Monthly Archives: January 2016

Ep. 72 – Security Newbie (Chris Palmer)

January 25, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

Chris Palmer spends his time thinking about how to make a browser more secure. But security is a broad concept that can mean different things to different people, and part of a developer’s job is balancing those needs. We talk to Chris about how he makes security decisions and what new developers should consider when thinking about security in the products they build.

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Shoutouts

Sponsored Shoutout: Linode promo code “CodeNewbie20” for $20 credit (Saron)
Cryptography Engineering (Chris)
The Tangled Web (Chris)
Timeline of NSA Domestic Spying (Saron)
Straight Talk: New Yorkers on Privacy (Saron)
John Oliver and Edward Snowden (Saron)

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Ep. 71 – Internet For All (Danilo Campos)

January 18, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

Danilo lived in public housing until he was two. Now a self-taught iOS developer, he’s using his technical skills and personal journey to help bring the internet to the thousands living in public housing in the US. We talk to Danilo about the importance of the ConnectHome project, how he navigated his own coding journey, and how he wish he knew sooner that programming wasn’t something that other people did, and that he could do it too.

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Sponsored Shoutout: Braintree click for your first $50,000 in transactions fee-free (Saron)
Mr. Rogers Goes To Washington (Danilo)
The Information (book) (Danilo)
Learn to Mod (Danilo)
Connect Home Fact Sheet (Saron)
Unpacking My Knapsack: The Privileges of a Hispanic Male in Tech (Saron)

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Ep. 70 – From Servers to Security (Christina Morillo)

January 11, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

Christina started as a server administrator. But over the years, she found her way into information security, now serving as VP of Technology and Information Risk at Morgan Stanley. She talks to us about the vast world of security, why CodeNewbies should care about security even as developers, and how she’s navigated her own coding journey.

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Shoutouts

Sponsored Shoutout: Linode promo code “CodeNewbie20” for $20 credit (Saron)
Blog Post on Starting an InfoSec Career – Part II (Christina)
Blog Post on Starting an InfoSec Career – Part I (Christina)
Lesley Carhart’s Blog (Christina)
Security Starter Pack (Christina)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python (Christina)
45 Free Online Classes on the Muse (Christina)
I Am Christina (Saron)
Swift on Security (Saron)
How Developers and IT Think Differently about Security — and Why It Matters (Saron)

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Ep. 69 – Manager Newbie (Selena Deckelmann)

January 4, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

Selena’s been in tech for twenty years. She got her first taste of open source software back in 1995, and since then, she’s been an open source contributor bringing more people into tech. She talks about her new role as manager of a dev team, how open source has changed over the years, and what she’s learned from working with beginners.