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Jul 2, 2024 58 min

Justin Jaffray: Databases, Blogging, and Computer Science Communication

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A conversation with Justin Jaffray. Justin is a software engineer at Datadog who writes the weekly Null Bitmap newsletter on interesting topics in the world of Databases. Socials: website: ⁠https://justinjaffray.com/ twitter: https://twitter.com/justinjaffray newsletter: https://buttondown.email/jaffray --- Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Newsletters 07:11 Drama in Github Repos 10:58 Convictions in Academia vs Industry 20:04 The Role of Data in Machine Learning 22:03 Using Math as a Tool in Software Engineering 27:10 The Lack of Accessible Content in Database Theory 29:17 Why Are There So Many Type Theory Nerds Online? 36:52 The Trade-Off Between Notation and Intuition in Technical Papers 44:15 The Value of Entertainment in Educational Content 55:09 Hobbies vs Main Hustles

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