Episodes

  • Episode 6: JP talks recruitment, and starting a company

    Episode 6: JP talks recruitment, and starting a company
    Dec 20 2024
    We've got Jean-Paul Ashby, a.k.a. JP, a recruiter, director, entrepreneur, talking about all things recruitment, CVs, interviews, and more Lenny Visits Wayde Michael finishes the last Espresso Martini Mouse JP sipps a duvel, not a duv-elle We've got some quickfire questions for JP on all things recuitment. * Does github activity matter? * How many interviews is too many interviews? * What's your go-to interview question? Big Topics Recruitment Michael and Mark get a CV review from the professional. Comparison of job platforms, LinkedIn meets Otta Most memorable interviews Starting a new Venture Starting your own business! JP talks about his new venture, Torch, how he developed the idea, what does the MVP do? How JP found a technical founder, and started talking to clients about it. Michael and I talk about team moves and what the process looks like. In the News Broadcom Triples software revenue (https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcoom-nears-vmware-integration-completion-ai-chips/735547/), somehow. What a mystery. Starlink competitor IRIS launching in Europe (https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322358/iris2-starlink-rival-europe-date-cost) – 290 satellites Tom Hanks is forever young (https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240701-new-tom-hanks-film-here-and-the-unsettling-new-de-aging-technology-keeping-stars-forever-young) Online Safety Act comes into effect in 3 months (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy83jdpgw5o) A look at why OpenAI’s K8s server got overloaded and they got locked out (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/11th-dec-2024-openai-outage-nutshell-puru-tuladhar-rus9f/) Aqua finds 336,000 Prometheus servers and exporters are wide open, uses them to get system info and cause dos attacks (https://www.aquasec.com/blog/300000-prometheus-servers-and-exporters-exposed-to-dos-attacks/) Even Krisy-Kreme aren’t safe (https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/krispy-kreme-doughnut-delivery-cooked-cyberattack)! Why are people attacking a donut company?! Recommendations TV JP also recommends The Day of the Jackal (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24053860/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_2_nm_4_in_0_q_the%2520day%2520of%2520the%2520jackal) Books Michael has finished Nuclear War: A Scenario (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/461721/nuclear-war-by-jacobsen-annie/9781911709596) Out and About Hidden City (https://www.inthehiddencity.com/?utm_source=google_ads&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=1640314045&utm_content=68160131452&utm_term=hidden%20city&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD2JXCBnA-qwqLieYIr3P2yrQk4xw&gclid=CjwKCAiAyJS7BhBiEiwAyS9uNdibeQ1_tWP7GG-r96jeoE5JeVmUmyjKlLkDM0IHMIcuFElUxHHSWRoCm3kQAvD_BwE) - a real-world texting adventure to help James Bond Special Guest: Jean-Paul Ashby.
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 5: Data Center Repatriation

