The gang is back and welcomes a new host - Andrea Corrie! In this episode, we discuss the many flavors of Agile development and our experiences working in Agile teams. The hosts talk about the Agile Manifesto and some of the common criticisms o

This Dot Labs - Teams At Different Scales

Mar 19th, 2020 1h 8m

In this episode, Rob Ocel, Jarrod Overson, & Frederik Prijck discuss what it's like being the leader of small teams and large teams at companies ranging from startups to large enterprise firms.

This Dot Labs - Testing

Jan 30th, 2020 55m 25s

In this episode, Rob Ocel, Jarrod Overson, Frederik Prijck, & James Spivey talk about testing.

This Dot Labs - Mentorship

Oct 1st, 2019 56m 26s

In this episode, Rob Ocel, Jarrod Overson, & James Spivey talk about mentorship.

This Dot Labs - Frameworks

Sep 19th, 2019 55m 42s

In this episode, Rob Ocel, Jarrod Overson, & Frederik Prijck talk about frameworks.Topics discussed: - What is the difference between a framework and a library? Should it matter?- What are the tradeoffs for choosing a framework on your pr

This Dot Labs - Debugging

Aug 15th, 2019 57m 36s

In this episode, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, Jarrod Overson, & Frederik Prijck talk about debugging and troubleshooting.

This Dot Labs - Abstractions

Jul 24th, 2019 1h

In this episode, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, Jarrod Overson, & Frederik Prijck talk about abstractions.

This Dot Labs - Security

Jun 19th, 2019 52m 7s

In this episode, Tracy Lee, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, & Jarrod Overson talk about security.Topics Discussed:* Why security matters and why should we care?* Is security only for back-end engineers?* Security and open-source (lessons from t

This Dot Labs - Infrastructure

May 28th, 2019 55m 50s

In this episode, Tracy Lee, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, & Jarrod Overson talk about infrastructure.Topics Discussed:* Differences between monolithic and microservice architectures* Considerations on architecture when using GraphQL* Challenges

This Dot Labs - Migrations

Apr 8th, 2019 45m 47s

Migrations seem to be happening every day at every company. We cover some of the hot topics in this episode.- What are the reasons to migrate from one technology to another?- How do you plan for a migration (like upgrading a framework to a n

This Dot Labs - Software & Systems Architecture

Apr 5th, 2019 53m 2s

In this This Dot Labs episode, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, Jarrod Overson, and Tracy Lee speak about web software and systems architecture.How does a focus on architecture solve long-term problems?How do you choose between various types of arch

This Dot Labs - Why performance matters?

Apr 5th, 2019 43m 38s

In this episode of This Dot Labs, Rob Ocel, James Spivey, Jarrod Overson, and Tracy Lee speak about web performance.Some of the Topics Covered:- What is performance important?- What do people mean when they talk about web performance. - Is

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