Parallel Passion

40: Tobias Pfeiffer

Tobi is a developer, leader, benchmarker, Rubyist, Elixir fan, learner, teacher and agile crafter by passion. He loves collaboratively creating just about anything people enjoy - be it the Ruby User Group Berlin, SimpleCov, benchee, or other projects while thinking about new ideas to push boundaries. Currently he's helping companies onboard onto Elixir and creating wonderful web applications in his journey as a freelancer. SHOW NOTES * Ruby User Group Berlin [https://www.rug-b.de/] * rubycorns [http://rubycorns.club/] * SimpleCov [https://github.com/colszowka/simplecov] * benchee [https://github.com/bencheeorg/benchee] * shopify [https://www.shopify.com/] * pivorak [https://pivorak.com/] * Aaron Cruz [https://www.parallelpassion.com/13] * Shoes 4 [https://github.com/shoes/shoes4] * why the lucky stiff [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff] * wroclove.rb [https://wrocloverb.com/] * Arne Brasseur [http://devblog.arnebrasseur.net/] * Steve Klabnik [https://steveklabnik.com/] * AlphaGo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo] * 2 hard problems tweet [https://twitter.com/minsuk_chang/status/1277502761697861632] * Theory X and Theory Y [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y] * Piotr Szotkowski [https://www.parallelpassion.com/14] * code curious [https://www.codecurious.org/] * Ruby Monstas [http://rubymonstas.org/] * metasploit [https://www.metasploit.com/] * The Agile Samurai [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1934356581/parpaspod-20] * Rework [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0307463745/parpaspod-20] * A Guide to the Good Life [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0195374614/parpaspod-20] * Tao Teh King [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/087573040X/parpaspod-20] * The Art Of War [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1599869772/parpaspod-20] * The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1545461112/parpaspod-20] * RSA Animate: Drive [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc] * Punished by Rewards [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0618001816/parpaspod-20] RECOMMENDATIONS * Sophie's World [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0374530718/parpaspod-20] * All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0449213943/parpaspod-20] * Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1594484805/parpaspod-20] TOBIAS PFEIFFER * Twitter [https://twitter.com/PragTob] * Personal Page [https://www.pragtob.info/] PARALLEL PASSION * Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod] * Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/parpaspod] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parpaspod] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/parpaspod] CREDITS * Headway [https://unsplash.com/@headwayio] for the header photo * Tina Tavčar [https://twitter.com/tinatavcar] for Parallel Passion logo * Jan Jenko [https://twitter.com/JanJenko] for intro/outro music Support Parallel Passion [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod]

39: Molly Struve

Molly Struve is a Lead Site Reliability Engineer. During her time working in the software industry, she has had the opportunity to work on some challenging problems. When not making systems run faster, she can be found fulfilling her need for speed by riding and jumping her show horses. SHOW NOTES * Molly's Tweet [https://twitter.com/molly_struve/status/1219346099959402498] * dev.to [https://dev.to/] * Elasticsearch 5 or and Bust @ RubyConf 2019 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiNPLJOZ0Kw] * Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are (Power Posing) [https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are] * Lead Dev New York [https://newyork2020.theleaddeveloper.com/talks#molly-struve] * Show Jumping [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show_jumping] * Ian Millar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Millar] * Lipizzan Horse [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipizzan] * Pembroke Corgi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke_Welsh_Corgi] * Cardigan Corgi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardigan_Welsh_Corgi] * SpaceX [https://www.spacex.com/] * For All Mankind [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series)] * Falcon Heavy simultaneous landing [https://youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c?t=1796] * YES! You Should Be A Mentor! [https://dev.to/molly_struve/yes-you-should-be-a-mentor-49j6] * Acronyms Seriously Suck [https://gist.github.com/klaaspieter/12cd68f54bb71a3940eae5cdd4ea1764] * Advice on Applying for a Job [https://dev.to/molly_struve/advice-on-applying-for-a-job-3f7b] RECOMMENDATIONS * Mother * MIT [https://web.mit.edu/] * Horses MOLLY STRUVE * Twitter [https://twitter.com/molly_struve] * Personal Page [https://www.mollystruve.com/] PARALLEL PASSION * Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod] * Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/parpaspod] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parpaspod] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/parpaspod] CREDITS * Gene Devine [https://unsplash.com/@devine_images] for the header photo * Tina Tavčar [https://twitter.com/tinatavcar] for Parallel Passion logo * Jan Jenko [https://twitter.com/JanJenko] for intro/outro music Support Parallel Passion [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod]

