Horace on Apple Q4, litmus tests, search and lasers on the moon.

What's going on with the Borat 2 numbers!? What was Rudy touching!? Why are there so many sound effects! Lots of fun this week and a surprisingly slow box office?

PLUS - is James Bond heading to the small screen? Did YOU know there's a Hocus Pocus 2? And what role does Doug Jones want to play in the MCU?

Co-host: Dan Richardson

Brittany guested on the Maintainable Podcast. Robby and her discuss the mistakes that developers make when discussing technical debt with stakeholders and why it is important to write automated tests against a live/production API.

DISCUSSED: hey, it's an advice episode!; San Francisco has a lot of available office space; a musical unguent for your soul; a cool font that makes accessibility pretty; getting in front of your next wave of depression; the Emotional Police are here to cite you for your numerous infractions; and, finally, Merlin highly recommends a recent podcast episode about why we're all so exhausted and what we might want to do about it.

Harry and Dave talk about how they set and accomplish their goals, both in work and everyday life.

Jeff and Christian welcome Casey DeFreitas from IGN to the show this week to discuss AOC streaming for the first time, a new retro console from Analogue, speed enhancements on older titles, and more!

The Playlist: Pokemon Sword and Shield The Crown Tundra DLC, Immortals Fenyx Rising (Stadia demo); Hades; Elgato 4K60S+ & Stream Deck, Rays the Dead

VR Talk: Population One

Tabletop Time: Pokemon 5e

Parting Gifts!

Dan and John talk about jumpscares, dogs, and kids.

The bonus content, in which they discuss their thoughts about the election, can be found here.

This week is splattered with the news you love, an update on where we are on the charts, and some more News To Lighten The Moods!

PLUS a sweet ass review and tons more sound effects.

Co-host: Dan Richardson

Jason Taylor is currently a Principal Software Engineer at TextUs. He has been a software engineer for 15 years but it is his first ever podcast appearance! He and Brittany dig into what being a principal means (key: confidence) and discuss some spooky Rails horror stories.

Harry and Dave discuss what motivates them in their work (and hobbies) amid a pandemic and other obligations.