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Meet Ricky Hill, Commercial Director at Zartis, who joins the Story of Software as our new co-host!

Welcome to Test Automation Experience! In this episode, join us for a fascinating conversation with our incredible guest, Hashem Al-Ghaili, a viral-science expert! Hashem Al-Ghaili’s tells us about his new book Simulation: The Great Escape and his captivating background in computer sciences!

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0:00 - Intro
2:25 - Rapid fire questions for Hashem
4:26 - Hashem Al-Ghaili's background
10:40 - Hashem Al-Ghaili's new book Simulation: The Great Escape"
17:52 - Secret to social media success
22:20 - Top emerging technologies
32:27 - Career advice for those emerging into science communications
35:15 - Video editing
38:34 - Hashem gives Nikolay a signed copy of his book Simulation: The Great Escape

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Welcome back to Test Automation Experience with Nikolay Advolodkin! We're back with PART 2! If you missed the first half, tune in over here 👉

Nikolay Advolodkin, Principal Developer Advocate at Sauce Labs, and Christian Bromann, Creator of WebDriverIO, host part 1 of a hands-on live coding workshop that delves into the world of Sauce Labs and WebDriverIO. We walk through solving testing exercises on WebDriverIO and Sauce Labs in a live environment. Don’t miss out on the chance to gain practical insights into live testing with JavaScript!

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Welcome to Test Automation Experience with Nikolay Advolodkin!

In this episode, Nikolay is joined by two industry experts, Evelyn Coleman, Implementation Manager, and Jason Baum, Director of Community, both from Sauce Labs.  Join this dynamic trio as they explore the potential of ChatGPT in revolutionizing the world of test automation, and gain invaluable insights for your automation testing journey.

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0:00 - Intro
5:30 - Getting ChatGPT 3.5 to write an introductory email
8:55 - Same prompt in ChatGPT 4
13:25 - Same prompt with plugin
18:30 - Niko’s prompt tip: give it a role
23:00 - World’s worst ChatGPT
27:26 - The AIPRM Plugin
30:35 - saucectl common use cases 
32:25 - Niko’s interview workflow 
35:30 - Checklist prompt 
45:30 - Bard’s ‘Final battle’ prompt

Welcome to Test Automation Experience with Nikolay Advolodkin! 

Are you preparing for an automation testing job interview and wondering what questions to expect? Look no further! In this episode, Nikolay shares the top 10 automation testing interview questions ranked by search volume. Get insider tips on how to answer these questions like a pro, so you can confidently ace your interview. 

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0:08 - Intro
0:35 - What is automation testing?
1:06 - What are the types of automation testing?
2:46 - Difference between manual and automated testing
3:41 - When is a good time to automate a test?
5:38 - When will you avoid automated testing?
6:10 - How do you choose a tool/framework for automated testing?
7:39 - What are the different parts of a test automation framework?
9:12 - Should you automate all testing?
10:33 - What is a test environment?
11:35 - What are some of the best practices in test automation?

Welcome to Test Automation Experience, hosted by Nikolay Advolodkin. 

In this episode, Nikolay sits down with Robin Gupta, creator of Test Zeus, a powerful framework for Salesforce automation tests. Join them as they dive into the fascinating world of automated software testing and challenges of testing in the Salesforce ecosystem. 

Don't miss out on this exciting episode of Test Automation Experience!

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👩‍💻🔎About Robin Gupta:
Meet Robin Gupta, a dynamic engineering manager with 15 years of diverse experience. With expertise in BFSI, EdTech, Retail, Healthcare, and E-commerce, he excels in delivering top-notch solutions. As a passionate advocate of open source, he created TestZeus, a groundbreaking UI test automation tool for Salesforce. He's also an active member of the Selenium Conference and various Salesforce user groups. 

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In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis, is joined by Ronan Ryan, Co-Founder & President of  IEX Exchange and co-host of the Boxes & Lines podcast.

IEX Exchange is the eighth largest stock exchange operator globally in terms of the value of shares traded every day. To put this in context, on a daily basis, IEX Exchange processes more trades than the London stock exchange. 
 
