The Bug Hunters Café

The Bug Hunters Café


Latest Episodes

Season 3, Episode 5: Sam Taggart
August 06, 2023

It's an afternoon of new perspectives in the café, both from climbing the rock candy wall and chatting about LabVIEW. Climbing enthusiast and LabVIEW trainer Sam Taggart belays in to chat about both, and how code interacts with the messy real worl

Season 3, Episode 4: Jocelyne Morin-Nurse
July 04, 2023

A rogue vine is taking over the café, but that's not enough to stop Jocelyne Morin-Nurse from enjoying her coffee. Listen as she discusses leadership with Bojan and Jason, including how to handle the transition from "team member" to "team lead".

Season 3, Episode 3: Aliénor Latour, Donia Chaiehloudj, and Pascal Bertrand
June 05, 2023

A crowd of blue gophers has descended on the café, perhaps on account of the visit from the co-authors of "Learn Go with Pocket-Sized Projects": Aliénor Latour, Donia Chaiehloudj, and Pascal Bertrand. Listen in as they explain what makes Go tick,

Season 3, Episode 2: Pat Viafore and Jess Jang
May 01, 2023

A quiet evening in the café provides the perfect opportunity for Jess to join in the conversation, this time with Pat Viafore, author of "Robust Python". Join the group as they discuss the challenges and intricacies of testing.

Season 3, Episode 1: Edaqa Mortoray
April 10, 2023

What makes a good puzzle? Software engineer and escape room enthusiast Edaqa Mortoray chats with Jason and Bojan about the joys and sorrows of independent projects, why debugging makes a terrible game, and how he came to be the top endorsed Monste

Season 2, Episode 12: Alex Booker
December 12, 2022

Jason broke reality...but on the upside, Alex Booker has spontaneously appeared. While he sticks around to discuss common mistakes junior developers make, Annie grapples with whether an eggplant macchiato was ever supposed to be a thing.

Season 2, Episode 11: Cecelia Martinez
November 29, 2022

Time traveller Cecelia Martinez discusses frontend development and debugging with Bojan and Jason. Even so, the question remains: is that programming book from the future that Bojan bought from the rummage sale going to be useful in the end?

Season 2, Episode 10: Itamar Turner-Trauring
November 14, 2022

Logs, anyone? Bojan and Jason chat with Itamar Turner-Trauring, the creator of the eliot logging library in Python.

Season 2, Episode 9: Reuven Lerner
October 17, 2022

Jason and a particularly floral Bojan chat with Reuven Lerner about teaching Python, and the worst bugs they've seen (and caused). Meanwhile, Annie tries to undo a unicorn magic glitch of her own.

Season 2, Episode 8: Tomasz Lelek
September 26, 2022

Tomasz teaches Jason and Bojan how to navigate tradeoffs in code, while Annie struggles to manage the temporary unicorn horn she's been stuck with.