Kodsnack in English

All the English episodes of Kodsnack - a podcast by developers, about anything interesting to developers

Kodsnack in English is a technology podcast hosted by Kristoffer, Fredrik, Tobias, with 103 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Kristoffer, Fredrik, Tobias hosts Kodsnack in English, a technology show with 103 episodes published.

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  Kodsnack 722 - Not here for the syntax, with Koushik Dasika

  Sep 29, 202646 min

  Fredrik talks to Koushik Dasika about working with Elixir . From discovery to first deployments. Via appreciation of a big mess that gets the job done just keeps on working. And on to teaching Elixir to others. Since we met at Goatmire last year, and Goatmire is running when this episode is released, we of course talk about some conference highlights, and about meetups and conferences able to ignite that exciting feeling that there is a lot to discover and learn in the world. Oh, and what was that thing about seals? Thank you Cloudnet for sponsoring our VPS ! Comments, questions or tips? We are @kodsnack , @tobiashieta , @oferlund and @bjoreman on Twitter, have a page on Facebook and can be emailed at info@kodsnack.se if you want to write longer. We read everything we receive. If you enjoy Kodsnack we would love a review in iTunes ! You can also support the podcast by buying us a coffee (or two!) through Ko-fi . Links Goatmire Koushik Automatiq Automattic - the Wordpress company Ottomatic does not seem to be the name of any software company Elixir Polyglot Elixirconf US Elixirconf EU Global interpreter lock Go Sabre NYC Elixir meetup Chris Bell - runs Knock Websockets Phoenix Phoenix presence CRUD BEAM DSL Mix - build tool for Elixir Express REPL IEX - Elixir’s interactive shell V8 Kubernetes Adding typing to Elixir Digitalocean Support the podcast on Ko-fi! Dan Janowski Erlang ecosystem foundation Liveview Bittorrent Scheme The little schemer Prolog Erlang Valgrind GDB CSP - “a formal language for describing patterns of interaction in concurrent systems” Channels in Go Actors Alan Kay José - creator of Elixir Gotamire 2025 videos - the puppet show was unfortunately not recorded Titles An episode a year in the making Polyglot environments Sneak Elixir into production My experimental phase is a language Perfect for Elixir A two-man band A polyglot environment We’re making it look easy We’re trying to sell the runtime Cheated out of a REPL (We’re) Not here for the syntax Your supervisor is Kubernetes For the love of the game Scheme + Prolog = Erlang I’m here to get stuff done Simple layers The seals win

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  Kodsnack 721 - We need those apps, with Mark Washeim

  Sep 22, 202655 min

  Fredrik chats with Mark Washeim about building apps for Sailfish OS and Jolla phones . What’s it like to develop apps for a Jolla phone? Fredrik asked for experts on Mastodon. A whole list was quickly provided, with Mark both being at the top and very happy to say yes to coming on an episode. Maintaining over 50 apps and packages, and running Jolla phones for ten years, Mark really knows his stuff. We discuss his path to Jolla, how one gets started, which languages and tools are available, and why some of them aren’t quite the latest versions. Thank you Cloudnet for sponsoring our VPS ! Comments, questions or tips? We are @kodsnack , @tobiashieta , @oferlund and @bjoreman on Twitter, have a page on Facebook and can be emailed at info@kodsnack.se if you want to write longer. We read everything we receive. If you enjoy Kodsnack we would love a review in iTunes ! You can also support the podcast by buying us a coffee (or two!) through Ko-fi . Links Mark Sailfish - the operating system powering, among others, Jolla phones Northern telecom FM radio The gang of four book - Design patterns Christopher Alexander’s design patterns Abstract algebra Erlang Nokia N9 Nokia N900 Netbsd BSD Atari Bebox Haiku Maemo Apps and other repos Mark maintain The Sailfish forum Shaders Rinigus - developer Adam Pigg Opensuse OBS - Open build service Nephros RPN Exprtk - C++ single header math library Tooter - the Mastodon app Mark maintains Fahrplan Support Kodsnack on Ko-fi! Virtualbox Linux mint The Sailfish SDK QT QML QML live Xcode Ecmascript 5 Macromedia director Jquery Chum KDE SDL Ffmpeg Imageworks Jolla’s app store Openrepos RPM Mah solitaire Wordle Skat Commodore 64 Titles Dot-com babies The evolution of the internet Lifelong hardware hacker I’ve had a split personality The origins of Jolla The modern Jolla legacy We need those apps Rescue efforts The forum tells me Solve problems for other people Implement your own map Mixed bag of customers Getting started is easy Motivated to get things done Finessing that CI Dump some RPM files Like having your first Commodore 64

