Coding Fyx https://www.fyx.space/ If you’re interested in learning how to code, or are a seasoned veteran, join Alex from Fyx on a coding journey! Thu, 15 May 2025 06:40:37 +0000 en hourly 1 Blubrry PowerPress/11.12.9 Join Alex Gelinas from Gaming Fyx as he dives deep into the world of Coding! As a long-time programmer, Alex wants to help new coders feel welcome to the programming world, and also engage with seasoned devs as well! There are educational episodes, as well as discussions with other programmers as guests! Come get your Coding Fyx!! Coding Fyx false episodic Coding Fyx gaming@fyx.space All rights reserved All rights reserved podcast Join in our Coding journey! Coding Fyx https://www.fyx.space/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CFyxLogoApple.png https://www.fyx.space Canada Canada Biweekly 86272b64-b8e5-549a-acc2-ab0a4b971e3c Coding Fyx – Episode 10! (Burnout!!) https://www.fyx.space/2021/06/coding-fyx-episode-10-burnout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-10-burnout Wed, 16 Jun 2021 22:41:34 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=4001 The past year-or-so has been a really unique time for all of us, and something that a lot of folks are going through these days is burnout. This episode of Coding Fyx looks to take an honest approach to the realities of burnout - what causes it, how it feels, how it affects you, as well as the importance of maintaining your mental health as a whole. Resource Mentioned:Betterhelp (online mental health services) - https://betterhelp.com Music by Jeff Davis - @strangerpeace https://twitter.com/strangerpeace/ fyx.spacetwitter.com/fyxpodcastswww.podchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains The past year-or-so has been a really unique time for all of us, and something that a lot of folks are going through these days is burnout. This episode of Coding Fyx looks to take an honest approach to the realities of burnout – what causes it, how it feels, how it affects you, as well as the importance of maintaining your mental health as a whole.

Resource Mentioned:
Betterhelp (online mental health services) – https://betterhelp.com

Music by Jeff Davis – @strangerpeace https://twitter.com/strangerpeace/

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]]> The past year-or-so has been a really unique time for all of us, and something that a lot of folks are going through these days is burnout. This episode of Coding Fyx looks to take an honest approach to the realities of burnout - what causes it, The past year-or-so has been a really unique time for all of us, and something that a lot of folks are going through these days is burnout. This episode of Coding Fyx looks to take an honest approach to the realities of burnout - what causes it, how it feels, how it affects you, as well as the importance of maintaining your mental health as a whole.



Resource Mentioned:Betterhelp (online mental health services) - https://betterhelp.com



Music by Jeff Davis - @strangerpeace https://twitter.com/strangerpeace/



fyx.spacetwitter.com/fyxpodcastswww.podchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains
]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 9! (Coding Interviews!!) https://www.fyx.space/2021/04/coding-fyx-episode-9-coding-interviews/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-9-coding-interviews Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:19:28 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3945 For a fair number of folks, Coding Interviews are one of the most stressful, scary parts of their entire coding journey. This episode of Coding Fyx aims to ease some of those stresses by breaking down what to expect in a coding interview, some strategies to make them go smoother once you're in them, as well as some resources to help you prepare for them! They're scary, but hopefully this episode will make them a little tiny bit less scary =] Video mentioned from Adam Savage:https://youtu.be/Wx-Xp4KGmnw fyx.spacetwitter.com/fyxpodcastswww.podchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains For a fair number of folks, Coding Interviews are one of the most stressful, scary parts of their entire coding journey. This episode of Coding Fyx aims to ease some of those stresses by breaking down what to expect in a coding interview, some strategies to make them go smoother once you’re in them, as well as some resources to help you prepare for them! They’re scary, but hopefully this episode will make them a little tiny bit less scary =]

Video mentioned from Adam Savage:
https://youtu.be/Wx-Xp4KGmnw

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]]> For a fair number of folks, Coding Interviews are one of the most stressful, scary parts of their entire coding journey. This episode of Coding Fyx aims to ease some of those stresses by breaking down what to expect in a coding interview, For a fair number of folks, Coding Interviews are one of the most stressful, scary parts of their entire coding journey. This episode of Coding Fyx aims to ease some of those stresses by breaking down what to expect in a coding interview, some strategies to make them go smoother once you're in them, as well as some resources to help you prepare for them! They're scary, but hopefully this episode will make them a little tiny bit less scary =]