    Episode 5: Data Center Repatriation
    Dec 13 2024
    It's become less surprising as the weeks fly by that we're still doing it. Ian gives us his tooling preferences and why. Cynic to advocate for public cloud The phones are ringing off the hooks, thanks to Ian Reeves! What do we think of DHH? Should you run your own stuff, or pay for SaaS? Kim Jung Un's inner SuperHero (https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/1hbwaco/is_war_starting/) Big Topics Data Center Repatriation. Why DHH moved 37signals from public cloud to on-prem, here's his blogs on How it started (https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0) vs. How it's going (https://world.hey.com/dhh/we-have-left-the-cloud-251760fb). Is this reverting back to on-premise becoming commonplace? Has the sales pitch for public cloud shifted? In the news Broadcom is making some major changes to stop VMware exodus (https://www.techradar.com/pro/broadcom-is-making-some-major-changes-to-stop-vmware-exodus) Indonesia squeezes apple even harder for $1Bn (https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/indonesian/after-iphone-ban-apple-offers-1-billion-govt-says-12032024163122.html#:~:text=The%20Indonesian%20investment%20minister%20said,first%20phase%20of%20%241%20billion) New openAI model is pen tested for reasoning, and subversion. Can it act in its own interests to deceive the user? This is absolutely fascinating (https://www.apolloresearch.ai/research/scheming-reasoning-evaluations) Landlords Are Using AI to Raise Rents—and Cities Are Starting to Push Back (https://gizmodo.com/landlords-are-using-ai-to-raise-rents-and-cities-are-starting-to-push-back-2000535519) OpenAI releases Sora (https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24317090/openai-sora-text-to-video-ai-generator-confirmed-release) Is AI hitting a wall? (https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/ai-hits-a-wall-what-this-means-for-the-tech-industry/91033881) Are AI Leaders overly optimistic? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqwSZEQkknU) Recommendations Music Everyday is Christmas, Sia (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/everyday-is-christmas-deluxe/1440098012) A keen follower told us that the Mark Lanegan tribute gig is on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0PzvSvme14) It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land, Soulsavers (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/its-not-how-far-you-fall-its-the-way-you-land/943433314) Try out Teddy Swims (https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/teddy-swims/1462541757) for some soul/pop Synthwave Goose's Blade Runner 2049 single (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/blade-runner-2049-single/1388978818) and Hacker music album fit for Mr. Robot (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cracked/1441878746) Books Nuclear War, A Scenario by Annie Jacobson (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/461721/nuclear-war-by-jacobsen-annie/9781911709596) Bill Bryson's A Really Short History of Nearly Everything (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Really-Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0241451930/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QHF1WSJSG62D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zXxQQcRJkb7x5kthVhMXqRwPOgMI8UaAjtXM3XrIW-z-6Ozsk1Sdp70Y3C_XohPmGYQsQN_i1Wls--TUpAyk8vuA86rmweNWMb5GStXfPYTpivIdVMiMlmOPY2zbjYHpnQk84dw83Gi2CMAC6s5lNts3XrKOspC8-akl6A5RDscylXIsOdzqesIspI-eMZq_kB_IsCfTTtsk0-vXvkNeGQ4vqzM50pgcx1isL01xmj4.yHIzlqMgqkrlUwqorcCq1X1GCtK-pE24JucmONEEdu0&dib_tag=se&keywords=bill+bryson&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1733970286&sprefix=bill+bryson%2Caps%2C79&sr=8-1) TV True Detective on Sky/NowTV (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2356777/) Special Guest: Ian Reeves.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 4: Mark's big cash giveaway

    Episode 4: Mark's big cash giveaway
    Dec 6 2024
    We're still here for number 4. We add some jingles and an intro. Michael gets third party confirmation that he's old All the guests have mugged us off, so it's just Michael and I Mark predicts the rise of AI Santa Mark publishes the show too early and forgets about the shownotes and jingles first time round Michael scours the news with a "2 years or older" filter on. Social Media sites Big Topics Technical diagrams * What makes a good diagram? * What are we doing diagrams of? * Do people use 'em? Incidents * MIchael and I recap our biggest hiccups at work * what happened * what impact? All our subscriptions * everything we've subscribed to currently, is it any good? * one thing we should ditch? * Domain Hoarding In the news A.K.A. Not news. * Medium once upon a time said they don't like AI (https://blog.medium.com/how-were-approaching-ai-generated-writing-on-medium-16ee8cb3bc89) * We get a comment on the LinkedIn which is AI generated * X loses momentum to reddit in the UK (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/29/ofcom_online_nation?utm_source=pocket_shared) * Journalists from europe are off X too (https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/european-federation-of-journalists-to-stop-posting-content-on-x-386598/) * Thoughtworks tech radar is published (https://www.thoughtworks.com/en-gb/radar) * Platform Engineering Report is published (https://thenewstack.io/the-2024-state-of-platform-engineering-fledgling-at-best/?utm_source=pocket_shared). Michael promises to give some highlights next week * Some lucky gambling prompter wins $50,000 from Freysa AI, a blockchain connected LLM who shouldn't give out the money (https://x.com/jarrodWattsDev/status/1862299845710757980) * A 14-year-old kid makes a digital braille reader under $20 (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton/2024/11/30/14-year-old-boy-invents-digital-braille-reader-and-wins-3500/) * David Mayer gets the Barbra Streisand effect, as ChatGPT has a few crashes (https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-david-mayer-name-glitch-ai-b2657197.html) Stuff we didn't mention: Half a cup of water for every chatGPT interaction? Is this real? (https://www.smh.com.au/technology/every-time-you-use-chatgpt-half-a-cup-of-water-goes-to-waste-20241128-p5kubq.html) Recommendations Tech Homey Pro home hub (https://homey.app/en-gb/homey-pro/) Keepa (https://keepa.com/#!addon) - chrome/brave extension for price comparison on Amazon iZotope (https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/rx-elements) & Hindenburg (https://hindenburg.com) for audio/podcast stuff NetNewsWire RSS Reader (https://netnewswire.com) UsesThis.com (https://usesthis.com/) - interviews for what tools people use to get their jobs done Music Michael's got 2 gigs, one of which is a Mark Lanegan (https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/mark-lanegan-essentials/pl.1e058facef694d69ac7e4f758feacce2) tribute gig. Mark recommends some HipHop, Joey Ba.Da.$$ (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/1999/1396290965) Truck Festival tickets released (https://truckfestival.com) TV HiJack thriller on AppleTV (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19854762/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Hijack) Dune: Prophecy on Sky/NowTV (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10466872/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_Dune%253A%2520Prophecy)
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • Episode 3: Fred's OpenAPI dishwasher

