Parham Doustdar is a blind programmer and joined the show to talk about the advantages he has being a blind programmer, the tools he uses, why he had to quit school, and carving your own path.

Note: We couldn’t stop using visual words when talking with Parham — even he couldn’t help himself. So you’ll get to hear us all laugh at ourselves near the end.

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Featuring:

• Parham Doustdar – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Interviewing a good backend developer (without sight) · Issue #437 · thechangelog/ping
• MUD - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• An Autobiography of a Blind Programmer – Parham Doustdar’s Blog
• The Tools of a Blind Programmer – Parham Doustdar’s Blog
• The Advantages of Being a Blind Programmer – Parham Doustdar’s Blog
• Eclipse desktop & web IDEs
• Aphantasia: “how it feels to be blind in the mind”
• Hero: Uncle Bob
• Hero: Uncle Bob Martin (@unclebobmartin) on Twitter
• Docker - Build, Ship, and Run Any App, Anywhere

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