Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben and Drew Neil discuss freeing up Vim's leader key, the value of visual learning, and using GitHub to crowd source closed captions. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Retronyms: Make music whenever, wherever. Tap your inspiration and remember to keep it fresh. Visit to get a free download of AudioCopy. Links & Show Notes Follow My Leader speeddating.vim rails.vim unimpaired.vim surround.vim Vimcasts Practical Vim Peer to Peer Vimcasts #12: Modal editing: undo, redo and repeat Neovim Drew On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben and fellow thoughtbotter Mike Burns take time out of their Summer Summit schedule to chat about launching offices, the art of classical code, and why Mike no longer loves Haskell. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes The Classical Code Reading Group of Stockholm Hackers OpenBSD Mike On Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben is joined by trepidatious producer, Thom Obarski, to talk all things media at thoughtbot, compare working in tech to entertainment environments, and bestow some beginner advice on starting one's own podcast. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Levelator Ben, transcribed & annotated Seth Godin Episode of Giant Robots Original Producer Position Posting Acitve thoughtbot Podcasts Thom on IMDB thoughtbot Youtube (Warning, a welcome video autoplays if you're not already a subscriber) Ben's first blooper reel Robots at Play Video Playlist Thom's Investment Time Wistia Wista on Giant Robots Mou Podcasting for $0 Down- Submitted talk proposal Podclear Thom on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben is joined by Tom Stuart to talk about incorporating computer science topics into Ruby, his process of preparing talks, enriching your development career with a bit of computer science knowledge, and gushing about how amazing computers truly are. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Refactoring Ruby With Monads A Lever for the Mind The Elements of Computing Systems (From NAND to Tetris) OmniOutliner "Doing the hard work to make it bearable"- Russell Davies To the Moon!-Russ Olsen Ben, transcribed & annotated Understanding Computation- Tom Stuart How to Write a Web Application in Ruby London Ruby User Group Tom on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben is joined by Steve Tooke to discuss the importance of communication, testing, and building Cucumber 2. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Your Tests Want You to Change Your Design The Deep Synergy Between Testability and Good Design subtweeting How to Design Programs Functional Programming for the Object-Oriented Programmer- Brian Marick Cucumber Taking Back BDD SwanseaCon Steve on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben welcomes Joe Ferris, thoughtbot's CTO, to discuss design parity within the company, inversion of control, and solving all the world's problems with monads. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by Digital Ocean. Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Bourbon Inversion of Control Upcase Ruby Science Maybe Haskell (50% off for our listeners!) Agda Idris Docker boot2docker Upcase Newsletter Joe on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben and Samir Talwar of Codurance discuss the appeal of functional programming, mob programming, and a different take on conferences. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Codurance What is Go? (the game, not the language) Mob Programming, and the Importance of Fun at Work Mob Programming- A Whole Team Approach- Woody Zuill SoCraTes UK Hound What Is An OpenSpace Conference? Werewolf / Mafia (Party Game) London Software Craftsmanship Community Samir on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

As Giant Robots nears its 3 year anniversary, Ben welcomes back Chad Pytel to reflect on the highs and lows of the previous year at thoughtbot. This episode of Giant Robots is sponsored by: Digital Ocean: Simple and fast cloud hosting, built for developers. Use the code GiantRobots for a $10 credit towards your new account. Links & Show Notes Kaplan Acquires Dev Bootcamp Learn is Now Upcase Ship You a Haskell Paid Private Repos for Hound Books Now Available Individually Events (in) October, 2014 Introducing Formkeep Ruby, the Weird Way- Keep Ruby Weird organizers on Giant Robots #122 Announcing The Bike Shed Updated Test-Driven Rails Videos Upcase is Now More Affordable thoughtbot 2014 Report Counting All the F-Words- full podcast breakdown of our 2014 stats on GR #130 Upcase tmux Trail Maybe Haskell- Pat Brisbin Portland Office thoughtbot in Chicago thoughtbot Coaching Tropos Write Yourself a Roguelike- Goose Testing Rails- Josh Steiner Maintaining Open Source Projects- Tute Costa Rototo: Space Survival Design for the Web- Joshua Ogle Carnival for your Site Introducing Design Directors thoughtbot in London Chad on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben welcomes Denise Yu and Rosa Fox of Codebar to discuss the importance of fostering community, mentoring tips, and more. Codebar Denise on Twitter Rosa on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

Ben discusses consulting and open source from within the government, as well as choosing the right clients, and the value of mentorship, with Aidan Feldman of 18F. 18F Hacker Hours Open Source Community Aidan on Twitter Support Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots