Episode 41b: The Techisode

Christian is on vacation this week, so Joe and Vito are joined by special guest Collin to apologize for last weeks lost episode (0:30), talk Disneyland consumerism(4:10), our Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers blow out (05:20), including the history of the game(7:00), how to play in 2019 (9:50), the MMO "trinity" (12:00), why FF XIV is the best MMO (14:30), how gathering and crafting works (15:45), we spoil the level 50 Fisher class quest(16:30), how to avoid grinding (20:30), and how to play with us (25:30).  After the ad break(27:11), Joe and Collin dive deep on the tech industry, talking weird amazon naming conventions (28:20), what its like building laser robots on the Microsoft stack (31:10), why are there so many TLAs?(Three Letter Acronyms)32:30, running modern software on ancient machines (34:00), enterprise vs open source (36:00), gripes with Microsoft (38:20), how collins job works on a granular level (41:00), singleton patterns (41:30), unit testing and kanban boards (44:00), and why password encrpytion is important (46:20).  Finally, Joe shares the latest tale of his bamboo battle (47:20), the Oscar goes to the gym  to get thicc (49:45), and board game of the week: Rococo.(50:30).  Enjoy!