The Bike Shed

Derek and Sean debate the value provided by database migrations written in your programming language of choice versus those written in SQL. RailsConf 2018 MySQL Automatic Updating for TIMESTAMP and ...

9 Feb 201842min

We discuss the challenges in parallelizing development work and also take a look at what's coming soon in Rails 5.2. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Hype cycle Write once, run...

1 Feb 201831min

Sean and Derek argue the semantics of versioning and opine for automated reporting on more structured changelogs as a feature of future package managers. Rust API Evolution Guide Embracing Promiscuo...

25 Jan 201843min

Derek is joined by coworker Sean Doyle and Codecademy’s Alex Clark to discuss the process of test-driven development and the development of a new TDD course for Codecademy. Testing Rails Four-Phase ...

19 Jan 201833min

We chat about how shared global state in tests can cause you to doubt foundational truths of the universe, some issues with Rails system tests, and recent changes in browser behavior. Announcing Die...

12 Jan 201848min

Who should library documentation be written for? How do you, as an author, know what your users will need to know? Should you have long form guides in addition to API documentation? We ask and answer ...

5 Jan 201848min

Amanda joins Derek to discuss KotlinConf, powerful IDEs, our Ralphapalooza hackathon, and the React Native experience from a native mobile developer's perspective. A View State Machine for Network C...

22 Des 201738min

We discuss a possible ActiveRecord bug Derek encountered and explore the ambiguity of SQL formatting best practices. thoughtbot podcast swag Working around ActiveRecord joining the same table twice ...

13 Des 201733min