Podcast Episodes

379: Feature Flags

Joël submitted a last-minute submission to RailsConf discreet math, which got picked up! 🎉 He'll be speaking at RailsConf 2023 in Atlanta at the end …

3 years ago

378: Leadership and Impact as an Individual Contributor

Today's episode is "Old News"! Stephanie shares her ergonomic desk setup. Joël talks about the pyramids.

Another old thing is the Bike Shed episode t…

3 years ago

377: Error Handling

Joël is a mentor for RailsConf and got matched with a speaker. Stephanie has been having trouble stepping away from her work. It's frustrating when c…

3 years, 1 month ago

376: Success and Fulfillment

Stephanie has a win and a gripe from her client project this week. In a previous episode, Joël talked about his work exploring how to model dependent…

3 years, 1 month ago

375: Deleting Code

thoughtbot had an in-person Summit in the UK! Joël recalls highlights. Stephanie is loving daily sync meetings on a new project.

The idea of deleting…

3 years, 1 month ago

374: Discrete Math

Joël is joined by a very special guest, Sara Jackson, a fellow Software Developer at thoughtbot.

A few episodes ago, Stephanie and Joël talked about …

3 years, 1 month ago

373: Empathy, Community and Gender Bias in Tech with Andrea Goulet

Stephanie is joined today by a very special guest, Andrea Goulet. Andrea founded Empathy In Tech as part of writing her book Empathy-Driven Software …

3 years, 2 months ago

372: Onboarding (Well!) Onto a Project

Stephanie raves about more software development-related zines by Julia Evans. Joël has been thinking about the mechanics of rolling dice.

Stephanie a…

3 years, 2 months ago

371: The "Fundamentals"

Joël has been fighting autoloading in a Rails app recently, and it's been really unpleasant. Stephanie has been experimenting with how she interacts …

3 years, 2 months ago

370: Creative Expression in Software Development

Stephanie shares that she's been taking an intro to basket weaving class at a local art studio, and it's an interesting connection to computer scienc…

3 years, 2 months ago