Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAvoid painting yourself into a corner
Episode 62
We've all been there: a thorny piece of code works, but it seems like there must be a better way to simplify it or make it more readable. We share on…
3 years, 5 months ago
Look before you leap
Episode 61
Hear about some cool new tool or coding technique on Twitter? Great, jump right in and use it on your biggest production app! Or . . . maybe don't. W…
3 years, 5 months ago
Don't plan to do too much
Episode 60
Do you always finish everything you plan on doing? Probably not, very few developers do. The problem isn't always how you work. Some of it is how you…
3 years, 6 months ago
Isolate the problem
Episode 59
What do you do when you're stuck? Aaron shares a tip on how he breaks down a problem when he's feeling stuck.
Are you stuck with your Laravel/PHP proj…
3 years, 6 months ago
What should I test?
Episode 58
We all know we should write tests, but what should we test? Is there anything it doesn't make sense to test? We talk through a high-level approach to…
3 years, 7 months ago
Picking a strategy for translation in Laravel
Episode 57
There are different ways to structure your translation assets in Laravel. We discuss how we approached this on a recent project, and why we chose the…
3 years, 7 months ago
Should a factory follow all business rules?
Episode 56
Factories are really useful in tests, but could they give you a false sense of security if they don't generate models exactly like a user of your app…
3 years, 8 months ago
Understanding different learning styles
Episode 55
What a surprise, Joel and Aaron have a different learning style. We talk through our different approaches to learning, and what we've found useful.
Di…
3 years, 8 months ago
Sometimes it's good to be boring
Episode 54
Do you like to fiddle with settings? Joel doesn't. Find out why, and hear about one example where we like deviating from the defaults.
Learn more abou…
3 years, 9 months ago
What was this developer thinking??
Episode 53
Maybe you've inherited a project and just looking at how the code is organized makes your head hurt. Before you go ripping it apart and "making it be…
3 years, 9 months ago