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A weekly web development podcast where two full-stack developers and IRL friends discuss code, culture, and surviving the fast paced software development industry.
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Measuring Performance, Infusionsoft API and Building a Portfolio

The Code ReviewMay 18, 2019

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22:43
Hybrid vs Native vs PWA, SEO, and Bad Marketing 💸

Hybrid vs Native vs PWA, SEO, and Bad Marketing 💸

We are back at it again and this week we are discussing the differences between Hybrid, Native and Progressive Web Apps for mobile development, technical SEO practices that are often neglected and examples of bad marketing. In this episode we reference some numbers about the 30% take from Apple and Google on the app stores, we talk about this a little bit in Episode 11 for those who are curious.

SEO research topics:

  1. Structured data
  2. Backlinks
  3. Canonical URL
  4. HTTP/2 + HTTPS
  5. Duplicate content
  6. Domain rating/url rating
  7. Disavowing links

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod  

Jul 16, 201937:60
Scaling, Company Compliance, and Lean Expenses

Scaling, Company Compliance, and Lean Expenses

We are back with a follow up episode on running your own shop. We cover how and when to hire help, annual company compliance requirements and keeping your startup costs low. As with previous episodes, if you have questions, ask a local attorney or accountant to help you do things the correct way.

For our regular listeners, you may have noticed we did not record and publish an edition of NOWADAYS. We have decided to drop that format from our lineup. If you enjoyed NOWADAYS and would like us to bring it back, please let us know!

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod 

Jul 07, 201929:19
Leaving Your Job, Hobbies, and Complimentary Skills
Jul 05, 201930:44
Nowadays: Cloudflare Outage, D-Wave Leap, and AI Driven Marketing Blogs

Nowadays: Cloudflare Outage, D-Wave Leap, and AI Driven Marketing Blogs

NOWADAYS Cloudflare had a major outage and shifts the blame to Verizon, D-Wave Leap program allows developers 1 free minute of quantum computing time, and thismarketingblogdoesnotexist.com is a terrifying example of AI generated fake news.

Deeper insight to the Cloudflare outage (What is BGP?):  https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/ 

Get started with Quantum Computing here with D-Wave Leap:  https://www.dwavesys.com/take-leap 

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod 


Jun 28, 201908:38
Nowadays: Facebook's Libra, Magic Leap vs Nreal & Dishwashing Robots 🤖💸

Nowadays: Facebook's Libra, Magic Leap vs Nreal & Dishwashing Robots 🤖💸

NOWADAYS the world is still harping about the revolution of blockchain technology, intellectual property theft and over engineered robots that threaten job security. We talk about it all on this episode. + Dylan swears more than he usually does, viewer discretion is advised.

Learn more about Facebook Libra:  https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/facebook-libra/ 

What is a stable coin?:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stablecoin 

Interested in AR? Learn more from https://www.magicleap.com/ and  https://www.nreal.ai/

As always, subcribe and share! We need your support to continue producing content and to convice guests to hang out in our office for an hour. :)

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod

Jun 19, 201907:42
Burnout, Resource Management, and Evergreen Content

Burnout, Resource Management, and Evergreen Content

This week we talk about how to handle your personal resources like a company. This episode is all about your personal brand and how to curb burnout before it happens. We give tactical tips on better ways to manage your "internal departments", revelant stories from our past, and Dylan has a breakthrough.

Share your burnout stories with us and we would love to feature them in an upcoming episode we are working on!

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod  

Jun 19, 201927:05
Version Control, Modern Frameworks, and Testing
Jun 02, 201931:07
Nowadays: Pixi v5 & 90,000 USB Cables - All On Fire 🔥

Nowadays: Pixi v5 & 90,000 USB Cables - All On Fire 🔥

WELCOME BACK! This week in the office we have another edition of Nowadays. Pixi v5 is out with WebGL front and center of it's platform. In other news, Target recalls 90,000 USB cables for burning fingers.

Pixi v5:  https://www.pixijs.com/ 

Target USB Cable Model #: 080088261

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod 

May 30, 201905:43
👹 Contractor Nightmare Stories Special

👹 Contractor Nightmare Stories Special

THIS WEEK we are back in the office talking about the worst case scenarios of contracting and what you can do to identify red flags and keep yourself out of trouble. We cover easy clients, uninterested clients, arbitration, NDA's, non-compete language and more so stay tuned!

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod 

DISCLAIMER: We are not attorneys and this is not sufficient legal advise. Please seek help from a professional to structure your business and any contracts.

May 25, 201939:45
Nowadays: Google Passwords In Plain Text & Instagram Influencers EXPOSED 🍆

Nowadays: Google Passwords In Plain Text & Instagram Influencers EXPOSED 🍆

This day on Nowadays it's a security shit show. Google saves GSuite passwords unhashed in a secured server for either 5 months or 14 years  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. We also talk about a data breach which left private contact information of Instagram influencers EXPOSED (sorry for the click bait). Tune in later this week for our full episode. Subscribe and double check your app's password management.

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod  

May 22, 201906:04
Measuring Performance, Infusionsoft API and Building a Portfolio
May 18, 201922:43
Nowadays: Apple Antitrust Lawsuit & Netflix's Love of Python

Nowadays: Apple Antitrust Lawsuit & Netflix's Love of Python

 We are back in the office and this week we are giving you a quick update on the Supreme Court decision to allow an antitrust lawsuit to proceed against Apple over appstore commissions and Netflix's love of Python. Opinions and facts on this edition of Nowadays and we hope you enjoy it. See you in a few days for our next full episode.

