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Web & Data: Interviews by Alex MercedUnderstanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2AgentAlex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-2600 min
Web Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastUnderstanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2AgentAlex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-2600 min
Catalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source DataUnderstanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2AgentAlex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-2600 min
In The Grand Schema of ThingsUnderstanding the role of MCP, Langchain and Agent2AgentAlex Merced discusses the rising standards within the Agentic AI Space. Buy Alex Merced’s latest book “Architecting an Apache Iceberg Lakehouse” use discount code mercedconf25 for a 40% discount. https://www.manning.com/books/architecting-an-apache-iceberg-lakehouse Follow Alex on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-2600 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex MercedEnabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic LayerAlex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-0500 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastEnabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic LayerAlex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-0500 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source DataEnabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic LayerAlex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-0500 minIn The Grand Schema of ThingsEnabling and Optimizing Agentic AI: Access, Performance and the Semantic LayerAlex Merced discusses three bottlenecks in building Agentic AI Applications and how platforms like Dremio can address them. Get hands-on with Dremio at Dremio.com Find all of Alex Merced’s blogs and resources at AlexMerced.com
2025-09-0500 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastWhy Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse CatalogPast is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
2025-07-0100 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex MercedWhy Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse CatalogPast is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
2025-07-0100 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source DataWhy Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse CatalogPast is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
2025-07-0100 minIn The Grand Schema of ThingsWhy Apache Polaris will Become the Industry Standard Data Lakehouse CatalogPast is Prologue. Alex Merced discusses lessons from the table format wars that can help predict the outcome of the catalog wars. Follow Alex at AlexMerced.com Join the #amtech channel on the Data Lakehouse Hub to discuss the podcast: https://join.slack.com/t/thedatalakehousehub/shared_invite/zt-274yc8sza-mI2zhCW8LGkOh1uxuf8T5Q
2025-07-0100 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source DataData News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3Alex Merced talks about the annoucement at Snowflake and Databricks respective conferences in particular when it comes to the lakehouse. Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data
2025-06-1100 minIn The Grand Schema of ThingsData News: Snowflake/Databricks Announcements, Iceberg V3Alex Merced talks about the annoucement at Snowflake and Databricks respective conferences in particular when it comes to the lakehouse. Follow Alex: https://www.alexmerced.com/data
2025-06-1100 minIn The Grand Schema of ThingsBonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-04-0600 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source DataBonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-04-0600 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex MercedBonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-04-0600 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastBonus – What is MCP? (Model Context Protocol – Modern AI 101)Alex Merced discusses modern AI and the new MCP standard and what it means. Follow Alex’s Blogs on and on Social at AlexMerced.com
2025-04-0600 minIn The Grand Schema of ThingsWill Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge?Alex Merced discusses the idea of whether Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake could merge. Follow my blog: https://medium.alexmerced.blog
2025-02-2100 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source DataWill Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake Merge?Alex Merced discusses the idea of whether Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake could merge. Follow my blog: https://medium.alexmerced.blog
2025-02-2100 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced2025, Data Lakehouse Looking ForwardAlex Merced discusses what he looks forward to in 2025 in the Data Lakehouse Space. Alex Merced Event Listings: https://lu.ma/LakehouselinkupsAlex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alextalksdatalakehouses.fyi Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/AMdatalakehouse Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmerced/
2024-12-3000 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data2025, Data Lakehouse Looking ForwardAlex Merced discusses what he looks forward to in 2025 in the Data Lakehouse Space. Alex Merced Event Listings: https://lu.ma/LakehouselinkupsAlex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alextalksdatalakehouses.fyi Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/AMdatalakehouse Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmerced/
2024-12-3000 minIn The Grand Schema of Things2025, Data Lakehouse Looking ForwardAlex Merced discusses what he looks forward to in 2025 in the Data Lakehouse Space. Alex Merced Event Listings: https://lu.ma/LakehouselinkupsAlex on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alextalksdatalakehouses.fyi Alex on Twitter: https://x.com/AMdatalakehouse Alex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmerced/
2024-12-3000 min
Economics and Finance for N00bs with Alex MercedWhat is my general view on politics and economics?Alex Merced breaks down his world view on politics and economics. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
2024-11-1100 min
Thinking and Feeling Libertarian with the LoveatarianWhat is my general view on politics and economics?Alex Merced breaks down his world view on politics and economics. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
2024-11-1100 min
Thoughts and Opinions of Alex MercedWhat is my general view on politics and economics?Alex Merced breaks down his world view on politics and economics. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
2024-11-1100 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data12 – My Experience at Apache Community Over Code (Apache Iceberg, Apache Polaris)Alex Merced discusses going to Apache Community Over Code 2024 in Denver and discusses Apache Iceberg and Apache Polaris. Follow Alex https://alexmerced.com/data
2024-10-1100 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data11 – What is Apache and the Apache Software Foundation?Alex Merced gives a brief overview of what is and the importance of the Apache Software Foundation.
