Null Pointers
Null Pointers is your opinionated podcast on development, tech and every day struggles. After bumping into each other a few times at conferences and in the virtual world Mark and Steven decided to start a podcast. Being developers themselves means they cover development topics most of the time. Still, they don’t shy away from moving outside of their little comfort zone.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 95
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
55: Microsoft Build 2021
Microsoft Build has traditionally been the place where all new shiny things for developers get announced. And while this year's edition was a bit more Azure heavy, we still managed to find a few nugg…
00:39:27 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
54: Documentation
Documenting what you're building is one of those things that isn't every developers favorite activity. However, doing so helps everyone from yourself to the people who might take over your project in…
00:37:34 |
Wed 26 May 2021
53: What's Up With UWP
Universal Windows Platform (or UWP) is an interesting platform with a lot of potential. Yet, for some reason it doesn't really take off, at least not for cross-platform developers. In this episode we…
00:33:18 |
Wed 19 May 2021
52: Connecting devices wirelessly
In this episode, we leave the wired space and talk about connecting devices and sending information through thin air. So get ready to hear all about WiFi, Bluetooth, BLE, Airtags and more.
00:33:29 |
Wed 12 May 2021
51: Old Tech That Is No More
Things used to be better when we were growing up, but is that truly the case? In this episode we'll be looking at old tech that isn't around anymore to see if our memories might be a bit clouded!
00:39:50 |
Wed 05 May 2021
50: Null Pointers Origin Story
Hooray! Episode 50! Normal people would probably wait until 52, but we like round numbers, deal with it. For this special episode we talk all about our experience so far. What do we love, what do we …
00:38:18 |
Mon 26 Apr 2021
49: Authentication
Authenticating a user is often more than meets the user's eye. In this episode, we discuss the challenges, options and our experiences with said topic. We dive into some OAuth, do our best to pronoun…
00:38:50 |
Wed 21 Apr 2021
48: Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)
The IDE is your friend, or at least we assume it is. It's where your spending most of your time as a developer, most likely. In this episode we discuss our first memories of them, our favorites and t…
00:40:21 |
Wed 14 Apr 2021
47: Object Relational Mappers (ORMs)
Tune in while we talk all about object relational mappers. OK, mostly Entity Framework because of the .NET developers we are. But also we touch on Dapper, document databases, our migration nightmares…
00:38:01 |
Wed 07 Apr 2021
46: Becoming a generalist or a specialist
In this weeks pod, Mark, Steven and Gerald discuss becoming a Generalist or a Specialist. What pays more? What are the pros and cons? Oh, and of course, Ts are discussed. So tune in and enjoy this sp…
00:31:24 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
45: Privacy In Apps
Apps process data. A lot of data. But how do apps ensure that that data isn't shared with people that you don't want to share it with? That's what we're diving into today.
00:36:10 |
Wed 24 Mar 2021
44: Low cost websites
So it is 2021, and creating a website and running a website can still cost you a small fortune. Do you really need a web server, database and whatnot for a simple blog? In this episode, we discuss st…
00:32:42 |
Wed 17 Mar 2021
43: Microsoft Ignite 2021 Recap
You can't really have missed it: Microsoft Ignite 2021 edition happened and there was a lot of great announcements. New shiny things for HoloLens, Teams, Azure and... Pokemon Go? Tune in for our high…
00:36:56 |
Wed 10 Mar 2021
42: .NET 6 Preview 1
The recently released .NET 6 Preview 1 comes with a lot of new bits and bobs. We will use this pod to go over them and see what's useful for us and what isn't. Also, hairdressers are a booming topic …
00:35:25 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
41: Being Productive
A question we get asked is: how do you have time to do all these things?! Spoiler alert: we have no clue! But we have opinions, tips, pointers (get it...?) and bad jokes, so we're going to talk about…
00:39:39 |
Wed 24 Feb 2021
40: Clean Code
Writing code can be fun, especially when you start a new project. But then time passes and all of a sudden adding or changing existing features gets hard. Things begin to break unexpectedly, and stuf…
00:40:05 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
39: Backgrounding in Apps
Apps perform a lot of tasks for you, even ones you might not know about. Where do they do them you ask? Well, in the background of course! Today you will learn all about how to do that yourself!
00:37:51 |
Wed 10 Feb 2021
38: Resiliency In Mobile Apps
Crashing apps, everyone hates them! So in this episode we talk about all the things you might want to think about to make your own apps as resilient as possible. From versioning your APIs to tricking…
00:37:23 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
37: Bots 🤖
The idea of being able to have a conversation with our computing devices is nothing new. Going down memorylane to early IRC days all the way back to the present using AI to try and pass the Turing Te…
00:40:05 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
36: Messaging Apps
Messaging apps are all around. Look on your phone and you might have more of them than you'd initially think. With the recent Whatsapp privacy discussion we thought it'd be good to dive into this top…
00:40:24 |
Wed 20 Jan 2021
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