Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

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Container Catharsis with Laura Frank Tacho Aug 16, 2018

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Laura Frank Tacho is the Director of Engineering at CloudBees and has been working with Docker almost since its inception. She shares her experiences in running teams that constantly rely on and deploy containers at scale. How have containers changed effectively everything and where are we heading?

https://twitter.com/rhein_wein

Teaching Programming to kids (and everyone else) with Ben Wheeler Aug 09, 2018

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Ben Wheeler teaches tech to kids ages 4 to 104. He talks to Scott about how to effectively teach technology, as well as the importance of social context around tech. Everyone's journey to tech is different. How can we as teachers use those journeys to make everyone successful?

Robot Owl Newsletter
https://twitter.com/benjiwheeler
https://education.lego.com/en-us/elementary/intro/c/computational-thinking
https://education.lego.com/en-us/support/wedo
https://scratchx.org/
http://microbit.org/
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/IsTechnologyKillingCuriosity.aspx
https://www.leadinglearning.com/episode-104-barbara-oakley/
https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
https://www.makewonder.com/

Learning how to be a Wizard Programmer with Julia Evans Aug 02, 2018

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Julia Evans has been making comics and zines for years. You've likely learned "How to be a wizard programmer" from one of Julia's comics. She's a software developer at Stripe in her day job and on this episode she talks to Scott about how to effectively teach and learn computer concepts.

https://twitter.com/b0rk
https://drawings.jvns.ca/wizard-programmer/
https://gumroad.com/l/bite-size-linux

Blazor brings .NET to Web Assembly with Steve Sanderson Jul 26, 2018

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The Blazor project aims to bring .NET to the open Web using Web Assembly. Scott talks to Steve Sanderson about this experiment and it's future plans. How are they compiling C# and .NET to Web Assembly in a way that works everywhere? How does Mono and .NET Standard fit in?

https://blazor.net/
https://twitter.com/stevensanderson
Blazor 0.5 release!

Compassionate Coding with April Wensel Jul 19, 2018

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April Wensel is the founder of Compassionate Coding, a conscious business that helps technical teams cultivate sustainable, human-centered software development practices built on a foundation of emotional intelligence. She talks to Scott about how we can apply these concepts to our own software projects.

https://twitter.com/aprilwensel
https://compassionatecoding.com

Web Accessibility and a focused on A11Y with Nicolas Steenhout Jul 12, 2018

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Nic Steenhout is a long term A11y (accessibility) advocate who works remotely for Knowbility, an Austin, TX based non-profit. In this episode Scott and Nicolas talk about various kinds of accessibility from the web to mobile devices to wheelchair ramps! He's also the host of the A11y Rules podcast.

https://twitter.com/vavroom
https://a11yrules.com/

Visible Designers with Revision Path's Maurice Cherry Jul 05, 2018

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Maurice Cherry is a veteran designer AND veteran podcastee. His award-winning podcast Revision Path has showcased nearly 250 Black Designers and influencers. Scott and Maurice talk about the importance of good design on today's web (AND good podcasts!) Where does Maurice see design going with the rise of cookie-cutter themes. Is it hard to be unique and fresh with the rise of the Visible Designer?

https://twitter.com/mauricecherry
https://revisionpath.com/

C++ and Browser Monoculture with Vivaldi's Patricia Aas Jun 28, 2018

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Patricia Aas is a C++ programmer working on the Vivaldi Browser where she has currently taken on platform integration of media. She has previously worked at Opera Software on their Desktop Browser and at Cisco on their Telepresence Hardware Endpoints, primarily on Linux. In this episode she and Scott tackle the hard questions around C++ - Is it getting a bad wrap? Patricia always waxes philosophic on the browser wars!

https://twitter.com/pati_gallardo
http://patricia.no
http://patricia.no/2017/06/15/linux_browser_sandboxes.html
http://patricia.no/2017/11/16/linux_browser_sandboxes.html
http://patricia.no/2018/04/23/isolating_gpu_access.html
http://patricia.no/2017/09/13/cpp_for_java_devs.html
http://patricia.no/2017/11/16/cpp_for_java_devs.html

Is a Programming Bootcamp right for you? with Kristen Leake Jun 21, 2018

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Is a Programming Bootcamp right for you? Why choose a bootcamp over self-study? How instrumental was having done a camp on your resume to get your job? Scott talks with bootcamp graduate Kristen Leake about her journey into technology.

3 Secrets to Getting a Job After Coding Bootcamp
https://twitter.com/Kristen_Leake

Tips for Teaching Programming with Dr. Neil Brown Jun 14, 2018

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Dr. Neil Brown recently published a scholarly article on how to effectively teach programming. Rather than a series of anecdotes, this is backed up by actual research in educational psychology. He talks to Scott about how we can and should approach teaching the next generation of developers.