Artsy Engineering Radio
A podcast exploring questions in software engineering.
Episodes
80 episodes
RFC: Whatcha workin' on?
Sultan, Jon, and Matt get together and talk about what they've been up to lately. The surprising CSS of form inputs? Revamping key application surfaces? Combining systems that probably should've been one system to begin with? All that, and more...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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41:01
Career Growth, Transitions, & Foundation w/ Anna
Artsy Alumni Anna joins Matt Dole to discuss what she's been up to since leaving Artsy (spoiler: a lot of cool stuff)! What has she learned from her work at Foundation, and how has she grown in the last yea...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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38:59
Artsy Alumni Steve Hicks
How is Steve doing after a year in his new job? Let's find out about one of our favorite Artsy alumni friends!
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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36:49
RFC about Weddings and Mentoring
Kaja and Erik are having a well rounded conversation about wedding planing and mentoring and programming language ecosystems. Does this potpourri of topics raise a lot of questions? Find the answers in this episode. And make sure to sign up for...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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41:29
Artsy Berliners: Adam
On this episode of Artsy Engineering Radio, Adam Butler joins us in our new series "Artsy Berliners" where we highlight the exciting stories of the Artsy team in Berlin. Adam shares his unique journey from being a security guard to becomi...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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23:11
Listening to Music during Work
Pavlos, George and Kaja talk about what kind of music they listen to during work and how it helps them to get into the "tunnel". If you listen to this episode and get curious about examples of their described music, we have the links to the son...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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26:43
WAYAHDYGH: Pavlos
Today we have a very special (and a little sad) episode: our beloved Pavlos is leaving Artsy, and he joined Matt to tell us who he is and what he's learned during his time here.We'll miss you, Pavlos! Come back any time!
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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33:23
RFC: Always trying to get.. Betterer
Jon Allured, Pavlos Vinieratos and George Kartalis talk about Betterer, a tool by Craig Spence (aka phenomnomnominal), all about trying to get your codebase in a better state. We used it for a couple of week. What did we think? What did we love...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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23:52
Learnings from the Security Learning Group
This week, Matt Dole & Brian take time to reflect on a recent security-focused learning group run by engineers at Artsy. Have you ever wanted to beef up your security chops and hang out with your team at the same time? Listen to learn how y...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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19:31
Working 4 Days A Week
In this episode Erik and Kaja are talking about their experience working 4 days a week instead of 5.
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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32:01
EuRuKo Recap!
Kaja joins Matt Dole to talk about her experience at this year's EuRuKo (European Ruby Conference). What was her favorite talk? What did she learn that will change how she works? Tune in for the answers to those questions and more!https...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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35:26
Whatchu working on (on the side): Forty by Jon Allured
Jon Allured talks to Pavlos Vinieratos about Jon's worktime tracking app. It's Forty, and it's about helping you hit that 40 hours a week, while making sure you don't do over! Work/life balance is king.We discuss how the idea came about, ho...
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37:03
Devtools.fm, Recurse, & Oxide w/ Justin Bennett
Today on the podcast, Matt Dole is joined by former Artsyer Justin Bennett to talk about what he's up to these days. Turns out he's up to quite a lot! Tune in to hear about his podcast (devtools.fm), his time ...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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43:18
WAYAHDYGH Pamela
We are getting to know a bit more about our engineering manager Pamela, how she got here and what she enjoys about her job but also her fun creative hobby and her experiences with leading teams when the leaders left.
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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26:18
RFC: Engineers and Motiviation
Motivation is one of the driving forces for accomplishments and achievements, but it's not always easy to stay motivated. In this episode, Mounir, Matt Dole, and Sultan are talking about how to motivate yourself and stay focused. They also disc...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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36:40
Improving Artwork Recommendations
Recommending artworks to collectors is tricky but having four different ways to do it… Listen as Sarah Haq and Jon Allured talk about how they are improving the artwork recommendations at Artsy by establishing a single source of truth and more!...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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25:15
What are Engineering Practices?
At Artsy, we have a concept of a "practice": engineers across different teams who meet on a regular basis to discuss cross-system plans, problems, and systems. This week on the podcast, Matt & Kaja discuss how our practices work, what we li...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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40:22
WAYAHDYGH: George
Joining Matt Dole for a "Who Are You and How Did You Get Here" episode is George, a React Native specialist at Artsy. Tune in to learn how he went from waiting tables to waiting on CI!
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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29:39
Whatchu working on (on the side): Buddies by Angela Patrinou
Pavlos Vinieratos talks with Angela Patrinou (a fellow Greek), about Angela's mobile app. It's called Buddies, and it's about finding friends around the city you just moved into!We discuss how the idea came about, how the development went, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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25:03
Teaching Coding as a Volunteer
On this week's episode, Matt, George, and Angela get together to discuss their experience teaching coding skills in a volunteer environment. Why did they get into teaching? What have they learned from teaching others?
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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30:48
Backend Beauties
Jackie Potts and Kaja Santro are both from a Ruby-backend background and working as software engineers at Artsy. In this episode they are talking about how it is to work in this area while also being dog moms and what their favorite Ruby gems a...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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35:48
WAYAHDYGH: Carlos
Carlos joins Matt this week for another "Who Are You, And How Did You Get Here" episode! Tune in to learn how he went from building games with RPG Maker as a teenager in Brazil to working as a software engineer in Germany today. It's been quite...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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25:38
An Overview of Artsy's Engineering Infrastructure
Ever wondered whether we run on Heroku or Kubernetes? How we monitor and deploy our apps? Tune in to this episode for an overview of Artsy's infrastructure choices with Senior Director of Engineering (and 10-year Artsy veteran!) Joey.
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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35:12
What was it like to be a programmer in the 70s?
Today's episode is very special: Artsy engineer Erik is joined by 3 engineers who worked at United Airlines starting in the late 1970s (one of whom is his mom!), who share a look back at their careers and some amazing programming history. You d...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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42:04