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Learning Something New Doesn't Have To Be Lame

Learn something without bullet lists on Powerpoint slides or mind-numbing "foo bar" demos. Learning should be fun! That's our mission.

The Imposter's Handbook

Don’t have a CS degree? Neither do I! That’s why I wrote this book: to fill the gaps in my career. The result? 700+ pages of essentials skills and ideas every developer should know.

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Going Serverless With Firebase

In the latest production from Big Machine, we explore what it takes to build a usable, “serverless” ecommerce application. I’m not just talking about checking out and running a Stripe charge – no we’re doing it all.

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Take Off With Elixir

I like learning from videos. I’m a visual person – but I also appreciate learning from books. So I made both. Not only that, but I made it fun. You’ll join me at my fictional aerospace startup as we create a solar flare tracking system and plot to bring down the current CTO!

A 3-hour video with an 18-chapter companion book... Learn Elixir The Fun Way!

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About

Big Machine was founded in 2015 by Rob Conery (me). Before this happened, Rob (me) made videos for Pluralsight, and before that he made videos (and wrote stuff) for himself through his company Tekpub. Rob likes to explore things - perhaps a better way of putting it is that Rob likes to break things - it's what he does best. He asks questions, makes people cranky sometimes, listens to their answers and then tries to break things again. This tends to annoy people. The goal is worth it, however! Which goal, ask you? It's his singular goal of sharing what he's found with you. Yes, YOU. He might not have ever met you but it doesn't matter: he wants you to have more fun at your job. He wants you to be educated in your strong opinion. To care a bit more deeply about a given technology that you cling to. He wants you to love what you do. That's really about all there is to it... so he writes books and makes videos. That's Big Machine.

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