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Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
This podcast is for aspiring entrepreneurs and technologists as well as those that want to become a designer and implementors of great software solutions. That includes solving problems through technology. We look at the whole skill set that makes a great developer. This includes tech skills, business and entrepreneurial skills, and life-hacking, so you have the time to get the job done while still enjoying life.
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- Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur
Stovepipe Enterprise - The Patchwork Anti-Pattern
We have highlighted many areas of quality software development. However, the stovepipe enterprise is a maintenance anti-pattern. This situation occurs when we…
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Warm Bodies - A Subtraction By Addition Anti-pattern
The "warm bodies" anti-pattern is sometimes subtle. However, it can be frustrating and sink more than a project. This approach is based on the fallacy that…
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Vendor Lock-in : A Limiting Anti-Pattern
This episode covers the vendor lock-in anti-pattern. It is another one that we have seen before. However, it is slightly different when you apply it to…
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Reinvent The Wheel : An Anti-Pattern of Pride
This next anti-pattern is "reinvent the wheel." It is not a rare issue in solving problems. However, it is still worth exploring. Knowledge is not enough to…
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The Wolf Ticket Anti-Pattern: As In Wearing Sheep's Clothing
Communication and consistency are key traits of patterns. Likewise, a lack of these creates anti-patterns like the wolf ticket. We all know that standards are…
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The Jumble Anti-Pattern : Mixing up horizontal and vertical
One of the funny things about anti-patterns is that they are obvious in the name alone. We might not know what it is but everyone avoids a jumble. There is no…
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Cover Your Assets Anti-Pattern : Protection Over Production
Overkill is a theme among many anti-patterns. The cover your assets approach is one of those types where it just goes too far. There is nothing wrong with…
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The Swiss Army Knife Anti-Pattern - All Things To All People
Much like the make people happy obstacle, we have the Swiss Army Knife Anti-Pattern. This mistake is another example of over-architecting a solution. Think of…
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Make Everyone Happy - A Paradoxical Anti-Pattern
One of the most amusing anti-patterns is the one known as "make everyone happy." The funny thing is that it never does. Instead, it points us to an old bit of…
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Architecture By Implication - An Assumption Anti-Pattern
The series switches gears to look at anti-patterns. We start with the mother of all anti-patterns, architecture by implication. Any time we have a pattern that…
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The Space-Based Pattern , AKA A Cloud Architecture
We wrap up our patterns focus with the space-based pattern. This is also known as cloud architecture. We will see how this approach allows us to break out the…
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The Microservices Architecture Pattern - Small, Reusable Solutions
We come to one of the best patterns for breaking a big problem down into bite-sized pieces. The microservices architecture pattern is a perfect fit. The…
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The Microkernel Pattern - Core System and Plugins
The focus of this episode on software architecture patterns is the microkernel pattern. It is a common way to build on core technology without the need for…
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The Interpreter Pattern - Translate expressions in code
We continue our season of software architecture patterns and more by reviewing the interpreter pattern. This one may seem familiar. It has been discussed in…
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Blackboard Pattern : A Way to Brainstorm In Software
The blackboard pattern is arguably the least known among our first group. This is a pattern that is not common because it is best used with some specialized…
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Model-View-Controller : A Pattern Based on Functional Area
The Model-View-Controller pattern is one that is common and often seen in frameworks. It provides us with a nice place to "hang" our code. The…
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Event Bus Pattern : A Software News Feed
We often see the Event Bus architectural pattern in notification frameworks and Android development. This approach provides us with a way to have a news feed…
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Peer-To-Peer : An Architecture Pattern Where Everyone Shares The Work
This episode digs into the peer-to-peer software architecture pattern. It is common among file-sharing and crypto networks. Likewise, the pattern is not too…
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Broker Pattern - Send Requests To The Correct Worker
The broker pattern may seem very similar to some others we have examined. However, it is more about distributed systems than balancing traffic. The pipe-filter…
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Pipe-filter : An Architecture for Processing Data
The pipe-filter architectural pattern is very common and used to process data. It is flexible and scalable. This pattern has existed in other areas. However…
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Master-Slave : An Architecture For Distributing Work
We switch gears in this episode and look at a pattern for getting work done. The master-slave pattern can be confused with the client-server. However, they are…
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Client-Server Pattern - Software Architecture
The discussion of patterns sort of goes backwards this episode. First, we look at the client-server pattern. It is an older and well-established pattern…
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The Layered Pattern - Software Architecture Solutions
We start our journey through software architecture patterns with one of the most common. The layered pattern is easy-to-use and often easy to understand…
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Software Architecture Patterns and Anti-Patterns Overview
We start this season of the podcast with an overview or review of software architecture patterns and anti-patterns. This season will explore several of these…
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Personal Retrospective and Review - Finish The Year Right
No Sprint is complete unless it includes a retrospective and a review. We need to examine what we accomplished and how we got here. Those same considerations…
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True Vacation - Embracing The Value of Time Off
It is the time of year when we wind down a little bit. This is when it is essential to reconnect and maybe even take a true vacation. Finally, we can get away…
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Positive Focus - Victories and Tasks That Recharge Us
Holidays and vacations are meant to recharge us. They help us maintain or restore a positive focus and improve productivity. Nevertheless, we want to avoid too…
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Embrace Downtime - Make the Most of Slow Times
We are starting into that time of year where you might be most busy or struggle to find meaningful work. For those that are experiencing the latter, this…
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Set A Pace - Maximizing Your Productivity and Minimizing Stress
We finish the season of interviews with a discussion of how to set a pace that leads to success. We often refer to milestones and steady progress as…
