Best Programming Interviews Thinking Code Podcasts (2025)

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Design & Develop Distributed Software Better w/ Multiplayer • Tom Johnson & Julian Wood 44:39

1h ago44:39

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This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Thomas Johnson - Co-Founder & CTO at Multiplayer Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS RESOURCES Tom https://x.com/tomjohnson3 https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomjohnson3 https://github.com/tomjohnson3 Julian https://bsk…

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The Future of AI in Medicine: From Rules to Intuition | Awais Aftab, Psychiatrist and writer 53:02

1h ago53:02

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OCD treatment changed my life—but it took me a decade of chasing down wrong answers to be diagnosed. In the rush to create scalable treatments, disorders like depression and OCD are squeezed into diagnostic checklists—from which the complexity of the human mind invariably leaks out. The field of psychiatry is broken, and I spoke to someone on the i…

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The Future of AI in Medicine: From Rules to Intuition | Awais Aftab, Psychiatrist and writer 53:03

1h ago53:03

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OCD treatment changed my life—but it took me a decade of chasing down wrong answers to be diagnosed. In the rush to create scalable treatments, disorders like depression and OCD are squeezed into diagnostic checklists—from which the complexity of the human mind invariably leaks out. The field of psychiatry is broken, and I spoke to someone on the i…

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255: OTP 28 and Vibe Coding Phoenix Apps 32:02

7h ago32:02

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News includes the major OTP 28 release with priority messages functionality, ElixirConf EU 2025 videos starting to appear including Chris McCord's keynote on his new phoenix.new service and James Arthur's introduction of Phoenix Sync for real-time database synchronization, the EEF board election results and their new role as a CVE Numbering Authori…

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Communication Patterns • Jacqui Read & Gregor Hohpe 44:38

4d ago44:38

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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Jacqui Read - Software Architect, Speaker & Author of "Communication Patterns" Gregor Hohpe - Author of "Platform Strategy", "The Software Architect Elevator", et al. RESOURCES Jacqui https://bsky.app/profile/tekiegirl.…

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GitHub CEO on the AI Coding Arms Race: One Agent, 150M+ Devs | Thomas Dohmke 30:31

6d ago30:31

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GitHub Copilot has 15 million users—more than Cursor and Windsurf combined. So why does it feel like they're losing the AI coding race? Last week at Microsoft Build, I interviewed the CEO of GitHub Thomas Dohmke to find out. I wanted to know: Is their huge existing user base a blessing or a curse? And will their latest launch—an autonomous coding a…

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GitHub CEO on the AI Coding Arms Race: One Agent, 150M+ Devs 30:30

6d ago30:30

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GitHub Copilot has 15 million users—more than Cursor and Windsurf combined. So why does it feel like they're losing the AI coding race? Last week at Microsoft Build, I interviewed the CEO of GitHub Thomas Dohmke to find out. I wanted to know: Is their huge existing user base a blessing or a curse? And will their latest launch—an autonomous coding a…

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From XP to TCR & Limbo • Kent Beck & Daniel Terhorst-North 40:40

11d ago40:40

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This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Kent Beck - Software Engineer & Creator of Extreme Programming Daniel Terhorst-North - Originator of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) & Principal at Dan North & Associates RESOURCES Kent https://bsky.app/profile/kentbeck.bsky.so…

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Interview Speak with Laura Browne and Barbara Limmer 1:13:03

13d ago1:13:03

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In this episode of Flying High with Flutter, we’re joined by Laura Browne and Barbara Limmer, authors of Interview Speak. They share expert tips on how to decode interview questions, prepare authentic answers, and stand out as a candidate. Whether you’re switching industries, negotiating salaries, or tackling tough interview questions, this episode…

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Kevin Scott on The Future of Programming, AI Agents, and Microsoft’s Big Bet on the Agentic Web 28:02

14d ago28:02

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I interviewed Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott about the future of agents and software engineering for another special edition of AI & I. With 41 years of programming behind him, Kevin has lived through nearly every big shift in modern software development. Here’s his clear-eyed take on what’s changing with AI, and how we can navigate what’s next: The rea…

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Kevin Scott on The Future of Programming, AI Agents, and Microsoft’s Big Bet on the Agentic Web 28:03

14d ago28:03

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I interviewed Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott about the future of agents and software engineering for another special edition of AI & I. With 41 years of programming behind him, Kevin has lived through nearly every big shift in modern software development. Here’s his clear-eyed take on what’s changing with AI, and how we can navigate what’s next: The rea…

