Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman
Episodes
Open Core Open Source with Mermaid Chart's Knut Sveidqvist
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to Knut Sveidqvist who brings over 20 years of software expertise to the table. Knut is the creator of the award-winning Mermaid ope...
Exploring Decentralized Tech with TBD's Rizel Scarlett
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rizel Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD, Block's newest business unit. TBD is an incubator operating within Block. They are building open ...
Innovation in Accessibility with Fable's Kate Kalcevich
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Kalcevich is Head of Accessibility at Fable. Fable is an accessibility company that enables the development of digital products that work for eve...
Foundations of Design for Developers with Kathryn Grayson Nanz
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn Grayson Nanz Is a designer who's written an ebook called Foundations of Design for Developers. She understands that developers need to partici...
Github Advanced Security with Jacob DePriest
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jacob DePriest is the Deputy Chief Security Officer at GitHub! From discussing the challenges of maintaining the security of one of the world’s larg...
Affective Computing with MIT's Dr. Rosalind Picard
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In association and partnership with the ACM Bytecast, this episode features a conversation with Affective Computing Pioneer Dr. Rosalind Picard. Dr. P...
Big Tech from the Inside with Dare Obasanjo
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an episode Scott sits down with career big tech PM Dare Obasanjo to explore the intricacies of the technology industry from an insider’s perspect...
The Challenges of Deploying IoT at Scale with John Kattenhorn
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Scott chats with John Kattenhorn about the challenges of deploying large systems that involve Internet of Things (IoT) systems. There...
Conscious Leadership with Ginny Clarke
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ginny Clarke is a seasoned executive, author, and advocate for conscious leadership. With a background in organizational development and mindfulness p...
eSports for the next generation with Davin Jackson
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks to Davin Jackson, the founder and CEO of Alpha Esports Tech, a company that provides a platfor...
Postgres Replication at speed with PeerDB's Sai Srirampur
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Scott Hanselman as he sits down with Sai Srirampur, as they explore the intricacies of Postgres Replication and how it can be turbocharged using ...
Reinventing the API Gateway with Zuplo's Josh Twist
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Delve into the dynamic world of API gateways and the ongoing process of reinvention. Explore the latest trends, challenges, and innovations shaping th...
Local AI empowers startups with StoryGraph's Rob Frelow
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Delve into the dynamic world of startups harnessing the power of local AI. Scott talks to The StoryGraph's Chief AI Officer Rob Frelow and they discus...
Our Retro FPGA future powered by Jose Tejada (JOTEGO)
08 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks to Jose Tejada (JOTEGO), a passionate retro gaming enthusiast and FPGA developer. Jose shares ...
The Power of Open Telemetry with Dr. Sally Wahba
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Open Telemetry plays a pivotal role in monitoring, tracing, and understanding complex distributed systems. From practical applications to real-world e...
AI Superpowers with Spring Science's Ben Kamens
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Kamens is the CEO of Spring Science creating AI tools built just for scientists - starting with the world's best high-content image analysis suite...
ASP.NET Basics for Experts with Layla Porter
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could take your web applications to the next level just by getting the fundamentals right? Scott sits down with ASP.NET expert Layla Porte...
Designing with Code with Dr. Janne Jul Jensen
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's explore the intersection of user experience design and software development. In this episode, Scott talks to Dr. Janne Jul Jensen, an interactio...
Teaching Data Science with Alfredo Deza
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Scott interviews Alfredo Deza, a data science engineering and instructor. Alfredo shares his passion for teaching data science, his e...
Rebuilding DevOps with System Initiative’s Brit Myers
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Scott chats with Brit Myers, the VP of Engineering at System Initiative, a company that helps organizations adopt DevOps best practic...
Code Visualization with CodeSee's Shanea Leven
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Scott talks to Shanea Leven, the co-founder and CEO of CodeSee, a tool that helps developers visualize and understand complex codebase...
Building a better internet with Cloudflare's Rita Kozlov
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Scott chats with Rita Kozlov, Sr. Director of Product for Cloudflare Workers & AI, about how Cloudflare is building a better internet with its s...
Education should be Free with FreeCodeCamp's Quincy Larson
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Quincy Larson, the teacher who founded freeCodeCamp.org, shares his inspiring journey of creating one of the most beloved learn-to-code resources. In ...
Where is AI taking us, John Maeda?
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott sits down with John Maeda, Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. Scott and John discuss the current state and fut...
Modern Cloud Engineering with Adora Nwodo
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adora Nwodo is a cloud software engineer and the author of Cloud Engineering for beginners. She chats with Scott about her role, how she thinks about ...