Ronan Ryan walks us through the ins and outs of modern stock trading, high frequency trading, and the early days and evolution of IEX. He shares what it’s like to build an exchange from scratch - from a mindset, technical and business perspective.

We hope you enjoy listening to this tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com

In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis and podcast host, is joined by Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman, authors of ‘A Mind at Play,’ a fascinating biography, exploring the life and work of Claude Shannon, considered the Architect of the Information Age. 

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

Claude Shannon - His Life, Work and Legacy:

Claude Shannon laid the foundation for the digital and information age as we know it today. His insights are at the basis of how every digital computer is built, in how emails are sent, video is streamed, web pages are loaded.

Jimmy and Rob take us on a journey through the fascinating life of Claude Shannon - from his childhood, through his work on circuits and information theory, to his tinkerings - building a fleet of unicycles, the flame-throwing trumpet, rocket-powered frisbee. Tune in to join us on an adventure, as we explore a genius mind at play.

Claude Shannon’s work was largely inspired by the theoretical foundations laid by George Boole. For more of the backstory of George Boole, check out episode #7 of the History of Software podcast.

We hope you enjoy listening to our tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

In this latest episode, Anne invites James Richmond, Associate Alliances Sales Engineer at Okta, to discuss your challenges in the world of identity access management. 

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In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis and podcast host, is joined by Brian Kelly, VP of Engineering at FlipDish, as they explore the history and evolution of the agile movement.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

Agile & The Challenges of Scrum:

The Agile Manifesto was published in 2001 and has largely taken the software industry by storm. 

A 2020 report found that 95% of participating companies are using Agile methodologies. While it’s largely debatable to what extent all these companies are actually agile in practice, rather than in theory, the impact and widespread use of Agile methodologies across the software sector today is undeniable.

Why is Agile so incredibly impactful and widely accepted as a way of organizing software development work?  How has the movement evolved since it first started? What are the areas in which it hasn’t evolved fast enough? What is Scrum? What are its advantages and limitations in comparison to other agile approaches such as Kanban, XP, etc? What is the future of the agile movement?

Tune in as Padraig and Brian explore this fascinating topic.

We hope you enjoy listening and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis and podcast host, is joined by Joshua Forman, Director of Engineering at Shapeshift, as they explore the evolution of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin. 

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

From the very first examples of digital currencies, through the evolution of Bitcoin and subsequent cryptocurrencies, to where it’s all headed - this episode explores the technical, social and economic factors that have enabled and driven the adoption of cryptocurrencies. 

What is bitcoin and how did it come about? What are the limitations of blockchain and how did that drive the evolution of other cryptocurrencies? What are the security considerations and the infrastructure of technologies around cryptocurrencies? What is the ecological impact? What is next for the cryptocurrencies from an adoption and technical perspective? 

Tune in for the answers to those and many more questions, as Josh Forman, shares his insights into this fascinating space.

We hope you enjoy listening and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis and podcast host, is joined by Colm Lyon, founder of Fire and Realex Payments, as they explore the history of online payments.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

In 1871, Western Union authorized the ability to send money via wire transfer, which marked the dawn of Fintech and technology-driven payments. And yet, the defining moments of the evolution of online payments will follow towards the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. As with many aspects of life as we know it today, the internet played a key role in shaping the demand and the technology at the base of it. From the way we interact with banks to the emergence and growth of e-commerce - the last few decades marked an increased need for payment technology that enables the changing economy.

What were and what are the technological challenges of building online payments technology? How has the sector evolved in the past decades, as the demand has increased exponentially? Is open banking the future? And what is the opportunity for the up and coming entrepreneurs in the sector? Tune in to hear Colm share his insights.

We hope you enjoy listening and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

This week Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis and podcast host, is joined by Aidan Donnelly, a technologist who spent many years in the online poker business.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

When and what was the first online poker game? As many other platforms have appeared in the market since, what made some of them succeed and others fail?

Building an online poker platform means 24/7 availability, 100% accuracy when tracking money and the capacity to handle tens of thousands of players at the same time. What are the technical challenges when building an online poker system? What are the architecture and infrastructure considerations? How do you test it? What are the legal issues to consider?

Listen in for the answers to those questions and much more from the world of online poker.

