Coffee with Developers
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Episodes
88 episodes
How to Avoid LLM Pitfalls - Guillaume Laforge & Mete Atamel from Google
On this episode of Coffee of Developers we speak to Mete Atamel and Guillaume Laforge, Developer Advocates at Google about how developers can avoid common pitfalls when using LLMs and some of the exciting things you can do with Google Gemini, a...
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Is AI replacing developers?, Stopping bots, AI on device & more - Sebastian Gingter
On this edition we're joined by Sebastian Gingter from Thinktecture to discuss whether AI will ever actually replace Developers or if we're worried about nothing, how to stop bots indexing your sites, how to use AI on device and much more.
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Making LLMs Make Sense with GraphRAG and Neo4j - Martin O'Hanlon
On this edition of Coffee with Developers we welcomed from Martin O’Hanlon - Technical Curriculum Developer at Neo4j - to tell us all about how GraphRAG can be used to build and train generative AI applications that use LLMs that give accurate ...
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Building a Privacy-First Social Platform at Mastodon - Andy Piper
On this episode we sat down with Andy Piper, Head of Communications at Mastodon, to discuss what it's like to build a privacy-first social platform, how they resist including ads on the timeline, and all about the Fediverse.
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Microsoft is 50, Web Readiness Reports and 20 Years of Git - Christian "Schepp" Schaefer
On this episode we look at how Microsoft is celebrating its 50th birthday, the web readiness report to see which browsers are doing best, and what we did before Git as it celebrates two decades of domination in the world of version control.
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What Does AI Mean for Web Development? - Laurie Voss, Rey Bango, Hannah Foxwell, Rizel Scarlett and Thomas Steiner
If you missed our recent WebDev and AI LIVE Day, then you’re in luck because we’re giving you free access to this fantastic panel of speakers.Laurie Voss, Rey Bango, Hannah Foxwell, Rizel Scarlett and Thomas Steiner joined us to d...
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Can AI Save Accessibility?, Horrid HTML, The Frontend Treadmill and more - Dirk Ginader
On this edition of The Weekly Developer Show we welcomed Dirk Ginader, Accessibility Engineering Lead at Google, to ask whether AI can save accessibility, what every developer can do to make their code more accessible and much more.
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Fighting Fraud with an AI Grandma - Ben Hopkins and Morten Legarth from faith @ VCCP
On this episode we met with Ben Hopkins and Morten Legarth - Creative Directors at faith @ VCCP - a marketing agency that made headlines recently after creating an AI Grandma voice-bot to bait scammers on behalf of O2 UK.
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Gaps in CSS, EU Accessibility Act and more with Emma Dawson
On this edition of the Weekly Developer Show we welcomed web developer and accessibility specialist Emma Dawson, to talk about how to make applications more accessible, the gaps in CSS, what the EU Accessibility means and much more.
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Graphs and RAGs Everywhere... But What Are They? - Andreas Kollegger - Neo4j
Neo4j has grown from a small open-source project to a major player in the graph database industry, now employing around 800 people.Head of GenAI Innovation, Andreas Kolleger, shares his 15-year journey, discussing the blend of remote wor...
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How ChatGPT fails, Preserving the web and Backend-Frontend Separation - Luise Freese
On this episode of WeAreDevelopers LIVE we're joined by Software Architect and Microsoft MVP Luise Freese to talk about the weird and wonderful stories happening on the web over the past week. From how ChatGPT fails, to how you can have your vo...
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Data Science, ML & AI in the Oil and Gas Industry at NDT Global - Katja Träumner
Dr. Katja Träumner, Head of Data Science and AI at NDT Global, discusses her career path from physics to data science in the pipeline inspection industry.She highlights the role of AI in analysing pipeline data and addresses the need for...
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AX, DX or UX, Building software with AI without any experience and more - Zaid Zaim
On this episode we welcomed AI and XR expert and Microsoft MVP Zaid Zaim to talk about whether we ask AI to book our vacations in future, how to build a game without knowing how to write code, Global AI and more.Join us for WeAreDevelop...
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Building Your Own Classification Model with JavaScript - Carly Richmond
On this episode, we welcomed back Carly Richmond - Principal Developer Advocate at Elastic - to discuss how she builds side projects to experiment with new tech, work through ideas and mostly importantly, have fun. We look at Carly’s Is It Cake...
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What's Nuxt and Next for app development, 20 years of AJAX and more with Alexander Lichter
On this episode of WeAreDevelopers LIVE we're joined by Nuxt.js Engineer Alexander Lichter to celebrate 20 years of AJAX, discuss what all the fuss is about with frameworks and the web, and what's next for Nuxt.
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Getting the Best Computing Performance with CUDA - Stephen Jones
On this episode we met with Stephen Jones, one of the Architects of NVIDIA’S CUDA Python, to talk about they’re looking to unify the Python CUDA ecosystem, their upcoming GPU Technology Conference GTC, and a lot more. As always, follow us on so...
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Dishonest Charts, BritCSS, Debugging with AI and more - Christophe Porteneuve
On this episode of WeAreDevelopers LIVE: The Weekly Developers Show we met with Christophe Porteneuve to discuss what CSS looks like with functions in it, dishonest charts, what would make BritCSS even better, debugging with AI and a lot more.
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Building Bluesky as a Platform - Eric Bailey
We met with Bluesky engineer Eric Bailey to hear all about what it has been like to watch its popularity surge over the past year, how it uses the AT Protocol to let users own their own data, and what the future looks like for the platform.
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New Browser APIs, End of React Create App, Smuggling Data in Emoji and more with Rowdy Rabouw
On this episode of the Weekly Developer Show, we look at exciting new browser APIs, ask whether its the end of React, show how to smuggle data in emoji and lots more.
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Honeypots and Tarpits, Benefits of Building your own Tools and more with Salma Alam-Naylor
On this episode of the Weekly Developer show we met with Developer and Twitch Streamer Salma Alam-Naylor to discuss the EU putting $200 billion investment into AI, honeypots and tarpits, whether we should outsource our mind to AI and a lot more...
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How Google and Partners are Enabling an AI-Powered Web - Thomas Steiner
On this episode we met Thomas Steiner, Developer Relations Engineer on the Chrome Team at Google and post-doctorate researcher, to discuss the new fund made available by Google and partners to support AI-powered apps on the web.We had gr...
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Brittle or Patient Developers, AI Failing History and more with Nicki Jeschko
On this edition of the Weekly Developer Show we're joined by full-stack developer Nicki Jeschko to talk about whether it's good to be a brittle developer, why we should try and be more patient as programmers, why AI is failing history class and...
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Creating AI Bedtime Stories for Children and Navigating EU Regulations - Matthias and Dima from OscarStories
On this episode we met with Matthias and Dima, the founders of Oscar Stories - a mobile app that lets parents create age-appropriate, personalised bedtime stories for children, made with AI. We spoke about how they managed to launch within just...
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WAD Live 29/01/2025: Using all the HTML, Running State of the Browser and "Modern" is Rubbish with Dave Letorey
On this edition of The Weekly Developer Show we're joined by David Letorey (Director at Code Red Digital Ltd. Organiser of London Web Standards and State of the Browser) to talk about what it's like to use every HTML document, how to improve th...
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Demystifying Git Commands, Accessibility Essentials and more - Stefan Judis joins as Guest
On this episode of the weekly Dev Show, we de-mystify git commands, look at what developers need to do to improve accessibility, how AI will struggle to write code if we prompt it with natural language, and whether we still need frameworks....
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