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429: Transforming Experience Into Growth
Stephanie has a newfound interest in urban foraging for serviceberries in Chicago. Joël discusses how he uses AI tools like ChatGPT to generate creat…
1 year, 10 months ago
428: Ruminating on Ruby Enumerators
Joël explains his note-taking system, which he uses to capture his beliefs and thoughts about software development. Stephanie recalls feedback from h…
1 year, 10 months ago
427: RailsConf Recap and Conversing About Coupling
Joël and Stephanie talk RailsConf!. Joël shares how he performed as a D&D character, Glittersense the gnome, to make his Turbo features talk entertai…
1 year, 11 months ago
426: Bringing "Our Selves" to Work
Joël shares his preparations for his RailsConf talk, which is D&D-themed and centered around a gnome character named Glittersense. Stephanie expresse…
1 year, 11 months ago
425: Modeling Associations in Rails
Stephanie shares an intriguing discovery about the origins of design patterns in software, tracing them back to architect Christopher Alexander's ide…
1 year, 11 months ago
424: The Spectrum of Automated Processes for Your Dev Team
Joël shares his experience with the dry-rb suite of gems, focusing on how he's been using contracts to validate input data. Stephanie relates to Joël…
1 year, 11 months ago
423: Cognitive Strategies for Coders
Stephanie is back with a book recommendation: "Thinking in Systems" by Donella Meadows. This book has helped to bolster her understanding of complex …
2 years ago
422: Listener Topics Grab Bag
Joël conducted a thoughtbot mini-workshop on query plans, which Stephanie found highly effective due to its interactive format. They then discuss the…
2 years ago
421: The Idealistic vs. Pragmatic Programmer
Stephanie revisits the concept of "spiking"—a phase of exploration to determine the feasibility of a technical implementation or to address unknowns …
2 years ago
420: Test Database Woes
Joël shares his recent project challenge with Tailwind CSS, where classes weren't generating as expected due to the dynamic nature of Tailwind's CSS …
2 years, 1 month ago