Brains & Beards Show
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BBS 22: Are E2E Tests Just Burning Money?
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key MomentsDefining end-to-end tests: The hosts clarify that true business end-to-end flows go far beyond what mobile teams can actually test, so the ...
BBS 21: jj - It's Not All Sunshine and Roses
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key MomentsOnboarding & docs are weak: They highlight that JJ’s official website has limited documentation, there’s no clear “I’m a Git user, ...
BBS 20: Why we stopped using git
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
https://brainsandbeards.com/Our video about JJ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2f3Pj58wTgKey Moments:Introducing JJ (Jujutsu): The hosts explain wha...
BBS 19: Documentation in Software Projects
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
https://brainsandbeards.com/Key Moments:Documentation comes in different forms like code comments, README files, external documentation in Confluence,...
BBS 18: Working with mobile teams
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
https://brainsandbeards.com/Key Moments:Mobile development teams have responsibilities beyond just writing code, such as providing guidance on design,...
BBS 17: What's on My Desk?
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Find us on https://brainsandbeards.com/The hosts discuss their daily work setups and what equipment they use, including standing desks, laptops, exter...
BBS 16: Maintainable React Native course
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You can find us on https://brainsandbeards.com/You can find our course on https://brainsandbeards.com/mrnKey MomentsThe podcast discusses a new online...
BBS 15 - Juggling JS Bundles
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You can find us on https://brainsandbeards.com/Key Moments:React Native allows separating native app skeletons from JavaScript business logic bundles,...
BBS 14: What's new on Internet
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wojciech and Patryk are talking about recent quirks of the Internet. In this episode, we focused mostly on the infosec news, as there were plenty of d...
BBS 13: On separating style from components
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this solo episode Wojciech discusses a pet peeve of his - separating styles from JSX in React Native components. Too long, didn't listen? Read the ...
BBS 12: Normalising app state
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wojciech & Łukasz discuss the benefits, implementation tips, and potential pitfalls of normalising app state in your React Native mobile app ᕕ(ᐛ)...
BBS 11: On Code Reviews
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 10 - Fastlane Automation: How Far is Too Far?
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 9 - Pre-Commit Hooks: Toxin or Cancer?
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 8 - Does Your Coding Test Hurt Your Recruting Process
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 7: How Not to Go Crazy When Getting Things Done
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 6: Webviews, the money-saving crutch
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 5: React Native Libraries that We Recommend
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We share some of the libraries we often use in our React Native projects. In no particular order that would be:React & Redux in TypeScript - Complete ...
BBS 4: Holy Grail or How to Share Code between Web and Mobile
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Useful links:react-native-web: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-webRadek Pietruszewski on cross-platform development in Nozbe: https://www.y...
BBS 3: Releasing Test Builds
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 2: Typescript
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...
BBS 1: Estimation Pitfalls in Mobile Apps
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss what it means to build a "seaworthy" mobile app, handling errors, manual testing, deep-linking and push notifications, automation and confi...
BBS 0: Story of Two Nerds or How Everything Started
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast is sponsored by Brains & Beards, a development studio dedicated to helping companies create better mobile applications faster. If you wan...