ZADevChat Podcast
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ZADevChat Podcast
A weekly panel discussion with topics around the South African software developer community. Regular panelists are Len Weincier, Kenneth Kalmer and Kevin McKelvin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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70 - BSides Cape Town & infosec with Grant Ongers & Mike Davis
Chantal and Kenneth talk to Grant Ongers and Mike Davis about infosec and the local BSides conference in Cape Town.Grant and Mike are part of the orga...
73 - Let's Test with Louise Perold
We chat to Louise Perold about testing as a means to improve the overall quality of software, and the upcoming Let's Test conferenceKenneth & Len chat...
72 - Ladies that UX with Inez, Ridhwana & Lara
We chat to Inez, Ridhwana & Lara about the Ladies that UX communities in Cape Town, and as of today Johannesburg.Chantal, Kenneth & Kevin are joined b...
71 - Is Intelligence an Algorithm? With Jade Abbott
We chat to Jade Abbott from Retro Rabbit about artificial intelligence, broadly and more specifically about NLP and what that means for us.Chantal, Ke...
69 - Pink-IT with Ruddy Riba
We talk to Ruddy Riba about her career as a women in tech, and Pink-IT and what they are doing to help women in tech find a supportive community and g...
67 - The Imposter Within With Clarice Bouwer
We talk to Clarice Bouwer about imposter syndrome, what it is and how to overcome it. Join us as we learn about this and other issues around the often...
62 - Data Of All Shapes & Sizes With Gail Shaw
We talk to Gail Shaw about data, in all its shapes and sizes. Gail is a 10 year Microsoft MVP, and has tamed many a database in her career and shares...
61 - Provencial wifi & Docker in production with Tim Haak
We talk to Tim Haak about playing with wifi networks covering large parts of Gauteng, and running Docker in production, and how to sanely get started...
60 - Software, embeddables & biltong with Lance Gleason
We talk to Lance Gleason of Polyglot Programming about the software, embeddable devices, biltong and how the local community stacks up against the res...
59 - Morgan 3D Printers with Quentin Harley
We talk to Quentin Harley, the "crazy inventor" behind the locally built Morgan 3D PrintersThis episode is brought to you by OfferZen, a South African...
58 - Kevin Trethewey on building Driven Alliance
We talk to Kevin Trethewey about his history and building up Driven Alliance and putting people before technology.This episode is brought to you by Of...
57.5 - Devconf 2017
Live from DevConf 2017! Four conversations on the day.This episode is brought to you by OfferZen, a South African recruitment startup for developers....
57 - PyCon ZA with Simon Cross, Neil Muller & David Sharpe
We venture out into Python country only to discover a healthy, diverse and growing community.This episode is brought to you by OfferZen, a South Afric...
Episode 56 - After-dark banter with Simon Stewart
From the importance of pet projects to organizing conferences, come join us as we learn a metric ton from a friend of many developers.Chantal, Kenneth...
Episode 55 - Machine Learning with Guillaume Belrose
What can we teach machines? And what can they teach us?Chantal, Kenneth & Len are joined by Guillaume Belrose to chat broadly about machine learning....
Episode 54 - Trail Running with Armand Du Plessis
Join us for a walk down memory lane as we retrace the start of the Ruby community in Johannesburg and end up on the trails of the Aosta Valley.Kenneth...
Episode 53 - Segfault E_TOO_MUCH_COMPUTE
In this age of containers and virtualization, are we losing touch with hardware and the raw performance available to us?Kenneth chats to Kevin & Len a...
Episode 52 - A Series of Long Conversations with Mike Hewitson
Thinking of a bootcamp as "a series of long conversations" and other gems from teaching software craftsmanship.Kenneth & Len are joined by Mike Hewits...
Episode 51 - Who still needs a tester? With Janco Wolmarans and Oz Chihwayi
We reach over the proverbial cubicle wall and chat with the testers!Kenneth, Kevin & Len are joined by Janco Wolmarans and Oz Chihwayi to talk about t...
