Christian Martinez shares his journey from cognitive neuroscience to civic tech, highlighting the importance of open data, reproducible research, and building accessible tools like R packages. Discover how relevance drives rigor in education and data projects, and learn practical tips for getting started with open data and open source development.

Resources and Shoutouts
NYC Open Data Portal: https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/

NYS Open Data Portal (MTA data also lives here): https://data.ny.gov/

NYC Open Data Student Gallery Book: https://martinezc1-nyc-open-data-student-gallery.share.connect.posit.cloud/

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol

Ryan Koch discusses the importance of understanding supply chain attacks in cybersecurity, illustrating how they exploit trust in software components and build systems, and offering practical strategies to mitigate these risks.

Resources and Shoutouts:
- GRC Engineering Presentation by AJ Yawn: https://engage.isaca.org/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=bd0c09c0-662f-4fe8-a0d2-019adaab6cc4&Home=%2fevents%2fcalendar

We're joined by Mark Headd author The SpecOps Method: A New Approach to Modernizing Legacy Technology Systems. We talk about good modernization practices like the strangler fig pattern as well as ways teams can use artificial intelligence to develop specifications that can be understood and validated across both technical and programmatic teams.

Music Credit: Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol