Kevin Hazzard on Python, Grokking Topics, Category Theory, and the Zen of Chainsaw Maintenance
Summary: In this episode, Frank and Andy talk to Kevin Hazzard.<br> Links:<br> Sponsor: Audible.com - Get a free audio book when you sign up for a free trial!<br> Sponsor: Enterprise Data & Analytics<br> Kevin's blog: Developer Journey<br> Notable Quotes:<br> Frank has a treadmill desk. (2:35)<br> "It's all about collecting the data." Health is secondary. (3:25)<br> On Python... (5:00)<br> We love our R listeners! (6:30)<br> Never count JavaScript out. (8:20)<br> Book reference: Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (8:50)<br> Book reference: "grok" from Stranger in a Strange Land (10:45)<br> How would databases be different if we'd started with unlimited memory? (12:00)<br> How to use data to drive web traffic. (17:45)<br> Generic Activity Tracker architecture (18:30)<br> Self-subscribing and auto-expiring microservices (20:30)<br> Movie reference: Dune (21:47)<br> The Walmart-Amazon wars (22:00)<br> "Data hunted me down and almost killed me!" (24:25)<br> Category theory (25:30)<br> Functional, then categorical, then both. (26:50)<br> "Sharpening chansaws." (28:05)<br> CosmosDB and Redis Cache (30:15)<br> "I'd love to not have a screen." (32:30)<br> On serving our community (33:00)<br> Book recommendation: The Alchemist (33:40)<br> "If you're a technologist, we sorely need you to serve." (35:40)<br> Richmond.Net (36:45)<br> @KevinHazzard
