Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
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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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Oct 14, 2013 • 40min
70: Let Your Freak Flag Fly
Ben Orenstein speaks with Jeff Atwood about Discourse, forum software, and soylent.
Coding Horror
StackExchange
Discourse.org
discourse.soylent.me
Jeff Atwood's Twitter
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Oct 7, 2013 • 15min
69: Geocoding in the Now
Ben Orenstein interviews Josh Clayton and Laila Winner on their book, Geocoding on Rails.
Geocoding on Rails
Josh Clayton's Twitter
Laila Winner's Github
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Sep 30, 2013 • 34min
68: Simplicity and Elegance
Ben Orenstein and Paul Farnell, CEO of Litmus, talk about starting up, business practices, and Litmus.
Paul Farnell's Twitter
Litmus
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Sep 23, 2013 • 30min
67: The Data Optimist
Ben Orenstein and Hilary Mason, Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners, talk about Data Science, Bitly and Cheeseburgers.
rt.ly search engine
OkCupid Blog
hackNY
DataGotham
NYC Resister
Hilary Mason's Personal Website
Hilary Mason on Twitter
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Sep 16, 2013 • 40min
66: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Ben talks with Anthony Eden about DNSimple, programming languages and code retreats.
dnsimple
Anthony Eden's Twitter
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Sep 9, 2013 • 38min
65: No! Videos Private!
On this episode Ben talks with Chris Savage and Brendan Schwartz about Wistia
Wistia
Chris Savage's Twitter
Brendan Schwartz's Twitter
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Sep 2, 2013 • 36min
64: Wistfully Into the Air
In this episode of Giant Robots Ben talks with Des Traynor about intercom, concise communication. blogging and customer outreach.
Intercom
Inside Intercom Blog
Des Traynor's Twitter
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Aug 26, 2013 • 49min
63: Knowledge Bomb!
Ben and Chad discuss mentoring, job hunting tips and FAQ
thoughtbot Code Review Guide
Pair With Me
Sandi Metz Rules
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Aug 19, 2013 • 32min
62: Family Business
In this of episode of Giant Robots, Ben speaks with Natalie Nagele and Ilya Sabanin about Wildbit, Beanstalk, and work flow.
Wildbit
Beanstalk
Ilya Sabanin's Twitter
Natalie Nagele's Twitter
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Aug 12, 2013 • 35min
61: Having the Craic with Paul
In this episode Paul and Ben talk about tito, funconf, and organizing conferences.
Paul Campbell's Twitter
Pabcas
Hypertiny
Tito
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