Design Details

262: Taste Acquisition (feat. Iheanyi Ekechukwu)

Episode Summary

This week, we talk with Iheanyi Ekechukwu about his side project Seeker, starting from scratch at a new gig, and the best advice he's ever gotten. Then we share a few cool things, including a tracing library, a decentralized phone, and a Mac utility.

Episode Notes

This week, we talk with Iheanyi Ekechukwu about his side project Seeker, starting from scratch at a new gig, and the best advice he's ever gotten. Then we share a few cool things, including a tracing library, a decentralized phone, and a Mac utility.

Follow-up:

• The results of our Twitter poll were... unsurprising.

Interview:

• Iheanyi is @kwuchu
• Digital Ocean is an infrastructure experience
• Github is a development platform
• Go is an open-source programming language
• React is a Javascript library for building user interfaces
• Brian explains React in "260: Mutual Admiration Society"
• Seeker is the easiest way to host your own job board
• Steve Schoger made Heroicons and Refactoring UI
• The Reilly Program (AL/ENG Dual-Degree) at Notre Dame
• IBM Watson is a deep learning AI
• "A Career Cold Start Algorithm" explains how to start strong at a new job
• Two Black Nerds with I. Romeo Kwihangana

One Cool Thing:

• Iheanyi shared Lightstep: A distributed tracing library
• Brian shared Clarity: A decentralized communication device
• Marshall shared Moom: Move and zoom windows

Design Details on the Web:

• We are @designdetailsfm
• Brian is @brian_lovin
• Marshall is @marshallbock
• Sara is @sarahberus
• Drew is @luperdev
• Join the conversation on Spectrum
• Leave us a review on iTunes

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