2024-08-1000 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data10 – Apache Iceberg Table MaintenanceAlex Merced discusses how to maintain Apache Iceberg tables. Find all of Alex’s social links here: https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
2024-07-2600 minThoughts and Opinions of Alex MercedCapitalism and Universal Healthcare, Income and EducationAlex Merced discusses his thoughts on the concept that “Universal Healthcare, Income and Education would lead to better Capitalism”. Alex Merced breaks down what makes sense and what doesn’t about this sentiment. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
2024-07-2100 minThinking and Feeling Libertarian with the LoveatarianCapitalism and Universal Healthcare, Income and EducationAlex Merced discusses his thoughts on the concept that “Universal Healthcare, Income and Education would lead to better Capitalism”. Alex Merced breaks down what makes sense and what doesn’t about this sentiment. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
2024-07-2100 minEconomics and Finance for N00bs with Alex MercedCapitalism and Universal Healthcare, Income and EducationAlex Merced discusses his thoughts on the concept that “Universal Healthcare, Income and Education would lead to better Capitalism”. Alex Merced breaks down what makes sense and what doesn’t about this sentiment. Follow Alex on twitter @loveatarian
2024-07-2100 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data9 – The Open Source Nessie Catalog for Apache Iceberg TablesAlex Merced explains why catalogs are such a big deal at the moment and what makes Nessie a special open source project. projectnessie.org Follow Alex, find links at bio.alexmerced.com/data
2024-06-1800 minIn The Grand Schema of Things8 – Thinking Through Data Models for Incremental IngestionAlex Merced talks about how different modeling approaches can have different implications for doing incremental ingestion into analytics systems. Hands-On Lakehouse Laptop Exercises:– MongoDB with Dremio: https://bit.ly/am-mongodb-dashboard– SQLServer with Dremio: https://bit.ly/am-sqlserver-dashboard– Postgres with Dremio: https://bit.ly/am-postgres-to-dashboard https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
2024-04-1700 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data#7 – How Parquet Files Relate to Table Formats like Iceberg, Delta Lake and HudiAlex Merced discusses what are parquet files and how they fit in to the data lakehouse table format story. Hands-On Lakehouse Laptop Exercises:– MongoDB with Dremio: https://bit.ly/am-mongodb-dashboard– SQLServer with Dremio: https://bit.ly/am-sqlserver-dashboard– Postgres with Dremio: https://bit.ly/am-postgres-to-dashboard https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
2024-04-1700 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data#6 – Apache Iceberg Manifest ListsAlex Merced discusses Apache Iceberg Manifest Lists
2024-04-1200 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data#5 – Apache Iceberg Metadata.json filesAlex Merced explains metadata.json files!
2024-04-0900 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data#3 – What is Apache Iceberg?Alex Merced discusses What is Apache Iceberg, the Data Lakehouse Table Format.
