Luculent Lollygag

Is Tailwind the greatest way to write CSS, or just a trick for newbs? We talk the whens and whys of Tailwind.

We get less technical and dive into anthropology and the interesting play of technical norms on our careers

We talk about how art, science, and skepticism play into our lives as software engineers in the AI age.

We talk about the current and future impacts of AI on software engineering careers and how we think you can best optimize for the future.

Raph, Dan, and Richard talk about growing up with video games and the many life and career lessons we've learned from gaming.

Raph has a NEW approach to goals! We discuss what goals are, how they can work or fail, and different approaches to productivity.

Dan, Raph, and Richard welcome back Connor AND special guest Joe! This week we talk about AI, what it might be like to be a software engineer at old age, how we approach careers and life, and so much more. This one's a banger!

This week Dan, Raph, and Richard are joined by special guest Sam! We talk about hard work, burnout, when and how to rewrite your codebase, expert solo coders vs team players, big boring companies vs hot startups, leaf-blowers vs leaf vacuums, and a little bit more.

This week we tackle the ins and outs of interviewing from both sides. We cover framing and "energy" in an interview, the problems with traditional interviews, what to look for in an employer, how to spot and address difficult interviewers, and so much more. Unfortunately our celebrity guest star, best known for his role in "The Firm", Tom Cruse couldn't make it today. Maybe next week Tom!

Co-created by Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey

Executive producer Dan Uhl

This week we switch gears and go waaaay out of our expertise to yammer on about philosophy and morality. It may not be academic, but we hope it's at least entertaining :)

Recorded by Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and not yet Connor MacDonald (we miss you!)

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald (we miss you!) talk about software design and what's important while doing the day to day grind of writing code.

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald (I'm gonna call this out until you get back buddy :) talk about understanding the "why" behind the work we're doing, complexities of business metrics, and Dan has a mental breakdown. Enjoy!

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald (I don't care if you just had a baby, no excuses man ❤️) gather to talk about essentials vs incidentals in software engineering, collaboration across functions, how to get time to do good software design, and so much more!

Also winning at intro/outro music! Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald gather to talk about what it means to be winning at software development, about "fractal" concepts and how to apply them, about competing priorities and the job of a line manager, and so much more!

Executive Producer: Dan Uhl

Music: Jamie Bathgate

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald (just listening this time) gather to talk about bubbling up project status in a large organization. Is there any meaning to it? What is project management? Should functions stay in their lane or should we all be hyper cross-functional? All this and more ranting than is ever called for!

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald gather to talk about burnout, how it comes about, what we can do now to help prevent it, and how we as humans are analogous to decoupled microservices.

Daniel Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald gather to talk about good and bad humans in tech and other functions, how bottom up initiatives work, about emotion and the effect of engineering on the brain, how tech work relates to parenting, and tons of super quotable quotes.

Daniel Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald gather to talk about arguments with those you live with and the engineering practices that may apply. 

Daniel Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald gather to talk about how we reward our star players and the supporting team they rely on!

I'm joined with Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald to discuss the planning and retro optimizations of modern software development lifecycles.

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, and Richard Laskey talk about hesitations with promotions in engineering and the separation between politics and mastery.

Me (Dan Uhl), Raph Rafatpanah, and Connor Macdonald talk about those pesky expert engineers who give us imposter syndrome and how an engineer new to the industry can effectively get a foothold in their career.

Me (Dan Uhl), Raphael Rafatpanah, and special guest Richard Laskey talk through domain driven practices and their implications on both organizational and architecture patterns in a large software organization. We consider Conway's law, the importance of naming and shared language, and how to define your bounded context and domains.

References

- Learning Domain Driven Design: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Domain-Driven-Design-Aligning-Architecture/dp/1098100131

- A Pattern Language: https://www.amazon.com/Pattern-Language-Buildings-Construction-Environmental/dp/0195019199/

We talk about leveling up in software careers and if digging into the details and complexity has a big payoff or is just a way to make others feel less than you.

This week we have special guest and frontend eng extraordinaire Sam Morrison to talk about how we build software and how we should be building software. We talk about masters and hiring, different types of companies, and how we should be progressing towards that mastery.

Solo episode where Dan talks about the responsibilities of a corporation to provide opportunities for personal mastery and craft to engineers.

I (Daniel Uhl) chat with friends Raphael Rafatpanah and Richard Laskey about programming languages, where we are today, and where we might be in the future!

In this episode we talk about VIM and Conway's Law, but mostly VIM