    Episode 3: Fred's OpenAPI dishwasher
    Nov 29 2024
    We've got Fredrik Alm, Infrastructure Architect from Sweden on, to talk about Smart Home setups. Michael goes on mute, leading to widespread panic DIY Dishwasher APIs Everyone hates JFrog, but not as much as Mark We've got Jarvis at home! Don't touch the mirror Smart Homes is our big topic Do we trust Eero? Do we trust China? Home experiments. Having guests in your smart home. Never Mind the AI-BuzzCocks In the news: 1. Confess your sins to AI Jesus (https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/meet-your-own-personal-ai-jesus-in-this-swiss-churchs-confessional) 2. Mac Mini Clusters for LLMs (https://youtu.be/GBR6pHZ68Ho?si=_jNZyOhPpXEL4D7q) 3. Fancy Bear 'Nearest Neighbour' attack (https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fancy-bear-nearest-neighbor-attack-wi-fi) 4. Big Cisco Brother is watching you (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/workplace_surveillance/) 5. NHS gets blasted for the 3rd time this year, they're using pen and paper (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/third_major_cyber_incident_declared/?td=rt-3a) 6. LinkedInfluencers are mostly AI (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/linkedin_ai_posts/) 7. Indonesia doesn't care about the latest iPhone, just give them the money (https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/11/22/indonesia-rejects-apples-100-million-bid-to-lift-the-iphone-16-ban) Recommendations Smart Home Equipment * Fred recommends this Homey system, which he can't recommend enough. "It just works, but with everything" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b21Stl9pgig) * Aqara Doorbell (https://www.aqara-shop.co.uk/product/aqara-smart-video-doorbell-g4-black-finish/) Music * Even more Father John Misty: Mahashmashana (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mahashmashana/1762652806) * Ghosting Season (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/fade-out-lost-tracks-single/1094684419) Blogs * Michael has started a blog (https://blog.heyitsmichael.com/) * Mark's existing blog (https://mark-mccracken.medium.com) Books * Observability Engineering, by Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, George Miranda (https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/observability-engineering/9781492076438/) * The Standard for Program Management (https://www.pmi.org/standards/program-management-fifth-edition) Movies * The Platform (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8228288/) & The Platform 2 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27729779/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) * The Day of the Jackal, 1973 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069947/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_7_nm_0_in_0_q_the%2520day%2520of%2520the) Special Guest: Fredrik Alm.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Episode 2: Mitan's OnlyFans beard niche side hustle

