War Stories

Our experiences are what make us the software people we are today. In this episode, Kris is joined by the hosting panel of Ian, Matt, and Dylan and they're talking war stories. You'll hear tales of coworker frustrations, our own hubris, and plenty of weird software bugs. To close the episode out, Dylan, Ian, and Kris provide some unpopular opinions! Let us know on social media if you think their opinions are unpopular as they seem to think they are!

Thank you so much for listening to our first episode. Happy listening!

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (00:43) - Talkin' Bout The Rain
• (01:39) - Dates, Times, and "Helpful" Platforms
• (14:17) - Y2K Flashback
• (16:20) - Non-Refreshing Refresh Tokens
• (21:53) - TCP, Locks, and Load Balancers
• (34:16) - tar != tar
• (39:52) - Bonus Story: Too Many Modules
• (43:58) - pprof to the rescue!
• (47:18) - netcat: the ultimate database backup tool
• (49:03) - The Perfect API (In Theory)
• (53:30) - Hubris and the ease of ETL
• (55:38) - Problems with Proactive Fixes
• (58:39) - Unpopular Opinions
• (59:00) - Dylan's Unpop
• (01:03:08) - Ian's Unpop
• (01:09:26) - Kris' Unpop
• (01:12:32) - Outro

Hosts

• Kris Brandow - Host
• Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host
• Dylan Bourque - Host
• Matthew Sanabria - Host

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