2024-04-0300 min
Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast7 – Building Momentum in the Speaking CircuitAlex Merced discusses tips for dev rels and dev advocates to build their public speaking momentum. Follow Alex, find links at AlexMerced.com
2024-03-3000 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data#3 – What is a Data Lakehouse Table FormatAlex Merced explains what are table formats like Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi and Delta Lake Follow Alex at https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
2024-03-2900 minIn The Grand Schema of Things7 – How do you model graph data?Alex Merced discusses Graph Data and How you model it. Build a Data Lakehouse on Your Laptop Deploy Deploy into Production
2024-03-2800 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast33 – What is DevOps?Alex Merced discusses what is DevOps? Follow Alex on Social: https://bio.alexmerced.com/web
2024-03-2800 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data#2 – What is Data Lakehouse?Alex Merced explains what is a Data Lakehouse? Follow Alex at https://bio.alexmerced.com/data
2024-03-2700 minCatalogs, Manifests and Metadata. Oh My! - A Podcast about Apache Iceberg and the World of Open Source Data#1 – intro to catalogs, manifests and metadata. Oh my!In this episode, Alex Merced introduces his new podcast “Catalogs, Manifests, and Metadata. Oh my!” covering open-source data projects like Apache Iceberg and others. Make sure to subscribe, this podcast will be showing up in podcast directories over the next week or so of the publishing of this episode. Follow Alex Merced, find all links […]
2024-03-2500 minIn The Grand Schema of Things#1 – intro to catalogs, manifests and metadata. Oh my!In this episode, Alex Merced introduces his new podcast “Catalogs, Manifests, and Metadata. Oh my!” covering open-source data projects like Apache Iceberg and others. Make sure to subscribe, this podcast will be showing up in podcast directories over the next week or so of the publishing of this episode. Follow Alex Merced, find all links […]
2024-03-2500 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced#1 – intro to catalogs, manifests and metadata. Oh my!In this episode, Alex Merced introduces his new podcast “Catalogs, Manifests, and Metadata. Oh my!” covering open-source data projects like Apache Iceberg and others. Make sure to subscribe, this podcast will be showing up in podcast directories over the next week or so of the publishing of this episode. Follow Alex Merced, find all links […]
2024-03-2500 minThoughts and Opinions of Alex MercedReflecing on “The Weeds” Episode about Limitarianism (Banning Millionaires)Alex Merced talks about his thoughts on ideas like limiting income to 10 Million per year and the supposed effects of inequality and fixing it through policy. Find my social links https://bio.alexmerced.com/opinion
2024-02-2800 minEconomics and Finance for N00bs with Alex MercedReflecing on “The Weeds” Episode about Limitarianism (Banning Millionaires)Alex Merced talks about his thoughts on ideas like limiting income to 10 Million per year and the supposed effects of inequality and fixing it through policy. Find my social links https://bio.alexmerced.com/opinion
2024-02-2800 minIn The Grand Schema of Things6 – An Overview of what is Data Vault ModelingAlex Merced discusses what is Data Vault Modeling.
2024-02-2100 minIn The Grand Schema of Things5 – Understanding Data MeshAlex Merced discusses what is data mesh Follow Alex Merced, Links are all here:https://bio.alexmerced.com/data Read Alex’s recent blogs at dremio.com/blog
2024-02-0200 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast32 – Understanding Multithreading, Events Loops, Concurrency and ParallelismAlex Merced talks about breaking down processing into different threads, different cores, and different machines. Follow Alex on Social, all links here https://bio.alexmerced.com/web/
2024-02-0200 minIn The Grand Schema of Things4 – Inmon & Kimball Warehouse ModelingAlex Merced talks about the high-level differences between mainline approaches to modeling a data warehouse. Social Links: bio.alexmerced.com/data Youtube: youtube.com/@alexmerceddata
2024-01-2100 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast31 – JS Bundlers (Browserify, Webpack, Rollup, Vite, etc.)Alex Merced discusses JS Bundlers Subscribe on youtube youtube.com/@alexmercedcoder youtube.com/@alexmerceddata bio.alexmerced.com
2024-01-2100 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced03 – Nik Acheson – Dremio – Sr Director, Product Management & StrategyAlex Merced interviews Nik Acheson, who serves as Sr Director, Product Management & Strategy for Dremio, the Data Lakehouse Platform.
2024-01-0500 minEconomics and Finance for N00bs with Alex MercedBONUS – Emmet Shear and a 50% Inheritance Tax (My Thoughts)Alex Merced reflects on a twitter conversation involving former Open AI CEO Emmet Shear about a 50% inheritance tax.
2023-12-2900 minThoughts and Opinions of Alex MercedBONUS – Emmet Shear and a 50% Inheritance Tax (My Thoughts)Alex Merced reflects on a twitter conversation involving former Open AI CEO Emmet Shear about a 50% inheritance tax.
2023-12-2900 minIn The Grand Schema of Things3 – Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD)Alex Merced discusses the data modeling concept of Slowly Changing Dimension and goes over SCD types 1-6
2023-12-2000 minThoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced11 – What I would tell a child about beliefsAlex Merced discusses how if he ever had children, how he would present the idea of beliefs to them.