Balancing science, policy, education, and AI with Dr. Noriko Arai
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Noriko Arai is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence and a professor in the information and society research div...
Reducing barriers to AI with Guillermo Rauch
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Scott Hanselman talks to Guillermo Rauch, the founder of Vercel. Guillermo shares his vision of creating a platform that enables anyo...
Sustainable open source with Oqtane's Shaun Walker
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shaun Walker was at the forefront of open source in the .NET space as early as 2003 with the release of DotNetNuke. Scott sits down with Shaun to refl...
Indigenous cultural robots with Danielle Boyer
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danielle Boyer is an Indigenous (Ojibwe) robotics inventor and advocate for youth who has been teaching kids since she was ten. She focuses on youth a...
Finding your Technology Passion with Peter Ayedun
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Peter Ayedun was asked to write a paper school, his teacher insisted that he used a computer to create it. That moment started and defined a deca...
Prompt Engineering for Everyone with David Scott Bernstein
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
David Scott Bernstein is a passionate programmer with over 40 years experience, and he has just written a book that teaches you the art of prompt writ...
Redefining Developer Workflow with Pieces.App's Tsavo Knott
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tsavo Knott and the team at Pieces have an app that smooths the spaces between your developer tools. It makes you smarter and makes your workflow more...
Better Technical Writing for Everyone with Pam Hurley, PhD
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you struggling with writing clear, concise, and effective technical documents? Do you want to learn how to improve your writing skills and communi...
Documentation as a path to Open Source with Sarah Rainsberger
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Rainsberger owns technical documentation at Astro. What was her path into open source and technology? It might surprise you. Sarah started as an...
Exploring the Afghan girls robotics team with Saghar Salehi
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Saghar Salehi is a former member of the Afghan girls’ robotics team. The team became a symbol for the progress of Afghan women. They participated in...
Unlocking Peak Performance with Dr. Julie Gurner
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Julie Gurner is a doctor of psychology and executive performance coach with nearly a decade of experience working with some of the nation’s top ...
Level up your career with Ankita Kulkarni
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ankita Kulkarni has taken the learnings from her career as an engineering leader and turned it into a course, community, and ebook. Scott talks to Ank...
Culturally Competent Computer Scientists with Dr. Nicki Washington
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Nicki Washington, a Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Duke University. She shares her insights on how i...
The History of Data with Ted Neward
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott sits down with Ted Neward to talk about the history and shape of data. From mainframes to ER diagrams to SQL Server to Object Databases and Docu...
Introducing TypeChat with Anders Hejlsberg
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott talks to Anders Hejlsberg about a new open-source project called TypeChat that uses TypeScript types to generate structured AI responses from na...
The Ingredients to a Life in Tech with Corey Weathers
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott chats with engineer, community leader, and Developer Relations Lead at Okta Corey Weathers on this episode. Shares his story about how he became...
AI and the 2023 Hollywood Strike with Franchesca Ramsey
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Franchesca Ramsey is an comedian, writer, actor, producer, activist, and content creator. She's also a proud Union Member of both the Screen Actors Gu...
A diverse career with Veni Kunche
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Veni Kunche is a coder, a maker, and a founder. After working as a Software Engineer since 2003, she quit her job in tech to start her own company, ht...
All the Performance with RavenDB's Oren Eini
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Oren Eini from RavenDB. RavenDB is a NoSQL document database that offers high performance, scalability, and security. Oren...
From Ethernet to Geothermal Energy with Bob Metcalfe
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Hanselminutes is in partnership with the ACM Bytecast podcast! In this episode, we have a special guest: Bob Metcalfe, the inventor ...
Fundamentals for Self-Taught Programmers with Jasmine Greenaway
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Jasmine Greenaway, a software engineer at Microsoft and the author of Fundamentals for Self-Taught Programmers, a book tha...
Who's Coding? with Dr Kate Miltner
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kate Miltner is a researcher and lecturer in data ai and society at the information school at the University of Sheffield. Her work explores issue...
Towards a better Data Platform with Danica Fine
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danica Fine is a Senior Developer Advocate at Confluent. She is a big fan of the power of data and has deep expertise in Apache Kafka. She chats with ...
Avanade's Florin Rotar and Chris Lloyd-Jones
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'm joined by Florin Rotar, the Chief Technology Officer at Avanade, and Chris Lloyd-Jones, the Head of Open Technologies at Avanade....
The Road to Entrepreneurship with Nanxi Liu
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nanxi Liu is a serial entrepreneur and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. She is the co-founder and co-CEO of Blaze, a platform that enables teams to build...
