The Reference Counting Podcast

Episode 18: The application security mindset

In this episode Andy and Taylor kick things about talking about the rules of programming or the guiding philosophy of a programming, which often go unspoken. The main topic is the log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228), the role and responsibility of programmers in application security, and where we are as an industry with open source software.

Episode 17: Licensing software developers

Andy and Taylor are back from a road trip and reminisce about meeting in person for conferences and discus some of the features of C# 10. The main topic is the controversial idea of licensing software developers like other engineering professions. The history of licensing and what a license would require is discussed.

Episode 16: Rubberducking via podcast

In this episode Andy describes a bug in some code that he wrote dealing with React, Firebase, and authentication. Taylor and Andy then discover how hard it is talk about code in a podcast format. We also talk about authentiation, application security, and how easy it is to make your application insecure by mistake. Taylor talks about his impresions with GitHub Copilot.

Episode 15: The history of FTP

The File Transfer Protocol turned 50 years old in 2021. We walk through the history of FTP, how it came to be, how it has evolved, and how it has impacted our development careers.

Episode 14: Coming around to Java

We spend a lot of time talking about C#, but what is going on in the Java world? Andy has been doing some investigating and is ready to brief us.