We hope you enjoy listening and share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO of Zartis, is joined by Sean O’Sullivan, CTO at Engage EHS, as they explore the evolution of the Irish tech sector in the second half of the 20th century. 

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

For the past 5 years, Ireland has ranked as the fastest growing economy in the European Union. This is in no small part due to its booming technology sector. In this episode, we explore how the Irish tech industry as we know it today came to be.

The first stored-program computer was purchased by the Irish Sugar company, and it arrived in Ireland in 1957. Its purpose was to perform complex calculations regarding payments to sugar beet farmers. Around the same time, in 1956, the first multinational – IBM – set up in Ireland. A decade later, in 1968, the first indigenous technology company – System Dynamics – was set up.

In the following decades, Ireland would see a growing number of multinationals and indigenous tech companies open up offices. This has enabled a shift in the wider economic and societal outlook of the country. Moving away from an agrarian society towards high value-added industries, from a conservative to a more liberal society.

To learn more, follow us on a deep dive through the second half of the 20th century in the Irish tech sector.

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In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis, is joined by André Neubauer, CTO at Smava, to discuss software architecture and its evolution throughout the years.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

We live in a changing world and a changing economy, where the demands of the market and the customers evolve at an incredibly rapid pace. Software development has had to adapt. And a major aspect in adapting is re-thinking about the way software is designed.

What is software architecture? What are the main factors that have influenced its evolution? Who owns the architecture in an organization and what are the implications of that? Listen in to hear the details.

We hope you enjoy listening and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

In this episode of our tech podcast, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis, is joined once again by John Dennehy, Founder of Zartis, Agreeable and Hirehive, to continue their discussion on the evolution of video games. This time, tackling a new decade - the 90s.

The 90s brought in a lot of innovation across the gaming sector. On the games side, we saw the rise of first-shooter games and the further popularization of console and PC games. On the business side, companies were tapping into new demographics, targeting older audiences, while also experimenting with new distribution models, such as shareware.

Tune in to hear more and revisit some of the most popular games of the decade, and the people behind them.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

We hope you enjoy listening to our tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

In this episode of our software podcast, we explore the early days of video games, from the first game in 1952 till the glory days of arcade games.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

We look into the rise and fall of the early console gaming industry in the 80s. The market collapsed by 97% between 1983 and 1985, as annual revenues across the sector went from 3.2 billion to 100 million. 

To learn what caused this crash and what followed in the evolution of video games, tune in!

For this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis, is joined by John Dennehy, Founder at HireHive, Agreeable and Zartis.

We hope you enjoy listening to our tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

In this episode of our weekly software podcast, we look at the life and legacy of George Boole. Boole was a 19th century mathematician, whose work laid the theoretical foundation for digital computing as we know it today. 

We explore his symbolic logic and its impact on the evolution of modern computing - from the logic behind 0s and 1s in the circuits of a computer processor, to the instruction sequences at the basis of modern programming languages.

For this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis, is joined by Albena Krasteva, Head of Growth at Zartis.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

We hope you enjoy listening to our tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.

Some sources we used and enjoyed:

George Boole, Claude Shannon’s and Alan Turing’s role in Computing Evolution

How Aristotle Created the Computer

Claude Shannon: Reluctant Father of the Digital Age

The Genius of George Boole - How to be a Genius

This is the second episode of our two-part podcast series on the Dot-com bubble of the late 90s. While in episode 5 we explored the inflation of the bubble, we are now looking at the bust.

Between the years 1995 and 2000, there was a 4-fold increase in the NASDAQ index and a level of VC investment in the sector which has never been seen before or since. As the bubble burst, from peak to trough, there was an 80% decline in the NASDAQ index, which took almost 15 years to recover. More than half of the startups of this period went under.

In the context of the wider economic picture, we look at our own history. The Zartis Founder, John Dennehy shares the stories of experiencing the bust first-hand and walks us through the first version of Zartis - a company he founded and sold in the late 90s. The Zartis we know today is 2.0.

Note: The ‘History of Software’ podcast has been rebranded to The Story of Software since the recording of this episode.

We hope you enjoy listening to our tech podcast and feel free to share any feedback with us: podcast@zartis.com.