Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman

Tomáš Herceg is the CEO of Riganti and his company focuses on .NET and modernization. He chats with Scott about the excitement around updating to .NET 8 and 9. There's so many benefits to modern .NET but there's a lot of confusion about what's possible. Can you really update 5, 10, 20 year old apps and bring them into a modern cloud environment? Tomáš has written a new book on .NET Modernization that is available now!

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• https://www.riganti.cz/
• https://www.dotvvm.com/

Maggie Appleton makes visual essays about programming, design, and anthropology. She's been thinking about how we interact with computers - and AI - longer than you've know about AI. She sits down with Scott to discuss how we interact with our computers through an anthropological lens.

https://maggieappleton.com

Brian Douglas is the founder and CEO of Open Sauced where he works on increasing the knowledge and insights of open-source communities. In the past he’s lead Developer Advocacy at GitHub by fostering a community of early adopters through content creation showcasing the newest Github features. Open Sauced just joined the Linux Foundation and we learn how and why that move happened on this episode!

https://opensauced.pizza/blog/bridging-the-gap-organizational-insights

The Shopify Winter 2025 Edition is out and it's Boring. Scott talks with Shopify VP of Product Development Glen Coates about the need to sometimes slow down and make software better...even if it's boring. Is it boring if it just works? If it's super reliable and does exactly what you want it to do? Glen breaks down how they do software at Shopify on this episode.

https://www.shopify.com/editions/winter2025

Join us for this very special episode as Scott's wife Mo returns for a 2024 check in. Mo and Scott are coming up on 25 years of marriage. How do they make it happen? Do they consider themselves a mixed marriage - and is it cultural or is it just that Scott is a weird computer person?

Let's hear about .NET Aspire from a real-world practitioner! Anthony Simmon has been using .NET Aspire at as a Staff Software Developer at Workleap and he's been blogging his experiences and improvements! Let's talk to Anthony about what he likes and doesn't like about .NET Aspire and how it's making his multi-container development better on his local machines!

• https://anthonysimmon.com/
   

Dante Lex saw a problem with developers losing track of - and sometimes checking in secrets - so he and his team started Onboardbase to make secret management easy and secure from project creation to production. Scott chats with Dante about his philosophy of systems design, why secrets management is the next frontier in software, and why Onboardbase is for everyone. 

• https://www.onboardbase.com/

Join host Scott Hanselman as he sits down with Faisal Islam, the mind behind the book Kotlin from Scratch. In this engaging episode, they delve into the world of Kotlin, the modern programming language that's making waves in the development community. Faisal shares insights from his journey writing the book, the key features of Kotlin that make it a favorite among developers, and practical advice for anyone looking to get started with or master this powerful language. 

• https://nostarch.com/kotlin-scratch

In this episode Scott sit's down with Lin Qiao, the visionary CEO of Fireworks AI - and former head of PyTorch at Meta - to explore the journey of putting AI into production and how Fireworks can make that possible. Lin shares her insights on the challenges and triumphs of transforming AI from research to powerful real-world applications.

• https://fireworks.ai

In this episode, Scott Hanselman sits down with Charnelle Asante, the founder of Spoiler Talk. Dive deep into the creation and inspiration behind this cutting-edge app as a Charnelle navigates this space as non-technical founder. Charnelle shares her journey from idea to implementation, discussing the challenges of startup life, the importance of user feedback, and the future of spoiler management in an era of binge-watching. 

• http://thespoilerapp.com/

The new Xbox Adaptive Joystick is designed as a companion for Xbox controllers. You can plug directly into your console or PC and customize or adapt your experience with button remapping in software and even 3D print your own shapes and sticks for a custom experience. Microsoft is launching a new $29.99 Xbox Adaptive Joystick early next year with a focus on players with limited mobility. Scott talks to Xbox Accessibility Expert Kaitlyn Jones in this episode!

• https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/xbox-adaptive-joystick

I'm Dominic. I've been building software systems for the last two decades. I really enjoy teaching and building courses that make students better developers.

It’s one thing to joke about how “it’s always DNS” but it’s another to solve the problem by starting your own DNS Hosting and Domain Registration company. Some folks joke, but Anthony Eden started a company - DNSimple. Scott chats with Anthony about how he got started, how DNS works, and why DNSimple does it right.

The Crimson Diamond is a mystery adventure video game developed and published by Julia Minamata for the PC. The game features a text parser, requiring players to solve a mystery through inputting instructions via text to the game. Solo developer Julia Minamata designed the game featuring an EGA color palette!

• https://www.thecrimsondiamond.com

In this episode of ACM ByteCast, our special guest host Scott Hanselman (of The Hanselminutes Podcast) welcomes 2024 ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award recipient Wen-Mei Hwu, Senior Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA and Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was recognized for pioneering and foundational contributions to the design and adoption of multiple generations of processor architectures. His fundamental and pioneering contributions have had a broad impact on three generations of processor architectures: superscalar, VLIW, and throughput-oriented manycore processors (GPUs). Other honors and recognitions include the 1999 ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award, 2006 ISCA Most Influential Paper Award, 2014 MICRO Test-of-Time Award, and 2018 CGO Test-of-Time Award. He is the co-author, with David Kirk, of the popular textbook Programming Massively Parallel Processors.

Wen-Mei discusses the evolution of Moore’s Law and the significance of Dennard Scaling, which allowed for faster, more efficient processors without increasing chip size or power consumption. He explains how his research group’s approach to microarchitecture at the University of California, Berkeley in the 80s led to advancements such as Intel’s P6 processor. Wen-Mei and Scott discuss the early days of processors and the rise of specialized processors and new computational units. They also share their predictions about the future of computing and advancements that will be required to handle vast data sets in real time, and potential devices that would extend human capabilities.

• Wen-mei Hwu Announced as the 2024 ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award Recipient

Joseph Finney is a mechanical engineer by day and a software developer by night. He talks to Scott about how being an indie developer has improved his life, taught him a ton, in how he put applications in the Apple App store, the Google play store, and the Microsoft store. Some of the apps are big and complicated come up and some of the apps are applets, but all of them serve a purpose and solve a specific problem. Joeseph lives experimenting with different ways to solve common problems and have a passion for designing software which makes computers more natural to use.

https://joefinapps.com

 In this episode, Leendert van Doorn discusses the future of Snapdragon technology and its potential to revolutionize various industries. Snapdragon processors are known for their high performance and efficiency, making them a popular choice for smartphones, tablets, and other devices. Van Doorn highlights how Qualcomm is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with Snapdragon, focusing on advancements in AI, connectivity, and power efficiency. He chats with Scott about his passion for this space, and how Qualcomm Snapdragon powers the AI and more in the new Windows Copilot+ PCs!

• https://developer.qualcomm.com/

Michael Washington doesn't want AI to write the Great American novel, he wants YOU to write the Great American novel faster and easier. He's created AIStoryBuilders To help you break your stories down into timelines, locations, and characters. He sits down with Scott to talk about how he wrote this application, where retrieval augmented generation comes in, and how he wrote it with web assembly in mind to avoid having to deal with app stores while still having a mobile version.

• https://aistorybuilders.com/
• https://documentation.aistorybuilders.com/
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Daniel Schiffman is a joy. For over a decade, Nature of Code has empowered countless readers to bridge the gap between creative expression and programming. Daniel Schiffman has also brought his joy through education on his Coding Train YouTube channel to millions. Now the Nature of Code has been updated for 2024 with an all new workflow and build system, 28 repositories, and a number of updated chapters that will teach you how to simulate natural systems with javascript. You will come out the the experience with a better appreciation for the nature of code!

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• https://natureofcode.com/

In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman chats with technical product leader Stacie Frederick from Stanza Systems. They dive into the intricacies of fine-tuning products, exploring how thoughtful adjustments and gentle optimizations can significantly enhance user experience and performance. Stacie shares her expertise on the methodologies and tools that drive successful product refinement, offering listeners actionable insights and real-world examples and a better sense of customer empathy.

• https://www.stanza.systems

In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman sits down with Dan Garfield from Octopus Deploy to delve into the cutting-edge world of GitOps on the Edge. They explore how GitOps principles are revolutionizing deployment strategies, particularly in edge computing environments where latency and reliability are critical. Dan shares insights on the unique challenges and solutions for managing infrastructure and applications at the edge, highlighting real-world use cases and best practices. Whether you’re a seasoned DevOps professional or just curious about the future of deployment automation, this episode offers valuable perspectives on the evolving landscape of GitOps

• https://octopus.com/blog/what-is-gitops

Freeman and Forrest is the first influencer marketing service focused on enterprise tech. After running developer relations, product marketing, and community teams at companies like AWS, Google, Microsoft, and startups, Emily Freeman and Forrest Brazeal have now assembled a dream team of influencer partners across many niches like cloud to security and even generative AI. Today Emily talks to Scott Hanselman about the rise of the technology influencer.

• https://www.freemanandforrest.com/

Is AI the new UI? In this episode we'll be chatting with AI expert and Alexa developer Noelle Russell. She's believed in the power of talking to computers for years and thinks it's about to really happen for real. Will VLLMs and AI bring the promise of complex interactions with your computer to life?

Andy Matuschak is an independent researcher who explores user interfaces that expand what people can think and do. He sits down with Scott to talk about how we learn, why we learn, and what learning means in a world of AI and AGI.

• https://andymatuschak.org/

Scott's in Berlin this week and talks to Angie Jones, Global Vice President of Developer Relations, TBD @ Block, about the job of Developer Relations. What does a DevRel person even do? Are they just hanging out in the Delta Lounge or are the Developers? What does it mean to Advocate versus Evangelize? 

Sam Rose creates visual introductions to computer science topics. Each post takes about a month to make, and he tries to cover foundational topics in a way that's accessible to beginners. Scott chats with Sam about the how and why of making such bespoke and sophisticated blog posts.

• Visit Sam Rose's site!
  • Load Balancing
  • Memory Allocation
  • Hashing
  • Retries
  • Bloom Filters
  • Numbers
  • Queueing
• Bartosz Ciechanowski's Mechanical Watch
• Andy Matuschak

.NET Aspire has folks talking - but why? What is .NET Aspire and what does it me for the average ASP.NET developer like me? Is it a thing for Kubernetes? Is it just for .NET Devs? Scott sits down with Damian Edwards to get a sense of what .NET Aspire ahem aspires to do, and where it's heading.

Martin de Bock is a Pediatric Endocrinologist and Associate Professor at the University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. In this episode it talks with Scott about the importance of access to low-cost and reliable technology to manage Type 1 Diabetes, like the design for an open source low cost insulin pump that he and his colleagues are championing. Can YOU (should you?) create a DIY insulin pump from plans on GitHub?

• https://github.com/UCBioengineering/open_source_insulin_pump
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32837953/
• https://cmrf.org.nz/story/dr-martin-de-bock/

It's episode 1900! While at Build, Carl and Richard recorded a milestone episode with Scott Hanselman. Scott talks about his goals in the later stages of his career, the ideas and origins of all the podcasts, and what is important to him today. In the second half, Carl pulls out a quiz show for Scott with quotes from shows going back 20 years! Lots of great stories of different conferences, podcasts, and other events - and the things learned along the way. Thanks for listening!

Avalonia UI is an open-source UI framework for building stunning desktop, mobile, web and embedded applications using a .NET single codebase. Scott talks to Avalonia CEO Mike James about the how and why of Avalonia and why it's been so successful. We'll also learn about Avalonia's new "XPF" framework that allows you to take existing WPF applications to macOS and Linux in minutes!

In association with the ACM's Bytecast Podcast, this week Scott talks to Dr. Juan Gilbert. Dr Gilbert was recently awarded the  National Medal of Technology and Innovation for his work on inclusive open-source voting systems. Dr. Gilbert is the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Professor and Chair of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department at the University of Florida where he leads the Computing for Social Good Lab.

Abubakar Salim is an actor embedded in the video games industry - he voiced Bayek in Assassin’s Creed Origins, and he’s spent his whole life playing games. His new Metroidvania is called "Tales of Kenzera: Zau" and it's fantastic. The game is developed by Surgent Studios - a company Salim founded - alongside EA Originals. In this episode Abubakar chats with Scott about gaming, parents, culture, Afrofuturism, mythology, and much more.

• Watch the VIDEO of this podcast on YouTube!

Casey Fiesler is an associate professor in the Department of Information Science (and Computer Science, by courtesy) at the University of Colorado Boulder.  She has a PhD in Human-Centered Computing from Georgia Tech and a JD from Vanderbilt Law School. This week she talks to Scott about AI and Ethics!

This week we talk to Knut Sveidqvist who brings over 20 years of software expertise to the table. Knut is the creator of the award-winning Mermaid open-source project, but he’s also the CTO at Mermaid Chart, the powerful JavaScript-based diagramming and charting tool that is building their business on an Open Core Business Model.

