Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 01:07:49 +0000
<p>In the thirteenth episode of this podcast, your hosts <a href="http://twitter.com/francesc">Francesc</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/neurotic">Mark</a> interview <a href="https://twitter.com/SRobTweets">Sara Robinson</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Vikrum5000">Vikrum Nijjar</a>. Sara is now a Developer Advocate for Google Cloud Platform but was part of Firebase until recently, and Vikrum - Firebase employee #1 - works as a Site Reliance Engineer (SRE) for Firebase. Together they discuss the origins, features, and future of Firebase.</p> <h5 id="about-sara">About Sara</h5> <p>Sara is a Developer Advocate on Google’s Cloud Platform team, where she helps with developer relations through online content, outreach and events. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business and International Studies from Brandeis University. When she’s not programming, she can be found running, listening to country music, or finding the best ice cream in SF.</p> <p>Follow Sara on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SRobTweets">@SRobTweets</a>.</p> <h5 id="about-vikrum">About Vikrum</h5> <p>Vikrum is a Bay Area native and SWE-SRE on the Firebase team. He started out with startups in the 90s with Speedera and has been with Firebase as employee #1 as they were going through YCombinator during the summer of 2011. He has a degree in CS from UC San Diego and enjoys a deep conspiracy with his boba tea.</p> <p>Follow Vikrum on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/@Vikrum5000">@Vikrum5000</a>.</p> <h5 id="cool-thing-of-the-week">Cool thing of the week</h5> <ul> <li>CP100A: Google Cloud Platform Foundations <a href="https://cloud.google.com/training/courses">courses</a>.<br /></li> </ul> <h5 id="interview">Interview</h5> <ul> <li><a href="https://firebase.com">Firebase</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.firebase.com/docs/">Firebase Documentation</a>.</li> <li>Warby Parker Pneumatic Tubes <a href="https://blog.warbyparker.com/pneumatic-tubes-lexington-avenue-store/"> blog</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://roll20.net">Roll 20</a> and their <a href="https://www.firebase.com/customers/roll20-case-study.html">case study</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://netty.io/">Netty.io</a>.</li> <li>Firebase plugin for Unity <a href="https://www.firebase.com/blog/2015-12-18-firebase-unity.html">blog</a> and <a href="https://github.com/firebase/Firebase-Unity">github</a>.</li> <li>Firebase pricing <a href="https://www.firebase.com/pricing.html">doc</a>.</li> <li>Parse moving on <a href="http://blog.parse.com/announcements/moving-on/">blog</a>.</li> <li>Use Firebase and Google App Engine in an Android App <a href="https://cloud.google.com/solutions/mobile/firebase-app-engine-android-studio"> tutorial</a>.</li> <li>Firebase - Almost 1.5 years with Google <a href="https://www.firebase.com/blog/2016-02-08-firebase-google.html">blog</a>.</li> </ul> <h5 id="question-of-the-week">Question of the week</h5> <ul> <li>Google Cloud Console on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.cloudconsole&hl=en"> Android</a> and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-cloud-console/id1005120814?mt=8"> iOS</a>.</li> </ul>
