Hussein Nasser

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

Welcome to the Backend Engineering Show podcast with your host Hussein Nasser. If you like software engineering you’ve come to the right place. I discuss all sorts of software engineering technologies and news with specific focus on the backend. All opinions are my own. Most of my content in the podcast is an audio version of videos I post on my youtube channel here http://www.youtube.com/c/HusseinNasser-software-engineering Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hnasr🧑‍🏫 Courses I Teachhttps://husseinnasser.com/courses

Author

Hussein Nasser

Category

Technology

Podcast website

database.husseinnasser.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 20 - Cool feature in git 24.01.2018

I discovered git submodules today. I talk about how I found them and how they helped my code reusability.

Episode 19 - Python as a Web Server 24.01.2018

We answer the question can Python runs on the backend and serve REST end points

Episode 18 - Memory Leaks 24.01.2018

We discuss memory leaks. What are they? How they happen? How dangerous can they be?

Episode 17 - UX ... then REST 23.01.2018

We discuss how an engineer can save tremendous design and architecture efforts at the backend building the REST services by actually starting with the user experience. As usual with an example. Cheers y’all

Episode 16 - TheDragon fights Engineers too 23.01.2018

We talk about how the we are meant to create beautiful art and how the resistance (the dragon) is stopping us from putting that work out there.

Episode 15 - I Wrote Bad Front-End Code 19.01.2018

While building an Alien Invasion javascript game I wrote some bad code that froze my chrome. I discuss the unscalable piece of code and go through how I discovered it and how to fix it.

Episode 14 - Learn Software By Doing 19.01.2018

With new technologies it becomes overwhelming for engineers to learn. We discuss one of the best ways to learn the new technologies by doing projects using them. Step out of your comfort zone and build apps using those tech!

Episode 13 - Do Developers Make Lousy UX? 18.01.2018

In this episode we discuss why lot of people think Developers make unusable and lousy user experiences and interfaces. We take examples of Windows vs Mac and a throw back from a blog post I wrote 10 years ago. Enjoy

Episode 12 - Stateless vs Stateful 16.01.2018

We discuss stateless and stateful client / server architecture using instagram as an example.

Episode 11 - Persistence 13.01.2018

We discuss how persistence at the client side. We bring Siri, Whatsapp and Twitter s examples of dealing with persistence of draft, lost and unsent messages .

Episode 10 - Scalable Software 12.01.2018

We discuss software scaling in three tiers. The front end, the backend and the middle. We take instagram as an example for all three tiers.

Episode 09 - Advice to new Software Engineers 08.01.2018

This podcast is for software engineers that just started their career and facing pressure from outside world to divert their path. Keep doing what you love.

Episode 08 - UX and Software Architecture 05.01.2018

Does the user experience derive the software architecture or vise versa? Can user experience help determine what backend database you end up using? We discuss both styles of engineering and talk about pros and cons. Enjoy

Episode 02 - Stuck at your job? 02.01.2018

In this episode we discuss how can you make a change to your career. I also talk about my experience a little. Enjoy

Episode 01 - Sync vs aSync 29.12.2017

We discuss two programming styles both have their advantages and disadvantages. Enjoy

IGeometry Podcast - Intro 29.12.2017

First podcast - intro - welcome to IG podcast

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