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The Buffer Overflow Podcast

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Join Jordan and Joe from Buffer as they talk, tackle and dissect all sorts of topics about software engineering in a fully remote and distributed company. In this podcast, they'll cover all of the challenges modern companies face when creating software, how to do it on a team that spans the globe and several timezones and lessons learned along the way creating Buffer. Enjoy hearing from developers across all of Buffer's engineering teams such as data, infrastructure, web, iOS and Android as we explore the challenges and techniques we encounter to work as a successful remote team.

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Episodes

  1. Evolving the Apps team with Product Management

    Evolving the teams with Product Management - hear about the apps team product management journey at Buffer! On this week's episode, join Jordan and Joe as they reflect on the apps team product management (PM) journey with our now-PM, Steve! Up until this year, the apps team at Buffer has never…

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  2. The Journey from Support to Engineering

    The Journey from Support to Engineering - hear from Mick on how he made a change in his career at Buffer! On this week's episode, join Jordan and Joe as they learn about our guest's path from a support role at Buffer to an engineer! Mick began his Buffer journey running support, and it was (and...

  3. The Side Project Episode

    Side projects - they are everywhere in the tech industry. On this week's episode, join Jordan and Joe as they unpack the impact of side projects. After all, Buffer itself is the result of our CEO's side project endeavors! We chat about them in terms of our careers, how to manage them, what they…

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  4. Achieving shared goals within our Front End teams w/ Ana Almeida

    Within the Engineering team at Buffer we have several front-end teams working on different parts of the product. Whilst it is important to create a space for continued learning for these teams, there are also a lot of shared goals. To ensure that these teams are able to collaborate on these…

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  5. The Self Taught Developer with Hamish Macpherson

    The Self Taught Developer It's a term we hear more often these days - "I'm self taught!". What seemed like a rarity years ago has been increasingly more common in our industry, so today we sat down with our engineer on staff who taught himself programming (one of 11 at Buffer!) - Hamish…

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  6. Working remotely

    This week, Jordan and Joe discuss a topic that many engineers have needed to adapt to in recent times: Working Remotely. Many of us have been forced to work remotely due to the happenings around COVID. Both Jordan and Joe have been working remotely at Buffer, collectively for over 8 years. In…

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  7. Accessibility with Amy Lee

    Welcome back to the Buffer Overflow show! We're excited to bring you a brand new season of topics, guests and chats about remote work, software engineering and more. For this season, we'll be bringing on more guests to talk about interesting work they've been doing, and we'll hold a three…

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  8. Technical Debt

    This week, Joe and Jordan discuss a common topic found in software engineering: technical debt. While some engineers might consider dealing with it right away a verity of software development, others perhaps think it best to work around it and build around infrastructure what's already in place.…

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  9. Handling iOS 13 and Android 10 and Major OS Releases

    This week, it's all about major operating system releases! With Android 10 and iOS 13 freshly released to the masses, we talk about how we think about the annual cycle of O.S. releases at Buffer and what it means to our mobile team. Each year, we're inundated with some new A.P.I., sweeping...

  10. Why Do Our Teams Work Differently?

    In this episode, Jordan and Joe explore some fundamental differences in the way that iOS and Android go about certain operational tasks. For example, one leans quite a bit into C.I. and automation, whereas another doesn't. But, why do they work differently - and more importantly, what are some...

  11. Developing the Same Feature on iOS and Android

    The mobile world has two dominant platforms, iOS and Android. At Buffer, we've got mobile apps for each of them. In the debut episode of the Buffer Overflow podcast, we'll discuss how our team goes about developing marquee features that need to ship on both platforms at around the same time. How…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Join Jordan and Joe from Buffer as they talk, tackle and dissect all sorts of topics about software engineering in a fully remote and distributed company. In this podcast, they'll cover all of the challenges modern companies face when creating software, how to do it on a team that spans the globe and several timezones and lessons learned along the way creating Buffer. Enjoy hearing from developers across all of Buffer's engineering teams such as data, infrastructure, web, iOS and Android as we explore the challenges and techniques we encounter to work as a successful remote team.

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How many episodes does The Buffer Overflow Podcast have?

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What is The Buffer Overflow Podcast about?

Join Jordan and Joe from Buffer as they talk, tackle and dissect all sorts of topics about software engineering in a fully remote and distributed company. In this podcast, they'll cover all of the challenges modern companies face when creating software, how to do it on a team that spans the globe...

How often does The Buffer Overflow Podcast release new episodes?

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The Buffer Overflow Podcast is created and hosted by Buffer.
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