Creating the Mastodon app "Elk" as a Progressive Web App with Daniel Roe
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the rise of Mastodon as a Twitter alternative, Daniel Roe, part of the Nuxt core team, joins Scott to talk about building Elk, a Mastodon client ...
Blazor Web Assembly by Example with Toi B. Wright
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Toi B. Wright is an independent consultant who has been working as a software developer for over 25 years. She has a BS in Computer Science and Engine...
Computing History with Atari and Commodore's Leonard Tramiel
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Leonard Tramiel shares his memories of growing up in the computer industry, working on various projects such as the Commodore PET, the Atari ST, and t...
Creating Walkable Cities with Nathan Allebach
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hanselminutes, Scott Hanselman talks to Nathan Allebach, a writer and advocate for creating walkable cities. Nathan shares his pass...
The Courage to Tinker with WeThinkCode's Nyari Samushonga
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Nyari Samushonga, CEO of WeThinkCode. In this episode, Nyari shares her journey of becoming a CEO and how she is using her posit...
Bing's move to .NET 7 with Principal Engineer Ben Watson
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bing runs one of the world’s largest, most complex, highly performant, and reliable .NET applications. This podcast episode discusses the journey an...
Protecting Machines from Us with Lelapa AI's Pelonomi Moiloa
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Pelonomi Moiloa is a South African entrepreneur and founder of Lelapa AI which is an AI startup that aims to help Africa lure back its AI talent. In t...
Building your own PC with Damian Edwards
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Hanselman chats with Damian Edwards about the benefits of building your own PC. Damian designed an upgraded PC from parts for Scott and they bui...
The Story of Visual Studio Code with Erich Gamma and Kai Maetzel
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Scott talks to Erich Gamma and Kai Maetzel about the origin story of VS Code. We'll talk about how it was originally conceived and how it evolve...
Leading engineers as a non-engineer with Daily's Sarah Milstein
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Milstein talks to Scott Hanselman about leading engineers as a non-engineer. They discuss how to build trust with engineers and how to communica...
Being a Teenager in 2023 with Zenzo Hanselman
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's Scott and Zenzo Hanselman: a father-son tech talk. He chats with his son Zenzo, a curious and creative teenager, about the latest trend...
Chasing supernovae with Dr. Sanjana Curtis
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk with Dr. Sanjana Curtis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and a science communicator. She studies how co...
Dead Simple Python with Jason C McDonald
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I chat with Jason C McDonald, the author of Dead Simple Python, a book that teaches idiomatic Python for programmers who want to lear...
Daring to be Different with Raji Rajagopalan
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Raji Rajagopalan is a Director of Engineering at Microsoft and the author of the book “Daring to be Different: Stories and Tips from a Woman Leader ...
Will ChatGPT help them write? with John Warner
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Warner is the author of "Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay" and six other books on writing. He's the editor of McSweeney's I...
Why We do Tech Outreach with Coding By Sophy
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sophy is a Software Engineer who is early in career and excited to get others into tech. She was the only afro-latina to graduate from the University ...
The Web's Next Transition with Kent C. Dodds
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kent C. Dodds will show you how the web's next transformation will impact your user experience, your development productivity, and your business goals...
The Quantified Worker with Dr. Ifeoma Ajunwa
26 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Ifeoma Ajunwa, author of "The Quantified Worker," joins us to discuss the implications of technology on the modern workplace. She...
Game Emulation with former MAME programmer Aaron Giles
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott talks to programmer, musician, web developer, and graphic designer Aaron Giles about the state of game emulation. Aaron has ...
Ben West is not waiting for Diabetes Tech to catch up
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ben West has been at the forefront of the DIY diabetes management movement. Ben and the community's work on Nightscout, an open-source platform for co...
Dr. Gregory Kapfhammer wants to stop flaky tests
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kapfhammer and his team focus on research related to flaky software tests, which are tests that produce inconsistent or unpredictable results. Why...
Dr. Brandeis Marshall's Data Conscience
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Data Conscience: Algorithmic Siege on our Humanity, computer science and data inclusivity thought leader Dr. Brandeis Hill Marshall delivers a call...
Hachyderm's Kris Nova on running a Mastodon Server
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scott talks with Kris Nova who has been building and scaling Hachyderm, a Mastodon instance that began in her basement and is now moving into the clou...
Growing as an Enginering Manager with Taylor Poindexter
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor Poindexter, a software engineer and engineering manager, joins Scott Hanselman in this episode of the podcast to discuss her journey as a manag...