2023-12-1000 minIn The Grand Schema of Things2 – Data Modeling vs Data ManagementAlex Merced discusses what is the difference between Data Management and Data Modeling and why they both matter.
2023-10-3100 minDev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast6 – The Starlight Docs Framework for Creating Community Knowledge BasesAlex Merced discusses how he’s used the starlight framework to give gifts to the communities he serves:
2023-10-2000 minIn The Grand Schema of Things1 – Data Look Back: From On-Prem Data Warehouses to Zero-ETL Data LakehousesAlex Merced goes through the history of data talking about how tools and platforms have evolved up today’s cutting edge architectural patterns.
2023-10-1900 minDev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast5 – Docker and Dev EducationAlex Merced discusses using docker for dev education, here is a link to the resources he mentions. In just a few commands, you can have everything you need to practice ingestion and querying with popular data software. Just install Docker and then run the commands in the image. You can also follow the directions in […]
2023-08-2300 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast31 – Cross-Origin CookiesAlex Merced talks about cross origin cookies, read his blog on the topic here: https://dev.to/alexmercedcoder/expressjs-handling-cross-origin-cookies-38l9
2023-08-2300 minEconomics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced8 – Understand the Relationship between Inflation and Government Spending (Exploring Mechanisms)Alex Merced discusses– what is inflation how it is always a monetary event– how central banks manage money supply– how gov spending influences central banks
2023-07-0700 minThoughts and Opinions of Alex Merced10 – Politics and DivisionAlex Merced discusses how politics divides society.
2023-06-1600 minDev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast4 – Video & Audio ContentAlex Merced gives advice on video and audio content. Follow Alex at @amdatalakehouse or @alexmercedcoder
2023-05-0800 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast29 – Monolith vs Serverless Application ArchitectureAlex Merced discusses the difference between a monolith and serverless architecture reflecting on Amazon’s recent migration article.
2023-05-0800 minDev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast3 – Good Media Apps & Generative AIAlex Merced discusses how to use mobile apps and generative AI to be a prolific and effective content creator.
2023-04-1200 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastBONUS: What is Object Storage like AWS S3, Minio and more!Alex Merced discusses what is Object Storage and the history of file systems. Join the community at datanation.click
2023-04-1200 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastBONUS: The Big Picture at a Tech Company (Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales)Alex Merced discusses the different departments at a tech company and how they all fit together to create success. follow alex on twitter Web -> @alexmercedcoder Data -> @amdatalakehouse
2023-03-2300 minDev Rel & Dev Advocacy The PodcastBONUS: The Big Picture at a Tech Company (Engineering, Product, Marketing, Sales)Alex Merced discusses the different departments at a tech company and how they all fit together to create success. follow alex on twitter Web -> @alexmercedcoder Data -> @amdatalakehouse
2023-03-2300 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast28 – What is a Database Connection String?Alex Merced talks about the concept of a database connection string, database drivers and object managers. Join the community at devNursery.com Follow me @alexmercedcoder
2023-03-2100 minEconomics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced8 – Explaining the Silicon Valley Bank CollapseAlex Merced discusses what happened with Silicon Valley Bank
2023-03-1200 minDev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast2 – Blogging as a Dev Rel or Developer AdvocateAlex Merced discusses thinking through what you are going to write as a developer advocate or dev rel.
2023-03-1000 minDev Rel & Dev Advocacy The Podcast1 – What is Dev Rel & Dev Advocacy? Who am I?Alex Merced discusses:
2023-02-2300 minEconomics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced7 – The Process of Buying and Home and Mortgage RatesAlex Merced talks about his experience buying a home and knowledge that may be useful for potential home buyers.
2023-02-1800 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast24 – Singing Praises to Builder.io, Mitosis, Qwik, etc.Alex Merced’s act like an outright fanboy about the amazing things coming out of builder.io.
2023-02-1500 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced2 – Bob Haffner, Data Engineer and Host of the Engineering Side of DataAlex Merced discusses with Bob Haffner, the host of the Engineering Side of Data about his career and his recommendations for aspiring Data professionals as well as reflecting on the state of the data industry.
