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September 13, 2020 102 mins

We gather around the water cooler to discuss some random topics, while Joe sends too many calendar invites, Allen interferes with science, and Michael was totally duped.

If you’re reading these show notes via your podcast player, you can find this episode’s full show notes at https://www.codingblocks.net/episode141. As Joe would say, check it out and join the conversation.

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Overheard Around the Water Cooler

  • Are your unit tests bring your down? Do we hate unit tests now?
  • Do you have to read your emails?
  • Are you ruining everything by working late?
  • Is Kubernetes programmings?
  • When developing the next big deal application, which of the following are most important to you?
    • Features
    • Automation, i.e. CI / CD pipeline
    • Unit tests, maybe even TDD
    • Dependency Injection
    • ALM (Alerting, Logging, Monitoring)
    • Security first

Resources We Like

  • RAW Vim Workshop/Tutorial (YouTube)
  • Explore Kubernetes resources with Datadog Live Containers (Datadog)

Tip of the Week

  • Lens, The Kubernetes IDE (GitHub)<
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