AllWebSD

Introduction The goal for this season of AllWebSD is to deconstruct lessons learned from going head first into data structures. It’s my hope that I can translate a complex topic into an easy-going format and I’ll do so by channeling my inner 10-year-old self. You see back in my day, I was a big fan of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series. So I’m going to take snapshots from that show a...

Introduction Today, I’m joined by Coach Mikey , certified personal trainer out of San Diego. And in this discussion, we talk about the value of stepping away from your desk for a few minutes and some of the services he provides for integrating a healthy routine into your daily life. Highlighted Topics Who is Coach Mikey? More specifically, what is MikeyOFit ? What makes your fitness programs diffe...

Introduction Today I'm joined by Gabe Balanag , Tech Consultant servicing the LA and SD marketplaces. And with his help, he spotlights the most common gotchas new businesses experience as they set forth with their startups. "One example, is if you have 26 or more employees, you need to have at least 80 hours of sick leave time that you’re able to give to your employees." - Gabe Balanag regarding n...

Introduction Today, I’m joined by co-worker, colleague and friend, Daniel Gurtner , web development consultant based out of San Diego. In this session we go head first into a situational question. Can he explain what a cookie is to his wife? Highlighted Topics How long have you been a web developer? Family background questions: Married, yes? How long? Kids? How many? Let's set the stage. Your wife...

Introduction Today I’m honored to have Teresa Valenzuela and Gary Knight from the San Diego Futures Foundation. And today, we’ll be going head first into the digital divide, specific to our county and how local members in our community (me included) can be involved in these initiatives. Welcome Teresa and Gary! Highlighted Topics Could you give folks like me who are new to your org a rundown...

Introduction Today, I'm joined by Ansel , Manager of Data Analytics at Thermo Fisher Scientific . And with his help, he coaches me on the importance of data, with a stronger emphasis on its value for your business. Highlighted Topics During the creation of software (new/existing) when do you usually get consulted for your expertise? During the creation of software (new/existing) when do you ...

Today, I'm joined by  Justin , Senior Software Engineer at  ParTech . And with his help, he walks me through a high-level explanation (by way of Italian food) of what a MicroService is! Highlighted Topics What were you doing before getting into BackEnd professionally? Going from a Monolithic Architecture to MicroServices - tell me what that was like? My monolithic code already works - wh...

Introduction It’s always fun to stumble onto an easter egg. But it’s even more fun when they’re Chuck Norris easter eggs. And my Automation Engineer left quite a few on our Jenkins server. So without further ado, I’ll leave you with some amusement with a bit of an ASMR twist. Let’s begin! No statement can catch the ChuckNorrisException. When a bug sees Chuck Norris, it flees screaming in terror, a...

Introduction What’s up everyone and welcome back to AllWebSD. As 2021 unpacks itself the recruiting season is once again in full swing. And as companies unleash their budgets for their next round of hires its a no-brainer that you may get a call. Sometimes its a tech recruiter gauging your interest. But every now and again you might get called because someone marked you as a professional reference...

What’s up everyone and welcome to Season 4, Episode 2. I guess this episode is more of a heads up in that, I’ve been revisiting VueJS. And with version 3 recently released, its’ once again become a premier option in JavaScript frameworks. I’ve noticed more so that Vue and React’s community continue to push each other’s frameworks into the next level, whereas Angular is definitely blazing its own u...

Hey guys and welcome to the newest episode of AllWebSD. Where I put my city’s digital savants on the forefront, talk tech and find the proper moments of rest before burnout becomes a reality. Hmmm… My city’s digital savants. Let’s go there. Today I’m hungry. And I’m hungry to be once again inspired…by YOU . Specifically, the you that right now in this very moment decided to undertake such an arduo...

Foreword It’s the night before Thanksgiving. I have a laptop, a mic and an itch to talk to my wife about tech and not turkey. Aloha. Introduction What’s up everyone and welcome to season 3 series finale of allWebSD. It took a while to get to this episode, so I must apologize in advance. It looks like 5-6 episodes is what I can define as a season at this point for the show and I’m looking to regrou...

