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127. Remote Pair Programming with Ben Orenstein

September 17, 2019 26:26 38.62 MB Downloads: 0

On today’s episode, we are joined by special guest, Ben Orenstein, to talk about remote pair programming. Ben is a developer, who after many years of working for other people decided to strike out on his own. He is the cofounder of an app called Tuple, which is specifically for remote pair programming.

126. Functional vs Object Oriented Paradigms with Sandi Metz

September 10, 2019 33:20 32.54 MB Downloads: 0

On today’s show, we are joined by a very special guest, Sandi Metz, to talk about functional versus object-oriented paradigms. Sandi is arguably the most famous Rubyist and is the author of several books on the subject.

125. Comparing Programming Languages with Sandi Metz

September 03, 2019 28:20 27.75 MB Downloads: 0

We are very excited to welcome the amazing and wonderful Sandi Metz as our guest on this episode of The Rabbit Hole! We are going to be talking to Sandi about her book 99 Bottles of OOP and the new edition that is currently in the works.

124. Performance Testing

August 27, 2019 28:07 27.43 MB Downloads: 0

Today on the show we unpack performance testing and everything you need to know about it! William Jeffries is back from his travels and we are excited to have our full team together again to tackle this important topic!

123. Pragmatic Folks Part 3 - The Dogmatic Developer

August 20, 2019 26:40 26.14 MB Downloads: 0

On the final episode of our three-part series with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, we discuss the nuanced nature of programming and why the idea of a “best practice” is often idealistic and not equally relevant to everyone.

122. Pragmatic Folks Part 2 - Own Your Environment

August 13, 2019 21:57 21.62 MB Downloads: 0

Today's episode is the second of a three-part Pragmatic Folks series and we are joined again by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, authors of The Pragmatic Programmer, to talk more in-depth about how you are in control of your own destiny even when it seems like you’re not.

121. Pragmatic Folks Part 1 - Feedback Loops

August 06, 2019 18:22 18.18 MB Downloads: 0

Today's episode is the first of a three-part Pragmatic Folks series and we are joined by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt to talk about the 20th anniversary edition of The Pragmatic Programmer. This new edition was not only an opportunity for them to revise the material but also to revisit their thinking and see how ideas have changed over the course of twenty years.

120. Unconferences, Open Spaces with Doc List

July 30, 2019 25:27 24.98 MB Downloads: 0

On today's episode, we are joined by special guest, Doc List to talk about Open Spaces and unconferences. Doc is an educator, speaker and Open Space facilitator. With a background in software technology, he was thrust into the world of Open Space and has not looked back since.

119. Efficiently Entering and Navigating Teams with Ka Mok

July 23, 2019 24:50 24.38 MB Downloads: 0

On today’s episode, Ka Mok joins us to talk about how to effectively enter and navigate teams. Ka has been in the industry for four years and is currently a software engineer consultant at Stride Consulting.

118. Monitoring

July 16, 2019 22:25 22.06 MB Downloads: 0

Today the whole team is back talking about monitoring and what to do to mitigate failure. Crashes are not only inevitable, but they look different based on different systems and requirements, so it is important to know how to prevent them from happening in the first place.

117. Logging

July 09, 2019 20:48 20.51 MB Downloads: 0

Welcome back to the Rabbit Hole, the definitive developers Podcasts live from the boogie down Bronx. Today we'll be talking about logging; the uses of it, what it is, and how to structure your log messages so that it makes sense when you're looking through your logs.

116. Documentation Hell and Documentation Heaven with Eric Holscher

July 02, 2019 24:38 36.02 MB Downloads: 0

On today’s podcast we have Eric Holscher joining us again – this time to talk about documentation. Eric is the co-founder of Read the Docs and Write the Docs and his mission is to elevate the status of documentation in the software industry, so there is no one better to address this topic!

115. Continuous Learning as a Lead Dev

June 25, 2019 21:54 21.56 MB Downloads: 0

The focus of today's show is the recent discussion between Sandi Metz and David A. Black about continuously learning as a lead developer.

114. Open Source Sustainability and Ethical Advertising with Eric Holscher

June 18, 2019 25:26 24.96 MB Downloads: 0

Our guest today on The Rabbit Hole is Eric Holscher, who is the co-founder of Read the Docs and Write the Docs. Aiming to elevate the status of documentation in the software industry, Eric talks to us about the sacrifices he has had to make in serving the programming community, not getting paid and having thousands of people depending on him to keep the platform running smoothly.

113. The DRY Principal is Misunderstood with Steven Solomon

June 11, 2019 21:39 21.33 MB Downloads: 0

Today on the show we are joined by the one and only Steven Solomon! We are going to talk about The DRY Principle and how and when it can be useful. Steven helps us unpack the types of situation that require drying out, when things get too dried out and what constitutes necessary action in this regard.