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Picture Me Coding

by Erik Aker and Mike Mull

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About the show

Picture Me Coding is a music podcast about software. Each week your hosts Erik Aker and Mike Mull take on topics in the software world and they are sometimes joined by guests from other fields who arrive with their own burning questions about technology.Email us at: podcast@picturemecoding.comPatreon: https://patreon.com/PictureMeCodingYou can also pick up a Picture Me Coding shirt, mug, or stickers at our Threadless shop: https://picturemecoding.threadless.com/designsLogo and artwork by Jon Whitmire - https://www.whitmirejon.com/