Matt and Liam share how they actually use AI day-to-day—from code assistants to creative projects—and explore whether AI is really coming for our jobs, or just changing what those jobs look like.
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Data Driven Domains: We're all wrong about SQL
Matt and Liam pull apart the reflex to start with tables and let an ORM shape your code. We talk aggregates, normalisation vs denormalisation, many-to-many pain, and when a document or relational store actually fits the job.
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Inconceivable!
We keep using these words—agile, governance, risk, contracts—but do they mean what we think they mean? This episode digs into the trouble with shared language and mismatched definitions.
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Green Checks, Red Flags: Surviving Supply-Chain Attacks
The recent nx exploit grabbed a lot of attention for using a novel AI prompt injection attack. This episode unpacks what happened, the dangers of blind trust, and some ways to minimise risk.
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Jimmy Bogard: Sustainability and Community from an OSS Veteran
Matt and Liam are joined by Jimmy Bogard for a deep dive into the ethics and commercials of maintaining sustainable open-source software in the .NET ecosystem.
Indulge in the perfect blend of technology and beer as "The Beer Driven Devs" serves up a frothy fortnightly podcast experience! Hosted by two passionate software engineers who code with one hand and raise a beer with the other, this podcast is where tech enthusiasts and beer aficionados unite.
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