goobar
The goobar podcast is a software development podcast dedicated to building great software and helping others do the same. Here, we'll explore the world of software development from writing code, working on a team, and investing in your career. The goal is to help you feel prepared and supported as you navigate the industry, write code, build awesome products, and create your ideal career. We aim to foster a sense of connection, inspiration, and continued learning, so we can all continue to dream, learn, and create!
Episodes
25 episodes
How to Prepare for Yearly Performance Reviews as a Software Engineer
Yearly performance reviews for software engineers can be a stressful and/or exciting time. If we can prepare for review season by having a clear idea of our impact, data to support it and a clear vision for where we want to go in our care...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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14:42
Descope Your Software Project To Deliver Early And Often
Descoping a project or feature simply means making it smaller. This might mean cutting out a few bells and whistles, or it could mean making large changes to the overall requirements.By evaluating project requirements and deadline...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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10:01
Look For The Root Cause When Solving Problems
When debugging an error in our code or looking for a solution to a given problem, it's easy to fall into the trap of going with the quick, obvious solution. However, this often sets us up for future problems because many times the obvious...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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7:13
Why Share Your Work?
Why share your work? Why take that risk and put yourself out there?Well, it's because there are a lot of very positive things that come out of the process of sharing. From improved skills, to unexpected opportunities, to more...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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12:24
Jetpack Compose Tips From a Production Android App
This week's podcast episode explores Jetpack Compose tips that have been helping my team while using Compose in an existing production Android app.Chapters00:43 Intro02:12 Leverage self-documenting apis04:07 Embrac...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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27:45
What Does Jetpack Compose 1.0 Mean For You?
In this episode, we're chatting about the exciting 1.0 release of Android's Jetpack Compose UI toolkit! We'll explore what this release means for you and your projects, and I'll share my thoughts after working with Compose in production f...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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35:43
Essential Skills for Android Developers
What are the essential skills for Android developers looking to get into the industry in 2021? In this week's episode of the goobar podcast, we're exploring this listener question to help Android developers understand which skills...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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29:26
How To Digest Google I/O (And Other Developer Events)
How to digest Google I/O and other developer events so you can stay up to date with the latest developer news?Show NotesNew goobar website - https://goobar.dev Paid Coaching -
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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17:52
Kotlin vs Java for Android Development
Kotlin vs Java? Java vs Kotlin? Which language should you learn; Java or Kotlin? Which language should you choose for Android development in 2021?This week's episode is an FAQ-episode covering a handful of the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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11:32
Non-Coding Tips for Coding Interview Assignments
Unsurprisingly, when discussing take-home assignments for coding interviews, much of the focus is put on code. Can you code? Are you using "best practices?" What tools are you using?. There's lots of code-related things ...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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22:21
Kotlin Multiplatform vs Flutter
There's a lot of questions around "Kotlin vs Flutter" but comparing those two directly isn't really an accurate comparison. Comparing Kotlin Multiplatform to Flutter is much more interesting.In this week's episode, we're going to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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34:19
Mobile App Security - Tips For Securing Your Mobile Projects
This week, I want to talk about app security; specifically mobile app security; and being really, really specific Android app security; though the concepts will apply equally as well to iOS applications.App security is something that is...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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44:58
The Problem With Developer "Scores"
Developer "scores" and assessments can be motivating and a fun gamification element for some. However, for others, they can be discouraging and misleading.In this episode, I'm sharing some of my thoughts on why I think these kind ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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9:03
How To Stand Out And Get A Software Development Job In Another Country?
A listener recently asked how to stand out and get a software development job in another country.In this episode, we're going to explore this question and examine a number of ways to highlight your coding skills and focus your internati...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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18:30
State Of Kotlin In 2021
What is the state of the Kotlin programming language in 2021? What are the new features? Where are investments being made? How is Kotlin being used?We're going to explore these questions and more in this week's episode...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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22:57
State Of Mobile App Development In 2021
Let's explore the state of mobile app development in 2021.What are the major operating systems? How are developers building apps? Where are users getting their apps?We'll dive into these questions and more.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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29:25
Embrace Your Hobbies To Find Your Genius Zone
Can you still have active hobbies and be a software developer?Yes. And, in fact, embracing your hobbies, and outside experiences might be the key to unlocking your "genius zone" and finding building your ideal career.Ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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9:12
Dream / Learn / Create In 2021
In this episode we're chatting about the New Year, and how to set ourselves up for success.It's so important to have big dreams; to always be learning; and to create.We're going to talk about how to Dream, Learn, and Create to h...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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19:10
8 Programming Blog Post Ideas
In this week's episode we're going to help defeat the blank page by exploring 8 programming blog post ideas and themes that you can turn to the next time you want to sit down and write a technical article.Chapters00:00 Te...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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19:46
Mailbag // Managing constant change // University & Portfolio Project Ideas
This week, we're diving into the virtual mailbox and answering some questions that came my way during the past couple of weeks.Question 1 - When will development tools (Android) be stable?Question 2 - What are some...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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25:19
You've Learned The Basics... Now What?
You've watched some videos on YouTube, followed a few basic tutorials, completed a codelab or two, and you're thinking.... now what? In this week's episode, we're exploring that question. I'm going to share with you ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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12:45
No Broken Windows
In this week's episodes, we're exploring one of my favorite software development mantras "no broken windows". We're going to review the broken windows theory as presented in the book The Pragmatic Programmer and examine how that t...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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14:35
Understanding Continuous Integration
In this week's episode, we're chatting about a topic near and dear to my heart; continuous integration, or CI, as it's more commonly referred to.This is something that pretty much any modern professional dev team is going to use, and ye...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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24:01