Video mentioned from Adam Savage:https://youtu.be/Wx-Xp4KGmnw



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]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 8! (Primitives and Data Structures!!) https://www.fyx.space/2021/03/coding-fyx-episode-8-primitives-and-data-structures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-8-primitives-and-data-structures Thu, 25 Mar 2021 03:30:40 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3920 Continuing on our coding journey has brought us to one of the biggest and most important fundamental topics when we're looking to really understand getting into programming, and that is the use of Primitives and Data Structures! This episode is an overview of some of the most common of each that we will be encountering, and will give hints of some of the more advanced topics to come! If you're a new dev then this is an important one! And if you're seasoned, then it's a great way to think of topics to review ahead of things like coding interviews!! https://www.fyx.spacehttps://twitter.com/fyxpodcastswww.podchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains Continuing on our coding journey has brought us to one of the biggest and most important fundamental topics when we’re looking to really understand getting into programming, and that is the use of Primitives and Data Structures! This episode is an overview of some of the most common of each that we will be encountering, and will give hints of some of the more advanced topics to come! If you’re a new dev then this is an important one! And if you’re seasoned, then it’s a great way to think of topics to review ahead of things like coding interviews!!

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]]> Continuing on our coding journey has brought us to one of the biggest and most important fundamental topics when we're looking to really understand getting into programming, and that is the use of Primitives and Data Structures! Continuing on our coding journey has brought us to one of the biggest and most important fundamental topics when we're looking to really understand getting into programming, and that is the use of Primitives and Data Structures! This episode is an overview of some of the most common of each that we will be encountering, and will give hints of some of the more advanced topics to come! If you're a new dev then this is an important one! And if you're seasoned, then it's a great way to think of topics to review ahead of things like coding interviews!!



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]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 7! (What Is The Blockchain?!) https://www.fyx.space/2021/03/coding-fyx-episode-7-what-is-the-blockchain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-7-what-is-the-blockchain Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:40:37 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3905 The Blockchain is a topic on more and more peoples' minds these days, especially with the rise of things like Cryptocurrency and NFTs; but… What is The Blockchain? This episode aims to answer the basics of what it is, and hopefully give a brief, not super technical look at this increasingly relevant technology. https://www.fyx.spacehttps://twitter.com/fyxpodcastswww.podchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains The Blockchain is a topic on more and more peoples’ minds these days, especially with the rise of things like Cryptocurrency and NFTs; but… What is The Blockchain? This episode aims to answer the basics of what it is, and hopefully give a brief, not super technical look at this increasingly relevant technology.

https://www.fyx.space
https://twitter.com/fyxpodcasts
www.podchaser.com/CodingFyx
coding@box5800.temp.domains

]]> The Blockchain is a topic on more and more peoples' minds these days, especially with the rise of things like Cryptocurrency and NFTs; but… What is The Blockchain? This episode aims to answer the basics of what it is, and hopefully give a brief, The Blockchain is a topic on more and more peoples' minds these days, especially with the rise of things like Cryptocurrency and NFTs; but… What is The Blockchain? This episode aims to answer the basics of what it is, and hopefully give a brief, not super technical look at this increasingly relevant technology.



https://www.fyx.spacehttps://twitter.com/fyxpodcastswww.podchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains
]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 6! (Let’s Talk Binary, Bits & Bytes!!) https://www.fyx.space/2021/02/coding-fyx-episode-6-lets-talk-binary-bits-bytes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-6-lets-talk-binary-bits-bytes Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:00:36 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3840 Have you ever wanted to know how binary works? Or what 16-bit actually means? It's time for us to dive to a low, low level this week on Coding Fyx. In fact, maybe the lowest level. We are talking all about machine code baby - Binary, Bits, Bytes, Hex, and more! Strap in and hold onto your booties, let's get learnin'! fyx.spacetwitter.com/fyxpodcastspodchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains Have you ever wanted to know how binary works? Or what 16-bit actually means? It’s time for us to dive to a low, low level this week on Coding Fyx. In fact, maybe the lowest level. We are talking all about machine code baby – Binary, Bits, Bytes, Hex, and more! Strap in and hold onto your booties, let’s get learnin’!

fyx.space
twitter.com/fyxpodcasts
podchaser.com/CodingFyx
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]]> Have you ever wanted to know how binary works? Or what 16-bit actually means? It's time for us to dive to a low, low level this week on Coding Fyx. In fact, maybe the lowest level. We are talking all about machine code baby - Binary, Bits, Bytes, Hex, Have you ever wanted to know how binary works? Or what 16-bit actually means? It's time for us to dive to a low, low level this week on Coding Fyx. In fact, maybe the lowest level. We are talking all about machine code baby - Binary, Bits, Bytes, Hex, and more! Strap in and hold onto your booties, let's get learnin'!



