The Scripting Den Podcast

Understanding how to prepare for your first technical interview, and what to expect from the process is not easy. Companies will have their own hiring process, and some of them will confuse you with their own process getting you to think all of them are like that.Whiteboard coding, for instance, that's one of the worst things you can do during a technical interview, however, it's a

If you haven't been living under a rock, you might've heard about this specific type of NoSQL database being mentioned quite often lately.Now, why do you think that is? In fact, do you know what a Vector database actually is? And what you can do with it?In this episode I go over all those questions, eventually hitting the actual answer that prompted this episode: Why is everyone (

Many developers avoid using AI in their day-to-day simply because they don't know how to use it. Maybe you're one of them?If reading AI automatically takes you to Copilot then you need to listen/watch to this episode.In this episode I cover 4 different ways in which AI can help you be a more efficient developer, and 2 of those are what I call BBTs (Big Boring Tasks) that are made a

In today's episode I got to interview Dave Thomas, co-author of one of the most influential books in our industry: The Pragmatic Programmer.During the interview, we talk about the potential impact of LLMs (like Claude or ChatGPT) on the software development profession. Will we still be developing in the same way and following the same principles (some of which were actually coined

Have you considered using AI as part of your dev workflow? Are you aware of all the benefits LLMs can bring to the table?Some companies fear AI simply because of misconceptions, or just lack of understanding. In this episode I cover the reasons why developers should include LLMs into their workflow and some of the best practices to keep in mind during that implementation process.In

Sometimes as developers we spend way too much time thinking about the "perfect" tech stack for our projects, and while that doesn't exists, there are some considerations that you can take to make a somewhat smart decision when deciding on what tech to use.Some of the factors that can help you decide on your tech stack are:The complexity of your project.Your team's expertise with th

Where do you prefer to work, smaller startups with very small teams? Or huge multi-national companies where your team is just one of many inside a big department?Have you tried both worlds? I have!And in this episode, I share my own experience of what it's like to work for small, young startups, more mature ones and then making the jump into big, multinational companies.Is there on

Unit tests are usually 2nd (if not 3rd) class citizens in any codebase, teams usually work on them only once they're done with all the "important" features.However, if you do it like that, chances are those tests will eventually start slowing your development process down. They will affect your coding, and your deployment pipelines, affecting your time-to-resolution metrics or even

Getting burned out by a side project is, sadly, quite common in our industry. While side projects are not mandatory for developers, they are quite common.Whether your own side project is technical or not is irrelevant, if you're not careful about it, you will end up burned out by it.So to help you avoid that tragic end, and keep enjoying your side project, I've recorded this episod

In this new episode of the podcast, I get to talk about how IT (or the dev department) should align with the Business and what strategies are there to do it.Remember, IT and Business are not always aligned, to the point that sometimes IT is neglected and treated as a second-class department that is there only to follow everyone else's direction.So in this episode I talk about the b