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Healthy Hacker

23 Episodes

35 minutes | 2 years ago
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.Workout of the weekGrab some friends and run a fartlek interval workout. If you don’t have any friends, it can be done alone as well.Run hard for 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2 minutes, with a “rest” of 2:30 in between. This can be done on a track, treadmill, or just outside as you run down the street. It will look something like this: Run 2:00 minutes hard Run 2:30 easy Run 3:00 minutes hard Run 2:30 easy Run 4:00 minutes hard Run 2:30 easy … (continue the rest of the cycle: 4, 3, 2) Links Brio Financial Group Certified Financial Planner Board (CFP) Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:51 Workout of the week 03:52 What is financial planning? 04:49 What happens first? 07:34 The framework 13:18 It’s not called retirement 15:02 Financial independence 17:14 Money is emotional 20:51 You always have control 22:24 Understand all the options 24:19 Take away one layer 25:44 How to find an advisor 28:59 What’s a fiduciary? 30:56 Know the fees 32:25 CFP and CFA database 33:19 Contact information 34:26 Outro
38 minutes | 2 years ago
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.Workout of the weekAs fast as possible, 50-40-30-20-10 reps of: Double-unders Sit-ups Links Developing with Elixir/OTP (Pragmatic Studio) Getting Started Guide (elixir-lang.org) Intro to OTP (YouTube) The Soul of Erlang and Elixir (YouTube) RX Smart Gear Jump Rope
38 minutes | 2 years ago
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.Workout of the week21-15-9 repetitions, as fast as possible of: Strict pull-ups Strict handstand push-ups Links Rogue Fitness H1B Salary Database Indeed Salary Comparison Glassdoor Salaries PayScale
23 minutes | 2 years ago
20: Laptop in the cloud
We put our music “in the cloud”, we put our documents “in the cloud”, we put our code “in the cloud”, but why don’t we put our development environment in the cloud? Links Linode Hosting Mosh (mobile shell) Visual Studio Code
36 minutes | 6 years ago
19: Photography exposed
This week we learn enough about photography to pick up any camera in the world and bend it to our will. Workout of the week “Angie” - as fast as possible: 100 pull-ups or body rows 100 push-ups 100 sit-ups 100 air squats Links Manual, for iPhone Aperture, Shutter, ISO, & Light Explained
33 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week This workout comes from CrossFit Pearl District. Decrease the number of repetitions as necessary. Somewhere between 5-10 reps each round would be awesome. Every minute, on the minute, for 10 minutes: 10 toes-to-bar 10 push-ups Links Oatmeal on ‘working from home’ Basecamp REMOTE We Work Remotely Jobs Wide Teams Podcast (on break) Screenhero Remote Pairing with Vim and Tmux Things for Mac github-auth
47 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week 20 rounds of: 5 push-ups 5 air squats 5 sit-ups Links Memrise.com The Memrise Prize How to Remember a Deck of Cards Learning is a game Austhink
35 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week 6 rounds of: 15 box jumps (24 inch box) 10 handstand push-ups or normal push-ups Links How we use Pull Requests to build GitHub Issues with git-flow Open source checklist
35 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week As fast as possible: 200 meter walking lunges 800 meter run 200 meter walking lunges Links Giant Robots Podcast How to Talk to Developers The Bike Shed Podcast Sandi Metz’ Rules For Developers Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Thoughtbot Code Review Guide
25 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week “Murph” - Finish as quickly as possible: 1 mile run 100 pull-ups or body rows 200 push-ups 300 air squats 1 mile run Links How to Memorize by Ron White
35 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week 5 rounds of: 1 minute of burpees (as many as possible) 1 minute of rest Links Lanyrd @callbackwomen
41 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week In 12 minutes, as many rounds as possible of: 30 double-unders or jumping jacks 15 goblet squats 10 push-ups Links Matt Perger World Brewers Cup World Barista Championship Hario V60, Aeropress Hario V60 pour over method Comandante hand grinder Coffee refraction 101 Modernist Cuisine at Home ChefSteps
52 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week 20 minutes of handstand practice. Links Pair with me on anything Favorite podcasts Codecation 6 best books for advancing your Ruby knowledge JavaScript Jabber: Web developer skills Peter Cooper Press developer newsletters Conference talks Photos
31 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week 8 rounds (4 minutes) of: 20 seconds of push-ups 10 seconds of rest Links Trailmix Codecation Costa Rica Ben on Twitter SICP Twitter conversation SICP the book thoughtbot podcast
53 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week This workout is fun because you can partition the exercises how ever you want. I did all the running first, then finished by alternating between sit-ups and push-ups. As fast as possible: 2000 meter run 150 sit-ups 100 push-ups From the CrossFit Pearl District blog. Links CrossFit Pearl District BarStarzz Jason Khalipa Squat Clean Thruster Myers-Briggs
34 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week In 20 minutes, as many rounds as possible of: 20 double-unders 200 meter run 20 deck squats 200 meter run From the CrossFit Pearl District blog. Links Video: Rubik’s Cube 6.54 World Record Average Video: The Road to 6.77 Seconds Feliks Zemdegs World Ranking CFOP Speedsolving Method Badmephisto Rubik’s Cube Tutorial qqTimer Rubik’s Cube Timer MoYu AoLong Rubik’s Cube Feliks YouTube Channel Feliks Facebook
34 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week Take 15 minutes to work on the wrist push-up progression and stretching demonstrated by gymnast David Durante: Wrist push-up progression Links Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury Cumulative Trauma Disorder Pomodoro Technique Amazon: Captains of Crush Hand Gripper Amsterdam University: RSI and Grip Strength Magnus Samuelsson on Grip Training Grip Strength Certification
25 minutes | 6 years ago
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. Workout of the week 10 rounds of: 100 meter sprint 90 second rest Links Method of loci How to win the U.S. Memory Championship Simon memorizes deck of cards in 21.90s
30 minutes | 7 years ago
5: Open source checklist
This week I share all the things I think about before releasing (or using) an open source project. Workout of the week In 20 minutes, as many rounds as possible of: 5 push-ups 10 sit-ups 15 air squats Links Discourse and Brackets.io Changelog Episode #127 Keep a Changelog Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 Choose an OSS License Product images and badges Vagrant or Terminal.com Cooper Press
50 minutes | 7 years ago
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. Workout of the week 5 rounds, as fast as possible: 50 Mountain climbers (each leg) 25 Sit-ups Links Deterministic Process Groups in dOS (video) DDOS Taming Nondeterminism in Distributed Systems (slides) Golden Gate Ruby Conference Nick Hunt: RMI Mountain Guide RMI Expeditions Mount Rainier Climbing Programs American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education
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