Episode 50 - Frolicking Down Memory Lane with Steven McDonald and Pieter Germishuys
We turn 50!Frolicking (verb) - to gambol merrily; to play in a frisky, light-spirited manner. From the Dutch, vrolijk.Kenneth, Kevin & Len are joined...
Episode 49 - Segfault E_POOR_DEVELOPMENT_PRACTICES
What poor development practices get under your skin?In the episode Kenneth, Kevin & Len unpack a few poor software development practices that they've...
Episode 48 - Datomic with Robert Stuttaford
What happens when your database is part of your application?Kenneth & Len are joined once again by Robert Stuttaford from Cognician to talk about Dato...
Episode 47 - React and Redux through a fresh pair of eyes with Taariq Isaacs
Join us for a tale of conquering software development as we follow one young star on his journey to taming React.Tonight Kenneth, Kevin & Len are join...
Episode 46 - Prolific Idea with Rishal Hurbans
We're joined again by Rishal Hurbans to chat about his Prolific Idea initiative, how it came to be, what it currently does and where it's going.We tal...
Episode 45 - Angular 2 with Mike Geyser
Join us as we look into our crystal ball to see what is coming in the next major release of the popular Angular framework.Kenneth & Len are joined by...
Episode 44 - Accessibility with Steve Barnett & Justin Slack
Taking a hard look at accessibility and learning about the principles of inclusive design.Kenneth & Len are joined by Steve Barnett and Justin Slack t...
Episode 43 - Entelect Challenge
Shall we play a game? We dive into artificial intelligence and bots, and their battle for the the ultimate prize.Kenneth & Kevin are joined by Tomisla...
Episode 42 - HyperionDev & the CSA with Riaz Moola
We're having another chat about computing education in the country, this time with a special guest from Durban who is looking to help change the count...
Episode 41 - Infrastructure As Code with Charlene Tshitoka
Does infrastructure as code pave the way for repeatable, reliable, consistent and testable infrastructure? Join us as we found out.Kenneth, Kevin & Le...
Episode 40 - The Swift Programming Language with Simon Stewart
Kevin and Len are joined by Simon Stewart to discuss the Swift programming language from Apple. Swift is a modern object oriented programming language...
Episode 39 - Android with Rebecca Franks
Kenneth, Kevin and Len are joined by Rebecca Franks to discuss the world of mobile development for Android, Google's developer platform and her recent...
Episode 38 - Testing with Joshua Lewis
We tackle the testy topic of automated testing in the life of software projects.Kenneth & Len are joined by Joshua Lewis from nReality (formerly of th...
Episode 37 - Data Visualization with Jeff Fletcher
We tackle data visualization in its full technicolor glory!Kenneth, Kevin & Len are joined by Jeff Fletcher from IS Research & Innovation to talk abou...
Episode 36 - Sisonke Rising with Mandla Magagula and Theo Bohnen
In this weeks episode we share the inspirational story of two developers that have devoted themselves to teaching the disadvantaged youth of two promi...
Episode 35 - Kubernetes and Migrating Clouds
In this episode Kenneth turns the table on Kevin and chats about a recent successful migration between clouds and architectures.Kevin and his team at...
Episode 34 - Live From DevConf 2016
The ZADevChat crew attended the inaugural installation of DevConf recently and recorded some of the action for our listeners. This episode is made up...
Episode 33 - Web Frontend Performance with Mannuel Ferreira
We're getting up to speed with the fascinating world of web frontend performance. Concatenation, compression, optimization and more delivered in one s...
Episode 32 - PHP with Etienne Marais
We get to work understanding the world of PHP, that scripting language that runs the vast majority of the internet. Is it more than just Wordpress? Jo...
Episode 31 - PolarbearJS and 12Factor Apps with Ben Janecke
Join us as we explore 12 Factor applications and the Polarbear JavaScript scaffold.Kenneth & Kevin chat to Ben Janecke about his Polarbear scaffold fo...
Episode 30 - Segfault February
Kenneth and Kevin have the first of our Segfault instalments, a monthly banter about things that we find noteworthy but that might not fill an episode...