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254: Lua Scripting and Tidewave on Zed 31:22

14d ago31:22

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News includes Hex 2.2.0 with the new :warn_if_outdated option for keeping dependencies updated, Honeybadger's APM with built-in Elixir traces for major components, José Valim demonstrating Tidewave with Zed's AI coding agents, LiveDebugger v0.2.0 with DevTools integration and component highlighting, Dave Lucia's new Elixir "Lua" library for embeddi…

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OpenAI Launches Codex: An Autonomous Programming Agent 42:40

18d ago42:40

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OpenAI just launched Codex, a brand-new coding agent that can build features and fix bugs autonomously. We’ve been testing it at Every for a few days, and I’m impressed. I invited Alexander Embiricos, a member of the OpenAI product staff responsible for Codex, to demo the agent live on a special edition of AI & I. We talk through: - What Codex is a…

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OpenAI Launches Codex: An Autonomous Programming Agent 42:39

18d ago42:39

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OpenAI just launched Codex, a brand-new coding agent that can build features and fix bugs autonomously. We’ve been testing it at Every for a few days, and I’m impressed. I invited Alexander Embiricos, a member of the OpenAI product staff responsible for Codex, to demo the agent live on a special edition of AI & I. We talk through: What Codex is and…

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Unbundling the Enterprise • Stephen Fishman, Matt McLarty & Erik Wilde 42:15

18d ago42:15

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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Stephen Fishman - Field CTO at Boomi & Co-Author of "Unbundling the Enterprise" Matt McLarty - CTO at Boomi & Co-Author of "Unbundling the Enterprise" Erik Wilde - Principal Consultant at INNOQ RESOURCES Stephen https://x.com/…

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The $10B Hedge Fund CEO Who’s Betting Big on AI | Will England, Walleye Capital 1:07:28

20d ago1:07:28

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Will England just pivoted his $10B AUM hedge fund to go all in on AI with a firm-wide email: “I wrote this email using ChatGPT—you should too. As a hedge fund, we should be ashamed to leave money on the table by ignoring AI.” It’s working: 75% of his 400-person team are using ChatGPT daily—and Walleye is well on its way to transforming into an AI-f…

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The $10B Hedge Fund CEO Who’s Betting Big on AI | Will England, Walleye Capital 1:07:27

20d ago1:07:27

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Will England just pivoted his $10B AUM hedge fund to go all in on AI with a firm-wide email: “I wrote this email using ChatGPT—you should too. As a hedge fund, we should be ashamed to leave money on the table by ignoring AI.” It’s working: 75% of his 400-person team are using ChatGPT daily—and Walleye is well on its way to transforming into an AI-f…

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253: Tidewave Triumphs and App Store Rebellions 23:32

26d ago23:32

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News includes growing excitement around Tidewave for Elixir with users sharing success stories and integration tips, preparation for Elixir 1.19's deprecation of regex in module attributes, LiveViewNative launching a new "OTP Interop" organization focused on enabling offline functionality, and a major U.S. court ruling against Apple's App Store pol…

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How To Lead Through Transformation in Tech • Hannah Foxwell & Charles Humble 50:18

25d ago50:18

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This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Hannah Foxwell - Independent Consultant & Founder of "AI for the rest of us" Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant RESOURCES Hannah https://bsky.app/profile/hannahfoxwell.net https://medium.com/@hannah…

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Jhana Meditation Silenced Her Mind—And Changed Her View On AI | Nadia Asparouhova 53:38

27d ago53:38

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After two Jhana meditation retreats Nadia Asparouhova could silence her mind, change her emotional state at will, and even intentionally slip out of consciousness. It challenged the idea that our minds are not under our control—and made her wonder if we’re more like AI than we realize. Nadia is a writer and researcher of technology and culture. She…

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Jhana Meditation Silenced Her Mind—And Changed Her View On AI | Nadia Asparouhova, Author and researcher 53:37

27d ago53:37

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After two Jhana meditation retreats Nadia Asparouhova could silence her mind, change her emotional state at will, and even intentionally slip out of consciousness. It challenged the idea that our minds are not under our control—and made her wonder if we’re more like AI than we realize. Nadia is a writer and researcher of technology and culture. She…

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Writing for Developers with Piotr Sarna 45:23

27d ago45:23

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This week, we’re joined by Piotr Sarna, co-author of Writing for Developers. Piotr shares his journey from distributed systems developer to published author and explains how writing can help developers grow their careers, improve their coding skills, and share knowledge effectively. 📌 Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction and Piotr’s background 2:30 - The…

