Getting Started with Slack Apps and Slack AI
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Slack can be so much more than a way to chat with your colleagues. In this episode of Code[ish], we’re joined by Maria José Hernández to find out how Slack Apps and Slack AI can elevate the app into an organization-wide, personalized Work OS. In conversation with Julián Duque, Maria shares insights into the tools available for developers, and what’s included in the Slack Developer Program. Whether you’re pro-code or no-code, this episode is packed with valuable information to help you build, innovate, and improve your workday with Slack.
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The Development Basics of Managed Inference and Agents
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The Code[ish] Podcast is back! Join Heroku superfan Jon Dodson and Hillary Sanders from the Heroku AI Team for the latest entry in our “Deeply Technical” series. In this episode, the pair discuss Heroku Managed Inference and Agents—what it is, what it does, and why developers should be using it. Hillary also shares tips for new developers entering the job market, and Jon pits 10 principal developers against one hundred fresh bootcamp graduates (hypothetically, of course).
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Code[ish] Season 2 Preview
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A brand-new season of The Code[ish] Podcast is on the way! Loads of insightful episodes are on the way, featuring special guests from all corners of the Heroku community.
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Why Writing Matters for Engineers
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In this episode, Ian, Laura, and Wesley talk about the importance of communication skills, specifically writing, for people in technical roles. Ian calls writing the single most important meta skill you can have. And the good news is that you can get better at it, with deliberate practice!
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Open Source with Jim Jagielski
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This episode is hosted by Alyssa Arvin, Senior Program Manager for Open Source at Salesforce, with guest Jim Jagielski, the newest member of Salesforce’s Open Source Program Office (OSPO). They talk about Jim’s early explorations into open source software during his time as an actual rocket scientist at NASA and his role in the formation of the Apache Software Foundation. Next, they discuss getting started in open source, specifically, how to find the right open source community for you to start cont
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Success From Anywhere
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This episode of Codeish includes Greg Nokes, distinguished technical architect with Salesforce Heroku, and Lisa Marshall, Senior Vice President of TMP Innovation & Learning at Salesforce. Lisa manages a team within technology and product that focuses on overall employee success in attracting technical talent and creating a great onboarding experience.
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Demystifying the User Experience with Performance Monitoring
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In this episode of Codeish, Greg Nokes, distinguished technical architect with Salesforce Heroku, talks with Innocent Bindura, a senior developer at Raygun about performance monitoring.
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Beyond Root Cause Analysis in Complex Systems
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In this episode of Codeish, Marcus Blankenship, a Senior Engineering Manager at Salesforce, is joined by Robert Blumen, a Lead DevOps Engineer at Salesforce.
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Principles of Pragmatic Engineering
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Karan Gupta, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Shift Technologies joins host Marcus Blankenship, Senior Manager Software Engineering, Heroku in this week's episode.
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Managing Public Key Infrastructure within an Enterprise
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This episode features a conversation between Robert Blumen, DevOps engineer at Salesforce, and Matthew Myers, principal public key interface (PKI) engineer at Salesforce. Matthew shares his experience running a certification authority (CA) within the Salesforce enterprise. He shares the rationale for the decision to take CA in-house, explaining that becoming a certificate authority means you can become the master of your universe by establishing internal trust. A private or in-house CA can act in ways no
info_outlineKaran Gupta, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Shift Technologies joins host Marcus Blankenship, Senior Manager Software Engineering, Heroku in this week's episode.
Karan shared his career trajectory, which includes founding aliceapp.ai, a fast, privacy-first recording and transcription service for investigative journalism, and acting as an advisor for various companies, including Alphy, a platform for women's career advancement.
A concept important to Karan is pragmatic engineering. Pragmatic engineering is about having "an oversized impact on the business by applying the right technology at the right time". It's about the technology, the process of creating that technology, and its impact on the underlying business. For example, building an electric car is cool, but producing a version in which people feel safe? That's engineering that changes the world forever.
According to Karan, these are the key things that matter in development:
Fast-ness (speed) Function (capabilities provided) Form (how it looks and feels) Fabrication (how it is built on the inside)
He recalls the value of the snake game on 404 pages. And the value of intentionality, saying "once you add a feature, it's probably going to be there forever. It's probably going to need maintenance and love and care forever. So do we really want to put it in?"
He talks about design and the balance between form versus function, such as designing something aesthetically pleasing versus easy to use. Then, there's fabrication: "How well can we make it? Can we deliver it quickly? And can others maintain it?" Sometimes using off-the-shelf software and well-proven frameworks are the most effective, and "Perfect is the enemy of good enough."
Karan stresses the importance of being a learning organization. "Be open to picking up what's out there to help make more informed choices, especially if the choice is to stick with the tried and tested." Good engineers are always open to learning about what new things are coming out and open to different opinions, frameworks, and ways of thinking.