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Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Long time users Brittik and Aravind compare both Apple's Center Stage and Samsung's DEX Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Listen to this short one where Aravind and Brittik talk about how Hemingway bridge can help you be more productive. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Aravind & Brittik talk to Zubair Ahmed, developer at Mattermost and a wonderful human, about development, the current jobs scene and how Zubair landed his first job, their experiences, showing your work and how community has helped them. https://mattermost.com/careers/#openings https://remoteok.com/ People Zubair Ahmed Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Brittik and Aravind talk about how anyone can be a graphic designer right now with little help from, none other than, artificial intelligence. They talk about their experience with art generated by AI and how you can do it too. Dive right in! Part of the Transcript - **Brittik:** Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Learning Curve podcast. I'm Brittik. And I'm Aravind. And today we are going to talk about how you can be a zero skill graphic designer. **Aravind:** Maybe you need a cover art for your blog post, or you need one simple square photo for your episodes cover art. But how would you do it if without any design? **Brittik:** You would need a designer friend who you have to ask like by Pan Day, please. You know? And then maybe he makes it for you, maybe you like it or not, you don't have a choice, you accept it, , and then you use it because you don't have the skills . So that is one [00:01:00] scenario. And the other scenario is you could use something like Dali or Stable Diffusion, you. Spend some time with the prompts and refine your prompts in such a way where you actually get the output that you want, or even something better that you couldn't even have imagined. **Brittik:** you like. What does it mean for graphic designers especially, what does it mean for your, that friend from whom you would ask like by Bakavi? Like would he come **Aravind:** to you [00:02:00] for help? **Brittik:** This is interesting. I think your designer friend would be happy that you are not bugging him to constantly make something for you like, Huh, Now I can finally focus on my work. I can focus on, you know, the different skills that your friend can work on rather than having to make things for every. So I think it frees up time for graphic designers where I, I understand they're losing, They might be losing some business because of it, definitely no doubt in it, but they would still be having enough time to craft their prompt skills, like they could, you know, give prompts to del your stable diffusion and come up with something even more creative. Using their hands as you know, like their tools, Photoshop and all the knowledge. That is one part. The most important skill is imagination. Imagination is not something you come up or you can create in one day. [00:03:00] Imagination of people who can draw, who can create things that is beautiful and the problems they can come. It's crazy. Like the prompts they give to their brain to come up with things, basically even to our brain, we are giving, like we are thinking and thinking is a kind of prompt that okay, brain think, what would it look like this? And then you try it and then you see if it looks good or you try something else. So that prompt they're giving to ai and AI is generating things so them, so I'm sure that they're making things that, that we can't think of. Everyone's level playing field is being upgraded. Now, people who could not do graphic designing now can, people who had imagination but did not, could not draw, were not very artistic enough to draw. Now they can, people who could do these things, now they are at an even upper level where they can think, they can imagine the whole [00:04:00] picture, and they can come up with beautiful prompts that we can't, but they.

In this episode of Learning Curve, Aravind and Brittik discuss the state of AI and how it makes sense for Indian developers to use open source AI to build products. They also talk about how AI is changing the world of development and the potential for AI to replace developers in the future.

Our desks are where we spend most of our time. So what does a developer's desk setup looks like? Listen to find out...

Join Brittik and Aravind as they ponder upon the question what is work and what does not feel like work. Have you figured that for yourself? Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Brittik and Aravind talk about self hosting apps instead of paying subscription costs. They discuss Umami.is - analytics tool n8n - automation tool Raspberry Pi Railway Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Aravind starts his Indie developer journey by having his first paying customer for a SaaS he is building. Brittik and Aravind chat about the journey till here and beyond. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

We no longer focus on the length of an episoide. We've also stopped planning for the structure. You ask why? It's because all this takes away from the liveliness of the podcast.

In this episode we talk about some of @aravindballa's highlights from @arvidkahl's book, The Embedded Entrepreneur

In this episode we talk about some of @aravindballa highlights from @p_millerd's book, The Pathless Path

Brittik and Aravind talk about how crypto is doing in the current times and why that's the furure.

In this episode Brittik shares a personal story of relinquishing control which changed the trajectory of his life

Should you start off by writing some code or should you plan first? Listen to know what experience has taught us.

Aravind's discord account got hacked :( Learn how it all happened and how you can avoid making the same mistake

Brittik and Aravind open up about their recent burnouts and how they dealt with, what they took away and what changes they made.

There's a shift that's almost here for developers. Coding is slowly moving to the cloud with GitHub Codespaces and Gitpod. Meta frameworks like SvelteKit and Remix will be coming out of beta in 2022 and deployment of code is getting easier with services like fly.io and railway.app. The heavyweights like AWS still dominate and are the de facto choice for enterprises and for those prefer avoiding the magic of SAAS and stay as close to the metal as possible. In this episode we share our excitement on where the dev scene is headed. Tune in to our very first episode of 2022!

Brittik and Aravind talk about what they've built with workers and tell you how awesome they are. They also talk about how Codepen makes use of Cloudflare workers at scale. Overview What they have built Behind the scenes of a worker (v8 isolates) Deno deploy Cloudflare Pages Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

In this episode we talk about all the different database options we've considered for our projects. This includes, mongoDB, sqlite, postgreSQL, redis, faunaDB, firebase, supabase, as well as ORMs like prisma and do-it-alls like notion.