Rizel Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD, Block's newest business unit. TBD is an incubator operating within Block. They are building open source platforms and protocols that make it easy to exchange money internationally.  

Kate Kalcevich is Head of Accessibility at Fable. Fable is an accessibility company that enables the development of digital products that work for everyone. She sits down with Scott to talk about how to drive and measure accessibility in your applications and websites.

• How successful accessibility leaders measure progress

Kathryn Grayson Nanz Is a designer who's written an ebook called Foundations of Design for Developers. She understands that developers need to participate in the design process, and often developers can identify that something is wrong with the design but they can't figure out why. In this episode she talks to Scott about how engineers and developers can learn design and even become actively interested in the topic!

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Jacob DePriest is the Deputy Chief Security Officer at GitHub! From discussing the challenges of maintaining the security of one of the world’s largest code repositories to sharing insights on the latest cybersecurity trends, Jacob talks to Scott about what it takes to safeguard GitHub and its millions of users.

Whether you’re a developer, a cybersecurity enthusiast, or just curious about how GitHub keeps your code safe, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in to gain a unique perspective on security from the heart of GitHub itself. 

In association and partnership with the ACM Bytecast, this episode features a conversation with Affective Computing Pioneer Dr. Rosalind Picard. Dr. Picard is a scientist, inventor, and engineer, member of the faculty of MIT's Media Lab, founder and director of the Affective Computing research group at the MIT Media Lab, founding faculty chair of MIT's MindHandHeart Initiative, and a faculty member of the MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering. She has co-founded two companies:  Affectiva (now part of Smart Eye), providing emotion AI technologies now used by more than 25% of the Global Fortune 500, and Empatica, providing wearable sensors and analytics to improve health. 

In an episode Scott sits down with career big tech PM Dare Obasanjo to explore the intricacies of the technology industry from an insider’s perspective. Dare has worked at Microsoft and Meta and has opined on Tech (both Big and Small) on Social Media for two decades. Together they delve into the evolving landscape of tech, discussing the impact of emerging trends and the future of innovation. 

In this episode, Scott chats with John Kattenhorn about the challenges of deploying large systems that involve Internet of Things (IoT) systems. There's a number of technical aspects to large scale IoT deployment as well as technical nuances to deploy a solution at scale with a focus on reliability security and manageability. We also talk about the Wilderness Labs Meadow platform that allows you to ship C# in a microcontroller.

Ginny Clarke is a seasoned executive, author, and advocate for conscious leadership. With a background in organizational development and mindfulness practices, she brings a unique perspective to the table. Her work has inspired countless leaders to embrace authenticity, compassion, and purpose in their leadership journey. In this episode, Scott sits down with Ginny to talk about the intersection of leadership, mindfulness, and purpose-driven decision-making.

• https://www.ginnyclarke.com

In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks to Davin Jackson, the founder and CEO of Alpha Esports Tech, a company that provides a platform for kids to learn and compete in esports. Davin shares his vision of creating a safe, fun, and educational environment for the next generation of gamers, and how he leverages technology, partnerships, and community to achieve his goals. Davin also discusses the benefits and challenges of running an esports business, and what he thinks the future of esports will look like.

Join Scott Hanselman as he sits down with Sai Srirampur, as they explore the intricacies of Postgres Replication and how it can be turbocharged using PeerDB. In the realm of databases, Postgres Replication is like a well-choreographed dance between servers. Sai takes us behind the scenes, revealing the steps involved and how it can be made faster and cheaper.

• https://www.peerdb.io/

Delve into the dynamic world of API gateways and the ongoing process of reinvention. Explore the latest trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the API landscape. From security concerns to performance optimizations, Josh shares his insights on how businesses can stay ahead by embracing the evolving role of API gateways in today's tech-driven ecosystem and how his experience building large scale systems like this informed the architecture at Zuplo.

http://www.zuplo.com 

Delve into the dynamic world of startups harnessing the power of local AI. Scott talks to The StoryGraph's Chief AI Officer Rob Frelow and they discuss the transformative impact of integrating artificial intelligence at a grassroots level. Rob is a big fan of local AI models vs sending your data to Open AI. He talks about why and what it can mean for you and your projects.

In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks to Jose Tejada (JOTEGO), a passionate retro gaming enthusiast and FPGA developer. Jose shares his journey of creating FPGA cores for classic arcade games such as Pac-Man, Galaga, and Out Run, and how he distributes them through the MiSTer and Analogue Pocket platforms. Jose also explains the benefits and challenges of FPGA development, and why he thinks FPGA is the future of retro gaming preservation and emulation.

Open Telemetry plays a pivotal role in monitoring, tracing, and understanding complex distributed systems. From practical applications to real-world examples, Scott and Dr. Sally break down the how and why of Open Telemetry, offering a perspective to harnessing its power for perf and troubleshooting. 

Ben Kamens is the CEO of Spring Science creating AI tools built just for scientists - starting with the world's best high-content image analysis suite. Ben worked at Fog Creek then was engineer number one at Khan Acadamy and now he's turned his considerable focus towards solving the computationally intense (and at one point, impossible) problems of cellular biology!

• https://www.springscience.com

What if you could take your web applications to the next level just by getting the fundamentals right? Scott sits down with ASP.NET expert Layla Porter to talk about her unique teaching style as we go over ASP.NET Basics for Experts!

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/dotnetconf-2022/aspnet-basics-for-experts

Let's explore the intersection of user experience design and software development. In this episode, Scott talks to Dr. Janne Jul Jensen, an interaction designer and usability specialist and now the co-founder of Henosia, a design canvas that codes. They discuss how to apply user interface techniques, methods, and tools in an agile process, how to collaborate effectively with developers and graphic designers, and how to create user interfaces that are intuitive, engaging, and aligned with real-world objects. 

• https://www.henosia.com/

In this episode, Scott interviews Alfredo Deza, a data science engineering and instructor. Alfredo shares his passion for teaching data science, his experience as a former Olympic athlete, and his tips and tricks for learning and applying data science concepts. They also discuss the challenges and opportunities of data science education, the importance of hands-on projects and feedback, and how he focuses on achieving his goals and deals with both success and failure.

In this episode, Scott chats with Brit Myers, the VP of Engineering at System Initiative, a company that helps organizations adopt DevOps best practices. Brit shares her insights on the current state of DevOps, the challenges and opportunities it presents, and how System Initiative is building a platform that simplifies and streamlines DevOps workflows. They also discuss the importance of culture, collaboration, and continuous learning in DevOps, and how System Initiative is empowering developers to deliver faster, better, and safer software.

In this episode Scott talks to Shanea Leven, the co-founder and CEO of CodeSee, a tool that helps developers visualize and understand complex codebases. Shanea shares her journey from being a developer to creating a product that empowers other developers to learn and collaborate more effectively. They discuss the challenges and benefits of code visualization, how CodeSee works under the hood, and how it can help developers of all levels improve their code quality and productivity.

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Today Scott chats with Rita Kozlov, Sr. Director of Product for Cloudflare Workers & AI, about how Cloudflare is building a better internet with its serverless platform on the edge. Rita gives tips and advice for developers who want to learn more about Cloudflare Workers and how to use them effectively!

• https://ai.cloudflare.com/

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Quincy Larson, the teacher who founded freeCodeCamp.org, shares his inspiring journey of creating one of the most beloved learn-to-code resources. In this episode, he discusses why he launched freeCodeCamp, the importance of making coding accessible to all, and how it will forever remain free. Quincy also dives into the exciting new C# Certification program in partnership with Microsoft and freeCodeCamp, empowering learners to master this powerful language and build their tech careers.

• https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/foundational-c-sharp-with-microsoft/

Scott sits down with John Maeda, Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft.  Scott and John discuss the current state and future of artificial intelligence, how AI is transforming various industries and domains, and how to get started with Semantic Kernal. They also talk about some of the ethical and social implications of AI, and how to ensure that AI is used for good.

Adora Nwodo is a cloud software engineer and the author of Cloud Engineering for beginners. She chats with Scott about her role, how she thinks about the cloud and how she's working to get new engineers on a cloud-based path.

Get her Cloud Engineering for Beginners or Beginning Azure DevOps book today!

Dr. Noriko Arai is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence and a professor in the information and society research division of the National Institute of Informatics.  Her project pitting an AI against the University of Tokyo entrance examination got her thinking about how well young students are able to read. She started researching a new test to assess reading ability and draw attention to those junior high and high school students who cannot read well enough to understand their textbooks. Scott chats Dr Arai about AI, the future, and her experiences as a woman researcher in Japan.

This episode of Hanselminutes is done in warm collaboration with our friends at the ACM ByteCast and is coproduced and published with the ACM. 

In this episode, Scott Hanselman talks to Guillermo Rauch, the founder of Vercel. Guillermo shares his vision of creating a platform that enables anyone to build and deploy powerful AI applications with ease and speed.  Scott and Guillermo explore the challenges and opportunities of democratizing AI, and how Vercel is empowering users to create solutions and templates optimized for developer joy.

• https://vercel.ai

Shaun Walker was at the forefront of open source in the .NET space as early as 2003 with the release of DotNetNuke. Scott sits down with Shaun to reflect on two decades of .NET open-source, what works, what doesn't, and what's sustainable and Shaun shares his new OSS venture, Oqtane!

• https://www.oqtane.org/

Danielle Boyer is an Indigenous (Ojibwe) robotics inventor and advocate for youth who has been teaching kids since she was ten. She focuses on youth advocacy and creates innovative learning solutions utilizing robots that she invents and donates to make technical education accessible. She sits down with Scott to talk about Robots and Language Preservation, and the intersection of Indigenous Culture and STEM.

• https://www.danielleboyer.org
• https://www.steamconnection.org

When Peter Ayedun was asked to write a paper school, his teacher insisted that he used a computer to create it. That moment started and defined a decade's long career in tech that took him from Nigeria to starting a company in the US. Scott chats with Peter about finding passion, finding empathy, and finding a career in tech as the CEO of TruGrid.

David Scott Bernstein is a passionate programmer with over 40 years experience, and he has just written a book that teaches you the art of prompt writing. He actually coauthored the book with ChatGPT itself. He sits down with Scott Hanselman to offer us a one-of-a-kind journey into the realm of AI language models. He's created a a practical and results-driven roadmap for engineering your prompts in such a way that you can tackle complex topics with ease.

Learn more at https://passprog.com/

Tsavo Knott and the team at Pieces have an app that smooths the spaces between your developer tools. It makes you smarter and makes your workflow more seamless as you move code context from ide to web, from browser tab to clipboard, through your entire tool chain. How does Pieces promise to redefine atomic productivity for developers? Scott finds out of they will take code snippets to the next level on this episode.

• https://pieces.app/

Are you struggling with writing clear, concise, and effective technical documents? Do you want to learn how to improve your writing skills and communicate better with your audience? Scott interviews Pam Hurley, PhD, the founder and president of Hurley Write, Inc., a small business that specializes in teaching customized technical, business, and scientific writing courses. Pam has over 30 years of experience in helping professionals from various fields and industries to write better documents in less time.

• https://www.hurleywrite.com/

Sarah Rainsberger owns technical documentation at Astro. What was her path into open source and technology? It might surprise you. Sarah started as an avid user of the Astro project and turned it into a career. She chats with scott about how important technical writing and documentation is to the end user experience.

Saghar Salehi is a former member of the Afghan girls’ robotics team. The team became a symbol for the progress of Afghan women. They participated in the global robotics competition held in the US in 2017 and won an award for “courageous achievement” given to teams who persevere through trying circumstances. The team was able to escape Afghanistan a few months ago, as the Taliban resurged. Scott talks with Saghar about the importance of STEM education and her plans for the future.

Dr. Julie Gurner is a doctor of psychology and executive performance coach with nearly a decade of experience working with some of the nation’s top tech and finance executives and teams. She is the founder of the Ultra Successful, a newsletter that provides insights into the psychology behind what ultra-successful people do differently to achieve their goals. She is also an executive performance coach who has been compared to Wendy Rhoades of ‘Billions’ by The Wall Street Journal. Scott chats with Dr. Gurner about the science of performance.

• https://drgurner.substack.com/

Ankita Kulkarni has taken the learnings from her career as an engineering leader and turned it into a course, community, and ebook. Scott talks to Ankita about the The Engineering Leader's Playbook. As a leader working in tech for over a decade, she's got lots to share in this episode! 

