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  • DevNews is the news show for developers by developers, hosted by Saron Yitbarek, founder of CodeNewbie and Disco, and Josh Puetz, principal engineer at Forem. Each season these experienced devs cover the latest in the world of tech, and speak with diverse guests from a variety of backgrounds to dig deep into meaty topics such as security, the pros and cons of outsourcing your authentication, and the latest bugs and hacks.
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Episodes
  • S8:E9 - Diablo Immortal and Video Game Accessibility, The Challenges of Creating an AR System, The Recent Wave of Tech Layoffs, and More

    S8:E9 - Diablo Immortal and Video Game Accessibility, The Challenges of Creating an AR System, The Recent Wave of Tech Layoffs, and More
    Jun 9 2022
    This week we’re talking about the recent wave of tech layoffs, and React Eurasia’s controversial decision to locate this year's conference in Dubai. Then we speak with Steven Spohn, senior director of development at The AbleGamers Charity Foundation about Diablo Immortal’s native voice chat transcription and speech-to-text accessibility feature, and where we are in terms of accessible design in the video game industry as a whole. Finally, we speak with Jeri Ellsworth, co-founder and CEO of Tilt Five about what some of the inherent challenges are with creating AR devices that might be making it difficult for both Apple and Google to launch the glasses they’ve been talking about for years. Show Notes DevDiscuss (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) Avalanche (sponsor) React Eurasia's 2022 Location Twitter Announcement The Split-Screen Job Market: Low Unemployment, High Turnover, Plenty Of Openings—And More Layoff Headlines Diablo Immortal will launch with native voice chat transcription and speech-to-text The AbleGamers Charity accessible.games Tilt Five
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    56 mins
  • S8:E8 - Can Open-Source Exist in China, Apple Unveils New Accessibility Features, Salesforce Employees vs. the NRA, and More

    S8:E8 - Can Open-Source Exist in China, Apple Unveils New Accessibility Features, Salesforce Employees vs. the NRA, and More
    Jun 2 2022
    In this episode, we talk about Salesforce employees calling for an end of the company working with the National Rifle Association. Then we speak with Zeyi Yang, reporter at the MIT Technology Review about a recent piece he wrote titled, "How censoring China’s open-source coders might backfire." Finally, we speak with Sarah Fossheim, independent accessibility engineer and creator and maintainer of the Ethical Design guide, about the new accessibility features Apple is bringing to its products. Show Notes DevDiscuss (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) Avalanche (sponsor) RailsConf 'Unconscionable': Thousands of workers at Salesforce, San Francisco’s biggest employer, demand company stop working with NRA How censoring China’s open-source coders might backfire Apple previews innovative accessibility features combining the power of hardware, software, and machine learning
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    47 mins
  • S8:E7 - Faking DEI Efforts, Ruby at Scale, and Diving Into PyScript

    S8:E7 - Faking DEI Efforts, Ruby at Scale, and Diving Into PyScript
    May 26 2022
    In this episode, we speak with Tara Robertson, a diversity and inclusion consultant about some of the ways the tech industry has continued to fail when it comes to DEI, which is a topic spurred by a recent piece in the New York Times titled, At Wells Fargo, a Quest to Increase Diversity Leads to Fake Job Interviews. Then we speak with Stefan Marr, researcher and Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent’s School of Computing about Shopify’s investment into Ruby at Scale, and the research he will be doing for them. And finally we speak with Fabio Pliger, Principal Software Architect at Anaconda, Inc. and creator of PyScript about, you guessed it, PyScript! Which was unveiled at PyCon US 2022. Show Notes DevDiscuss (sponsor) CodeNewbie (sponsor) Avalanche (sponsor) At Wells Fargo, a Quest to Increase Diversity Leads to Fake Job Interviews The Price of Wells Fargo’s Fake Account Scandal Grows by $3 Billion How to Talk to Your Boss About Race Shopify Invests in Research for Ruby at Scale PyScript: Python in the Browser
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    45 mins

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