In this episode, Aravind and Brittik talk about what they learnt from the book Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon. Everyone should read this book (at least once). Book: https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.in/Show-Your-Work-Austin-Kleon/dp/076117897X Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Listen to Aravind and Brittik talk about how their Git workflows look after correcting their mistakes. And there is a bonus takeaway at the end of the episode. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

What do NFTs mean? Brittik explains Aravind how blockchain is for creatives as well. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

In this episode we talk about our trusty Samson Q2U mic which we use for podcasting as well as about all the other gear we use to record a podcast. Our setup is simple, so we believe that even you can start your own podcast.

Brittik and Aravind get together to talk about Aravind's recent purchase iA writer and how they consume/read newsletters. Brittik also shares a tip he uses to make his girlfriend happy ;) Links iA Writer Mailbrew Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

In this episode, Aravind joins Rajath to talk about issues with processing audio, what technology is doing to process and analyze voice and the future of it. https://symbl.ai/ https://www.descript.com/overdub Hosts Aravind Balla Guest: Rajath Learning Curve Podcast

Typescript makes us better developers. In this episode we talk about our first impression of typescript.

iOS Shortcuts is a game changer. Listen to the episode to know how Shortcuts make us productive and do certain tasks with ease. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

In this episode, we talk about our first impressions on NextJS. Do we not like Gatsby anymore? Listen and find out. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Listen to Brittik and Aravind talk about what they use Twitter for, tips and tricks and how to build brands on Twitter. (And there is a secret after party later in this video) Youtube link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym7R-pRaDjQ Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Puppeteer is this cool headless chrome library that lets you do things on a browser with code. Listen to Brittik and Aravind for all the cool hacky stuff they did using this library. https://pptr.dev/ - Puppeteer Homepage Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

In this episode, Brittik and Aravind talk about their writing practices, like Morning pages and journaling, how they take notes, what they do with Twitter and also how Brittik writes songs. This is fully packed with tips to get started. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Brittik has been using an iPad from 8 years! And Aravind started using one after he saw Brittik with it. But why? Listen to Brittik and Aravind talk about iPads and the future of computing they wish. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Did you know that you could have a second brain? Listen to Brittik and Aravind as they talk about their second brains, how they built it and how it has helped them. They also talk about lots of ideas around second brains. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

How did you get started with Javascript? This is the question Brittik and Aravind answer in this episode along with fun stories and few resources for getting started with JS. Resources Codecademy Tree house Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

We challenged ourselves to face our fears and anxieties. We share with you how the challenge went and how you too can successfully face your fears and anxieties one step at a time. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Having worked remote for a long time, Aravind and Brittik share their best and most practical advice to help you be productive while working from home. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

We discuss the precautions, facts we know and some myths that are going around in this pandemic. Please stay safe. Resources Coronavirus Disease 2019 vs. the Flu What Is Coronavirus? Will warming spring temperatures slow the coronavirus outbreak? Coronavirus at a Glance: Infographic Here's what coronavirus does to the body Coronavirus at a Glance: Infographic Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Do you think it's difficult? Not at all. We talk about how to make one, what to include and many more things.  Resources  Dribbble & Behance Webflow Gatsby Netlify Wordpress Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Tools make our lives easier. We share with you our favourite tools that are loved by today’s developers and designers. Resources The tools we talk about - Lulu Firewall Notion Streaks Zoho Notebook Self Control Alfred and its powerpack Cloudinary Netlify Anchor Logic Pro X (or Garage Band) Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve

Do you prefer Wordpress over static site generators like Gatsby? Or is it the other way round? Listen and find out what Brittik and Aravind prefer and why? They talk about what to use when. Resourses https://wordpress.com/ https://www.gatsbyjs.org/ https://blocks-ui.com/ https://twitter.com/learningcurvpod https://twitter.com/brittikbasu https://twitter.com/aravindballa

Brittik and Aravind have done quite some client work. While Aravind is on a full time job, Brittik is full time into client work. Listen to them as they share experiences and learnings which came along the way. Brittik's Twitter Aravind's Twitter Learning Curve Home Learning Curve's Twitter

This is about our love for Tailwind CSS. We list down 10 things we love about it, and why it will be useful for you too. Resources https://tailwindcss.com Source for Learning Curve website Death in Custody Website  https://learningcurve.dev  https://twitter.com/learningcurvpod  Hosts  Aravind Balla Brittik Basu

In this episode Aravind introduces you to the different workers available to us in JS. Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Brittik gets a call from potential recruiter. Later, we talk about what UX Design is and what it’s not. As well as we discuss what UX Thinking is and how to go about it step by step. What does a UX designer do and how is it different from UI dev role? What will be the deliverables? What do you need to get started? Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast

Join the conversation of Brittik and Aravind as they share how they got their jobs. Brittik dropped out of college before he got his first job and Aravind has a remote job now. Resources https://beginnerjavascript.com https://twitter.com/levelsio https://aravindballa.com/writings/position-yourself-for-remote-work/ http://remoteindian.slack.com Hosts Aravind Balla Brittik Basu Learning Curve Podcast