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In this episode, we talk to Dr. Nicki Washington, a Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Duke University. She shares her insights on how identity and cultural competence affect the computing disciplines, from education to industry, and why they are essential for developing inclusive and ethical technologies. We also discuss her courseware which explores the diversity challenges in computer science and the effects that this lack of inclusion has on technology and technologists. Tune in to learn more about Dr. Washington’s journey in tech and her vision for a more culturally competent computer science field.

Scott sits down with Ted Neward to talk about the history and shape of data. From mainframes to ER diagrams to SQL Server to Object Databases and Document Databases, why has the way we access and store data changed over the years and what we can learn from this history? 

Scott talks to Anders Hejlsberg about a new open-source project called TypeChat that uses TypeScript types to generate structured AI responses from natural language requests. The library is designed to integrate large language models into existing app interfaces and make them safer and more reliable.

Scott chats with engineer, community leader, and Developer Relations Lead at Okta Corey Weathers on this episode. Shares his story about how he became interested in technology, we get a glimpse into his daily work and how he manages his teams and nurtures the next generation of developer advocate.

Franchesca Ramsey is an comedian, writer, actor, producer, activist, and content creator. She's also a proud Union Member of both the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA). She sits down with Scott to talk about the importance of unions, what it means to be a "working actor" and what we can do as consumers of media to support the strike. What does it mean to be a scab? Will AI help or hinder a creative's ability to make living?

• https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/

Veni Kunche is a coder, a maker, and a founder. After working as a Software Engineer since 2003, she quit her job in tech to start her own company, https://www.diversifytech.com!

In this episode, we talk to Oren Eini from RavenDB. RavenDB is a NoSQL document database that offers high performance, scalability, and security. Oren shares his insights on why performance is not just a feature, but a service that developers and customers expect and demand. He also explains how RavenDB achieves fast and reliable data access, how it handles complex queries and distributed transactions, and how it leverages the cloud to optimize resource utilization and cost efficiency!

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This episode of Hanselminutes is in partnership with the ACM Bytecast podcast!  In this episode, we have a special guest: Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, co-founder of 3Com, and recipient of the 2022 Turing Award. Bob joins us to share his insights on the history and future of computer networking, and his current work in geothermal power!

• https://learning.acm.org/bytecast 

In this episode, we talk to Jasmine Greenaway, a software engineer at Microsoft and the author of Fundamentals for Self-Taught Programmers, a book that helps aspiring developers learn the essential skills and concepts of programming. She gives us some tips and advice on how to learn effectively, how to build a portfolio, and how to network and find mentors in the tech industry. 

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Dr. Kate Miltner is a researcher and lecturer in data ai and society at the information school at the University of Sheffield. Her work explores issues of power and inequality in digital systems and cultures. She's currently slowing "who's coding?" and how did they start coding, as she examines coding boot camps across the US and UK.

• https://www.whoscoding.com
• https://katemiltner.com

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Danica Fine is a Senior Developer Advocate at Confluent. She is a big fan of the power of data and has deep expertise in Apache Kafka. She chats with Scott about the importance of a strongly architected data platform and gives tips on when you need to move from the basics of SQL to a true data rich environment that includes data streaming products.

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In this episode, I'm joined by Florin Rotar, the Chief Technology Officer at Avanade, and Chris Lloyd-Jones, the Head of Open Technologies at Avanade. We'll be talking about how AI is evolving from being a tool to being a partner as well as the announcements we heard at Microsoft BUILD in Seattle!

Nanxi Liu is a serial entrepreneur and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. She is the co-founder and co-CEO of Blaze, a platform that enables teams to build software with no code. In this episode, Nanxi reveals how she launched and scaled multiple successful businesses across different industries. She also shares her insights on how to raise capital, hire talent, and create impact in the world. Nanxi also discusses how she balances her creative pursuits with her entrepreneurial endeavors.

With the rise of Mastodon as a Twitter alternative, Daniel Roe, part of the Nuxt core team, joins Scott to talk about building Elk, a Mastodon client that was built using Nuxt. The app is a PWA (Progressive Web App) and behaves as natively as a web app can! How did they do it?

• https://roe.dev
• https://twitter.com/danielcroe
• https://github.com/danielroe
• http://regexp.dev 

Toi B. Wright is an independent consultant who has been working as a software developer for over 25 years. She has a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon. She is the author of two editions of  'Blazor WebAssembly by Example: A project-based guide to building web apps with .NET, Blazor WebAssembly, and C#'. 

• https://www.amazon.com/Blazor-WebAssembly-Example-practical-projects/dp/1803241853

Leonard Tramiel shares his memories of growing up in the computer industry, working on various projects such as the Commodore PET, the Atari ST, and the Jaguar. He also discusses his current involvement in the Computer History Museum and his passion for education and science outreach. Listen to this fascinating conversation and learn more about the history and legacy of some of the most iconic computers and games of all time. Leonard has a PhD in Physics from Columbia University and these days is most interested in improving the image and understanding of science and critical thinking.

In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks to Nathan Allebach, a writer and advocate for creating walkable cities. Nathan shares his passion for urban design and how it can improve the quality of life, health, and environment of people living in cities. He also discusses some of the challenges and opportunities for making cities more walkable, such as zoning, infrastructure, culture, and policy. Nathan gives examples of successful walkable cities around the world and offers practical tips for anyone who wants to get involved in this movement. Whether you are a city dweller, a planner, or a curious listener, you will find this episode inspiring and informative.

This episode features Nyari Samushonga, CEO of WeThinkCode. In this episode, Nyari shares her journey of becoming a CEO and how she is using her position to help young Africans become full-stack software developers. She also talks about the importance of courage in the tech industry and how it can help people overcome their fears and take risks.

Bing runs one of the world’s largest, most complex, highly performant, and reliable .NET applications. This podcast episode discusses the journey and the work required to upgrade to .NET 7, including the significant performance gains they achieved.

Pelonomi Moiloa is a South African entrepreneur and founder of Lelapa AI which is an AI startup that aims to help Africa lure back its AI talent. In this episode, Scott and Pelonomi discuss how AI can be used for both good and bad purposes and how we can protect it from being used for evil. Lelapa aims to do this by working on problems African AI researchers care about, and by allowing them to work closer to the people and places important to them.

Scott Hanselman chats with Damian Edwards about the benefits of building your own PC. Damian designed an upgraded PC from parts for Scott and they built it online live and streamed to YouTube. They explore how building your own PC can be a fun and rewarding experience, help you better understand how computers work, and even how it can save you money in the long run. 

• Scott's PC parts at PC Part Picker

Today Scott talks to Erich Gamma and Kai Maetzel about the origin story of VS Code. We'll talk about how it was originally conceived and how it evolved over time. They also discuss some of the challenges they faced while developing VS Code and how they overcame them. An overnight success in 10 years, VS Code was designed to be lightweight and fast, with a focus on extensibility and community. We'll hear about culture and technical architecture as well as what’s next for VS Code and what users can expect in future releases.  

Sarah Milstein talks to Scott Hanselman about leading engineers as a non-engineer. They discuss how to build trust with engineers and how to communicate effectively with them. They also talk about how to manage technical projects when you’re not a technical person yourself. Sarah Milstein is the VP of Engineering at Daily, a WebRTC Video PaaS. She's also the co-founder of Lean Startup Productions and the author of The Twitter Book. 

• http://daily.co 
• Remote work
• Leading engineers as a non-engineer
• https://www.sarahmilstein.com/

This week it's Scott and Zenzo Hanselman: a father-son tech talk. He chats with his son Zenzo, a curious and creative teenager, about the latest trends and topics in technology. From AI to VR, from gaming to social media, from coding to culture, Scott and Zenzo will explore the world of tech from their different perspectives and experiences. 

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Sanjana Curtis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and a science communicator. She studies how cosmic collisions produce the elements that make us who we are. We discuss her work on what happens when a black hole rips a neutron star apart and how she became interested in astrophysics!

• https://www.sanjana-curtis.com/

In this episode, I chat with Jason C McDonald, the author of Dead Simple Python, a book that teaches idiomatic Python for programmers who want to learn fast and effectively. We explore why Python is such a powerful and flexible language, how to write clear and concise code, and what are some of the common challenges and myths that beginners and experienced programmers alike encounter when working with Python. Whether you are new to Python or want to enhance your skills, this episode will help you learn how to use Python in a dead simple way.

• https://nostarch.com/dead-simple-python

Raji Rajagopalan is a Director of Engineering at Microsoft and the author of the book “Daring to be Different: Stories and Tips from a Woman Leader in Tech.” In her book, she shares her personal stories of overcoming biases and challenges in her career, as well as her practical advice on how to build your skills, confidence and impact in the tech industry. She is passionate about coding, writing, building businesses and helping people be the best versions of themselves!

• Buy Raji's Book and visit her site

John Warner is the author of "Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay" and six other books on writing. He's the editor of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and the Biblioracle. John is also a professor of creative writing but most recently he's becoming concerned that Artificial intelligence can crank out passable student essays in seconds. What are we going to do? Is ChatGPT the end of writing assignments?

• In order to help instructors deal with the existence of ChatGPT without making its existence omnipresent in the classroom, or capitulating to a surveillance and detection approach, John has developed a new, self-paced digital course: Teaching Writing in an Artificial Intelligence World.
• Read John's thoughts at The Biblioracle

Sophy is a Software Engineer who is early in career and excited to get others into tech. She was the only afro-latina to graduate from the University of California Irvine in 2019 with a degree in computer science and engineering. She is tireless in her social media outreach on TikTok and elsewhere encouraging everyone to get involved in tech. However, she wants folks to realize it's a grind and it's hard. How do we find that balance? Can anyone get into tech?

• https://codebysophy.dev/

Kent C. Dodds will show you how the web's next transformation will impact your user experience, your development productivity, and your business goals. The future of the web is distributed. It's faster. It's cheaper. It's exciting. Kent will show you what you can do to stay in front of it (and no, it's not web3).

• https://kentcdodds.com/courses
• https://github.com/kentcdodds/the-webs-next-transition

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In this episode, Dr. Ifeoma Ajunwa, author of "The Quantified Worker," joins us to discuss the implications of technology on the modern workplace. She explores the ways in which employers are using data and surveillance to monitor and manage their employees, and the impact this has on worker privacy and autonomy. Dr. Ajunwa also delves into the legal and ethical considerations surrounding the quantified worker, and offers insights on how to balance the benefits of technology with the protection of worker rights. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of technology and work in the 21st century.

• https://ifeomaajunwa.com/

Scott talks to pro­gram­mer, mu­si­cian, web de­vel­o­per, and gra­phic de­sign­er Aaron Giles about the state of game emulation. Aaron has worked for Microsoft, Connectix, LucasArts, contributed to the MAME project for over 17 years, and even ran the project for 6  years! We chat about his current project, DREAMM, which is a Windows-based emulator for classic LucasArts SCUMM adventure games, from Maniac Mansion through The Curse of Monkey Island and everything in-between!

• https://aarongiles.com/

Ben West has been at the forefront of the DIY diabetes management movement. Ben and the community's work on Nightscout, an open-source platform for continuous glucose monitoring, has revolutionized the way people with diabetes manage their condition. Ben, along with a dedicated community of developers, has been working tirelessly to empower individuals to take control of their diabetes, giving them the tools they need to live healthier, more independent lives. 

• http://www.t1pal.com is hosted nightscout as a service

Dr. Kapfhammer and his team focus on research related to flaky software tests, which are tests that produce inconsistent or unpredictable results. Why are tests flaky? How can we identify them and stop them in their tracks. He talks to Scott about the results of his research and practical tips for improving tests is to ensure that they are robust and reliable. 

• Web: https://www.gregorykapfhammer.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/gkapfham
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/GregKapfhammer
• Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@gkapfham
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregKapfhammer
• "A Survey of Flaky Tests", Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology 31:1, 2022, https://www.gregorykapfhammer.com/research/papers/Parry2022/
• "Evaluating Features for Machine Learning Detection of Order- and Non-order-dependent Flaky Tests", Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation, 2022, https://www.gregorykapfhammer.com/research/papers/Parry2022a/
• "Surveying the Developer Experience of Flaky Tests", Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering – Software Engineering in Practice Track, 2022, https://www.gregorykapfhammer.com/research/papers/Parry2022b/

In Data Conscience: Algorithmic Siege on our Humanity, computer science and data inclusivity thought leader Dr. Brandeis Hill Marshall delivers a call to action for rebel tech leaders, who acknowledge and are prepared to address the current limitations of software development. In the book, Dr. Brandeis Hill Marshall discusses how the philosophy of “move fast and break things” is, itself, broken, and requires change. Today she talks to Scott about what's next for data and what we as engineers can do.