fyx.spacetwitter.com/fyxpodcastspodchaser.com/CodingFyxcoding@box5800.temp.domains
]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 5! (QA!!) https://www.fyx.space/2021/01/coding-fyx-episode-5-qa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-5-qa Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:48:56 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3805 Welcome to our 5th episode of Coding Fyx! This one is a bit less structured, slightly less informational, and more of a "hey this is what this is" with regards to QA. This topic came to light after some fairly, um, "wrong" statements from a major developer in the Video Game space, and Alex wanted to talk about QA to try and clear up what it actually means! Article mentioned about Crunch:fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers…nch-in-games-beyond/ twitter.com/fyxpodcastsfyx.spacecoding@box5800.temp.domains Welcome to our 5th episode of Coding Fyx! This one is a bit less structured, slightly less informational, and more of a “hey this is what this is” with regards to QA. This topic came to light after some fairly, um, “wrong” statements from a major developer in the Video Game space, and Alex wanted to talk about QA to try and clear up what it actually means!

Article mentioned about Crunch:
fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers…nch-in-games-beyond/

twitter.com/fyxpodcasts
fyx.space
coding@box5800.temp.domains

]]> Welcome to our 5th episode of Coding Fyx! This one is a bit less structured, slightly less informational, and more of a "hey this is what this is" with regards to QA. This topic came to light after some fairly, um, Welcome to our 5th episode of Coding Fyx! This one is a bit less structured, slightly less informational, and more of a "hey this is what this is" with regards to QA. This topic came to light after some fairly, um, "wrong" statements from a major developer in the Video Game space, and Alex wanted to talk about QA to try and clear up what it actually means!



Article mentioned about Crunch:fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers…nch-in-games-beyond/



twitter.com/fyxpodcastsfyx.spacecoding@box5800.temp.domains
]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 4! (What is The Cloud??) https://www.fyx.space/2021/01/coding-fyx-episode-4-what-is-the-cloud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-4-what-is-the-cloud Wed, 13 Jan 2021 17:23:33 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3761 This week on Coding Fyx we are answering the age-old question of "what is The Cloud?" It's a term we've all heard, and for a lot of folks it can be a bit of a mystery term. Today we aim to demystify it and explain what it is, why it is useful, and ways we as developers can leverage it! Here are some links to the places we talk about in this episode: https://aws.amazon.com/ https://azure.microsoft.com/ https://cloud.google.com/ https://digitalocean.com/ https://linode.com https://heroku.com https://netlify.com Here is where you can find us!https://www.fyx.spacehttps://twitter.com/fyxpodcastscoding@box5800.temp.domains This week on Coding Fyx we are answering the age-old question of “what is The Cloud?” It’s a term we’ve all heard, and for a lot of folks it can be a bit of a mystery term. Today we aim to demystify it and explain what it is, why it is useful, and ways we as developers can leverage it!

Here are some links to the places we talk about in this episode:

https://aws.amazon.com/

https://azure.microsoft.com/

https://cloud.google.com/

https://digitalocean.com/

https://linode.com

https://heroku.com

https://netlify.com

Here is where you can find us!
https://www.fyx.space
https://twitter.com/fyxpodcasts
coding@box5800.temp.domains

]]> This week on Coding Fyx we are answering the age-old question of "what is The Cloud?" It's a term we've all heard, and for a lot of folks it can be a bit of a mystery term. Today we aim to demystify it and explain what it is, why it is useful, This week on Coding Fyx we are answering the age-old question of "what is The Cloud?" It's a term we've all heard, and for a lot of folks it can be a bit of a mystery term. Today we aim to demystify it and explain what it is, why it is useful, and ways we as developers can leverage it!



