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A Junior, A Senior and I

Pablo Curell

26 episodes

18 hours ago

I invite two people to get different perspectives on tech subjects: -Continuous Learning, - Testing, - Practices, - AI, - Team Work, - Software Teaming

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I invite two people to get different perspectives on tech subjects: -Continuous Learning, - Testing, - Practices, - AI, - Team Work, - Software Teaming

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A Junior, A Senior and I

26 - On OOP with Tim and Rob

Summary

In this episode, We discuss Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with Tim and Rob, its origins, principles, and practical applications.

The guests share their experiences and insights on the importance of naming conventions, the balance between purity and practicality in OOP, and the impact of Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs) on design.

They also explore the challenges of modeling reality with objects and provide recommendations for those looking to deepen their understanding of OOP.

Takeaways

Object-Oriented Programming is a way of organizing work.
Naming things in code is a significant challenge.
All models are wrong, but some are useful for abstraction.
You can model both physical and unphysical concepts in OOP.
Understanding design patterns helps in solving problems effectively.
Clarity in code is essential to avoid misunderstandings.
The use of ORMs can limit the flexibility of OOP.
It's important to trust that objects behave as expected in OOP.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

02:35 The Origins and Purpose of OOP

04:34 Purity in Object-Oriented Programming

10:50 Design Principles and Patterns in OOP

15:41 Types and Their Importance in OOP

20:58 ORMs and Their Limitations

24:48 The Role of Patterns in OOP

26:11 Understanding Patterns in Object-Oriented Programming

30:04 The Iterative Process of Object Design

35:52 Trusting Object Competence in Code

39:10 Modeling Reality with Objects

43:27 Building a Shared Vocabulary in Programming

50:07 Recommended Resources for Learning OOP

Find our Guests:

Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/purinkle/
Tim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agileotter/ and http://agileotter.blogspot.com/

2 days ago

51 minutes 56 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

25 - On Taste with Sandjiv and Mathieu

A couple days ago Mathieu and Sandjiv joined me to discuss the nebulous concept of "taste" in programming.

Is taste universal?
How do mistakes and 'pain' shape your taste?

All that and more in this episode.

Find Sandjiv at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandjiv/

Find mathieu at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathieu-slegten-03933b29/

1 month ago

55 minutes 12 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

24 - on Misunderstood concepts in tech (sort of) with Steven and Dave

A few days ago I was joined by Dave and Steven to discuss misunderstood concepts in tech.

We strayed away from that so as a bonus you also get:

- A comparison of the state of the car industry vs the tech industry 60 years in.

- Thoughts about what the role of software developer should be.

- And, thoughts on why so many concepts don't have a consensus understanding among tech professionals.

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find Dave at:

- http://pragdave.me/

- https://x.com/pragdave

find Steven at:

- https://stevenrbaker.com/

- https://x.com/srbaker

- https://fosstodon.org/@srbaker

1 month ago

53 minutes 46 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

23 - On Bootcamps with Aslihan and Sami

A couple days ago Aslihan and Sami joined me to talk about bootcamps.
What has been their experience joining the industry after their bootcamps, what would they recommend to new graduates, and what is the place of bootcamps today and in the future. Were among the subjects we discussed.

Find Sami at:

https://samibirnbaum.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samibirnbaum/

Find Aslihan at:

1 month ago

1 hour 2 minutes 21 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

22- on Team Practices with Thierry and Martin

I had the honor to host Thierry and Martin to discuss team practices for writing excellent software.

I learned a lot from them and hope you will too!

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Find Martin at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinvanaken

https://www.joyouscoding.com/

Find Thierry at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tdpauw

https://thinkinglabs.io/

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Links and notes:

https://thinkinglabs.io/articles/2022/06/14/the-practices-that-make-continuous-integration.html

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3aa08f69-6e4b-4041-8eca-48bd7141726b

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7c0a35f6-89c7-4634-a5d0-3e456ccbbc02

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a18e5dee-89e4-4c79-948e-ada45f61b476

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/77eb0975-4194-42e7-9db3-005d4250940f

https://socratesbe.org/

2 months ago

55 minutes 9 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

21- on PWAs with Kevin

A couple days ago Kevin joined me for an enlightening discussion around PWAs

Are they viable?

What niche do they serve?

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Find Kevin at:

http://vzb.io

http://prologuekit.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinvzb

https://x.com/kevinvzb

2 months ago

34 minutes 21 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

20 - on LLMs with George and Sami

George and Sami joined me to discuss LLMs a few days ago.

What started innocently, ended with deep philosophical questions posed by Sami.

How do they use LLMs?

Should we use them?

What questions arise with them?

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Find Sami at:

- https://samibirnbaum.com/

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/samibirnbaum/

Find George at:

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-kosmopoulos

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references:

- https://thoughtbot.com/blog/ai-led-or-human-led-coding-you-decide

- https://www.anthropic.com/learn

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_3.0

- https://fchollet.substack.com/p/how-i-think-about-llm-prompt-engineering

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question

4 months ago

1 hour 7 minutes 28 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

19 - On metrics with Rachel and Thierry

A few days ago, Rachel and Thierry joined me for a discussion around software metrics.

What metrics are worth having?

What are the dangers of metrics?

