Maintainable
Episodes
Justin Searls: Learn To Understand The Runtime
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Justin Searls, Co-Founder at Test Double. Hear Justin's experience digging into technical debt, learn why software is like a sedimen...
Patricia Aas: Intersection of Programming & Security
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Patricia Aas, Programming CTO at TurtleSec AS about how programming and security are intertwined.Helpful LinksTurtlesecConnect with ...
Nate Berkopec: Why You Should Treat Performance Problems as Bugs
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Please tune in to this enlightening episode of Maintainable, where we're joined by Nate Berkopec, Owner and Ruby on Rails consultant at Speedshop. Thi...
Victor Rentea: Never Separate The Refactoring From The Deliverable
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Victor Rentea, an independent technical trainer and Lead Architect at IBM based in Romania. Victor talks about teaching other engine...
Sandro Mancuso: Technical Debt is Anything Preventing You From Developing Fast
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week's guest on Maintainable is Sandro Mancuso, Software Craftsman & Co-Founder of Codurance. Robby and Sandro cover topics like how to avoid tec...
Bryan Liles: Create an Issue for Everything
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're excited to have Bryan Liles, Senior Staff Engineer at VMWare, on Maintainable. Robby and Bryan chat about representation in the indust...
Liz Keogh: The Power of Asking, "Can You Give Me An Example?"
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode features Liz Keogh, Lean & Agile Coach and Trainer. Robby and Liz talk about behavior-driven development (BDD), what it's like to ...
Colin Jones: Software Consulting: Being a Good Guest
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, Robby talks to Colin Jones, CTO at 8th Light. They chat about software consultancy, what it means to be a good guest in someon...
Jonathan Cutrell: Healthy Teams Know How to Eradicate Fear
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Robby interviews the host of the Developer Tea podcast, Jonathan Cutrell. They discuss what constitutes debt, how to build a strong team, an...
Karolina Szczur: The Importance of Documentation for Remote Developers
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Robby chats with Karolina Szczur about what people get wrong about technical debt, best practices for documentation for remote developers, a...
Liran Haimovitch: The Benefits of Observability
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Robby chats with Liran Haimovitch, co-founder of Rookout. Liran discusses things like how the term "technical debt" is misused, as well as h...
Robert Meaney: Building Software That is Easy to Test
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks to Robert Meaney, Head of Testing & Test Coach at Poppulo. Robert explains the difference between technical debt and testing debt, the im...
Melissa Eaden: It's Never a One Person Job
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Melissa Eaden, Tech Lead in Quality at Unity 3D. She shares her experience working with legacy code as it relates to testing.Helpful...
Steve Poling: The Real Enemy is Murphy
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Steve Poling, Senior Technical Consultant at Excelon Development and long-time Software Developer. Steve describes whether he's team...
Matt Weagle: What Will It Enable Us to Do in the Future?
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Matt Weagle, Engineering Manager at Lyft. Matt discusses how his engineering teams have handled technical debt in small iterations v...
Mariah Howard: How To Discuss Technical Debt With Product Managers
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Mariah Howard, Senior Product Manager at Thinkful, to discuss technical debt from a product management perspective. Mariah touches o...
Anne Marie Kirby: Selling the Upside of Improving your Codebase to Management
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Anne Marie Kirby, CEO & Co-Founder of CoreHealth Global. She shares questions to ask before a software rewrite, evolving 10+ year ol...
Marco "Ocramius" Pivetta: What Senior Devs Should Spend More Time On (It's Not Writing Code)
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Marco "Ocramius" Pivetta, a software consultant specializing in PHP. Marco gives his input on different types of technical debt he's...
Lisa Crispin: Agile Testing & Technical Debt
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Lisa Crispin, co-author of Agile Testing and Testing Advocate at Mabl. Lisa speaks about "thinking skills" for developers, why testi...
Pim Elshoff: Refactoring How Engineers Communicate With Management
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Pim Elshoff, Software Developer at Procurios. Pim explains why developers should improve their communication skills when speaking wi...
Morgan Senkal: Using Epics to Improve Code Quality Within Sprints
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Morgan Senkal, Software Architect at Metal Toad. Morgan recalls a challenging 15-year-old legacy project that was reminiscent of a S...
Eileen M. Uchitelle: Upgrading Ruby on Rails At Github And How To Stay Updated
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Eileen M. Uchitelle, Senior Software Engineer at Github and member of the Rails Core Team. You'll hear about Eileen's work upgrading...
Charity Majors: Deploys Are Just The Beginning
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb about her work as an Infrastructure Engineer, how Honeycomb was created, all about working and test...
Sahil Lavingia: Pushing Forward Through Technical Debt After a Massive Layoff
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Sahil Lavingia, Founder and CEO of Gumroad. Sahil has been transparent about the challenges of building a company – speaking on VC...
Coraline Ada Ehmke: The Role Of Empathy In Engineering Teams
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Coraline Ada Ehmke, Principal Engineer at Stitch Fix and author of The Compassionate Coder. Coraline speaks about the social side of...
James Smith: What if We Measured Software with a Stability Score?
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby sits down with James Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Bugsnag, to discuss how to look at technical debt as a business cost, engineering processes in...
Anna Filina: How Every Decision Introduces Technical Debt
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robby speaks with Anna Filina, a software consultant at Zenika Montreal who specializes in legacy code. They discuss why engineers don't have to ask p...