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  Kodsnack 716 - Dubious lifestyle decisions, with James Smith

  Aug 18, 20261h 2m

  Fredrik chats with James Smith about forking Rails for the greater good. The name of the project is Mosscap . (During recording, it still used the temporary name Amiko.) James explains why the forking project has been started, and why many people have been calling for change within the Rails world for a long time. James talks about what has been done so far, the importance of getting more people involved, quickly, technical solutions, and of getting the governance model right. Technology and development in itself isn’t really the important focus. Mosscap is place to keep maintaining existing Rails apps, but not necessarily the way to start completely new ones. There may not even be a second major version of Mosscap. There are other projects for that situation. We also discuss James' project Manyfold and how it works to apply for and build software funded by NLNet (EU, essentially) grants. Thank you Cloudnet for sponsoring our VPS ! Comments, questions or tips? We a re @kodsnack , @tobiashieta , @oferlund and @bjoreman on Twitter, have a page on Facebook and can be emailed at info@kodsnack.se if you want to write longer. We read everything we receive. If you enjoy Kodsnack we would love a review in iTunes ! You can also support the podcast by buying us a coffee (or two!) through Ko-fi . Links James Manyfold - James own project NGI zero Ruby on rails Mosscap - the permanent name Rails needs new governance - blog post with plenty of background on why change is needed Rails is done - blog post about Mosscap, background, and supporting something stable Open letter to the Rails core team last year DHH - David Heinemeier Hansson - you can find his blog posts if you really want to Rubygems - the package manager and system ARPANET Join the Matrix space Gem aliasing Monkey patching Follow Mosscap project on Mastodon Repos for the fork - known as Amiko at the time of recording, now Mosscap Support us on Ko-fi! Amiko - friend in Esperanto Electromagnetic field festival CVE Fediverse Hanakai - another base on which to build Ruby apps Hanami - app framework which is part of Hanakai LTS - long-term support Mosscap’s governance documents Fedipub nlnet.nl Titles Tech for good All of our collective intelligence together Some dubious lifestyle decisions Trying really hard to not know why Not taking anything away from anyone Me with a fork Reasons why things won’t work I thought it was Japanese Stomping around, being angry in a field You’re somebody Somebody should do something A proper security process Many weird technical decisions because of philosophical stances No funding for maintenance We’ll be looking after the core Detailed for the likes of me Here’s a donation Donation unlocked Grantdown A slightly less tech bro-y future

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  Kodsnack 703 - The subset needs to fit you, with Harald Achitz

  May 19, 20261h 29mS0

  <p>Fredrik chats to Harald Achitz about freelancing, C++ 26, and ten years of running the Swedencpp meetup.</p> <p>Harald discusses the various oddities of the Swedish consultant and software market, both before but especially in the current environment. Consultants don’t cost what you expect them to when compared to employees, and a strange previous focus on headcount has not helped either.</p> <p>We then talk about the standardization process for C++ and about new things in C++ 26. Harald discusses the issues of adding new things which are good in themselves, but perhaps don’t fit into a bigg...

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  Kodsnack 701 - The chicken would explode, with Holly Cummins

  May 5, 202639 minS0

  <p>Fredrik chats to Holly Cummins about using Minecraft for observability, other amazing Quarkus tricks, and the value of joy at work.</p> <p>Recorded during Øredev 2025.</p> <p>Thank you Cloudnet for sponsoring our VPS!</p> <p>Comments, questions or tips? We a re @kodsnack, @tobiashieta, @oferlund and @bjoreman on Twitter, have a page on Facebook and can be emailed at info@kodsnack.se if you want to write longer. We read everything we receive.</p> <p>If you enjoy Kodsnack we would love a review in iTunes! You can also support the podcast by buying us a coffee (o...

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