2023-02-1500 minWeb & Data: Interviews by Alex Merced1 – Joe Keohan – Frontend Developer and Bootcamp InstructorAlex Merced interview Joe Keohan, Frontend developer for Shopify and Bootcamp Instructor for General Assembly
2023-02-0100 minEconomics and Finance for N00bs with Alex Merced6 – Understanding the Inverse Relationships between Rates and PricesAlex Merced helps explain the nature of why prices of everything drops when rates are rising. tl:dr Raising rates is a sign of higher perceived risk from either capital shortage or an unsafe econ environment, so prices adjust downwards to make economic transactions more worth the risk. Lower rates are the exact opposite, prices go […]
2023-01-2300 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast22 – What is a URL or a URI? Connection Strings Explained.Alex Merced takes a moment to explain what is a connection string and how to understand their parts. follow on twitter @alexmercedcoder
2023-01-2000 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastHappy New Year Web Dev 101 & DataNationAlex Merced kicks off the new year with some updates, follow him on twitter: -> @amdatalakehouse -> @alexmercedcoder
2023-01-0600 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast20 – How My Domain was stolen (GPDHost, Enom, and Godaddy)Alex Merced discusses how his domain, AlexMercedCoder.com was stolen.
2022-10-1400 min
Living Better (Health, Motivation, Productivity) with Alex Merced5 – Exercise and its role in Weight LossAlex Merced discusses exercise
2022-10-1400 minLiving Better (Health, Motivation, Productivity) with Alex Merced4 – Carbs, Fibers and Sugar (Glucose, Sucrose and Fructose)Alex Merced discusses the basics of carbs and how to think about them if you include carbs in your diet.
2022-10-0700 minLiving Better (Health, Motivation, Productivity) with Alex Merced2 – Designing your CoffeeAlex Merced talks about how to use coffee to maximize health benefits. Follow Alex at @alexmerced
2022-09-1600 minLiving Better (Health, Motivation, Productivity) with Alex Merced1 – My Weight Loss Journey (Exercise, Fasting, Fermentation)Alex Merced talks about how he loss 40lbs in 3 months.
2022-09-0200 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder PodcastNew Podcasts! Economics and Finance for N00bs & Living BetterAlex Merced introduces some new podcasts to soon show up on spotify, google play, stitcher and iTunes.
2022-08-3000 minLiving Better (Health, Motivation, Productivity) with Alex MercedNew Podcasts! Economics and Finance for N00bs & Living BetterAlex Merced introduces some new podcasts to soon show up on spotify, google play, stitcher and iTunes.
2022-08-3000 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast15 – What is a Virtual DOM?Alex Merced explains what is a virtual DOM follow alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder
2022-07-0800 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast14 – The Python Programming LanguageAlex Merced discusses what is Python Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder Join the community at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com
2022-06-2400 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#13 – Authentication and AuthorizationAlex Merced explains the concept of Authentication and Authorization Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder
2022-06-1800 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#12 Web FormsAlex Merced talks about web forms Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder
2022-06-1000 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#10 – How the Web Works (TCP, IP, HTTP)Alex Merced gives a technical backbone to how the internet works to help explain backend development. Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder Tutorials in blog and video format at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com
2022-05-2800 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#9 – Rendering Web Pages (Server, Client, Static)Alex Merced discusses the differences between Server Side Rendering, Client Side Rendering and Static Site Generation. Learn more at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com Follow Alex on Twitter @alexmercedcoder
2022-05-2000 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#8 – Backend DevelopmentAlex Merced discusses what is Backend Development. Follow Alex on Twitter @alexmercedcoder Find tutorials and blogs at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com
2022-05-1900 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#7 – Frontend Frameworks (React, Svelte, Angular, Vue, SolidJS, Alpine, HTMX)Alex Merced discusses what are Frontend Web Frameworks and what is there purpose and when they should be used. Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder Video and Blog tutorials at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com
2022-05-1800 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#6 – Typescript and TypingAlex Merced discusses what is Typescript and Typing. Follow Alex on twitter @alexmercedcoder Find tutorials and videos at devNursery.com and Grokoverflow.com
2022-05-1700 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#4 – JavascriptAlex Merced discusses what is Javascript and its History. Follow Alex at @alexmercedcoder Learn from his tutorial blogs and videos at GrokOverflow.com and devNursery.com
2022-05-1300 minWeb Dev 101 - The Alex Merced Coder Podcast#3 CSSAlex Merced discusses CSS Find Alex Merced’s HTML & CSS Playlists and more at devNursery.com and GrokOverflow.com Follow Alex Merced on Twitter @alexmercedcoder
2022-05-1300 min