Adam Tuttle first came into contact with makefiles (pronounced "make files") back in high school when compiling code. But, at the time, he didn't really understand what they were or how they worked - he was just a consumer. And, after high school, years went by in which he never gave makefiles a second thought. That is, until, one fateful conversation with Mark Mandel.
Mark explained that he used makefiles to create aliases for complex Docker commands. This piqued Adam's curiosity; and soon, Adam went down the rabbit hole! Today, he uses makefiles extensively for complex shell commands that he shares across his entire team: building containers, deploying code, generating Pull Requests - and, he's only begun to scratch the surface!
Today, the crew listens to Adam wax poetically about what makes makefiles so great. And, we get to ask him all sort of questions like: can they be used to create git aliases? Can this be used with npx commands? Is this like npm run scripts? And, why are you still using "boring technology" that was built in the 70s?
This week's sponsored shout-out is Wonder Woman Tech, whose mission it is to highlight, celebrate, educate, and amplify Women, BIPOC, and the Underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Math (STEAM), and Innovation.
And finally, don't forget that we are going to have our first book club episode on May 12th for Clean Code by Robert Martin (aka, "Uncle Bob"). Feel free to read-up and follow along!
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063: Nobody Makes It Out Alive!
062: Note To Self
061: Software Is For People
060: Technical Debt
059: Everything Old Is New Again
058: Do 10x Developers Exist?
057: Goals for 2022
056: Best of 2021
055: Sales Fails
054: We're So Quacked
053: Product Management with Adam Lehman
052: Starting Your Own Business, with Steve Rittler
051: You Are Replaceable
050: Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?
049: Revisiting Replatforming - There Is No Correct Answer
048: // TODO: Microwave ToDo List
047: Email Ruins Everything
046: Secrets Management vs. Premature Optimization
045B: The Aftershow
045: Join Our Discord
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