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39: Okay with Instability (Yehuda Katz)
We talk with Yehuda Katz about how much risk is right for you and your app, the sharp tools of high level abstractions, and how our statistical intui…
10 years, 5 months ago
38: Ugh, Forms
Laila and Derek discuss how they have handled forms with complex validation requirements and how to make these forms have a smooth user experience.
…10 years, 5 months ago
37: The Web is Faster Without Garbage
Begun, the ad block wars have. Derek debugs an issue that arises from iOS ad blocking and wonders if analytics will move back to the server side. Sea…
10 years, 6 months ago
36: Python Unchained
Derek and Laila talk about learning Python and Django and discuss how thoughtbot adopts new languages, frameworks, and libraries. What factors influe…
10 years, 6 months ago
35: GitHub Ate My Résumé
Sean and Derek explain why you should always use a personal email address in your Git configuration before they dive into Ruby exception handling, an…
10 years, 6 months ago
34: README.md
Derek is joined by Laila Winner to discuss Neo4j, the importance of fantastic documentation, and the different types of documentation a project requi…
10 years, 7 months ago
33: Just Put it in a Module, Man
Sean and Derek take some listener questions, and dig into DRY.
DRY Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) Inherited Resources Sandi Mets - All The Li…10 years, 7 months ago
32: Bug For Bug Compatibility
Derek and Sean discuss Microsoft's interest in open source, improving the Rails development story on Windows, and Sean's progress implementing an ORM…
10 years, 7 months ago
31: Oxidizing an ORM
Are provably correct queries of interest to you? Sean gives a rundown of what a Rusty ORM might be like to build.
String, str, and CStr. What's a ma…10 years, 7 months ago
30: Just Go to Slash Wibble
Derek and Sean discuss hypothetical changes to Rails routing before turning their attention toward hunting memory bloat and the proposal that strings…
10 years, 7 months ago