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A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
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Jan 19, 2015 • 28min
130: Counting all the F-Words (Joanne Cheng)
Chad & developer Joanne Cheng break down thoughtbot's statistical year in review!
Data by Design (Giant Robots ep 112)
thoughtbot 2014 Report
Feltron Reports
"The Weight of Rain"- Jonathan Corum
csvkit
Build Phase
Joanne on Twitter
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Jan 13, 2015 • 36min
129: The Engineering of Payments (Ian Logan)
Chad talks with Ian Logan, an Engineering Manager at Airbnb, on the challenges, ideology, implementation, and future of their payments system.
Airbnb
Combinatorics
Open Air: Payments on a Global Scale
13 Secret Rock Stars of Silicon Valley
Airbnb Disaster Response
trebuchet
Ian on Twitter
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Jan 5, 2015 • 48min
128: To Attract and Retain (Dan Croak)
Chad talks with thoughtbot CMO Dan Croak about our content marketing strategy, managing the flow of new media, and the origin of our growth team.
Bourbon
Paperclip
thoughtbot Playbook
How To Scale a Development Team- Adam Wiggins
Semantic Linefeeds- Brandon Rhodes
Coelevate
Hound
North Star Metric
Words to Avoid
Dan on Twitter
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Dec 22, 2014 • 40min
127: Merging Worlds (Meng To)
Jeff Smith talks to Meng To, author of Design + Code about the blurring line between developers and designers, learning tools to better communicate, and the difficulties of planing a world-wide workshop tour.
Design + Code
Framer
Sketch
Meng's Design Blog
Sketch + Swift Workshops
Meng on Twitter
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Dec 15, 2014 • 47min
126: Log In to Your Space (Zach Dunn)
Chad talks to Zach Dunn, CPO of Robin, about the future of smart spaces, working with family, and when to shift your company's scope.
Robin
One Mighty Roar
either
2013 Boston 25 Under 25
Robin: The Boy Wonder
Bathroom Ocupancy Proof of Concept
Zach on Twitter
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Dec 8, 2014 • 44min
125: Rebooting (Adarsh Pandit)
Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director & host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired our newest show.
Reboot
"The Pickaxe"
Agile Development with Rails
Learn to Program
apprentice.io
Adarsh on Twitter
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Nov 24, 2014 • 33min
124: Maintaining Your Legacy (Scott Ford)
Chad talks to Scott Ford, founder & COO of Corgibytes, about the business of software remodeling/retrofitting, and finding value and beauty in old code.
Corgibytes
Scott on Twitter
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Nov 18, 2014 • 25min
123: Don't Call It a Codecation (Chris Hunt)
Ben & Chris Hunt catch up on their latest conference talks, podcasts, and things accomplished on their recent coding retreat.
Service Oriented Architecture at Square
Solving the Rubik's Cube in 20 Seconds
Trailmix
Turing School
Spanulate Podcast
You Should Take a Codecation
Codcation on reddit
Healthy Hacker Podcast
trailmix repo
Chris on Twitter
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Nov 10, 2014 • 50min
122: Ruby, the Weird Way (Britt Ballard, Caleb Thompson, Richard Schneeman, Terence Lee)
Britt Ballard leads this roundtable discussion on home-growing your own conference and their experiences, from theme and logo selection to scheduling guests and venues, turning Keep Ruby Weird from a dream into a reality.
Keep Ruby Weird
Jeremiah The Innocent
FormKeep
Scheduling, made simple
Badges
O.Henry Pun-Off
Chauffeuring
Ruby Rody
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Nov 3, 2014 • 33min
121: Prolificness (Allison House)
Guest-Ben Chad Pytel talks with Allison House about maintaining personal growth while freelancing, and her approach to harnessing your capacity to learn.
allison.house
Origins
Tiny Habits- BJ Fogg
"Summer Noon"- Tweedy
Design Tips Signup
House on Twitter
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