Here are some links to the places we talk about in this episode:



https://aws.amazon.com/



https://azure.microsoft.com/



https://cloud.google.com/



https://digitalocean.com/



https://linode.com



https://heroku.com



https://netlify.com



Here is where you can find us!https://www.fyx.spacehttps://twitter.com/fyxpodcastscoding@box5800.temp.domains
]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 3! (What It’s Like To Work As A Dev!!) https://www.fyx.space/2020/12/coding-fyx-episode-3-what-its-like-to-work-as-a-dev/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-3-what-its-like-to-work-as-a-dev Wed, 30 Dec 2020 17:56:53 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3715 Welcome to the third episode of Coding Fyx! We are continuing our series on what it's like to get into development, and we are talking about what it is like to work as a developer - including the tools we use, along with some looks at the lifestyle & mentality in general! Here are some additional resources for topics which were mentioned in the episode: My article on burnout in the game industryhttps://www.fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers-thoughts-on-crunch-in-games-beyond/ Agile Methodologyhttps://medium.com/zenkit/agile-methodology-an-overview-7c7e3b398c3d Git / Version Controlhttps://medium.com/@onejohi/git-understanding-the-basics-ba004a20dacc Dockerhttps://medium.com/swlh/what-exactly-is-docker-1dd62e1fde38 Kuberneteshttps://medium.com/containermind/a-beginners-guide-to-kubernetes-7e8ca56420b6 CI/CDhttps://medium.com/faun/what-is-a-ci-cd-pipeline-a8647890ebad Welcome to the third episode of Coding Fyx! We are continuing our series on what it’s like to get into development, and we are talking about what it is like to work as a developer – including the tools we use, along with some looks at the lifestyle & mentality in general!

Here are some additional resources for topics which were mentioned in the episode:

My article on burnout in the game industry
https://www.fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers-thoughts-on-crunch-in-games-beyond/

Agile Methodology
https://medium.com/zenkit/agile-methodology-an-overview-7c7e3b398c3d

Git / Version Control
https://medium.com/@onejohi/git-understanding-the-basics-ba004a20dacc

Docker
https://medium.com/swlh/what-exactly-is-docker-1dd62e1fde38

Kubernetes
https://medium.com/containermind/a-beginners-guide-to-kubernetes-7e8ca56420b6

CI/CD
https://medium.com/faun/what-is-a-ci-cd-pipeline-a8647890ebad

]]> Welcome to the third episode of Coding Fyx! We are continuing our series on what it's like to get into development, and we are talking about what it is like to work as a developer - including the tools we use, Welcome to the third episode of Coding Fyx! We are continuing our series on what it's like to get into development, and we are talking about what it is like to work as a developer - including the tools we use, along with some looks at the lifestyle & mentality in general!



Here are some additional resources for topics which were mentioned in the episode:



My article on burnout in the game industryhttps://www.fyx.space/2020/10/a-developers-thoughts-on-crunch-in-games-beyond/



Agile Methodologyhttps://medium.com/zenkit/agile-methodology-an-overview-7c7e3b398c3d



Git / Version Controlhttps://medium.com/@onejohi/git-understanding-the-basics-ba004a20dacc



Dockerhttps://medium.com/swlh/what-exactly-is-docker-1dd62e1fde38



Kuberneteshttps://medium.com/containermind/a-beginners-guide-to-kubernetes-7e8ca56420b6



CI/CDhttps://medium.com/faun/what-is-a-ci-cd-pipeline-a8647890ebad
]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 2! (Picking The Right Language!!) https://www.fyx.space/2020/12/coding-fyx-episode-2-picking-the-right-language/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-2-picking-the-right-language Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:18:47 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/?p=3680 We're back with another episode of Coding Fyx! This episode is focused on picking the right first language for you, especially if you're just getting started; but also if you're looking to get back into coding, or picking up a new language. This includes an overview on some of the best languages to start with, the things which make them great, as well as their pitfalls. Timestamps:09:45 - First Language Recommendation21:32 - Second Language Recommendation30:20 - Third & Fourth Languages Introduction34:50 - Third Language Recommendation39:55 - Fourth Language Recommendation44:30 - Fifth/Sixth Language(s) Recommendation51:50 - Secondary Language Recommendations This is the survey which was used to gauge popularity:https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-languages-loved Please feel free to get in touch with me!Twitter: https://twitter.com/fyxpodcastsEmail: coding@box5800.temp.domains (Also, for those curious, Ruby was very nearly a recommendation for a secondary language too. Don't sleep on Ruby!) We’re back with another episode of Coding Fyx! This episode is focused on picking the right first language for you, especially if you’re just getting started; but also if you’re looking to get back into coding, or picking up a new language. This includes an overview on some of the best languages to start with, the things which make them great, as well as their pitfalls.