• Read Data Conscience: Algorithmic Siege on our Humanity

Scott talks with Kris Nova who has been building and scaling Hachyderm, a Mastodon instance that began in her basement and is now moving into the cloud. Nova shares her extensive knowledge on the technical challenges and solutions involved in creating and maintaining Hachyderm, as well as her insights on the importance of building and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive online community.

• Watch the YouTube Video version of this episode here!

Taylor Poindexter, a software engineer and engineering manager, joins Scott Hanselman in this episode of the podcast to discuss her journey as a manager and her advice for emerging managers. Taylor shares her experiences of growing and learning in her role and discusses the challenges and rewards of managing a team. She offers advice on how to develop leadership skills, manage conflict, and support the growth and development of individual team members. Taylor also shares her thoughts on the importance of inclusion in engineering teams, and how managers can foster a culture of belonging,

Huda is the Founder and CEO of Dot Health, a real-time personal health data platform. She joins Scott to discuss real-time personal health data and its implications for consumers and the health industry worldwide. Huda explains how real-time data can help individuals track and manage their health more effectively, and how healthcare professionals can also use it to provide more personalized and effective care. She also discusses the potential challenges and risks of health data, such as data privacy and security concerns, and how Dot Health is addressing these issues.  

Mekka Williams is a long-time software engineer who sits down with Scott Hanselman to discuss how long you should stay at a company. Mekka shares her own experiences and offers some advice for people who are trying to decide how long to stay at their current job. She discusses the importance of finding a company that aligns with your values and career goals, and how to know when it's time to move on to a new opportunity. Tune in to hear Mekka and Scott's insights on this important topic.

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In this episode of the podcast, Scott Hanselman sits down with Jon Silvera, the creator of FUZE4, a game-making tool for the Nintendo Switch. Jon shares his passion for game development and explains how FUZE4 makes it possible for anyone to create their own games for the Switch. He discusses the features and capabilities of the tool, and offers some tips and advice for aspiring game creators. Jon also shares his own experiences of creating games with FUZE4, and discusses the potential for the tool to revolutionize the indie game market on the Switch. 

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In this episode of ACM ByteCast in association with Hanselminues, Scott Hanselman welcomes research scientist, software engineer, and entrepreneur Yaw Anokwa. Yaw is the founder and CEO of ODK, the offline data collection platform that helps fight disease, poverty, and inequity. He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Washington and likes to keep his bio short and sweet.

Yaw describes how he felt the urge to pivot his career into a direction of positive social impact as a graduate student at the University of Washington. A volunteer experience with Partners in Health in Rwanda and a software engineering internship at Google showed him the potential for technology to empower people and change lives—specifically through ODK—which became his chief project and passion. Yaw and Scott discuss ODK’s main differentiator, “powerful offline forms,” as well as user interface affordances made to customize ODK for its users, such as rural farmers in Uganda. He also shares the joy of working on a product that focuses on public good and some principles that have helped him to succeed.

Eden Full Goh is the CEO and Founder of Mobot, a venture-backed company that automates testing of mobile apps using robotics technology. Previously, Eden built products that spanned the energy, healthcare and government sectors at Palantir Technologies and Butterfly Network. Eden studied Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science at Princeton University.

In association with Outside In, we are thrilled to share this conversation with Randall Munroe and Scott Hanselman. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of What If? and How To answers more of the weirdest questions you never thought to ask!

• Buy What If 2
• Watch the video of Randall and Scott on YouTube

When engineer and author Sameer Doshi interviewed remotely for his current job at Microsoft, he was nervous about only one thing: Telling his future employer that he’s blind. He was offered the position, and even after starting he didn’t mention that he’s blind until he needed to put in a request for the special software that helps him do his job. Four years later, he has moved up the ranks to a management position and is thriving. He talks to Scott about tech accommodation, and his new sci-fi book The Work Ahead!

The classic guide to how computers work has been updated with new chapters and interactive graphics! Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, 2nd Edition by Charles Petzold is now available. Charles explains why he added chapters, reordered content, incorporated new examples, and updated descriptions in his best-selling book. 

https://www.codehiddenlanguage.com/

Kirsten Westeinde is a technology enthusiast and a lifelong learner. She is a development manager at Shopify, where she solves challenging web development problems every day. She talks with Scott about her career at Shopify moving from Software Developer to Senior Software Development Manager. They also chat about the Shopify's Journey from Monolith...to something different!

Sonic Pi is a new kind of musical instrument which enables exciting new learning pathways in the classroom! Not only can you create music quickly and "live code" your music to change when performing, but you can also use Sonic Pi as a way to learn coding in a more creative way rather than focusing on abstract concepts or working with data.

• https://sonic-pi.net/

C64 OS has one goal. Make a Commodore 64 feel fast and useful in today’s modern world. It's a very high bar. The C64 was introduced in 1982 and has an 8-bit, 1MHz, 6510 CPU with just 64 kilobytes of directly addressable memory. It has a screen resolution of 320x200 pixels, and a fixed palette of 16 colors. But, it is an incredibly versatile machine. And it enjoys an active userbase and a great variety of modern hardware expansions. How did Gregory Naçu do it in 2022?

Buy https://c64os.com now!

The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. When was the last time you coded something that fit in 4k? How about just 1024 bytes? Bilgem Çakır is one of many folks still making the Commodore 64 sing and do things you'd never expect, 40 years after the computer was released. Why is this kind of coding important or interesting in 2022? Bilgem offers his perspective as game studio CTO, long time demoscener, and C64 demo record holder.

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Gustavo Pezzi wants to teach YOU (and everyone) how to code...in 6502 assembly on 40 year old machines! There's something amazing about coding on the absolute metal and owning the entire machine/stack. https://pikuma.com teaches the learn the fundamentals of computer science and mathematics in creative and dynamic ways using older game consoles and teaches things like graphics and physics without large frameworks.

Denis started at Sun Microsystems and Oracle where he worked on JVM/JDK and led one of the Java development groups. After learning Java from the inside, he joined the world of distributed systems and databases, where he's remained ever since. He talks to Scott about how to build large horizontal cloud apps that are geo-distributed and truly global.  

Cloud availability zones and regions are not immune to outages. The zones go down regularly, and regions become unavailable during natural disasters or human-caused incidents. If an availability zone or a larger area goes down, so does your application…unless the application functions across multiple geographic locations. We'll discuss availability and reliability patterns used by architects whose apps managed to withstand major cloud outages. 

Mohammed Osman strongly believes that blogging greatly improved his my career and encourages everyone to give it a try. Things like content research, learning SEO, hosting your own sites and blogs and lead to job opportunities, speaking opportunities and more! He talks to Scott about how he's used this blog to teach (and learn) Azure and help get folks all over the world Azure Cloud certified!

• The quiz: https://www.smartercode.io/scott/
• The Free Azure certifications guide: https://www.smartercode.io/become-azure-certified-shm

Lisi Hocke commits to a personal challenge every year, publicly! This is a great way to encourage accountability and learn and improve public. She commits to one challenge per year and a continuing learning journey. Scott talks to Lisi about getting out of our personal, professional, and technical comfort zones and getting better through accountability and learning partners!

Erica Brescia co-founded Bitnami, and later joined GitHub as COO. She's also on the board of directors of the Linux Foundation. This week she talks to Scott about how VC works, where the money comes from, how one moves from idea to funded, and how companies like Redpoint help support founders.

Mark Thompson wants you to win. He talks to Scott about the scarcity mindset and why it's the wrong way to think about a career in technology. Your winning doesn't mean Mark or Scott loses.

Ramón Huidobro is a Developer Relations Strategist, Developer Educator and Public Speaker with over a decade of experience in Software Engineering. He talks to Scott about how to learn - and fail - safely and comfortably in public.

Nell Shamrell-Harrington is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft and as a Board Director at the Rust Foundation. Rust is a low-level statically-typed multi-paradigm programming language that’s focused on safety and performance. In a world of C and C++, why should you use Rust? Why does Rust shine and what problems does it solve?

Ox optimizes fulfillment operations by automating manual tasks and increasing workforce efficiency. Ox's CEO Charu Thomas started thinking about this space in college and then ended up founded a company in Northwest Arkansas!

As a second-year undergraduate, Charu took her concept to Thad Starner, a professor in Georgia Tech’s College of Computing, who also was the technical lead/manager for Google Glass. The resulting research won the Best Paper Award at the 2018 ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) International Symposium on Wearable Computers.

This episode was produced in partnership with the ByteCast!

Journey Foods is a SaaS company that supports product management and intelligence services for food businesses. They are changing food science inefficiencies and problematic supply chains. Scott talks to biologist turned multi-hyphenate entrepreneur Riana Lynn about our food supply, how we understand it, how it's analyzed and thought about, and how it can be improved with software.

• https://rianalynn.io/
• https://journeyfoods.io/

Enabled Play helps people turn anything into a new input for their computers, game consoles, and more. Powered by offline, private, and personalized Artificial Intelligence and distributed services – all packed into affordable devices and apps. Imagine playing Elden Ring with just your facial expressions! Or enabling keyboards, mice, and game pads with whatever devices will best set you up for success. Enabled Play enable folks with disabilities, different levels of abilities, basically everyone to be their best selves on any device. Scott talks to Alex Dunn about the ideas and goals behind his company, how he built it, and how Enabled Play is about Work, Life, and Play for everyone.

• http://www.enabledplay.com

Quinn saw a problem and connected a community. Folks like Gina at OctoPrint (Episode 470!) have made our 3D Printers wireless, but OctoEverywhere means you can connect to OctoPrint safely and securely from anywhere! How did Quinn make this service, scale it, and what's it like to have a side hustle that helps tens of thousands?

• http://octoeverywhere.com
• https://www.hanselminutes.com/470 

Foone Turing is a self-proclaimed "software necromancer" not only bringing classics back to life, but also breathing new life and community into older software and hardware. Foone and Scott recently worked with Microsoft to get Microsoft 3D Movie Maker released as Open Source. We'll hear about Foone's plans for 3D Movie Maker going forward, as well as why the community has such strong feelings for this funny 27 year old piece of software!

• https://github.com/foone/3DMMForever

In 2014 Daniel José Older was an EMT in New York City, today he's the author of 19 books, the most recent being Ballad & Dagger (Outlaw Saints, #1). He sits down with Scott to talk about being a creator in public, how social media has changed how the public interacts with authors, what his creative process is like, and how Young Adults are his favorite audience because they will absolutely tell you the truth about your work.

• Ballad & Dagger - Outlaw Saints, #1

Tricia has over 10 years of experience in implementing CRM solutions in various roles from Consultant to Architect. The Power Platform School works with adults from the BAME community, providing training on the Microsoft Power Platform as well as mentorship from industry professionals, during an 8-week program. Tricia is super passionate about the Power Platform and in this episode, she teaches Scott about its power and flexibility.

• https://powerplatformschool.com/

Trustworthy AI is an essential resource on artificial intelligence ethics for business, government, and society at-large.  In her book, Beena Ammanath draws from her extensive experience across several industries and sectors in data, analytics and AI, the latest research and case studies, and the pressing questions and concerns business leaders and society have about the ethics of AI. Scott talks to Beena about what AI - and organizations - need to do to gain our trust.

• Book: Trustworthy AI by Beena Ammanath

My blog:

https://nicolalindgren.com

Twitter: @NicolaLindgren

How Can I Test This?

https://leanpub.com/howcanitestthis

Starting Your Software Testing Career:

https://leanpub.com/startinginsoftwaretesting (paperback can be bought on Amazon)

Testing With Charles Proxy Blog series :

https://nicolalindgren.com/2022/01/17/testing-with-charles-proxy-part-1/

Appsmith is the first open-source low code tool that helps developers build dashboards and admin panels very quickly. Scott talks to Arpit Mohan about how some things in software engineering are overengineering and YAGNI - you aren't gonna need it! Maybe the solution is far simpler than you'd think it is.

• http://www.appsmith.com

Considered an open-source cross platform spiritual successor to WPF, Avalonia provides a familiar developer experience allowing you to leverage years of pre-existing knowledge and investments! Scott talks to Dan Walmsley about the project and their goals.

• https://www.avaloniaui.net - website + docs
• https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia - github
• https://t.me/Avalonia - telegram community chat
• https://twitter.com/avaloniaui - twitter
• https://www.plasticscm.com - plasticscm
• https://en.gritgene.com - gritgene (film industry special effects editor)
• https://github.blog/2022-04-07-git-credential-manager-authentication-for-everyone/ - github blog post (git credential manager using avalonia)
• https://github.com/VitalElement/Xune - open source desktop Zune clone.
• https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Wordle-onia - wordle avalonia clone (desktop, mobile, web)
• https://youtu.be/GnRR7AxXyFY - complete walk-through video

Patterns.dev is free book on design patterns and component patterns for building powerful web apps with vanilla JavaScript and React. Lydia Hallie is a full-time software engineering consultant and educator that primarily works with JavaScript, React, Node, GraphQL, and serverless technologies and Addy Osmani is an engineering manager working on Google Chrome. Together they teamed up with some web friends from around the world to bring us a new way to think about Patterns in JavaScript on the modern open web.

https://www.patterns.dev

Scott talks to PagerDuty's Stevenson Jean-Pierre about the art and science of Site Reliability Engineering. What's the role of the SRE in today's modern DevOps lifecycle? How do they interaction and share ownership (and uptime!) of your apps and sites? Who carries the pager in 2022?