Real-time personal health data with Dot Health's Huda Idrees
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Huda is the Founder and CEO of Dot Health, a real-time personal health data platform. She joins Scott to discuss real-time personal health data and it...
Do I stay or do I go? - Tech career advice with Mekka Williams
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mekka Williams is a long-time software engineer who sits down with Scott Hanselman to discuss how long you should stay at a company. Mekka shares her ...
Creating games on Nintendo Switch with FUZE4 and Jon Silvera
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, Scott Hanselman sits down with Jon Silvera, the creator of FUZE4, a game-making tool for the Nintendo Switch. Jon shar...
Social Impact using offline forms with ODK's Yaw Anokwa
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of ACM ByteCast in association with Hanselminues, Scott Hanselman welcomes research scientist, software engineer, and entrepreneur Yaw...
Testing mobile devices with robots with Mobot's Eden Full Goh
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eden Full Goh is the CEO and Founder of Mobot, a venture-backed company that automates testing of mobile apps using robotics technology. Previously, E...
What If? 2 with Randall Munroe
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In association with Outside In, we are thrilled to share this conversation with Randall Munroe and Scott Hanselman. The #1 New York Times bestselling ...
The Work Ahead with Blind Engineer Sameer Doshi
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When engineer and author Sameer Doshi interviewed remotely for his current job at Microsoft, he was nervous about only one thing: Telling his future e...
Celebrating the Second Edition of Code with Charles Petzold
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The classic guide to how computers work has been updated with new chapters and interactive graphics! Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware an...
Engineering Leadership and Refactoring Monoliths with Kirsten Westeinde
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kirsten Westeinde is a technology enthusiast and a lifelong learner. She is a development manager at Shopify, where she solves challenging web develop...
Sonic Pi Live Coding Music Synth with Sam Aaron
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sonic Pi is a new kind of musical instrument which enables exciting new learning pathways in the classroom! Not only can you create music quickly and ...
C64 OS - A new operating system for the Commodore 64 with Gregory Naçu
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
C64 OS has one goal. Make a Commodore 64 feel fast and useful in today’s modern world. It's a very high bar. The C64 was introduced in 1982 and has ...
Why the C64 Demoscene matters with Clay Token's Bilgem Çakır
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs tha...
Learning to code 6502 assembly in Pikuma's Gustavo Pezzi
15 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Gustavo Pezzi wants to teach YOU (and everyone) how to code...in 6502 assembly on 40 year old machines! There's something amazing about coding on the ...
Creating Tech Courseware with Lemonerdy's teen CEO Eden Wilson
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Building and Scaling Geo-Distributed Cloud Apps with Denis Magda
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Denis started at Sun Microsystems and Oracle where he worked on JVM/JDK and led one of the Java development groups. After learning Java from the insid...
Growing your career via technical content creation with Mohammed Osman
25 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mohammed Osman strongly believes that blogging greatly improved his my career and encourages everyone to give it a try. Things like content research, ...
Learning via Personal Challenges with Lisi Hocke
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lisi Hocke commits to a personal challenge every year, publicly! This is a great way to encourage accountability and learn and improve public. She com...
Redpoint's Erica Brescia supports Tech Founders
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Erica Brescia co-founded Bitnami, and later joined GitHub as COO. She's also on the board of directors of the Linux Foundation. This week she talks to...
Mark Thompson wants you to win
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Thompson wants you to win. He talks to Scott about the scarcity mindset and why it's the wrong way to think about a career in technology. Your wi...
Failing Safely with Ramón Huidobro
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ramón Huidobro is a Developer Relations Strategist, Developer Educator and Public Speaker with over a decade of experience in Software Engineering. H...
Rust for Beginners with Nell Shamrell-Harrington
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nell Shamrell-Harrington is a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft and as a Board Director at the Rust Foundation. Rust is a low-level statically-...
The future of supply chain with Ox's CEO Charu Thomas
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ox optimizes fulfillment operations by automating manual tasks and increasing workforce efficiency. Ox's CEO Charu Thomas started thinking about this ...
Journey Foods makes Tech with Biologist and Entrepreneur Riana Lynn
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Journey Foods is a SaaS company that supports product management and intelligence services for food businesses. They are changing food science ineffic...
Engineering Stack Overflow with Roberta Arcoverde
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enabled Play for everyone with Alex Dunn
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Enabled Play helps people turn anything into a new input for their computers, game consoles, and more. Powered by offline, private, and personalized A...
3d Printers work everywhere with OctoEverywhere and Quinn Damerell
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Quinn saw a problem and connected a community. Folks like Gina at OctoPrint (Episode 470!) have made our 3D Printers wireless, but OctoEverywhere mean...