38: Tim McNamara

Tim is an open source developer from New Zealand. He is a member of the Juju project's core team at Canonical and enjoys sharing how to make developers' lives simpler. His professional passion is data science, especially natural language processing. His recent experience has involved leading big data software projects, running training and outreach programs, and promoting open data. He's founded multiple startups and has also had several years in the public sector. SHOW NOTES * Canonical [https://canonical.com/] * Ubuntu [https://ubuntu.com/] * Juju [https://jaas.ai/] * Rust [https://www.rust-lang.org/] * Rust in Action [https://www.manning.com/books/rust-in-action] * Data Analysis with Open Source Tools [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0596802358/parpaspod-20] * Programming Collective Intelligence [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0596529325/parpaspod-20] * Conway's Game of Life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_Game_of_Life] * Perlin Noise [https://tim.mcnamara.nz/post/96687595307] * Humanitarian OpenStreetMap [https://www.hotosm.org/] * OpenStreetMap [https://www.openstreetmap.org/] * TED Talk on streets vs blocks [https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different] * what3words [https://what3words.com/] * iNaturalist [https://www.inaturalist.org/] * Cult of the Party Parrot [https://cultofthepartyparrot.com/] * Adopt a Kākāpō parrot [https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/get-involved/adopt-a-kakapo/] * New Zealand fairy tern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_fairy_tern] * Godwit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwit] RECOMMENDATIONS * Becoming a father * Being made redundant * Participating in open source [https://tim.mcnamara.nz/post/116520925447/how-to-contribute-to-open-source] TIM MCNAMARA * Twitter [https://twitter.com/timClicks] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/tim.mcnamara.nz/] * Personal Page [https://tim.mcnamara.nz/] PARALLEL PASSION * Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod] * Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/parpaspod] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parpaspod] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/parpaspod] CREDITS * Michael Shannon [https://unsplash.com/@mgshannon] for the header photo * Tina Tavčar [https://twitter.com/tinatavcar] for Parallel Passion logo * Jan Jenko [https://twitter.com/JanJenko] for intro/outro music Support Parallel Passion [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod]

37: Steph Smith

Steph has been working remotely for over three years, as a growth marketer, writer, and indie maker. She’s a big advocate for remote work and actively writes about it over at her blog, which has been read by over 350.000 people since launch earlier this year. She is also a self-taught developer and has built multiple projects, some of which have gone to #1 on Product Hunt, won awards for inclusion, and led her to be nominated for Maker of the Year in 2018. SHOW NOTES * Remote Year [https://remoteyear.com/] * The Web Developer Bootcamp [https://www.udemy.com/course/the-web-developer-bootcamp/] * nomad(hubb) [https://www.nomadhubb.com/] * Women Make [https://womenmake.com/] * Make Yourself Great Again [https://begreat.me/] * World Happiness Report 2019 [https://worldhappiness.report/] * Correlation between activities and general happiness [https://worldhappiness.report/assets/images/5-5.png] * Digital Minimalism [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0525536515/parpaspod-20] * Why We Sleep [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1501144324/parpaspod-20] * Eunoia [https://eunoia.world/] * FeMake [https://femake.tech/] * Lightroom [https://www.adobe.com/lightroom] * The Four Tendencies [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/1524760919/parpaspod-20] RECOMMENDATIONS * Give and Take [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0670026557/parpaspod-20] * Steve Jobs' Vision of the World [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvEiSa6_EPA] * Man's Search for Meaning [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0807014273/parpaspod-20] STEPH SMITH * Twitter [https://twitter.com/stephsmithio] * Instagram [https://instagram.com/foreverintheair] * Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/@stephsmith] * Steph's Blog [https://blog.stephsmith.io/] * Personal Page [https://stephsmith.io/] PARALLEL PASSION * Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod] * Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/parpaspod] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parpaspod] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/parpaspod] CREDITS * Cam DiCecca [https://unsplash.com/@camdicecca] for the header photo * Tina Tavčar [https://twitter.com/tinatavcar] for Parallel Passion logo * Jan Jenko [https://twitter.com/JanJenko] for intro/outro music Support Parallel Passion [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod]

36: John Crepezzi

John is a Ruby developer at GitHub, based in New Jersey. He’s got a ton of other interests including wood & metal working, climbing, beer making, drumming, and his family. SHOW NOTES * Phil Sturgeon [https://www.parallelpassion.com/34] * The other seejohnrun [https://www.seejohnrun.com/] * GothamGo 2019: Interacting with Custom-Made Hardware in Go [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7BXNoy2dwA] * Leaning Tower of Pisa [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa] * Aaron Patterson [https://www.parallelpassion.com/30] * Chevrolet C-10 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_C/K#First_generation_1960%E2%80%931966] * Yak Shaving [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yak_shaving] * Lathe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathe] * SawStop demonstration video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiYoBbEZwlk] * Alex Honnold [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Honnold] * Mr. Beer [https://www.mrbeer.com/] RECOMMENDATIONS * Jimmy DiResta [http://www.jimmydiresta.com/] * The Da Vinci Code [https://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0307474275/parpaspod-20] * Grandfather and father JOHN CREPEZZI * Twitter [https://twitter.com/seejohnrun] * Personal Page [http://seejohncode.com/] PARALLEL PASSION * Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod] * Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/parpaspod] * Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parpaspod] * Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/parpaspod] CREDITS * Philip Swinburn [https://unsplash.com/@pjswinburn] for the header photo * Tina Tavčar [https://twitter.com/tinatavcar] for Parallel Passion logo * Jan Jenko [https://twitter.com/JanJenko] for intro/outro music Support Parallel Passion [https://www.patreon.com/parpaspod]