Kiki Prottsman is a multihyphenate! Computer Science Educator, Artist, Author of several books, and above all, engineer, Kiki has been helping young developers level up with computers for as long as she can remember. Scott talks to Kiki about how kids learn, the importance of Systems Thinking, the fact that coding with Blocks is not given enough respect, and that jumping into code is far easier and more accessible than most folks realize!

• http://makecode.com
• http://arcade.makecode.com 

In this episode Scott talks to developer Anthony Shaw about Pyjion (pronounced "Pidgeon" like the bird) a JIT compiler for Python that uses .NET Core technology for speed! We discuss the concept of JIT'ers in general, look at the Python JIT ecosystem, and explore the work that Anthony is doing to make Python as fast as possible by any means necessary! 

• www.trypyjion.com 
• https://live.trypyjion.com/  in-browser compiler!
• https://github.com/tonybaloney/Pyjion  source repo!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4nkgJdVZFA PyCon talk “Why is Python slow?”

Scott talks to engineering manager Liana Leahy about her journey from Broadway to Technology...and why it was the absolute right and most obvious move! How does Liana's stage and screen experience make her a better more empathetic technologist?

Alex Falcone is making it happen! A Portland comedian who now lives in LA because that's the next step for comedians just released his album "Vanilla" that you can enjoy on streaming services everywhere! How is this a real job? Scott talks to Alex about the creative process, running out of jokes, and the power of friendship.

• https://alexfalcone.ninja/

Inés Sombra is the VP of Engineering of Core Systems at Fastly, and she knows how to go fast. She talks to Scott about the needs of the product, the business, and the engineering team and explains the processes needed for YOUR organization to go fast.

Flutter for Windows lets you deliver cross-platform, beautiful, tailored apps that are compiled to machine code and run natively on your devices! Scott talks to Google's Chris Sells about Flutter for Windows, how it works, how it's architected, and how it can help you!

- https://medium.com/flutter/announcing-flutter-for-windows-6979d0d01fed

Common Voice is a crowdsourcing project started by Mozilla to create a free database for speech recognition software. The project is supported by volunteers who record sample sentences with a microphone and review recordings of other users. Community Manager Hillary Juma talks to Scott about how the system works and why it's so important to enable all languages and voices with the power of Open Source!

Jordan Adler is Head of Developer Engineering at OneSignal and has a deep interest in code generation. He has helped migrate large systems from Python 2 or Python 3 using code generation and code transformation. Using tools like Yellicode, Python Future, and others, Jordan's team has been able to accelerate software development. We'll also talk about OpenAPI-generator, a tool that takes OpenAPI/Swagger and generates idiomatic SDKs in any language.

Sharon Onyinye is a Product Designer, UX Specialist, and Educator. She's released an e-book "Landing Your First UX Design Job" and chats with Scott about how to think about design, how to get started, as well as the differences between UX, UI, PhotoShop, Figma, and other tools in the space. How do designers most successfully, ahem, "interface" with front end developers?

• Learn from Sharon, here's here list of resources/books
• Landing Your First UX Design Job

OpenAI has the ability to create custom versions of GPT-3 tailored for a developer’s application. Developers can use these fine-tuned iterations of GPT-3 subsets to efficiently produce results specific to their workloads with a single command. Scott talks to Rachel Lim from OpenAI about how these large language models work, what they are useful for, and why tuning them is so important!

• https://openai.com/api/

Evan Amos is a video gaming photographer of high-quality stock photography of video game consoles, which he releases into the public domain. Known for contributing these images to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, Amos has recently release The Game Console 2.0, a book with extremely high-quality photos of classic (and modern) consoles. Why is it so important to share and preserve history in this way?

• The Game Console 2.0
• Find Evan Amos online
• The Vanamo Online Game Museum

Dr. Carbonell has been a Scientist for decades. He is an evangelist for STEM careers, science communication, and scientist-CEOs. “Learn On TikTok” Creator. He is Oxford-educated with both an MD and PhD as well as Post-doctoral work. He dropped out of Brain Surgery to focus on curing brain cancer and a drug he invented is being tested now!

Check out his lab tests on his own body where he explores his response to the COVID booster weekly on TikTok

Find Shawn at:

• Brazen Bio: https://brazen.bio
• Brazen Capital: https://brazen.capital
• Cure Glioblastoma: https://www.cureglioblastoma.org
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brainsurgerydropout
• His socials: https://beacons.ai/brainsurgerydropout

Maya is a software engineer who has worked at companies like Intuit and Slack. She's also taught game design as well as Java and OOP techniques as a Tutor at UCSD. She runs a successful YouTube channel and often mentors newbies. However, she's struggled with Imposter Syndrome. In this chat with Scott, Maya asks "why not me?" and considers how to redefine Imposter Syndrome and make it a superpower rather than a problem.

• Subscribe to Maya on YouTube!

I love a great command prompt and so does Jan De Dobbeleer. Building on the "Oh My" naming style, Jan started On My Posh on PowerShell and later brought it to all shells. Scott talks to Jan about open source, Go, and the fun in bootstrapping a community.

• OhMyPosh.dev
• Scott and Jan create a new Segment for OhMyPosh that interfaces Nightscout for Diabetics

Bria Sullivan is the CTO and Founder of Honey B Games. She took the leap and quit her job at Google to chase her dream full-time! Since then she's created a number of successful mobile games including Milk Tea Mania and Boba Barista Idle. She talks to Scott about taking that leap, how she did it, and how she plans to grow in 2022.

• https://www.bubbleteagame.com/

Uno Platform is an open source cross-platform graphical user interface that allows WinUI and Universal Windows Platform (UWP)-based code to run on iOS, macOS, Linux, Android, and WebAssembly. Scott talks to Jérôme Laban about the importance - and the flexibility - of this Uno Platform and what it can do for you.

• https://platform.uno/

Join us as we go behind the scenes of a year of big headlines about trouble in Silicon Valley. We'll start with the basic questions of who decides who gets to see themselves as "a computer person," and how do early childhood and educational experiences shape our perceptions of our relationship to technology? Scott talks with Stanford CS Professor Dr. Cynthia Lee about this and more.

-https://bit.ly/racegenderinsiliconvalley

Microsoft has an internal lecture series called Outside in where interesting people come to talk about cool things they are working on. I got to speak to Magician David Copperfield inside his secret magic museum in Las Vegas. He's written a new book called History of Magic that's a wonderful exploration of the last 500+ years of magic. We talk about his career and the fascinating parallels between technology and magic.  

I want to personally thank David for his generosity and for letting us amplify his message on this YouTube and on the Hanselminutes Podcast.

• Watch this interview on YouTube!

The continuous wave of digital disruptions is demanding something new from each of us, whether you work for a large corporation or a small business, own a startup, or are a recent graduate looking to break into the industry. Trice explains to Scott that your ability to think beyond what's possible and solve problems with a different lens is the secret sauce that will set you apart - and increase your uniqueness in the market.

• https://www.becomingadigitalunicorn.com/

WebAssembly-based wasmCloud is a Sandbox Project for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and Cosmonic COO Kevin Hoffman is convinced it's the next big thing in computing. He talks to Scott about why WebAssembly is so significant and considers it through a historical lens of decades of building distributed systems. Should you build your functions and services in the language you want and run them securely everywhere with WebAssembly?

• https://wasmcloud.dev/
• https://cosmonic.com/

David Weston is Director of Enterprise and OS Security for Windows at Microsoft. Today he sits down with Scott to get some real answers about the hardware requirements of Windows 11. What's the role of the TPM, and what are the other significant requirements that were needed in silicon to make Windows 11 secure?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg9QUrnVFho

Jason Zander, EVP of the Azure Team joins Scott Hanselman to celebrate the 8th anniversary of Azure Friday. In this special crossover episode with Hanselminutes, they reflect on Azure history and Jason's career at Microsoft during that timeframe.

• http://www.azurefriday.com 

Scott talks with Annyce Davis, Senior Engineering Director at Meetup, about how to advance in your engineering career while maintaining a hold on the technology, community, and processes that you got there. We'll learn why she feel like sharing what you know is one of the best ways to stay connected to the community!

• https://adavis.info/
• Course: Programming Foundations and Fundamentals

In this special episode of Hanselminutes, co-produced in partnership with ACM ByteCast we welcome Jelani Nelson, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Theory Group at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Research Scientist at Google. Among his honors, he won the 2014 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He is the creator of AddisCoder, a computer science summer program for Ethiopian high school students in Addis Ababa.

Jelani and Scott discuss his journey from learning HTML when he was 12 to becoming a theoretical computer scientist. They talk about the spectrum between software engineering and theory and how even theoretical CS research can have an impact on industry practice; teaching his Introduction to Algorithms course of more than 700 students; running a highly successful algorithmic boot camp for students in Ethiopia to learn coding; the times he feels most accomplished in his work; and the importance of creating access and awareness of computing opportunities for students.

AI Dungeon took the tech world by storm in 2019 when it was released as a free-to-play single-player and multiplayer text adventure game that uses artificial intelligence to generate content. Now Nick Walton and the team at Latitude are looking at how AI can make games even more open world than we could have imagined!

0 A.D. is a free and open-source real-time strategy video game under development by Wildfire Games. It is a historical war and economy game made an international group of volunteer game developers and it is AMAZING. The game is cross-platform, playable on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, even Raspberry Pi! Stanislas Dolcini has been working on 0 A.D. for years and shares with Scott how it started and how it's going!

• https://play0ad.com for free!

Is everything old new again? Scott chats with Eric Newcomer about the recurring patterns he's seen as the CTO of WSO2 and across his career as a technologist building large systems. We'll talk about complexity vs. simplicity, abstraction vs. control, and one of Eric's favorite topics - transactions and eventual consistency. Eric will also explain the value of the new Ballerina open-source programming language for the cloud that makes it easier to use, combine, and create network services, and how it is used in Choreo - a new integration Platform as a Service for API developers.

• Choreo
• WSO2

Little Hackers is a new book from Google engineer and multi-hyphenate Brandon Tory that launched on Kickstarter this week! It's designed to teach kids to program computers without requiring touching a computer! Scott talks to Brandon about how he learned and how he thinks the next generation of kids can learn to code and think about systems.

• https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/littlehackers/little-hackers-learning-to-code-for-early-readers
• Watch the video version here https://youtu.be/B5JDczjJvwg 

PhD candidate and researcher Krystal Maughan didn't plan her career, but instead focused on being present and in the moment as events and opportunities presented themselves. Luck is opportunity plus preparation and Krystal makes her own luck by being deeply prepared and by consistently showing up! What can we learn from Krystal's (circuitous) journey into technology and science?

"Roblox’s vision for the metaverse is to create a platform for immersive co-experiences, where people can come together within millions of 3D experiences to learn, work, play, create, and socialize." Scott talks to Roblox CTO Daniel Sturman about the challenges and triumphs of building and scaling the multiverse with Roblox! Also, check out the Roblox Tech Talks Podcast as well! https://corp.roblox.com/technology/ 

• https://blog.roblox.com/2021/09/future-communication-metaverse/

Simón(e) Sun, PhD is a scientist, musician, and artist in the J. Tollkuhn Lab at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies. She received her PhD in the R.W. Tsien Lab at the NYU Neuroscience Institute studying neuroplasticity. Their current project SÉN, uses their own experimental data they've acquired from exploring the brain!

• https://www.simonesun.com

Recently Seattle-based startup Rainway came out with big news - the tech behind its web-based gaming platform powers the PC and iOS versions of Microsoft’s Project xCloud. Scott talks to Andrew Sampson about his journey and how Rainway uses web tech and make the impossible possible.

Amal Hussein is an engineer, community organizer, podcaster and budding entrepreneur. She is currently a Principal Software Engineer at Indigo, where she is focused on building global agricultural transportation software to annually save the planet millions of gallons of fuel. When she isn’t working on saving the universe from itself, you find her podcasting on JS Party or The Web Platform Podcast.