    Episode 2: Mitan's OnlyFans beard niche side hustle
    Nov 22 2024
    We're back for episode two! We've got an old friend, Mitan Patel as our guest this week. Mitan tells us about his career break. We chat about AI tools. Mark reviews the last recommendations, badly. Michael has put some effort into the news. Mitan was gonna write his recommendations down but his ADHD got the better of him this time. Big topics The Career Break. Why? Why now? What are you doing? Journalling and AI tooling Bolt.new (https://bolt.new/) and Cursor.com (https://www.cursor.com) Have I got tech news for you? O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time (https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-daisy-the-ai-granny-wasting-scammers-time/) Cheating the GitHub activity graph (https://github.com/Shpota/github-activity-generator) Musk $1M giveaway wasn’t random (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/18/musk_america_pac_sued/) "We're basically building Webkinz + Sims + Tamagotchi." (https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/your-most-dramatic-human-friend-cant-hold-a-candle-to-the-ai-friends-you-can-soon-wear-around-your-neck) Robotic dog runs marathon (faster than I ever have) (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/robo_dogs_marathons/) Google Gemini tells grad student to 'please die' while helping with his homework (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/google_gemini_prompt_bad_response/) Russia be cutting undersea cables (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/baltic_sea_cables_cut/?td=rt-3a) Northern Ireland cancels IT contract with Fujitsu for Schools worth £485M (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/northern_ireland_schools_fujitsu/) Microsoft PC that is just a wrapper for Windows 365 (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/microsoft-built-a-pc-that-cant-run-local-apps/) Github giving away $1.25m, $10k at a time for open source peeps to stay secure (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/github-launches-1-25m-open-source-fund-with-a-focus-on-security/) Christmas Scams cost over £11m (https://12ft.io/https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615884/UK-consumers-losing-more-than-ever-to-holiday-scams) Recommendations: Tools Bolt.new Cursor.com Obsidian Notion Music Michael: Father John Misty's album Pure Comedy (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/pure-comedy/1193788689) Worriedaboutsatan (https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/worriedaboutsatan/259009902), tasty electro working music Mark: Girlie and Frankie by Alexandra Saviour (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/belladonna-of-sadness/1211892421) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill/1276760743) Cinema 3000 (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/cinema-3000/1758060980) Mitan The Low End Theory by a Tribe Called Quest (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-low-end-theory/278911460) Podcasts Jim Browning (https://www.youtube.com/JimBrowning) hates scammers, who contributed to O2's Daisy AI, is a guest on Darknet Diaries (https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/143/), fasinating listen on a really good podcast Apple Music 100 Best Albums radio (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/100-best-albums-radio/id1743037216?i=1000656351917) TV Monk (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312172/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) Brian Cox' Wonders of the Solar System (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1611787/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) Books Cujo by Stephen King (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cujo-Stephen-King/dp/1444708120) Beer Hepcat IPA (https://gipsyhillbrew.com/product/hepcat-2) Tippy Yoghurt's Fruity Sour (https://deadtime.co.uk/products/pretty-decent-beer-co-tippy-yoghurts-fruity-sour?srsltid=AfmBOorxteZnqdLKNI_hTWFGEosOLSDUSwLAoCOA3K5KMPd2ji_00dn-) Jubel peach beer (https://jubelbeer.com) Roadie IPA (https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk/products/roadie-all-night-ipa-330ml-cans) Special Guest: Mitan Patel.
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 1: Jess tells us career fairs are a real thing

    Episode 1: Jess tells us career fairs are a real thing
    Nov 14 2024
    We're live! How early is too early for the Christmas Tree? How many plugs is the right number of plugs for your workspace? Who even are these people? Imposter syndrome is our big topic Who are these psychpaths that don't get imposter syndrome? Newsy stuff Excel turns 40, with a few bloopers of usage in that time (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/28/microsoft-excels-bloopers-reel-40-years-of-spreadsheet-errors) Google has racked up $2.5 decillion of fines in Russia (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephentelford_russia-activity-7257710903033217024-vtux/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios) UK Gov website launches an AI chatbot (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephentelford_russia-activity-7257710903033217024-vtux/) AWS CDK flaw exposed accounts to full takeover (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/24/aws_cloud_development_kit_flaw/) Apple Intelligence Ads are out in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m0MoYKwVTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deNzYrTvqCs Recommendations Music: The Cure - Songs of a Lost World, recommended by Michael (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/songs-of-a-lost-world/1768728131) Therapy?, recommended by Michael again and again (https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/therapy-essentials/pl.941fd3aa78954f6b9f988b4d4e0bef8e) Sleep Token, recommended by Jess (https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/sleep-token-essentials/pl.fdb79a40f1944786868890c6e1f94321) TV The Day of the Jackal, recommended by Mark (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24053860/) The Penguin (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15435876/) Books Code Dependent - Living in the shadow of AI, recommended by Jess (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Code-Dependent-Living-Shadow-AI/dp/1529097304/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4bghFkC-EctLND2dFkeHuxbwz1zO6lI-lfUGEK_kNLHGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.UdlJ-4KVvV6RvC5f1GhAkF4xGYTFv-d255HsuJxMbC0&qid=1731625709&sr=8-1) How Big things Get Done, recommended by Mark (https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Big-Things-Get-Done/dp/1035018934/) Deep Work by Cal Newport, recommended by Michael (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/0349411905/) Games Baulder's Gate 3 (https://baldursgate3.game) Technology Dagger.io (https://dagger.io) Special Guest: Jess O'Neill.
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    1 hr and 23 mins