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267: Shiny New Things
On this week's episode, Steph describes her unique new project where they're building and presenting a training course around RSpec, testing, and TDD…
5 years, 10 months ago
266: Spring is My Least Favorite Season
On this week's episode, Chris and Steph share mixed-feelings about Spring preloader and how to use Spring just for tests. They also dive into trouble…
5 years, 10 months ago
265: There Are No Free Lunches
On this week's episode, Steph and Chris chat about database transactions and job queues, building static sites with GatsbyJS and NetlifyCMS, the perf…
5 years, 11 months ago
264: How to Win Friends and Influence Processes
On this week's episode Steph and Chris discuss the ins and outs of joining teams, building trust, and working together to improve processes and commu…
5 years, 11 months ago
263: Keeping The Night Brain At Bay (Dave Rupert)
Steph's taking a quick break this week, but in her absence, Chris is joined by Dave Rupert. Dave is the lead developer at Paravel, co-host of the Sho…
5 years, 11 months ago
262: Good Idea, Terrible Idea?
On this week's episode, Chris introduces a new segment called "Good Idea, Terrible Idea?" as he considers introducing a read-only mode to avoid inter…
5 years, 11 months ago
261: A Jenga Tower of Lets and Context
On this week's episode, Steph and Chris tackle a listener question around composition over inheritance, especially in the context of Rails which make…
6 years ago
260: N+1s For Days
On this week's episode, Chris shares a tale of performance improvements and a recent discussion about replacing a REST API with GraphQL. Steph dives …
6 years ago
259: That's Not How Numbers Work
On this week's episode, Steph and Chris tackle the thorny topic of 10X engineers. Do we think they really exist? What characteristics make an individ…
6 years ago
258: Digital Gardeners
On this week's episode, Steph and Chris discuss a git-blame feature that supports bypassing less helpful commits. They also revisit a discussion abou…
6 years ago