Bee Law has been starting up her startup for years...and it's happening! She talks to Scott about Tech Startup Life, the realities of raising money, growing a team, and taking opportunities as life gives them to you while creating https://www.quirkchat.com/

DevSecOps vs. SecDevOps vs. DevOpsSec: Is there really a difference in these secure DevOps terms? We all agree we need to not only secure DevOps but we want secure software to pop out the other side of our ops pipelines. Folks often have 'security teams' that are separate...how important is it to get not just a segment in the DevOps pipeline but really integrated end to end? Scott chats with Wabbi's Brittany Greenfield about the future of DevOps+Security.

F# empowers everyone to write succinct, robust and performant code. Today Scott talks to Don Syme, the designer and architect of the F# programming language, described by a reporter as "the most original new face in computer languages since Bjarne Stroustrup developed C++ in the early 1980s." How can F# help join both the .NET and JavaScript ecosystems? 

• .NET Conf Focus Day
• Announcing F# 5.0
• F# 6.0 Tasks RFC
• Resumable code
• High Perf Immutable Data
• F# for Apache Spark
• F# for Azure Functions
• Don and Guido's Dojo Material
• Tasks F# 6.0 Design Discussion
• .NET Conf - Focus on F#
• Don's recommended "Learn F#" course ($)  
• F# Community home page
• F# Microsoft home page

We've come a long way from simple pie charts created on the server side. Today's browsers support complex interactive visualizations and it's technologies like SVG, d3.js, and JavaScript that make it possible. Scott talks with Observable's Anjana Vakil about the history of data visualization on the web, Mike Bostock's work on d3 at the New York Times, and how Observable is attempting to bring data, visualizations and code all together in one collaborative place.

Maria Naggaga and her team have been reconsidering how we teach computer science and coding? Is a console app with "Hello World" the best way? What about a notebooks 'electric paper' style instead? Where should the barrier to entry be when learning to code?

• http://dotnet.microsoft.com/learntocode

Claire Hough started her career at Netscape and has been leading engineering teams to success ever since. Today she serves as the CTO of Carbon Health as a servant leader. Servant-leaders focus on the growth and well being of the people they lead rather than the accumulation of power.

Limor Fried is an electrical engineer and owner of the electronics company Adafruit Industries. She started Adafruit in her MIT dorm room and has never stopped since then!

• YouTube Scott Hanselman visits AdaFruit
• VIDEO: The video of this episode of Hanselminutes with Lady Ada is on YouTube!

In The Five Forces That Change Everything, Steve Hoffman, venture capitalist and CEO of Founders Space, takes you on a journey to see what the most brilliant minds of our age are dreaming up. Hoffman reveals how new scientific breakthroughs and business ventures are poised to reshape our lives and turn science fiction into fact.

• The Five Forces That Change Everything

Abel Wang is having quite a year. A few years back he was diagnosed with cancer, and this year it's back and he has been given a number - 14%. Now he decides what do to with that number.

You can also watch the VIDEO version at https://youtu.be/yPfMW0CZpms

Shaundai Person is an engineer and career switcher who is using the skills from her previous career to be successful in her new one! She's also a mom and is applying all of this to learn how to teach! She's a blogger and trainer and has been deliberate in her journey to teaching and sharing her experiences. She shares her techniques and styles with Scott in this episode!

• Shaundai's Blog
• How Potty Training Shaped My Tech Teaching Style

Jina Anne is a Designer and Advocate with a passion for Design Systems and Design Tokens. What are Design Systems? Are they limiting or are they freeing? What happens when giant companies make a design system - does the whole industry move? What do things "look old" and need to be "refreshed?"

• https://jina.design/

In this collaboration with ACM ByteCast and Hanselminutes, Scott welcomes 2013 ACM A.M. Turing Award laureate Leslie Lamport of Microsoft Research, best known for his seminal work in distributed and concurrent systems, and as the initial developer of the document preparation system LaTeX and the author of its first manual. Among his many honors and recognitions, Lamport is a Fellow of ACM and has received the IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award, the Dijkstra Prize, and the IEEE John von Neumann Medal.

Leslie shares his journey into computing, which started out as something he only did in his spare time as a mathematician. Scott and Leslie discuss the differences and similarities between computer science and software engineering, the math involved in Leslie’s high-level temporal logic of actions (TLA), which can help solve the famous Byzantine Generals Problem, and the algorithms Leslie himself has created. He also reflects on how the building of distributed systems has changes since the 60s and 70s.

Subscribe to the ACM ByteCast at https://learning.acm.org/bytecast

Time-Clocks Paper http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/time-clocks.pdf

Bakery Algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamport%27s\_bakery\_algorithm

Mutual Exclusion Algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamport%27s\_distributed\_mutual\_exclusion\_algorithm

There's Developers, and there's Infosec, right? Folks that sling code, and the security people that complain about the coders. Rey Bango talks to Scott about the mindset that developers should consider today - where security is baked into the process from day 0.

Home Assistant allows you to control all your devices without storing any of your data in the cloud. The project was started as a Python application by Paulus Schoutsen in September 2013 and has turned into a massively popular series of projects that span hundreds of devices! Plus, they like to keep your privacy private!

• https://www.home-assistant.io/

De’Aira Bryant is a doctoral student in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research areas span the fields of human-robot interaction and artificial intelligence. Recently she programmed a report for the HBO movie "Superintelligence." She talks to Scott about how robots and can cater to specific audiences, especially children.

Customer Empathy is a powerful human resource for positively impacting customer experience excellence. Alex Allwood outlines her customer-centric framework, methods and tools to switch on and scale customer empathy that can be used to solve the common customer experience management problems of low organizational commitment, poor alignment of cross-functional teams, and competing agendas and priorities.

• https://customerempathy.com 

Dr. Divya Dhar Cohen has reinvented herself at least 3 times! She started as a social activist, then a doctor, then a product manager at Google! She's founded and built products, been a physician in New Zealand and even got an MBA along the way. She talks to Scott about the intersection of all these things that interest her and more!

Brian Douglas is a Staff Developer Advocate at GitHub. He talks to Scott about his journey (and YOUR journey) into Open Source and community! Anyone can do it!

Jean Yang has a better way to catch breaking changes. She's been considering software verification, programming language design, type-systems, and type-safety for many years. She understands how to automatically enforce information flow policies and has now turned her eye towards founding Akita Software. They promise to make your APIs and Services easier to understand, map, manage, and maintain.

https://www.akitasoftware.com/

April Christina Curley is a Diversity Specialist and Educator who recently left Google where she focused on increasing hires from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). We talk about the problems of hiring in tech, the challenges faced by underrepresented groups, what companies need to focus on to retain top talent, and her thoughts talent that remains untapped by tech.

In this special episode of Hanselminutes, Scott shares a discussion with Jim McKelvey, a glassblower and also the co-founder of Square! This conversation was previously published as a episode of Microsoft's internal interview series "Outside In." Jim's team and our friends at Microsoft have encouraged us to share the episode where we discuss innovation and entrepreneurship.

• Read Jim McKelvey's book The Innovation Stack

Nicholas Hunt-Walker loves the stars. So much so that he got a Master's degree in Astronomy...and now works as a Software Engineer! How did that happen? Nicholas shares his passionate path to software, both front-end and back-end programming and how solving problems with software was a family affair.

It's 2021 and Scott's sons were asked to buy TI-83 calculators for their classes. Are there truly no better choices? Romain Goyet asked the same question...and did something about it. Numworks is the graphing calculator that makes everyone a math person. Open Source through and through, powerful, color, AND is allowed on major tests like the SAT, AP, PSAT and other College Board tests. It also runs a Python shell! How can such a wonderful thing exist? Scott finds out this week.

• https://www.numworks.com/

George Li is a photographer, TikToker, and is currently working on the MiTEE 2 satellite platform at the University of Michigan with NASA and JPL. As an R&D member of the Communications subteam, we is currently developing a microwave communications power splitter system for the MiTEE 2 Satellite platform. Today he talks to Scott about all things CubeSat!

• MiTEE CubeSat Home Page
• George Li on TikTok
• All About CubeSats at NASA
• Concept Art of a Cube Sat
• CubeSat to test using Earth's magnetic field for propulsion
• The MiTEE inside a test chamber

Let's move beyond buzzwords and talk about observability and DevOps in large systems. Observability is the ability to measure the internal state of a system only by its outputs, but often those outputs are hundreds of log files spread across dozens of systems. The cloud has only made these large systems harder to understand and manage. Scott talks to New Relic's Tori Wieldt about the benefits of formalizing how you think about distributed systems and the tools available to make things easier.

Lisette is a remote-working German-born American living in the Netherlands who is totally jazzed by the fact that it’s possible to work from anywhere. In fact, it’s not just possible; it’s completely, productively workable—if you do it right. She talks to Scott about remote work before, during, and after the pandemic!

• Work Together Anywhere - A Handbook on Working Remotely 
• Remote Workshops on how to work better…remotely!

Johanna Rothman has been in software and management for many years and she's taken what she knows about managing teams and put it into a great three-volume set "Modern Management Made Easy." She covers not just managing organizations, managing teams, but also managing yourself. Scott talks to Johanna about the trials and tribulations of management and how Johanna's insights can help.

• https://www.jrothman.com/
• Buy the 3 pack of Modern Management Made Easy

Double NAT? Triple NAT? Opening Ports, punching holes in firewalls, it's all so complex, right? Does it have to be? Scott talks to Tailscale's Avery Pennarun and asks "can networking be simple?" Avery and his team believes it can with a new take on networking. Personal mesh-style VPNs with tech like WireGuard over a faster, leaner, cleaner, and simpler way to share your network with your team.

One day multi-hyphenate creative Aley Arion tweeted "one day I’m going to talk about the myth of turning your hobby into a job & how it can actually create a disconnect between you & that thing you once did for fun because it became work." Today is that day! Aley talks to Scott about how the challenges of attaching your creative outlets to your rent. Is it possible and is it healthy?

• Aley's blog
• Aley's original tweet
• Hire or work with Aley

One of the best parts of having a podcast is having smart people explain stuff to you! Scott talks to Dr. Sam Scott, the CTO of https://www.osohq.com/ about what the average developer should know about Cryptography. SSL, TLS, public/private key, certs, PKIs, hashing, encryption, salts, algorithms, sessions, bearers, oh my!

Event Modeling was coined by Adam Dymitruk by building on long-running process specifications that Greg Young used in CQRS/ES systems. Scott sits down with Adam to understand this process and how it make make your systems - and your life making those systems - easier to write, understand, and maintain.

• https://eventmodeling.org/about/

2020 has been hard on everyone. Not to mention we're all suddenly remote developers. Scott talks to Developer Division VP and long-time developer Amanda Silver on the effects of moving a whole division of programmers OFFSITE. What tools and processes have helped? Is this the new normal? Will we move back into the office? How HAS software development changed in the last year and how will it change in the next 1,5, and 10?

Mo is back! It's the 2020 wrap-up with Scott's wife. Be sure to check out her previous shows. Mo and Scott  celebrated 20 years of marriage in the middle of a pandemic. Mo will be vaccinated this week in her job as a nurse and Mo and Scott discuss their 2021 plans.

The Queen's Gambit on Netflix has reinvigorated the world's interested in chess. Or has it? Chess.com has been slowly but surely developing online chess into a vibrant and exciting community. Their innovative Chess.com/tv has folks playing and analyzing chess games like EPSN. Scott talks to international master Danny Rensch about chess beyond The Queen's Gambit.

Try a Chess.com free trial!

Shipping product is hard. Kickstarting hardware products is hard. Scott talks to Palo Alto Innovation's Alex Tramiel whose team is shipping the Sandman Doppler Alarm Clock. How does a new product go from concept to your nightstand? What's inside a smart alarm clock like the Sandman Doppler? How does one make a decision like USB-C or not, when a product has a multi-year development cycle? All this and more, this week on Hanselminutes!

• https://www.sandmanclocks.com/pages/doppler

Tsedal Neely is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School and founder of the consulting firm Global Matters. Her book The Language of Global Success can give you the tools you need to understand how language shapes multinational and multicultural organizations. She talks to Scott about her upcoming book "Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere.: How will virtual work and global work change how YOU work?

• Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere

Why NOT make a self-driving AI and Raspberry Pi powered Trash Bin? Programmer Ahad Cove saw a problem and he took it upon himself to solve it. Ahad and Scott talk through the design and conception process, how it was coded, limitations, and future plans! Now, why don't YOU solve a problem in your home with coding and IoT?

• YOUTUBE - Self-Driving Garbage Can That Takes Itself Out

Isabel currently a PhD student studying Computer Science at Johns Hopkins. Previously she was a Pre-Doctoral Young Investigator at the Allen Institute for AI. She and Scott talk about her PhD thesis where she's taught a model to look at scientific texts and pull out a "TL;DR" summary that is both accurate AND useful!