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Achieving Goals - Setting A Milestone And Hitting The Mark
The season of interviews is wrapping up. First, however, I want to share some points about achieving goals and setting them. This past season was a little…
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Enjoy The Challenge - Finding Joy In Your Work
The greatest blessing you can have is to find joy in your work. It is a cliché to say you will never work a day in your life. However, that does not mean it is…
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A Community Effort - Building Your Content and User Base
One of the challenges of building a community is providing enough value to the members. That requires a community effort from almost the start. We continue our…
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Finding Software - Navigating A Web Full Of Options
We continue the interview with Jeff Dillon of Ed Tech Connect with a solution for finding software. That is not a simple problem to solve in the modern world…
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Jeff Dillon - EdTech Connect - Technology In Higher Ed
We start the next set of interviews with a discussion about technology in higher ed with Jeff Dillon. He has spent his career in this area of focus and has a…
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Technical Fit - Assess Your Tools and Processes To Find A Match
We take a break from our interviews and a wealth of recommendations to review how to apply these. There is a technical fit and organizational fit for solutions…
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Planning For Growth - Give Your Changes Time To Take Hold
The last part of our interview episodes with Krishna Mohan dive into how he helps companies grow. The primary concept is planning for growth. However, we also…
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Are You Ready For Growth? - Krishna Mohan Part 2
We continue our discussion with Krishna Mohan with a focus on the question, "are you ready for growth". Everyone wants to grow their business. However, not…
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Krishna Mohan - Turning Specific Experience Into General Solutions
This episode starts a discussion with Krishna Mohan. We start with some of his background and a journey from specific experiences to building general…
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Meaningful Discussions - Learning From Others While Giving Back
This episode offers a side trip during the interviews season and focuses on meaningful discussions. We have mentioned difficult discussions. However, the…
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Memorable Marketing - Find Ways To Stick In Your Customer's Mind
Here is a bonus episode in our interview with Sam McNeill. They provide a memorable marketing sort of tool known as insta-hit. He mentioned this during the…
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Sam McNeill - Difficult Conversations and Building a Culture of Teamwork
We wrap up the main part of the conversation with Sam McNeill as we mention difficult conversations. That is a perfect start for his stories about building a…
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Sam NcNeill - When Things Go Wrong , Great Leaders Step Up
We continue our multi-part series of interviews with Sam McNeill with a look at when things go wrong and an examination of leaders. There are times that we go…
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Sam McNeill Part 2 - Win Customers With Excitement and Professionalism
We continue our interview with Sam with a deeper dive into enthusiasm. He describes how his love of his job helps him to win customers. However, that is just…
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Sam McNeill Interview - Love Your Job And Find Success
We start our next series of interviews with an example of what happens when you love your job. Sam McNeill is highly successful and entertaining because of the…
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Style Stages - Find the platform that works for you (DP Knudten Part 4)
We jump into a discussion about repetition as key to your brand success. However, the next topic of style stages is just as critical. Then, we touch on several…
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Niche Brands - Personal Or Otherwise - DP Knudten Part 3
This episode starts right away with a continuation of the niche brands discussion. We then move to DP's thoughts on social media and using those tools. He even…
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Brand First Principles, A Foundation In Truth - DP Knudten Part 2
We dig into the ways to build a non-fiction brand in episode two. The focus is on brand first principles and sticking to truth in building upon it. DP starts…
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DP Knudten - Nonfiction Brands - Match Products And People
We continue our interviews with the first part of our discussion with the author of nonfiction brands - DP Knudten. His book sparked my interest, and now we…
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Professional Publishing Secret - Get Started And Be Consistent
We wrap up the interview with Dale L. Roberts sharing his professional publishing secret. He tells us to get started and be consistent. However, he shows us…
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Publish Wide - Dale Roberts Advice for Building Your Platforms
An interview of a self-publishing expert is not complete without a discussion of "publish wide." That refers to the many platforms available to publish your…
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Define Your Audience For Publishing Success
We continue our discussion with Dale L. Roberts with a discussion around how to define your audience. That is an important step in any product. Books and…
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Dale L. Roberts Interview - Getting Started With Self-Publishing
.This episode starts a new multi-part set of interviews with Dale L. Roberts. He is a guru of self-publishing with dozens of books to his name. The focus is…
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Finding A Mentor - Creating a Solid Foundation
This bonus episode for our Tim Stratton interview digs deeper into finding a mentor. First, we look at what makes a good mentor relationship. This is a…
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Mentor Relationships - Timothy Stratton Interview Part 5
The last part of the series in the Tim Stratton interview goes into how he got here and touches on mentor relationships. While we stick to the specifics, there…
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A Better Manager - Tim Stratton Interview
This episode of our interview with Timothy Stratton delves into experiences and how to be a better manager. We compare notes on what has worked for us and…
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Interview With Timothy Stratton - Continuing Education
We continue our discussion with Timothy Stratton with a dive into continuing education and how to keep up in the fast-moving world. There are always job…
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Timothy Stratton Interview Part 2 - The Value of Higher Education
Part two of our series of interviews with Timothy Stratton looks at his early years. He started with a focus on higher education. That worked well for him, but…
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Timothy Stratton Interview Part 1 - Starting a New Project
We start the next interview with an introduction to Timothy Stratton. He is an experienced developer moving into a role as a manager. This episode focuses on…
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Trevor Ewen Part 2 - The Technical MBA
The second part of our interviews with Trevor Ewen focuses on the value of a technical MBA. We discuss the benefits of the degree, the program, and the network…
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Trevor Ewen Part 4 - Extending Code
We wrap up the Trevor Ewen interview series with a discussion of building libraries and extending code. While this is often a necessity, there are different…