Timestamps:
09:45 – First Language Recommendation
21:32 – Second Language Recommendation
30:20 – Third & Fourth Languages Introduction
34:50 – Third Language Recommendation
39:55 – Fourth Language Recommendation
44:30 – Fifth/Sixth Language(s) Recommendation
51:50 – Secondary Language Recommendations

This is the survey which was used to gauge popularity:
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-languages-loved

Please feel free to get in touch with me!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fyxpodcasts
Email: coding@box5800.temp.domains

(Also, for those curious, Ruby was very nearly a recommendation for a secondary language too. Don’t sleep on Ruby!)

]]> We're back with another episode of Coding Fyx! This episode is focused on picking the right first language for you, especially if you're just getting started; but also if you're looking to get back into coding, or picking up a new language. We're back with another episode of Coding Fyx! This episode is focused on picking the right first language for you, especially if you're just getting started; but also if you're looking to get back into coding, or picking up a new language. This includes an overview on some of the best languages to start with, the things which make them great, as well as their pitfalls.



Timestamps:09:45 - First Language Recommendation21:32 - Second Language Recommendation30:20 - Third & Fourth Languages Introduction34:50 - Third Language Recommendation39:55 - Fourth Language Recommendation44:30 - Fifth/Sixth Language(s) Recommendation51:50 - Secondary Language Recommendations



This is the survey which was used to gauge popularity:https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted-languages-loved



Please feel free to get in touch with me!Twitter: https://twitter.com/fyxpodcastsEmail: coding@box5800.temp.domains



(Also, for those curious, Ruby was very nearly a recommendation for a secondary language too. Don't sleep on Ruby!)
]]> Coding Fyx full false Coding Fyx – Episode 1! (What Coding Is and How To Get Started!!) https://www.fyx.space/2020/12/coding-fyx-episode-1-what-coding-is-and-how-to-get-started/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coding-fyx-episode-1-what-coding-is-and-how-to-get-started Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:26:23 +0000 http://box5800.temp.domains/~fyxspace/2020/12/coding-fyx-episode-1-what-coding-is-and-how-to-get-started/ Welcome to the first episode of Coding Fyx! It is a new podcast from Fyx, and this time it's all about Coding / Programming. These first few episodes are going to be all about how to get started with coding, with this episode giving a super broad overview of what coding is, and a few of the ways you can start coding today. Here are a few relevant links from this week's episode Sites to self-teach with: https://www.freecodecamp.org https://www.khanacademy.org/ https://www.udemy.com https://www.educative.io More detail on Coding Bootcamps: https://medium.com/@xccelerate/are-coding-bootcamps-worth-it-f961381f3e01 http://thefirehoseproject.com/developer-guide/1 More about Fyx: https://www.fyx.space https://podchaser.com/gamingfyx https://twitter.com/fyxpodcasts Email me (Alex) at gaming@box5800.temp.domains Welcome to the first episode of Coding Fyx! It is a new podcast from Fyx, and this time it’s all about Coding / Programming.

These first few episodes are going to be all about how to get started with coding, with this episode giving a super broad overview of what coding is, and a few of the ways you can start coding today.

Here are a few relevant links from this week’s episode

Sites to self-teach with:
https://www.freecodecamp.org
https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://www.udemy.com
https://www.educative.io

More detail on Coding Bootcamps:
https://medium.com/@xccelerate/are-coding-bootcamps-worth-it-f961381f3e01
http://thefirehoseproject.com/developer-guide/1

More about Fyx:
https://www.fyx.space
https://podchaser.com/gamingfyx
https://twitter.com/fyxpodcasts
Email me (Alex) at gaming@box5800.temp.domains

]]> Welcome to the first episode of Coding Fyx! It is a new podcast from Fyx, and this time it's all about Coding / Programming. These first few episodes are going to be all about how to get started with coding,
These first few episodes are going to be all about how to get started with coding, with this episode giving a super broad overview of what coding is, and a few of the ways you can start coding today.

Here are a few relevant links from this week's episode

Sites to self-teach with:
https://www.freecodecamp.org
https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://www.udemy.com
https://www.educative.io

More detail on Coding Bootcamps:
https://medium.com/@xccelerate/are-coding-bootcamps-worth-it-f961381f3e01
http://thefirehoseproject.com/developer-guide/1

More about Fyx:
https://www.fyx.space
https://podchaser.com/gamingfyx
https://twitter.com/fyxpodcasts
Email me (Alex) at gaming@box5800.temp.domains]]> Coding Fyx full false 30:56