Technology Commentary

Feel like you’re hitting a wall with your existing software projects? You're not alone. On the Maintainable software podcast, we speak with seasoned practitioners who have worked past the problems often associated with technical debt and legacy code. In each episode, our guests will share stories and outline tangible, real-world approaches to software challenges. In turn, you'll uncover new ways of thinking about how to improve your software project's maintainability. We're in this together. Enjoy the show!

After a long and surprisingly varied dynasty, it's possible they're all FOSS now

David Bohnett on what sets the social web apart, how GeoCities handled hate speech, and the profound need to log off more often.

Jody Serrano interviews David Bohnett, the founder of GeoCities (previously, previously). “It really was a forerunner of the social networks to come, as you learn. One of the things that has …

Not only is Kelly Vaughn one of the pioneers in building thought-leadership content for the developer community, she’s one of the rare programmers who comes to the craft with the background of a trained therapist. From knowing what content devs need to grow to being able to recognize the cognitive-behavioral impacts of the developer experience, Kelly Vaughn is truly one of our most unique guests to date.

HashiCorp’s State of Cloud Strategy Survey reveals an ongoing cloud skills shortage, driving use of cloud platform teams and adoption of automated tools.

If we focus on security certifications and don’t embed controls on our actual tech stacks, user data and infrastructure, we’ll soon find the show’s over.

Somebody is wrong on the internet - gotta fix it!

We are finding out that as machine learning models grow larger and larger, so do their corresponding carbon footprints, especially when it comes to creating and training these complex models.

This is a guest post written by Olivia Meehan, a 2022 Junior Fellow working with the Web Archiving Team. Her project was completed under the mentorship of  Lauren Baker. If you follow a link referenced in an article just to hit a dead-end, “page not found” error message – you have experienced link rot. “Link […]

John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savings – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX

Best thing we can do to JavaScript is retire it: JSON creator Douglas Crockford

What if we pointed unconstrained compute at our planet and our own bodies? The concept of digital twins leads our world to this future.

Sema CEO Matt Van Itallie recently wrote a new article for "This is Learning".

Kyndryl and DXC Technology report declining revenues and worsening bottom line

Developers need to always be learning, but knowing what skills companies need can help you direct your learning towards marketable skills.

It’s a communications medium.

On 23 March 2021, LINX London experienced an outage. As this is one of the very large Internet Exchange Points, this is an interesting case to study in more depth in order to see what we can learn about Internet robustness.

Guest Post: The RIPE Labs team takes a look at a recent outage at one of the largest IXPs in Europe to see how well the Internet was able to route around it.

In today’s episode, we complete the ultimate showdown between product and developer! In this round, it will be the developers who are on the defensive as Dave and Michael account for their faux pas as developers. Rob O'Brien returns to the show with plenty of ammunition. Our conversation starts with a friendly exploration of the type of faux pas a developer might generally commit, as we repeatedly return to the importance of a team-based mindset and why developers need to be invested in user outcomes. We explore how a developer’s role goes beyond completing their delegated tasks and some handy tips for working with designers. The crew also outlines the many benefits of building rapport with your co-worker including having more resilience when things get stressful and having a more cohesive team working environment. Tuning in you’ll hear a thrilling, action-packed discussion on the merits and flaws of developers and how to make your team a badass trifecta of efficiency!

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A plan to turn Amazon into a dumb pipe.

A deeper dive into how LiveView became LiveView

People who don’t listen to podcasts often ask people who do: “When do you find time to listen?” For me it’s always on long walks or hikes. (I do a lot of cycling too, and ha…

The biggest new idea in computing for half a century was just scrapped