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Healthy Hacker
by Chris Hunt
Welcome to the Healthy Hacker where we talk about programming, puzzles, memory, fitness, diet, and everything else that you, a healthy hacker, find interesting.
Episodes
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23: Financial Planning
What is financial planning? This week Abraham Martinez, financial advisor and chief operating officer at Brio Financial, visits the show to explain his role as a financial advisor and some of the tools and strategies he uses to help clients reach their goals.
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22: Ruby to Elixir
Functions, processes, supervisors, pipelines, pattern matching, oh my! These are just a few of the cool things that you can play with in Elixir. This week I share my experience with Elixir so far and how it compares to Ruby.
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21: More money please
So you just nailed the interview and you're looking at a job offer. What's next? This week we talk about some tools and strategies to make that job offer even better.
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20: Laptop in the cloud
We put our music “in the cloud”, we put our documents “in the cloud”, we putour code “in the cloud”, but why don’t we put our development environment inthe cloud?
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19: Photography exposed
This week we learn enough about photography to pick up any camera in the world and bend it to our will.
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18: Distributed teams
This week I share what’s great and not so great about working on a distributed team and the tricks I use to make the experience even better.
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17: Grandmaster of memory
This week Ed Cooke, Grandmaster of Memory and CEO of memrise.com, shares his thoughts on memory training, imagination, perception, and the future of learning.
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16: Perfect pull request
This week I share how to get project maintainers and co-workers excited about the code you write by building the perfect pull request.
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15: Walkabout
This week Ben Orenstein stops in Portland, Oregon during his 3 month “walkabout” to teach me how to sing a barbershop tag and to share his thoughts on podcasting, conference talks, code review, and a few uncomfortable situations.
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14: Never forget a name
This week I share a simple, but powerful, technique I learned from USA memory champion Ron White for quickly memorizing any person’s name.
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13: Speaking at conferences
This week I talk about talking. I share the reasons I love speaking at conferences, why I think you’ll like it too, and how to make your conference talk more exciting and memorable than the rest.
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12: Perfect cup of coffee
This week Matt Perger, a competitive barista and World Brewers Cup champion, comes on the show to talk about coffee culture, bean roasting, competitive brewing, and how to make the perfect cup of coffee at home.
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11: Growing as a programmer
This week we get a voicemail from Ben in New York and I share the strategies and resources I’ve used to grow as a professional programmer.
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10: Codecation
This week I talk about taking an adventure with a stranger on the internet, what we learned, what we built, why we did it a second time, and why you might want to try it as well.
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9: Forging elite fitness
This week Jeff Duncan, owner and trainer at CrossFit Pearl District, comes on the show to talk about CrossFit, how he started his gym, and why the program is different than any other fitness regimen you’ve tried.
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8: Rubik's Cube Champion
This week Feliks Zemdegs, the World Rubik’s Cube Champion, comes on the show to talk about the Rubik’s Cube, the method he uses to solve it, how he trains for a competition, and where we can go to get started with the cube today.
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7: Repetitive strain injury
This week we get a voicemail from Jonathan in Portland and learn all about RSI, some common myths, who’s at risk, how to prevent it, and why exercise plays an important role in staying pain free.
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6: An unforgettable story
This week we learn the exact same technique that memory athletes have mastered to memorize hundreds of random words, thousands of random numbers, and stacks of shuffled playing cards.
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5: Open source checklist
This week I share all the things I think about before releasing (or using) an open source project.
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4: Existential crisis
This week we get another voicemail and my brother Nick comes on the show to talk about deterministic multi-core processing, the CFP process for academic papers, how he transitioned from computer scientist to mountain guide, and everything you need to know to summit Mount Rainier.
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3: Forty-three quintillion
This week I get my first voicemail, explain why I do (and don’t) use a standing desk, and I brush up on my math skills to show why solving the Rubik’s Cube will never be boring.
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2: Pineapple in your pocket
This week I talk about something I’m super excited about: Memory. By the end of this episode, you will be able to quickly memorize a list of 10 things and understand how to take your memory even further.
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1: Why I use Vim
This week I’m going to answer a question that I get all the time: Why do I use Vim?
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Healthy Hacker have?
Healthy Hacker currently has 23 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Healthy Hacker about?
Welcome to the Healthy Hacker where we talk about programming, puzzles, memory, fitness, diet, and everything else that you, a healthy hacker, find interesting.
How often does Healthy Hacker release new episodes?
Healthy Hacker has 23 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Healthy Hacker?
You can listen to Healthy Hacker on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Healthy Hacker?
Healthy Hacker is created and hosted by Chris Hunt.
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