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Few careers shape daily life like software engineering. From the way people search for jobs and learn new skills to how businesses run behind the scenes, software quietly powers billions of micro-moments every single day . So how do you stay ahead in a world that’s increasingly run on code, data and distributed systems — and where the tools seem to change every week? Welcome to SEEK Bytes , the podcast for software engineers and IT professionals, hosted by SEEK software engineers Elliott Millar , Seamus Kearney and William Lark . SEEK is an Australian-founded market leader in online employment...

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Monoliths vs Microservices: Are We Overcomplicating Everything? 15.08.2023 48:31

Heard “monoliths bad, microservices good” a few too many times? In this episode of SEEK Bytes, engineers Elliott Millar, Will Lark and Seamus Kearney pull apart the hype and get real about monoliths, microservices and monorepos – when each makes sense, and how messy the definitions get once you’re in real systems. From tiny startup apps and internal admin tools to large, distributed platforms with...

Go Fetch, Datadog: Finding Bugs Before Your Users Do 15.08.2023 32:34

Ever been on‑call with angry 500s in production and zero helpful logs? In this episode of SEEK Bytes, engineers Reyna Tan, Seamus Kearney, Will Lark and Elliott Millar dive into how SEEK uses Datadog as their go‑to observability platform – from metrics and traces to dashboards and on‑call. They unpack how Datadog helps them follow the full journey of a request across services, spot Dynamo and API...

ChatGPT vs Your Dev Job: Threat, Tool, or Superpower? 15.08.2023 47:52

Using ChatGPT to write code, tests and essays – game over for engineers or just the next power tool? In this episode of SEEK Bytes, engineers Nick Skoufis, Bridget Barnes, Elliott Millar and Reyna Tan dive into what ChatGPT really is, where it shines, where it fails hard, and how it might change the day‑to‑day reality of software work. From asking it to refactor test suites, generate React and Web...

Welcome to SEEK Bytes, a podcast FOR Software Engineers BY Software Engineers 15.08.2023 27:19

Love the freedom of working from home but worried about what it’s doing to your growth and team culture? In this first episode of SEEK Bytes, engineers Elliott Millar, Bridget Barnes and Nik Skoufis get real about remote, hybrid and office life at SEEK – from pre‑pandemic experiments to fully remote roles and everything in between. They talk about the upsides (no commute, more time with pets and k...