The One About Antipatterns
Programming is terrible, At least according to the author of this week's article: "Repeat yourself, do more than one thing, and rewrite everything," on the Programming is Terrible blog. We talk about ...
17 Mar 202358min
The One About Javascript Gaslighting
In this QUICK episode, we cover "The Great Gaslighting of the JavaScript Era" by Jared White. This article is a series of spicy takes on how Javascript frameworks took over the world of web developmen...
10 Mar 202342min
The One About Looking Stupid
In today's episode, we cover "Willingness to Look Stupid" by Dan Luu. We talk about how being comfortable "looking stupid" can help you improve faster, and cover a few examples and tips on how to appl...
3 Mar 202350min
The One About Not Being A Jerk
This week we read Please Developers, Don't be D**ks and talk about being nice to your coworkers. Evan is becoming a certifiable a11y ally and Joe is saving the world with coffee. Music by Hina and Kev...
24 Feb 202351min
The One About DORA Metrics
In this speedy episode we cover "How to Misuse & Abuse DORA Metrics" by Abi Noda, with a little flavor added by "How DORA Metrics Can Measure and Improve Performance". We talk about how DORA metrics ...
17 Feb 202339min
The One About Code Review
Code review! We've all done it, but we don't all do it the same. This week we talk about how Netlify does it, from their article Feedback Ladders: How We Encode Code Reviews at Netlify. Everything fro...
10 Feb 20231h 3min
The One About Slow Jest Tests
In this episode, we cover "Why is My Jest Test Suite So Slow" by Steven Lemon and completely nerd out on it. This one is chock-full of practical tips for improving your Jest suite time as well as your...
3 Feb 20231h 6min
The One About Things They Didn't Teach You
This week we read Things They Didn't Teach You About Software Engineering by Vadim Kravcenko. Along the way we mention the #NoEstimates movement and this talk by Allen Holoub. Joe talks about games th...
27 Jan 20231h 9min