• https://isabelcachola.com/

Meka Egwuekwe is Executive Director of CodeCrew, an innovative, mentorship-based youth coding initiative guiding young people in Memphis to be tech producers.  Scott talks to Meka about CodeCrew's multifaceted plan to fill the pipeline through summer camps, after school programs, and Code School for adults learning to code!

• https://www.code-crew.org/

Nicole Archambault believes we can scale back on learning to code and we should ramp up on learning problem solving. She believes this so much she's launched a whole online course - Newbie Coder Problem Solving School - that teaches tons of problem solving skills...with not a single line of code! Is this possible? A good idea? We find out this week!

• https://www.lavieencode.net/launchpad

Marlene Mhangami is a Python Software Foundation Director and the co-founder of ZimboPy, a Zimbabwean non-profit that empowers women to pursue careers in tech. Marlene is also the current chair of Pycon Africa, the first pan-African gathering of the Python community. Today she talks with Scott about working and creating with constraints, as well as her views on the incredible technology talent promise of the African Continent.

Scott talks to Huma Abidi, the Senior Director of AI Software Products at Intel. Huma leads a team of software engineers and today she sits down and gets deep with Scott on AI, machine learning, deep learning, optimization...and painting! What is the role of silicon and hardware instructions when doing AI and ML? How does Intel interact with the open source community?

• https://www.unite.ai/huma-abidi-senior-director-of-ai-software-products-at-intel-interview-series/
• https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/02/01/intel-ai-women-intc.html
• https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21120470/enabling-ai-with-intels-deep-learning-boost

Why can't I control a Virtual Desktop of my PC from my VR headset? Guy Godin asked this question...and made the answer. Is VR Desktop VR's killer app? Scott talks to Guy about how he did it, and how VR Desktop made a $400 VR headset into Scott's primary rig...wirelessly! And it's written entirely in C#? With latency in the low milliseconds!? Impossible.

• https://www.vrdesktop.net/

Susana Benavidez has had an interesting path into technology and she wants to normalize that path. Sometimes it's not straight and narrow, sometimes it's windy and filled with bumps. What would tech look like if we normalized failure and gave folks a space place to fail fast, fail often and come out on the other side better than ever?

• Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!

Do you dread code reviews? Dr. Michaela Greiler believes they are essential and if done right, can be enjoyable and powerful. She talks about the general practice of code reviews, what goes wrong, and how we can get better at them! What are the responsibilities of the reviewer and the reviewed? Here are the links we discussed in the episode:

• awesomecodereviews.com workshops!
• codereviewbook.io pre-release sign-up for the code review book!
•  https://www.software-engineering-unlocked.com/ Dr. Greiler's Podcast
•  https://www.michaelagreiler.com/ all her blog posts about code reviews
•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNXk_WJzyMI YouTube video on how to give respectful code review feedback
•  https://www.michaelagreiler.com/code-reviews-at-microsoft-how-to-code-review-at-a-large-software-company/ Blog post about code reviews at Microsoft
•  https://twitter.com/mgreiler

Have you thought about being a freelancer? Starting your own thing? What's keeping you? Where do you start? Scott talks to Kelly Vaughn about her freelancing journey and her new book "Start Freelancing Today."

• https://startfreelancing.today

CodeNewbie founder Saron Yitbarek is now producing beautifully designed,  

easy-to-digest audio courses! Is it an audiobook? They're not webinars or labs. Is Disco the future of technology learning?

Monica Powell is a software engineer who is passionate about making contributing to open-source more approachable. She works with The New York Public Library's eBook software and founded React Ladies. Today she talks to Scott about creative expression on the web and learning into learning in public.

Scott talks with Joe Karlsson about Document Databases like MongoDB and how they differ from classic Table-based (ER) databases. Can this next generation of WebAPI and JSON-powered cloud DB allow more beginners to get into programming? Is this the death of select * from table?

NOTE: Scott met Joe while speaking at Codeland. While Mongo is a sponsor of Hanselminutes, this interview isn't related to that sponsorship in any way. Hanselminutes doesn't do "sponsored guests," only awesome guests.

Diane is a research engineer and the security and privacy lead for Mozilla's Mixed Reality (VR/MR) project. She and Scott talk about the considerations that need to be taken to enable Mixed and Virtual Reality to be a trustworthy and private experience for users. How does Mozilla plan to take all the different pieces - technology, legal and social concerns, user education, incentivization - and create a cohesive solution.

Have you failed a job interview because you don't know computer science? William Springer has a PhD in computer science and his books takes you through what you would have learned while earning a four-year computer science degree! Both Scott and William believe in breaking down boundaries, and it starts with this show!

• A Programmer's Guide to Computer Science

Nadia Eghbal is the author of Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software. She is a writer and researcher who likes to understand how people work. She is currently interested in parasocial communities and reputation-based economies.

• https://nadiaeghbal.com/

Dr. Stephanie Kelton is the most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory - the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades. With its important new ways of understanding money, taxes, and the critical role of deficit spending, MMT redefines how to responsibly use our resources so that we can maximize our potential.

• The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

With the rising cost of data breaches, executives need to understand the basics of cybersecurity so they can make strategic decisions that keep companies out of headlines and legal battles. Teri Radichel is the CEO of 2nd Sight Lab and the author of the new book "Cybersecurity for Executives in the Age of Cloud." She teaches Scott about what folks need to think about as they move their business into the new age!

• Cybersecurity for Executives in the Age of Cloud

Scott talks to Engineering Manager Kate Reading from Asana about her experiences as a new remote worker during the pandemic. How do you manage standups, checkins, 1:1s, and onboarding? All this plus "Team User Manuals" on this episode of Hanselminutes

Hugh Bailey just wanted to make a nice open source app to stream Starcraft. It's been just 8 years since the OBS project started and it's taken video by storm. Add in the influx of users using OBS to enhance their Skype/Teams/Zoom calls and it's clear that OBS is now an essential part of the any content creators workflow. Scott talks to Hugh about the what why and how of the OBS Project.

• https://www.patreon.com/obsproject

Dr. Alex Constantin is a Data Scientist and Diabetic on a mission to take the mental burden and frustration out of living with diabetes. She and Scott have nearly a half century of diabetes experience between them, but only Alex is a PhD, so in this episode she teaches Scott how data science can improve the lives of diabetics everywhere!

Scott Berkun is the bestselling author of eight books on design, creativity, public speaking and more. He sits down with Scott Hanselman to talk about his latest book, "How Design Makes The World." Everything you use, from your home to your smartphone, from highways to supermarkets, was designed by someone. What did they get right? Where did they go wrong? And what can we learn from how these experts think that can help us improve our own lives?

• How Design Makes The World

Dr. Denae Ford is a Research Scientist investigating identity-based signals to support retention in Socio-Technical Ecosystems. What does that mean? It's using science to make programming communities more inclusive and welcoming!

• https://blog.denaeford.me/2019/07/01/how-programmers-really-look-at-pull-requests
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/denae/
• https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/saint-group/
• http://denaeford.me/

The Surface Pro X is thin, light, and is absolutely silent because it has no fans! It uses a power-sipping ARM processor rather than an Intel processor. Jeremy Sinclair schools Scott on why it's significant that Windows can run on ARM now. We'll also learn what this means for developers and tools like Visual Studio Code. Can this ARM machine also emulate x86 processors? Will your next laptop run ARM?

"A red team is a group that helps organizations to improve themselves by providing opposition to the point of view of the organization that they are helping." What's that mean in layperson's terms? They are the internal pen testing team that attacks company resources to make them better and more secure! How does one get a cool job like this? How can you get a start in infosec?

Scott and Principal Developer Experience Engineer Cassidy Williams talk about social friendships, internet life, making code, videos, and videos about code.

Dr. Riham Mansour is the Principal Engineering Manager running the Language Understanding Service (LUIS), which is the product offering from the Machine Teaching Innovation Group. LUIS has been the entry point of Microsoft in the Machine Teaching market. Riham founded LUIS in collaboration with the Machine Teaching Group in Microsoft Research in 2015.

• https://www.luis.ai/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/luis/what-is-luis

Keavy is an engineering leader who believes that the management path isn't the only way to be a technical leader! In fact, she doesn't want to be a manager! How do you "become senior" and move into a technical leadership path without becoming a people manager?

• https://keavy.com/work/thriving-on-the-technical-leadership-path/

Scott's been using Docker Desktop for years now, and in this episode he talks to Simon Ferquel about Docker on Windows. How will WSL2 make Docker even better? How does Docker help developers specifically be more productive (and happier?) How much easier can Docker get and how does Docker Desktop enable that?

Tomomi Imura loves two things: The web, and cats. It's only reasonable that she combine them in everything that she does. She talks to Scott about Code and Creativity, Making things, Raspbrry Pis, Javascript, and Cats as a Service.

WordPress makes the world go around! Some folks estimate a billion sites? A third of the internet? It's a hugely influential open source project. Scott talks to one of the dev leads, Helen Hou Sandí, about how she got started in open source, her feelings about PHP, why she loves WordPress so much, and her work at 10up as the Director of Open Source Inititives.

• https://10up.com/

Today Scott talks with GitHub's Edward Thomson about GitHub Actions and how to really automate your entire software workflow. Are you doing anything twice...manually? What you can automate and can GitHub Actions make that happen? How complete is your CI/CD? Are you testing, releasing? What about bots to make your issue triage easier?

"Everyone has written a guide on remote work—but no one has done so as diligently and comprehensively as Holloway." Researched, written, and edited by experts, the Guide to Remote work includes over 300 pages of research, guidance, and commentary from experts in an easily digestible format. In this episode, Scott talks with editor Courtney Nash about remote work today and tomorrow.

• https://www.holloway.com/g/remote-work/about

Emily Gorcenski is an American data scientist who has run trials for medical device software. We are living in an interesting time and facing a medical device shortage. Emily talks to Scott about how medical device regulation works as well the barriers and challenges. What kinds of medical devices exist and how are they categorized? How can we as technologists help in the current crisis?

• THERAC-25 report
• FDA Medical Device databases
• FDA Guidance on 3D printed medical devices
• Elon Musk on Ventilators
• Dyson on Ventilators
• FDA Guidance document for N95 respirators designed for general public use
• Chinese masks recalled
• FDA guidance on biohacking
• USDS call for volunteers

Ralph Hempel leads the firmware development team here at LEGO, working together with the electronics, mechanics, and front end teams to build products such as Boost, StarWARS Boost, the CITY Train, App Controlled Batmobile, and of course all the new App Controlled Technic products. He's been writing embedded firmware for 35 years, and have written new firmware for every LEGO MINDSTORMS brick since the RCX. He talks to Scott about the new LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set! Spike is the go-to STEAM learning tool for grade 6-8 students!

• https://education.lego.com/

Chris Conner is a stage and screen actor who can currently be seen as Poe in Netflix's SciFi series Altered Carbon. Poe is a artificial intelligence the likes of which hasn't been seen on screen before. He is kind, curious, powerful, but gentle. He is a fixer who is broken. Why did Chris Conner  explore the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe to better understand how to play a near-immortal AI? Scott and Chris sit down and explore Chris's process.

• https://twitter.com/ImCConner

Are we hearing about depression and anxiety more because we have social media, or is social media exacerbating more mental health issues. Scott talks to psychologist Jennifer Akullian, PhD from the Growth Coaching Institute about how she coaches tech professionals through these challenges in our hyper-connected world. Jen's work focuses on de-stigmatizing mental health, addressing the disabling impact of industry stress and burnout, and helping to improve individual and organizational wellness and performance.

• https://www.growthcoachinginstitute.org

Today we talk with social entrepreneur Aisha Addo on what empowerment means to her. Aisha runs a Foundation from Canada that aims to empower girls in both Canada and her native Ghana. She also has a ride-share platform for women called DriveHER

• http://aishaaddo.com
• http://driveher.ca
• http://powertogirls.com

Amie is a maker of things. Her background is in Game Programming and Simulation and she started her career at Marvel Studios, working on Captain America and X-Men Destiny. She later transitioned to Research and Development for development work on the Xbox and Playstation. She also plays with LEGO and was recently on FOX's LEGO Masters show. She is also an acive 3D printer and cosplayer. She talks to Scott about all she pulls all this cross disciplinary knowledge into a life fueled with enthusiasm and making things!

• https://www.amiedd.com

Originally interested in telecommunications engineering, Megha moved toward data science after working with robotics. Now, she's a data scientist during the day, and she volunteers to help youth in Chicago get started on similar paths. She and Scott discuss how others can get involved in this emerging field and why it's important to make tech careers more accessible to everyone!