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252: Riding the Tidewave of AI-Enhanced Phoenix 34:16

1M ago34:16

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News includes Tidewave, a new Phoenix MCP server that helps AI-enabled editors access application runtime, Chris McCord teasing his AI-enabled Phoenix app with LiveView hosted IDE features, a new GitHub Action for submitting Elixir dependencies to enhance security, ExMeralda.chat, a community chatbot for querying Hex packages, updates on Software M…

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Facilitating Software Architecture • Andrew Harmel-Law & Sonya Natanzon 41:57

1M ago41:57

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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Andrew Harmel-Law - Technical Principal at Thoughtworks & Author of "Facilitating Software Architecture" Sonya Natanzon - Senior Director of Software Engineering at Guardant Health RESOURCES Andrew https://bsky.app/prof…

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The Next AI Wave Will Be Social, Not Solo | Sarah Tavel, Benchmark and ex-Pinterest 49:23

1M ago49:23

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Sarah Tavel thinks it's criminal that ChatGPT isn’t inherently social. There’s no easy way to discover great prompts or share the ones that worked. As a venture partner at Benchmark, Sarah believes that the next wave of consumer AI will be built on this missing social layer—by product-driven founders who understand people, not just models. Sarah ha…

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The Next AI Wave Will Be Social, Not Solo | Sarah Tavel, Benchmark and ex-Pinterest 49:22

1M ago49:22

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Sarah Tavel thinks it's criminal that ChatGPT isn’t inherently social. There’s no easy way to discover great prompts or share the ones that worked. As a venture partner at Benchmark, Sarah believes that the next wave of consumer AI will be built on this missing social layer—by product-driven founders who understand people, not just models. Sarah ha…

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Shorebird with Eric Seidel 1:14:25

1M ago1:14:25

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Welcome to another episode of Flying High with Flutter! In this episode, we have Eric Seidel, the co-founder of the Flutter project and former lead of Flutter and Dart at Google, as our guest. Eric shares his journey from leading the Flutter and Dart teams at Google to starting his company, Shorebird, which aims to solve real challenges for Flutter…

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251: SSH Vulnerability and Cookies are Changing 41:51

1M ago41:51

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News includes a critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Erlang/OTP SSH, José Valim teasing a new project, Oban Pro v1.6's impressive new "Cascade Mode" feature, Semaphore CI/CD platform being open-sourced as a primarily Elixir application, new sandboxing options for Elixir code with Dune and Mini Elixir, BeaconCMS developmen…

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Revolutionizing Software with Moldable Development • Tudor Girba & Julian Wood 39:51

1M ago39:51

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This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/347 Tudor Girba - Software Environmentalist and CEO of feenk Julian Wood - Serverless Developer Advocate at AWS RESOURCES Tudor https://bsky.app/profile/tudorgirba.com https://github.com/girba https…

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Mastering API Design with Arnaud Lauret 1:08:21

1M ago1:08:21

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Join Allen Wyma and Arnaud Lauret, author of The Design of Web APIs, Second Edition, as they discuss creating user-friendly, secure, and efficient APIs. 📚 Get Arnaud's book: https://www.manning.com/books/the-design-of-web-apis-second-edition Get 45% off with code flutter45 📌 Timecodes: 0:00 - Introduction 1:39 - Arnaud’s background and journey to A…

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Code Review Best Practices: Lessons from 'Looks Good to Me' Author Adrienne Tacke 50:42

1M ago50:42

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Join Allen Wyma and Adrienne Braganza Tacke, author of Looks Good to Me, to explore how to make code reviews meaningful, productive, and team-building. Learn tips to avoid common pitfalls, use AI for reviews, and create team working agreements! 📚 Get 45% off Adrienne's book! Use code FHWFbraganza at https://mng.bz/6eKo ⏱️ Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro to…

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Data-Driven Cybersecurity with Mariano Mattei 1:02:03

1M ago1:02:03

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Join us as we chat with Mariano Mattei, visionary CIO, CISO, AI strategist, and author of the newly titled Data-Driven Cybersecurity (formerly Security Metrics). In this episode, Mariano shares his expert insights on cybersecurity metrics, integrating AI into threat detection, and building secure apps from the ground up. 📚 Check out his book, Data-…

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Think Distributed Systems with Dominik Tornow 58:01

