What do you know about service workers? Pato talks about increasing the UX with customer engagement strategies including segments, push notifications, service workers, SEO, etc. We touch on how to know if you need service workers, and when and how to get started. Pato also shares a bit about his developer journey and talks about why he's passionate about PWA's (progressive web apps).Patricio (Pato) Vargas works with the dev community as a Sr. Developer Advocate at OneSignal and GDE on Web Technologies. You can find him helping others by writing articles, mentoring, giving talks, and answering questions on StackOverflow.Follow Pato on TwitterFollow HarperDB on Twitter

In this episode, we hear from Edidiong Asikpo, a software developer, content creator, and Hashnode Developer Advocate based in Nigeria. We touched on a little of everything! Edidiong shares her interesting journey into tech, touches on Hashnode now and what's to come, developer advocacy tips, the growing developer community in Nigeria, positive takeaways from the pandemic, and tips for software devs general.Edidiong Asikpo is Frontend Developer and Content Creator who currently works as a Developer Advocate at Hashnode. She has given over 50+ talks at various tech conferences/meetups worldwide and played a significant role in building 3 of the most impactful developer communities in Africa. Edidiong writes technical articles about web development, blogging for developers, soft skills, and Open Source contributions on her blog.Edidiong was so fun to chat with and super inspiring! Listen now wherever you access your podcasts. (And if you haven't already, check out the HarperDB + Hashnode Joint Hackathon happening this month: https://townhall.hashnode.com/announcing-harperdb-hackathon-on-hashnodeEdidiong's TwitterHarperDB's Twitter

This episode features James Q. Quick, a JavaScript Developer, Speaker, Content Creator, and Dev Advocate. James has interesting insights into the world of developer advocacy and content creation. As a well-established resource in the tech community, he shares tips from personal experience on reaching a wide audience and growing your community - even when starting from square one. We also talk about James's work at Auth0 and security in general, as well as topics like the Jamstack and tech to get excited about right now.James is a developer, speaker, and teacher with a passion for Web Development. He is a Developer Advocate at Auth0 and has over 7 years of experience in Advocacy and Software Development. In his spare time, he runs a YouTube channel, plays co-ed soccer with his wife, spends time with his dogs, and can solve a Rubik's cube in under a minute. (He also has a new podcast called Compressed.fm!)Follow James on Twitter

In SELECT* episode 6, Margo chats with Debbie O'Brien, a Head Developer Advocate for Bit.dev and Nuxt.js ambassador with 10+ years of experience in frontend development. Debbie talks about her interesting journey into tech and across numerous roles, from leading a dev team into dev advocacy, and more! She shares a bit about her initial career shift and learning to code in just nine months, learning JavaScript, and then getting into Nuxt and React. Debbie shares insightful tips for people trying to get into similar Dev Advocacy roles and talks about the technology she's excited about this year. With such a wide range of experience and skills, you can definitely learn a thing or two from Debbie. (She also earned a GitHub Stars Award for all of her community work in 2020, is a Microsoft MVP, and a Google Dev Expert!)---Debbie's TwitterHarperDB's TwitterSHOW LESS

In SELECT* episode 5, Margo chats with Jem Young, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix. Jem started out at Netflix in UI and is now in backend/infrastructure. He shares a bit about what it's like working at a tech giant, imposter syndrome, the importance of communication in engineering, and tips for being a leader including what it's like managing an engineering team. Jem is inspiring, knowledgeable, and super easy to talk to!@JemYoungJem Young is a tall engineer at Netflix who loves dogs, reading, and clean code. He really enjoys working across the stack but his true passion lies in JavaScript and building a clean user experience. He believes that empathy is the key to building an effective UI and when he’s not at the gym or chasing his cat, you can find him hassling other engineers to write more tests.

In this podcast interview, Margo was fortunate enough to get some airtime with Jerome Hardaway, an Air Force veteran who launched Vets Who Code. Vets Who Code is a veteran-led and operated charitable non-profit that focuses on training veterans in web development and software engineering principles free of charge, with the focus of starting careers as JavaScript developers and other roles in tech._Jerome shares his intriguing and inspiring story of returning from the military without a clear path of what to do next, learning how to code, and eventually creating this much-needed organization that helps other vets in his similar position. Jerome is passionate about community, highly focused on his goals, and incredibly fun to talk to! Listen now to learn about Jerome, Vets Who Code, and ways to get involved._@[email protected]

A panel-style discussion with two different perspectives: a self-proclaimed code newbie and a coding instructor! Mina is an aspiring Web Developer, self-learning CSS and Javascript. Shruti, Senior Engineer at Paypal, is on a mission to make JavaScript and GraphQL development easier. From Javascript, front end, and 100 days of code, to community, skills for the job hunt, and staying motivated - you won't want to miss this discussion. In this episode we covered:Share a bit about your journey, how did you get into tech/development?When getting started, how did you determine what type of developer you wanted to be, which languages or tech stack to start with?What are your main tips, dos, and don'ts, for code newbies? What's important to remember throughout the journey?What about jobs - is it important to know right away when you start coding what you want to do with your career? How can you differentiate yourself in such a competitive market?----Shruti is a Senior Software Engineer on the Checkout team at PayPal and is passionate about teaching and sharing knowledge in JavaScript, React, GraphQL, and front-end technologies. She shares byte-sized javascript tidbits through her newsletter - JSByte: http://tinyletter.com/shrutikapoor. She is also an ardent #DevJoke fan.----Mina, from Sydney, Australia, is an aspiring Web Designer & Developer. She is self-learning CSS and Javascript and has a Youtube channel focused on web design and development, social media, and self-study tips for beginners.

In SELECT* episode 2, Margo chats with David Neal, known as the "ambassador of awesome and doodle-driven developer", about building apps in Node.js and Electron.js, as well as the power of illustrations! We covered the following topics:David's background and journey in the tech world (hint: he's been a full time dev and database nerd since the beginning of the Internet!)Building web apps or command-line apps with Node.jsBuilding desktop apps with Electron.jsFun fact- drawing illustrations used for presentations and contentListen now to gain some serious inspiration going into the new year, and learn about how David helps other developers be more awesome.Meet David:David Neal is a family man, musician, illustrator, software developer, and Microsoft MVP living in North Georgia. He currently leads Developer Relations at ActiveCampaign, runs on a high-octane mixture of caffeine and JavaScript, and is made entirely of bacon.Twitter: @reverentgeekWebsite: reverentgeek.com

In this episode of SELECT* from August of 2018 our CEO, Stephen Goldberg interviews Greg Cook, the Founder of CloudPremise with over 15 years of experience across many technical roles on the role of ETL and Enterprise Architectures in modern day technology along with how to successfully manage a modern day engineering team.

Back in September 2018 Stephen Goldberg interviewed Kirk Borne (@KirkDBorne), Principal Data Scienctist at BoozAllen about everything from Astro Physics and windmills to 4D printing and autonomous lawn mowers in their conversation to explain Digital Twin. Margo McCabe, new host of SELECT* gives a brief intro. The new SELECT* podcast will cover a variety of topics including coding tips, best practices, diversity & inclusion, product reviews, tech trends, jobs, and much more! Email us at [email protected] for any topic ideas, guest nominations, or feedback! You can also learn more about Digital Twin from this HarperDB Blog: