maker)?

0:35:20 - The future of SaaS in Morocco ?

0:52:45 - Ideation and market validation in SaaS.

1:02:00 - How to make the technical decision for a SaaS product?

1:14:07 - Security and compliance for SaaS companies ?

1:21:14 - Pre mature optimization and Over Engineering in SaaS

1:28:30 - Saas Pricing Models

1:37:00 - SaaS Marketing and Branding

1:46:25 - How to manage Payment and invoicing without having a company

1:49:30 - Is SaaS subscription fatigue a thing ?

1:53:24 - 1:06:00 - Wrap up & Goodbye

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40 SaaS Starter Kits & Boilerplates Based On Your Favourite Programming Language / Framework: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/40-saas-starter-kits-boilerplates-based-on-your-favourite-programming-language-framework-35387161e0

#77 - No code / Low code GeeksBlaBla Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-km6iydoiw

SaaS Pricing Calculator: https://indiebrands.io/saas-pricing-calculator

How to get the first users for my SaaS, micro-SaaS, App?: https://twitter.com/mstdayoub/status/1593368786777915392

Compare FastSpring and Paddle: https://www.g2.com/compare/fastspring-vs-paddle

Prepared and Presented by

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Mohammed Daoudi: https://www.iduoad.com

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Geeksblabla: https://geeksblabla.com/

GeeksBlaBla is a community initiative, to discuss, highlight and share the latest IT topics in Moroccan Darija.

Awesome Morocco: https://github.com/DevC-Casa/awesome-morocco

List of awesome Moroccan things for developers. Communities, Events, Blogs, Podcasts, Youtube Channels, Open Source Projects, Books and more

State Of Dev In Morocco: https://stateofdev.ma/

In November 2020, 2287 developers from Morocco 🇲🇦 told us about their jobs satisfaction, salaries, and community contribution, how they learn and level up, which tools they’re using, and what they want to learn next.

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#132 - Coding for Kids Nov 14, 2022

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In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss the importance of coding for kids, how to teach them to code and how to make them love coding.

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Anas Elalaoui : https://www.linkedin.com/in/adiltouati/

Diaa Alhak El fallous: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elfallous/

Driss Boumlik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drissboumlik/

Ibrahim Drissi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-drissi-424838244/

Ayman Riad Solh:

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0:00:00 - Introduction and welcoming

0:05:20 - Importance of coding for kids

0:28:00 - Experience of learning to code with Ibrahim and Ayman

0:44:30 - Teaching kids to code in morocco

1:19:10 - Wrap up and goodbye

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ActiveLabs: https://www.activelabs.ma/

Code.org: https://code.org/

Mindstorms ev3: https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/mindstorms-ev3/software#downloads

Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/

Prepared and Presented by

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Youssouf EL Azizi: https://elazizi.com/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geeksblabla

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/geeksblabla

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/69317726/

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