Introduction Coding is hard. And if you aren’t careful, it’ll suck you down a rabbit hole costing you the chance to be mindful of everything else. And that’s where this book comes into play. Soft Skills: The software developer’s life manual  by John Sonmez, is a book which helped me understand that there’s  more  to this career path than creating object oriented code or deploying&nb...

Introduction I’m fairly rusty with freelance. Frankly, my last freelance gig was almost a decade ago. A lot has changed since then…namely starting a family. But alas, with 2020 being so unique, I thought I’d take a stab at getting back into this arena part time and I wanted to outline some things which happened along the way. Long story short, I did not get the job. Denied Through word of mouth, a...

Introduction Developers. How many companies have them? The developer suffix is often prepended with any of the following: Front End, Back End, iOS, Android, Web, Full Stack, Embedded, Software, Desktop, Middle Tier, etc.  But what about  The Angry Developer ? You know who I’m talking about. That one developer always wrapped in angst, flips out on scope changes or constantly punts back,&n...

Welcome to  Season 3  of the allwebSD podcast! I’m back bringing stories to the foreground within the San Diego tech community and today I’m opening up this season with an awkward subject. Simply put, when to call it quits .  Today, I’m here with my former coworker who is helping me understand just that. His name is  Greg Schumsky  and I had the privilege of working with h...

Welcome to the  Season 2 Finale  of the AllWebSD podcast. I’m joined today by Security Engineer, Developer but more importantly one of my best friends and brothers from another mother. I’ve grown up with this guy since my high school days. I will not tell you when I went to high school cause I don’t want to date myself, but ya Michael Jordan was still the King...still is the King and we’...

Hey, everyone and welcome to another episode of AllWebSD. Today, I’m taking a virtual tour of a San Diego company called Family Proud . Heads up, I’m taking a nose dive deep into cold water so if my questions seem spotty, I’m asking you now for forgiveness, so thanks. Please welcome a member of the San Diego Tech Hub community, he is CEO and Co-Founder, Jaden Risner. “We connect patients and...

Introduction WordPress in easy steps   by Darryl Bartlett, is a book which saved me when I was tasked with maintaining my company’s WordPress website. At last pass, the website was officially on PHP 7. Whereas my last freelance project used PHP 4. Yikes 😶 . I needed an insurance policy and I found this book to be a saving grace in helping me survive the modern day WordPress ecosystem. Summar...

Introduction Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport is an important book that I’ve picked up in the last decade. It’s a pretty bold statement to make but for me personally, I was in the market for something which could help me out with some mental stress that I’d been carrying over my head. At the core of it all, the root cause is my iPhone. It’s been a great tool to have but it’s also come at a cost....

What’s up everyone and welcome to the AllWebSD Podcast. Let’s get right to it, yes? I’d like you to take in informal data point on your immediate social network. No, not the people you like, heart or drop cute little emoticons on, I’m talking about actual people you talk or text with.  Now, count on 10 fingers (yourself included) on what smart phone you and your 9 other peers are on. At first...

Where do I begin? It's been 6 years since I tended to this project so I wanted to first explain why that is.  Well, stuff happens.  Back then, I had just put in notice at my workplace at the time without a new offer in hand. I was out of gas. I'll explain that at a later time but I essentially had no direction and found time in the Summer of 2014 to kickstart the entire show. But then af...

Hi, my name is Mark. I've been working professionally as a web developer since 2009. I got started by making tiny HTML snippets for pay per click ads and my responsibilities have grown tremendously since then. I’ve got my gripes about this profession, rest assured. I’ve had my headaches from working with Prototype and Scriptaculous, mucked with no conflicting that alongside jQuery, been weary abou...

Online privacy. This topic can’t be covered in one talk but we’ll try. In this podcast, we speak with Cale Dansbee, small business owner of TopStone LLC out of Escondido. He brings 15+ years of cyber security engineering experience and serves us his insight and opinions on the landscape of internet security and how we can combat the potential security flaws that are hand-in-hand with the technolog...

Working in technology often comes with its perks of getting an influx of inquiries for your services. Sometimes it’s a hit. Sometimes it’s a miss. In this talk, we speak with Tech Recruiter Justin Stewart of Bridgepoint Education and gather his insights on what makes a great recruiter, what they look for when they screen candidates and along the way express a few humble opinions on the technology...