212: Good Enough, Namaste

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212: Good Enough, Namaste

FromGiant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

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Oct 10, 2016

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Derrick brings a few more new hires onto the team, and ships a change to make clients' Javascript snippets more performant. On Hound, Ben does some direct outreach sales, considers bringing on someone to help with marketing, and muses on the balancing act between product manager, developer, and marketing.

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Oct 10, 2016

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A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot's Chad Pytel (CEO) and Lindsey Christensen (CMO) are joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.

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1: Polymorphism vs. Conditionals: Ben Orenstein and Joe Ferris (and the surprise special guest Seana Quental) start the series off with a very technical discussion about Polymorphism vs. Conditionals. We also answer some of the audience questions we asked for last week. by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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4: I've got a little thoughtbot angel or devil on my shoulder: Ben Orenstein is joined by David Thyresson, the founder of Stattleship and a past client of thoughtbot. Ben and David discuss how he got started with Stattleship, how he came to work with thoughtbot, and what it was like to work with us. Also, how the ide by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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19: I have tons of guns and knives: Ben Orenstein is joined by Aaron Patterson, Ruby Core team member, Rails Core team member, and a Señior Software Engineer at AT&T Interactive. Aaron and Ben discuss the upcoming features and excitement for Ruby 2.0 and some things Aaron would like to see by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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3: The FactoryGirl Representation of a Factory: Ben Orenstein is joined by Josh Clayton, the maintainer of FactoryGirl, and a developer at thoughtbot. Ben and Josh discuss FactoryGirl: using it, its development progress, and features. What it's like to run an open source project, and how to contribute by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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2: Design with a sip of Bourbon: Ben Orenstein is joined this week by Phil LaPier, the creator of Bourbon and a designer at thoughtbot. Ben and Phil discuss the design process, fundamentals of visual design, common design errors, and how to be a better designer (even if you're a develope by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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47: Two hours per minute: In this episode, recorded at RailsConf 2013, Ben Orenstein is joined by Ryan Bates of RailsCasts. Ben and Ryan discuss Ryan's transition to working on RailsCasts full time, staying up to date on the latest technology, how his coding style has changed, mai by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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13: I'll disagree in just a little bit: Ben Orenstein is joined by Joe Ferris, CTO of thoughtbot, and Josh Clayton, developer at thoughtbot and the lead maintainer of FactoryGirl. In this Rails focused episode, Ben, Joe, and Josh dish on ActiveRecord callbacks, observers, state machines, and be by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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15: Moving money should be free: Ben Orenstein is joined by Seth Priebatsch, creator of SCVNGR and LevelUp. Ben and Seth talk about LevelUp, how it got started, how they make money, and what the future holds. They also discuss his daily schedule, maintaining focus, what he worries about, by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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40: He's winking at me: Ben is joined by Bryan Helmkamp, the founder of CodeClimate. In Bryan's second appearance on the podcast, Ben and Bryan discuss the architecture behind CodeClimate, scaling the service, and growing the business. They also discuss speaking at conferences, by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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5: My wife is getting really into whiskey: Ben Orenstein is joined by “Cowboy” Ben Alman, JavaScript open source developer and Director of Pluginization at Bocoup. They discuss how Ben Alman got started with programming and his crazy projects, the open web, favorite tools, and one of his latest pr by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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18: Trading Hours for Money: Ben Orenstein is joined by Brennan Dunn, author of double your freelancing rate and planscope.io. Ben and Brennan discuss transitioning from a freelancer to a consulting company, the issues he faced doing it, and how he overcame them. How he promoted some by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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6: MVP of Personal Hygiene: Ben Orenstein is joined by Dan Powell, founder of Abakas. Dan plays the role of Consulting CTO for his clients. They discuss the best and the worst of his job, his history as a Linux hacker, and what his experience has taught him about technology and tech by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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27: Fabulous new mistakes: Ben Orenstein is joined by Joe Ferris, CTO of thoughtbot. Inspired by a question on Law of Demeter from listener Nathan Long, Joe and Ben (hopefully) answer Nathan's question, and then go on to discuss how the Law of Demeter is a form of duplication, how by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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64: Wistfully Into the Air: In this episode of Giant Robots Ben talks with Des Traynor about intercom, concise communication. blogging and customer outreach. by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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12: I think I'll be on a yacht: Ben Orenstein is joined by Matt Jankowski, COO of thoughtbot. Ben and Matt start off by talking about how Matt came to join thoughtbot and his role at the company. They then discuss the typical thoughtbot sales process. How all problems are communication by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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11: You want your system to bend, not to break: Ben Orenstein is joined by Sean Cribbs, Software Engineer at Basho, the makers of Riak. Ben and Sean start off discussing the interesting overlap of programmers and musicians and why it seems to happen so much. They then discuss Sean's role at Basho, what by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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23: As a consultant it's always your fault: Ben Orenstein is joined by Tammer Saleh and Randall Thomas, the founders of Thunderbolt Labs. In this episode, recorded at RubyConf 2012, they discuss their philosophy of running and building the company, how they differ from other consulting companies, a by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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14: Say goodbye to that big guy: Ben Orenstein is joined by Prem Sichanugrist, a developer at thoughtbot and the #31 top Rails contributor. Ben and Prem walk through the major changes that will be introduced in Rails 4, including strong parameters, the new built in queue, cache_digest, c by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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33: I've failed before: This week Ben Orenstein is joined by Jarrod Drysdale, the author of Bootstrapping Design. Ben and Jarrod discuss the sales and revenue of the book, and his new project, cascade.io. They also talk about learning new things, problem solving, and the differe by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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32: There is an excited you in there: Ben Orenstein is joined this week by Daniel Jalkut, the developer of MarsEdit and other fine software. Ben and Daniel discuss the origin of Daniel's twitter username, his history at Apple and his work there, and how it influences what he builds today. The by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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20: Ruby Lightning: In this special episode from RubyConf 2012 we pulled aside some of the attendees and found out what they're working on. We also include a selection of the great lightning talks at the conference. Enjoy! by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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8: Wax on, Wax off: Ben Orenstein is joined by Gabe Berke-Williams and Edward Loveall. Gabe is developer at thoughtbot and the product manager of the thoughtbot apprenticeship program, apprentice.io. Edward is a current design apprentice. Gabe, Edward, and Ben talk about app by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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45: Tiny Robots Cuddling with other Tiny Robots: This week we try something a little different. Joe Ferris, Matt Jankowski, Ben Orenstein, and Chad Pytel get together and have a little fun, in what we're calling "Tiny Robots cuddling with other Tiny Robots". We'd love to get your thoughts on this specia by Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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