As always, subcribe and share! We need your support to continue producing content and to convice guests to hang out in our office for an hour. :)

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod 

May 15, 201908:09
Learning Code in 2019, College vs Self-Taught, and Networking
May 14, 201929:40
Nowadays: Electron 5 & Web Assembly Package Manager (WASM WAPM)

Nowadays: Electron 5 & Web Assembly Package Manager (WASM WAPM)

We renamed our short segment to NOWADAYS! We are back in the office and this week we are giving you a quick update on Electron 5 and a new package manager for Web Assembly WAPM. We say WASM WAPM one too many times and break down some of the key notes of these two new releases.

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod

May 14, 201906:01
IMO Vue, Azure Outage, and BBVA Fintech
May 04, 201928:54
Twosday: Facebook F8 & Vue 3

Twosday: Facebook F8 & Vue 3

It's Twosday! We are back in the office and this week we are doing things differently. The Code Review will now release episodes twice a week with a short news highlight episode on Tuesday and our full weekly episode on Friday. On our very first Twosday episode we discuss:

Facebook F8 conference

  • New Interface, less marketing
  • Instagram kills likes in Canada?
  • Facebook Dating - now breaking up even more couples
  • Circle icon... Finally...

Vue 3

  • Typescript support
  • Smaller/faster/better/stronger
  • Agnostic core - mobile support baby!

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod

"Squeaky clean!" - Brandon Thimmesch

May 01, 201907:27
Staying Healthy, Contracting vs Salary, and Marketing Your App

Staying Healthy, Contracting vs Salary, and Marketing Your App

HAPPY EASTER! We are back in the office and this week we discuss how to stay healthy at your desk job, being a contractor vs a salaried employee, and marketing yourself/your app. Some hot tips in this episode involving tax benefits, specific tips to execute influencer marketing, and more so don't miss out. If everyone likes the format of this show in comparison to some of the other topics we have discussed so far, please let us know @codereviewpod on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram or email us at hello@thecodereviewpod.com

Intuit on S-Corp distributions

If you organize your business as an S-corporation, you can classify some of your income as salary and some as a distribution. You'll still be liable for self-employment taxes on the salary portion of your income, but you'll just pay ordinary income tax on the distribution portion. Depending on how you divide your income, you could save a substantial amount of self-employment taxes just by converting to an S-corporation.

 https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/small-business-taxes/how-an-s-corp-can-reduce-your-self-employment-taxes/L4abUcaRn 

Deeper dive into Influencer Marketing

 At its most basic, Influencer Marketing is like a hybrid of old and new marketing tools, taking the idea of the celebrity endorsement and placing it into a modern day content-driven marketing campaign. The main difference is that the results of the campaign are usually collaborations between brands and influencers. 

 https://influencermarketinghub.com/what-is-influencer-marketing/ 

Apr 24, 201940:43
Live Coding Music, Lisp, and Cryptocurrency

Live Coding Music, Lisp, and Cryptocurrency

Welcome back everyone! This week we have Jason Dufair in the office, a senior developer for Purdue University and all around programming OG. We talk about live coding music (programming music in real-time for an audience), Lisp, and cryptocurrency.

Special thanks to Jason for being on the podcast and enlightening us on some seriously cool stuff. Warning: this episode will greatly expand your list of hobbies.

You can check out some of Jason's code on Github at https://github.com/jkdufair

Notes from Jason for our listeners:

Sam Aaron Ted talk about Sonic Pi: https://youtu.be/TK1mBqKvIyU

Andrew Sorensen: https://youtu.be/yY1FSsUV-8c

Beating the Averages (my red pill entry to lisp): http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

More specifically about lisp, also Paul graham: http://www.paulgraham.com/diff.html

SICP (the mit book on how to build lisp from the ground up): https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/index.html

kazkylheku on reddit: If you know Lisp very well, you kind of have a key to any language. Python, Ruby and Java are just collections of awkward syntactic sugar to some mutilated subset of Lisp semantics.

Paul Graham: Lisp looks strange not so much because it has a strange syntax as because it has no syntax; you express programs directly in the parse trees that get built behind the scenes when other languages are parsed, and these trees are made of lists, which are Lisp data structures.

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod 

Apr 17, 201952:22
Interviews, Surviving The Dev Team, and Imposter Syndrome
Apr 09, 201937:51
Exploring Sass, Node_Modules, and Chrome Alternatives

Exploring Sass, Node_Modules, and Chrome Alternatives

This week we talk about a great way to supercharge your CSS workflow with Sass, wrapping your head around the mystery of node_modules, and alternative browsers for Chrome users.

App of the Week: https://tinypng.com/ (its just rad)

Special thanks to David G. for requesting the Sass topic. Follow him on Twitter @davygxyz

If you have a suggestion or a topic you would like to hear on the show email us at: hello@thecodereviewpod.com or check us out on social media @codereviewpod

LINKS:

Sass: https://sass-lang.com/ 

Brave: https://brave.com/ 

Vivaldi: https://vivaldi.com/ 

Ahrefs: https://ahrefs.com/ 

TinyPNG: https://tinypng.com/

Apr 03, 201940:31
Formatting Code, Admin Dashboards, and Node vs Rust
Mar 28, 201936:47
Welcome to The Code Review

Welcome to The Code Review

Welcome to The Code Review! We are launching our weekly podcast where we discuss web development, tech news and more over a few beers. Please subscribe to the podcast to catch the next episode and share it with your friends. It would mean the world to us. We hope you enjoy it!

Mar 28, 201903:00