1M ago58:01

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In this episode of Flying High with Flutter, we’re joined by Dominik Tornow, principal engineer and author of Thinking in Distributed Systems. Dominik shares his journey into distributed systems, breaks down complex concepts like the CAP theorem, liveness vs. safety, and item potency, and offers practical tips for building reliable and scalable sys…

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How To Predict The Future With Kevin Kelly - Ep. 57 55:16

1M ago55:16

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Kevin Kelly has spent more time thinking about the future than almost anyone else. From VR in the 1980s to the blockchain in the 2000s—and now generative AI—Kevin has spent a lifetime journeying to the frontiers of technology, only to return with rich stories about what’s next. Today, as Wired's senior maverick, his project for 2025 is to outline w…

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How to Predict the Future With Kevin Kelly, WIRED's Cofounder 53:41

1M ago53:41

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Kevin Kelly has spent more time thinking about the future than almost anyone else. From VR in the 1980s to the blockchain in the 2000s—and now generative AI—Kevin has spent a lifetime journeying to the frontiers of technology, only to return with rich stories about what’s next. Today, as Wired's senior maverick, his project for 2025 is to outline w…

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250: EEF Elections and Security 14:23

2M ago14:23

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News includes EEF board elections with voting beginning May 9th, Gleam v1.10.0 enhancing security with SBoMs and SLSA build provenance, an AshAuthentication vulnerability with mitigation steps, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a permanent home at the EEF, announcements for both ElixirConf US 2025 in Orlando and ElixirConfEU in Krak…

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Collaborative Software Design • Evelyn van Kelle, Gien Verschatse, Kenny Baas-Schwegler & Xin Yao 50:55

2M ago50:55

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This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Evelyn van Kelle - Behavioral Change Consultant at Xebia Gien Verschatse - Senior Consultant at Aardling Kenny Baas-Schwegler - Collaborative Modeling Facilitator at Weave IT Xin Yao - Independent Consultant Contextuali…

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This AI Alien Will Bring In $4 Million This Year in Revenue - Ep. 56 with Quinten Farmer and Eliot Peper 1:22:40

2M ago1:22:40

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500K people are confiding in an AI alien—and it's on track to generate $4M this year. It’s called a Tolan: an animated AI character that can talk to you like your best friend. The company behind it, Portola, has 4x’d their ARR in the last month from viral growth on TikTok and Instagram. Tolan isn’t just a hyper-growth startup—they’re also exploring…

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This AI Alien Will Bring In $4 Million This Year in Revenue - Ep. 56 with Quinten Farmer and Eliot Peper 1:22:40

2M ago1:22:40

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With LTX Studio, you can bring your stories to life, complete with a cast, storyline, and settings, all according to your style and specifications. Check them out here: https://bit.ly/LTXStudioEvery 500K people are confiding in an AI alien—and it's on track to generate $4M this year. It’s called a Tolan: an animated AI character that can talk to yo…

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249: LiveDebugger: Peering Inside a LiveView 50:06

2M ago50:06

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News includes Phoenix 1.8.0-rc release with DaisyUI styled Tailwind components and magic link authentication, a new design pattern called "scopes", a new privacy-focused feature in Ecto for schema redaction, the Elixir Secure Coding Training project finding a new home at TvLabs, a helpful iex shell tip for multiline commands, and more! We interview…

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How to Learn: Unlocking the Brain's Secrets • Barbara Oakley & Charles Humble 46:54

2M ago46:54

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This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here Prof. Dr. Barbara Oakley - Professor of Engineering at Oakland University & Author of Numerous Books Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant RESOURCES Barbara https://barbaraoakley.com https://ww…

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An Inside Look at Every’s Design Philosophy - Ep. 55 with Lucas Crespo 1:03:19

2M ago1:03:19

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This episode is sponsored by Vanta. Achieving SOC 2 compliance can help you win bigger deals, enter new markets, and deepen trust with your customers—but it can cost you real time and money. Vanta automates up to 90% of the work for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and more, getting you audit-ready in weeks instead of months and saving you up to 90% of associated…

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An Inside Look at Every’s Design Philosophy - Ep. 55 with Lucas Crespo 1:03:20

2M ago1:03:20

1:03:20

This episode is sponsored by Vanta. Achieving SOC 2 compliance can help you win bigger deals, enter new markets, and deepen trust with your customers—but it can cost you real time and money. Vanta automates up to 90% of the work for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and more, getting you audit-ready in weeks instead of months and saving you up to 90% of associated…

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