Where are metrics useful?

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Find Thierry at: https://thinkinglabs.io/ and http://be.linkedin.com/in/tdpauw

Find Rachel at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-grey-b69319/ and https://bsky.app/profile/greyoctagon.bsky.social

4 months ago

42 minutes 38 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

18- On starting a new role

A few days ago, Martin and Kostas joined me to discuss what they take into account when starting a new role.

How to win over your new colleagues quickly?

What are good first tasks to tackle?

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Find martin at: https://www.joyouscoding.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinvanaken

Find Kostas at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksofianopoulos

4 months ago

49 minutes 4 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

17 - on Marketing and Tech

A few days ago, Chloé and Manon joined me to discuss the relationship between Marketing and Tech.

I learned a lot about how marketing works, and how we can better collaborate within our two roles!

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Find Chloé at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-bailly/

Find Manon at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/manonforestier/

5 months ago

36 minutes 33 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

Not too long ago, Javier and George joined me to discuss DDD.

What in it is useful?

When is it useful?

What does it solve?

Should you use it?

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Find Javier on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javier-venegas

Find George on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-kosmopoulos

Website:http://gkosmo.eu

5 months ago

47 minutes 23 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

15 - on Software Teaming

I had the privilege of hosting Woody and Philipe (from NodalView) to talk about software teaming.

How can a team work together on a problem?

How to organize ourselves so that everyone needed is in the room?

These questions and more answered in the episode!

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Find Woody on:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/woodyzuill

Find Philippe on:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippevaneerdenbrugghe

6 months ago

1 hour 11 minutes 42 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

14 - On Legacy Code

A few days ago Stan and Remy joined me to talk about working in legacy code.

What is legacy code?

How to work with legacy code?

Is legacy code inherently bad code?

Join us as they answer these questions and more!

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Find Remy on:

- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhannequin/

- Mastodon https://ruby.social/@rhannequin

- BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/rhannequin.bsky.social

Find Stan on:

- LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/boyet

6 months ago

49 minutes 37 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

13 - on Building a Community

Building a community takes time and effort, especially in tech.

In this episode Amanda and Pilou share with us their strategies, tips and day to day's in building and steering two very different types of communities, the 'Ruby on Rails' community and a community centered around Advent of Code and having fun solving the daily exercises.

The passion they feel for these communities really shone through and it was amazing to see the effort required.

If you are part of a community or trying to build one, you definitely need to listen

Amanda is the executive director of the Rails Foundation

Pilou is Co Founder of ShipOnRails, they have a chat already available: https://ai.shiponrails.com/

9 months ago

40 minutes 55 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

12- on Team Efficiency

"Focus on outcomes, not output" 🚀 Join Stan, Thierry and I as we discuss what makes a team efficient and what practices will help raise the efficiency of any team. If you are part of a software team, this episode is definitely worth listening! You can find Thierry at: https://thinkinglabs.io/ You can find Stan at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyet

9 months ago

51 minutes 34 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

11- On tests and RSpec

Steven and Philippe joined me to dive deep into testing and RSpec. We covered best practices, common pitfalls, and shared some real-world insights that every developer can relate to. If you're into writing better tests (or just want to hear some passionate devs chat about it), this one's for you! You can find Steven here: www.stevenrbaker.com - https://fosstodon.org/@srbaker - https://x.com/srbaker You can find Philippe here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippevaneerdenbrugghe - https://www.linkedin.com/company/nodalview/

10 months ago

53 minutes 34 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

10 - on Tests First

In this episode, Philippe, Jose, and I dive into one of the most debated practices in software development: Test-First Development

.We explore:
- The advantages of writing tests before code
- The correlation between testable code and 'good' code
- The common arguments against testing first

Whether you're a junior developer curious about improving your coding practices, or a seasoned engineer looking to refine your techniques, this episode has something for everyone.

What are your thoughts on Test-First Development? Have you embraced it, or are you still on the fence? Let's discuss in the comments!

You can find Jose at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josedanielblanco/ | www.thoughtbot.com

You can find Philippe at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippevaneerdenbrugghe/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/nodalview/

11 months ago

51 minutes 39 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

09- on Customer Support/Experience and Tech

I had the immense pleasure to have a conversation with Andrea and Rita on Customer Support and Success. They were full of insights about their job and how they relate to tech departments in their companies. You can find Andrea at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarengo You can find Rita at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-m-79736086

11 months ago

46 minutes 7 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

08- On eXtreme Programming

A few days ago I had the best time learning from Rob and Steven about eXtreme Programming. It was great having such experienced people on! You can find Rob at: https://ruby.social/@purinkle - https://www.linkedin.com/in/purinkle/ You can find Steven at: https://stevenrbaker.com/ - https://x.com/srbaker - https://fosstodon.org/@srbaker

11 months ago

42 minutes 26 seconds

A Junior, A Senior and I

On what makes a good team

Last Friday I was really fortunate to have Stan and Melissa with me to discuss what makes a good team, and the role of a leader in the team. Their insights were superb! I truly encourage you to check this one out. You can find Melissa at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melidomi You can find Stan at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyet/ The Belbin team roles come from: https://www.belbin.com/about/belbin-team-roles

1 year ago

54 minutes