Podcast Episodes

407: Tech Opinions Online with Edward Loveall

Stephanie interviews Edward Loveall, a former thoughtbotter, now software developer at Relevant Healthcare.

Part of their discussion centers around …

2 years, 9 months ago

406: Working Solo

Joël got to do some pretty fancy single sign-on work. And when it came time to commit, he documented the ridiculous number of redirects to give peopl…

2 years, 10 months ago

405: Retro: Sandi Metz Rules

Stephanie discovered a new book: The Staff Engineer's Path! Joël's got some D&D goodness.

Together, they revisit a decade-old blog post initially pu…

2 years, 10 months ago

404: Estimation

Joël was selected to speak at RubyConf in San Diego! After spending a month testing out living in Upstate New York, Stephanie is back in Chicago.

Ste…

2 years, 11 months ago

403: Productivity Tricks

Stephanie is engrossed in Kent Beck's Substack newsletter, which she appreciates for its "working thoughts" format. Unlike traditional media that und…

2 years, 11 months ago

402: Musings on Mentorship

Joël describes an old-school object orientation exercise that involves circling nouns in a business problem description. The purpose is determining w…

3 years ago

401: Making the Right Thing Easy

Stephanie has another debugging mystery to share. Earlier this year, Joël mentioned that he was experimenting with a bookmark manager to keep track o…

3 years ago

400: How To Search

Joël shares he has been getting more into long-form reading. Stephanie talks about the challenges she faced in a new project that required integratin…

3 years ago

399: Scaling Code Ownership and Accountability

Stephanie experienced bike camping. Joël describes his experience during a week when he's in between projects.

Stephanie and Joël discuss the concep…

3 years ago

398: Developing Heuristics For Writing Software

Want a cool cucumber salad? Joël's got you covered. Stephanie has evolved and found some pickles she enjoys.

Experienced programmers use a lot of heu…

3 years ago