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  • #12 | Becoming a Google Developer Expert w/ Wayne Gakuo
    2023/05/18

    In this episode, Wayne Gakuo, a Frontend Engineer and Angular GDE joins us to discuss how one can become a GDE and how the program can be of benefit. We explore community engagements and the importance to do things that provide value to our tech communities.


    Explore the Google Developer Experts program - https://developers.google.com/community/experts


    Find Wayne Gakuo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/wayne_gakuo

    Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika


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    54 分
  • #11 | Generative AI: The how, the opportunities and the gloom w/ Tim Sankara
    2023/05/04

    In this episode, Tim Sankara, a Software Engineer and AI researcher joins us to discuss Generative AI models. The opportunities that exist and the anxiety it brings.


    Links:

    Attention is All You Need - https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762

    Transformers [Google Research, 2017] - https://ai.googleblog.com/2017/08/transformer-novel-neural-network.html

    The Age of AI has Begun [Bill Gates] - https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun


    Find Tim:

    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-k-sankara-932635141/

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/tim_sankara


    Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika



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  • #10 | Open Source: The why and the How w/ Daniel Katungi
    2023/04/11

    In this episode, Dan Katungi, a Software Engineer and a good friend of the podcast joins us, we have a very upbeat discussion on Open Source and why you as a developer should consider contributing and maintaining some OSS projects.

    Here are some of the links mentioned

    Runter Project - https://github.com/katungi/Runter


    Find Dan on Twitter @WarriorRapid

    https://twitter.com/WarriorRapid


    Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika


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    47 分
  • #09 | The thing about WebAssembly w/ Njuguna Mureithi
    2023/03/27

    In this episode, Geoff (@tweetofnjuguna), a Senior Rust Engineer joins us to discuss WebAssembly, what it is, why you should care, how to get started with it and some of its use cases.


    Find Geoff:

    Github - https://github.com/geofmureithi

    Twitter - https://twitter.com/tweetofnjuguna


    Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter @concurrencypod

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika


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    52 分
  • #08 | Positioning yourself for Software Engineering Jobs w/ Michael Gacha
    2023/03/02

    Michael Gacha, a Technical Recruiter at Volvo Cars joins us to discuss how Software Engineers can best position themselves to get jobs. 2023 started off rough with layoffs and so this is a very important conversation.

    Find Gacha:
    Twitter - https://twitter.com/Gashamwas
    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gacha-recruiter/

    Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - https://twitter.com/jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - https://twitter.com/harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - https://twitter.com/the_kibuika

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    46 分
  • #07 | The Javascript Runtime w/ Ian "McBooll" Mugenya
    2023/02/17

    In this episode, Ian, a Javascript Engineer and Mentor @SpaceYaTech and @NodeSchool Nairobi Chapter,  joins Steve to talk about Javascript, how it runs on the web and some of the components and features that make it behave the way it does. We discuss the Javascript runtime and the Javascript engine. This is a must listen for all Javascript folks!

    Links:
    The Evolution of Javascript - https://dev.to/ianmcbull/the-evolution-of-javascript-2bca

    Find Ian on twitter - https://twitter.com/McBooll


    Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com  

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - @jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - @harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - @the_kibuika


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  • #06 | Embracing Declarative UIs with Kotlin w/ Mambo Bryan
    2023/01/30

    In this episode, Mambo Bryan joins us to discuss Declarative UIs with Kotlin's Jetpack Compose and how Kotlin is making developers happier.

    Find Mambo on Twitter @mambo_bryan
    https://justmambo.web.app

    Read More on Kotlin - https://kotlinlang.org/

    Feel free to email us at concurrencypod@gmail.com

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - @jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - @harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - @the_kibuika

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    49 分
  • #05 | Mpesa Mini-Apps w/ Michelle Mueni
    2022/12/20

    In this episode, Michelle Mueni, a Software Developer at Safaricom talks to us about Mpesa Mini-App, what they are and how they are built.

    Learn more about Safaricom's Mini Program here => https://mpesaminiapps.safaricom.co.ke/index

    Find Mueni on twitter - @4mueni

    Hosts:

    Jack McLeans - @jack_the_nerd

    Harman Kibue - @harmannkibue

    Steve Kibuika - @the_kibuika

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    56 分