• Saggezza

Agile and Scrum and Kanban, oh my! What if we take the techniques we've learned from years of project management and apply that to our homes and families? Scott talks with Agile Parent and Home Systems Strategist Yvonne Marcus about how she brought Agile home.

• https://www.yvonnemarcus.com/

Jayson has been working remotely managing both teams and projects for a number of years. Scott's been remote for over 13 years. They sit down and talk about their favorite best practices as remote employees. What are some "life hacks" that we can use to be effective as remotes?

• Jayson's Remote Worker Twitter Thread

For years ScummVM has allowed us all to play classic point-and-click adventure games by providing a runtime for the original data files. Most recently the classic "Blade Runner" was rescued after a herculean effort by the ScummVM team and is now available for purchase on GOG.com. Scott talks to Eugene Sandulenko about why ScummVM is NOT an emulator, how it works, and why it's so important.

• Download Blade Runner (1997) from GOG
• https://www.scummvm.org/

Ben Eater is currently creating educational videos for my YouTube channel and exploring ways to maximize human potential through education online. He's recently become well known for creating an 8-bit CPU from scratch as well as a series on building a 6502 computer on a breadboard.

• https://eater.net/

Freya Holmér makes educational math visualizations, does live game development on Twitch, as well as creates videos and Unity tools! She's been in the games industry for 10 years, working on things like Shader Forge, a node-based shader editor for Unity, and Budget Cuts, a VR stealth game made at Neat Corp. She talks to Scott about her love of math and making math accessible using a number of custom visualization tools.

• Math for Game Dev - An Improvised Live Course
• Visual Guide to Radians
• Low persistence in VR!
• Motion blur - useful even at 60 fps
• the area of a circle is τr²/2
• cross product - visualized
• A collection of my mathematical art and visualizations
• http://www.acegikmo.com/
• https://www.patreon.com/acegikmo
• https://www.twitch.tv/acegikmo

This episode wasn't supposed to be an episode! I was invited by Jeff Fritz of Twitch fame to talk to his community team of Live Coders on Discord. They recorded it, and mentioned several times that it was useful content! So, why not try something new and make this an episode! Let me know on Twitter if you find my views on community, productivity, and life useful to you!

• http://Livecoders.dev
• http://Github.com/livecoders

Dapr is a an event-driven, portable runtime for building microservices on cloud and edge. In this episode Scott talks to Azure CTO Mark Russinovich about what this means and why you should care? What are the responsibilities of a microservice, and what should YOU worry about and what a responsibilities better delegated to an open source project like Dapr?

• https://dapr.io/

Dr Mireille Reece is the co-host of the ChangeLog podcast Brain Science and in this episode she sits down with Scott to talk about creativity, staying in your flow, mental health, the power of perspective, and how relationships drive the WE in our workplace!

• https://changelog.com/brainscience

Bryan Liles talks about his Rules to Life and how attitude, structure and personal guidelines have enabled Bryan to level up and manage his anxiety. Bryan's also working on a new open source project called Octant that allows you to move effectively manage your Kubernetes infrastructure. All this, plus Goodie Mob!

Pulumi promises two things "Declare cloud infrastructure using real languages, and enable developers and operators to work better together." Scott talks to Joe Duffy about the goals behind Pulumi and how it relates to other attempts over the years. Do we hide the cloud or bring it front and center? Can YOU deploy your apps and infrastructure easily on any cloud?

• https://www.pulumi.com

Ayesha Mazumdar is a Senior UX Engineer at Optimizely and works to enable everyone to access the web no matter their ability. How does one build a culture at their company that values accessibility from the beginning? Where does a11y factor in when creating design systems, and later component libraries. How much ARIA is enough...or too much?

• Fable and Access Works both let you test your applications with people with disabilities
• Cordelia Dillon's Accessibility Bake Off talk
• An example of W3's Keyboard Interaction guidelines (link is specifically for Listbox)
• Ayesha's ReactBoston Scaling Accessibility video and slides

Learn what makes the programming language Rust a unique technology, such as the memory safety guarantees that enable more people to write performant systems-level code. Scott talks to Rust core contributor Carol Nichols about what she's so excited about Rust and the future.

Success in engineering often means you need to engineer success. Career Karma's Ruben Harris and his partners believe they have the formula and they've bottled it into the Career Karma app and community. You can find your squad, get the motivation you need, and make your bootcamp experience successful. He talks to Scott about common misconceptions about bootcamps and how Career Karma smooths the way.

• https://careerkarma.com/blog/income-share-agreements/
• https://breakingintostartups.com/about/

Nancy Gariché is a Senior IT Security Analyst for the Government of Canada and in this episode she schools Scott on the power of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). It's SO much more than the occasional security checklist! They also talk about the value of certifications.

• https://www.bmc.com/blogs/what-is-shift-left-shift-left-testing-explained/
• https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Local_Chapters

Sharon Steed is a corporate empathy and communications consultant as well as an international keynote speaker. Sharon has spoken at companies on improving team communication and collaboration; at tech conferences on vulnerability as an asset; and has given a TEDx talk on empowering insecurities. She talks to Scott about operationalizing empathy!

• https://www.communilogue.co/
• https://www.communilogue.co/tedx

Roblox is powered by a global community of over two million developers who produce their own immersive multiplayer experiences each month using Roblox Studio, a desktop design tool for anyone. Scott talks to Roblox's Kelly Mayes on how they consider community, safety and creativity when dealing with a platform that has user content front and center!

• https://roblox.com 
• https://developer.roblox.com

Engineer and author Clyde W. Ford talks THINK BLACK: a memoir about his father, the first Black software engineer in America. Clyde is the award-winning author of twelve works of fiction and non-fiction, whose most recent book, THINK BLACK: A Memoir explores his relationship with his father, and his father's relationship with America and technology during 30+ years with IBM.

• Buy the book Think Black: A Memoir
• Think Black from Harper Collins

Michelle Sun is the founder of First Code Academy, a coding and STEM education institute for children aged 4 to 18. She and Scott talk about her new book "First Time Coders" and how coding offers children a creative avenue to express themselves through technology and opens the door to unlimited opportunities in the digital era.

• First Time Coders: A Definitive Guide to Coding for Children

Matthew Conlen is a Ph.D. student interested in how computers can help people communicate complex information more effectively. He collaborates with journalists, scientists, and engineers to tell stories and unlock insights with data. He's also the founder of The Parametric Press - a born-digital magazine dedicated to showcasing the expository power that’s possible when the audio, visual, and interactive capabilities of dynamic media are effectively combined.

• https://idyll-lang.org/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/06/nodosaur-3d-interactive-dinosaur-fossil/
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2017/09/cassini-saturn-nasa-3d-grand-tour/
• Nicky Case ("Make everything bouncy"): https://ncase.me/

Sara Beck is the Machine Learning Solution Principal at Slalom Build. She thinks about Data Science and Deep Learning and how diagnosing and anticipating common data science pitfalls can help prevent issues before they happen. She and Scott talk about the importance of identifying whether it’s the algorithm or the data and contextualize the importance of having a good sense of the problem you’re trying to solve.

Slalom Build puts interdisciplinary teams to work in close proximity with clients, to build modern technology and software products for enterprises – faster, cleaner and more nimbly than ever before. Learn more at http://slalombuild.com.

• Favorite Text Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9003187-doing-bayesian-data-analysis
• Favorite Data Science Forecasting Blog (hyndsight is such a perfect name for someone who went in to this area of data science) https://robjhyndman.com/hyndsight/
• Kaggle is a great resource for practice problems and general data science knowledge sharing. https://www.kaggle.com/
• Deep learning resource: https://adventuresinmachinelearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/An-introduction-to-neural-networks-for-beginners.pdf
• Dan Jurafsky does a nice intro to NLP Youtube series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWsMIW-5xUc

In this Part 2 on tiny Game Development, we talked to Dylan Bennett from the Portland Indie Game Squad (PIG Squad). He's made a great 72-page zine about doing game development with PICO-8. The zine assumes you have never done game development before. However, there are sections specifically for people who have done game development before, but would like to do so in PICO-8.

• https://mboffin.itch.io/gamedev-with-pico-8-issue1

PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer programs. It feels like a regular console, but runs on Windows / Mac / Linux. When you turn it on, the machine greets you with a commandline, a suite of cartridge creation tools, and an online cartridge browser. Scott talks to creator Joseph White about the joy of creating tiny games.

• https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

Ty Fujimura is the founder of Cantilever, website design and development consultancy. He's always thinking about balance. Trying to find that balance between productive and healthy. Ty and Scott compare notes on productivity and what it means to "Get things done."

• https://cantilever.co
• https://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmansCompleteListOfProductivityTips.aspx

CircuitPython is a programming language designed to simplify experimenting and learning to code on low-cost microcontroller boards. The history of CircuitPython begins with MicroPython, a Python interpreter written from scratch for embedded systems by Damien George starting in 2013. Three years later, Adafruit hired Shawcroft to port MicroPython to the SAMD21 chip they use on many of their boards. The Scott talks about how to lower the barrier to entry and how to enable beginners to be productive with CircuitPython.

• https://circuitpython.org
• https://www.adafruit.com/?q=circuitpython
• https://twitter.com/tannewt
• https://github.com/chickadee-tech/pygb
• https://circuitpython.org/board/gb_m4

Welcome to the 700th episode of Hanselminutes! Doing this many episodes wouldn't be possible without the support of my Wife Mo, so she's my guest on this special episode! We're in a mixed marriage - she's not a computer person - so we'll talk about how we get along and how we've done it for 20 years!

• https://www.hanselminutes.com/567/the-return-of-mo-lessons-from-scott
• https://www.hanselminutes.com/403/geek-relationships-2013-with-scotts-wife-mo
• https://www.hanselminutes.com/314/more-relationship-hacks-with-scotts-wife
• https://www.hanselminutes.com/216/geek-relationship-tips-with-scotts-wife

Cheryl Contee is the award-winning CEO of the digital agency Do Big Things. She's the cofounder of Attentive.ly, the first tech startup with a black female founder to be acquired by a NASDAQ company, and she's the national board chair for Netroots Nation. She talks to Scott about her new book, Mechnical Bull: How you can achieve Startup Success.

• BOOK: Mechanical Bull: How You Can Achieve Startup Success
• Learn more at www.dobigthings.today

Dr. Saleema Amershi and researchers at Microsoft have published 18 guidelines for Human-AI Interaction that prescribe how an AI system should behave upon initial interaction, as the user interacts with the system, when the system is wrong, and over time. Scott talks with Dr. Amershi about the how and why of these rules and why they are so important.

• Guidelines for Human AI Interaction Design
• Guidelines for Human AI Interaction Design - PDF

Dr. Aneika L. Simmons teaches courses about leadership, organization behavior, and human resources at Sam Houston State University. She completed her doctorate degree in Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at Texas A&M University. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Dr. Simmons worked for Accenture and Cap Gemini Ernst and Young as an information technology consultant. She also has a Masters degree in Organizational Communication from the University of Houston. She talks to Scott about burnout and the science behind managing it!

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dgOfedI3A

Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process—what do you do, as an individual and as a team, if you want to create software that’s easy to work with and good for your users. Now updated after 20 years, Scott talks to Andy and Dave about this classic book!

This classic title is regularly featured on software development “Top Ten” lists, and is issued by many corporations to new hires.

• https://pragprog.com

Dr. Howard has over 20 years of R&D experience covering a number of projects that have been supported by various agencies including: NASA, ExxonMobil, Intel, and the Grammy Foundation. She continues to produce research focused on assistive robots in the home to therapy gaming apps to remote robotic exploration of extreme environments. Scott talks to Dr. Howard about her thoughts on new ways to teach STEM and challenges our idea of what a "robot" should look like.

• Zyrobotics Apps on the iOS App Store
• http://zumolearning.com/

Upulie Divisekera is an Australian molecular biologist and science communicator. She's the co-founder of Real Scientists, an outreach program that uses performance and writing to communicate science. She schools Scott on all things tiny - the science of nanotechnology and its applications!

• RealScientists
• How molecular motors work
• Upulie on Twitter

Tom Spilman is a programmer, founder, and co-owner at Sickhead Games, a Dallas-based indie game development studio, and a project lead on the MonoGame open source game framework. Scott talks to Tom about MonoGame, a free C# framework used by game developers to make games for nearly any platform!

• Good First Issues on MonoGame
• Laura Laban's MonoGame-based Infinite Flight
• Tom on Twitter

Machine bias in artificial intelligence is a known and unavoidable problem—but it is not unmanageable. Scott talks to Lauren Maffeo about practical techniques teams can use to manage priorities in AI. You can monitor your datasets throughout the product lifecycle, focus on the subject, not the context, and more.

• 6 steps to stop ethical debt in AI product development
• Lauren on Twitter