Beats, Rye & Types

After getting to hang out in person for a long weekend, we talk about our relationship with an old friend, and how that friend is being treated these days. We also spend about a third of the episode talking about Quasimoto “The Unseen”, now one of the greats of turn of the millenia hip hop.

BOOSH! It has been forever. But like a phoenix rising from the ashes of a really shitty year, here we are, giggling, waxing poetic about food and music, and ready to deliver more of what you want. What was that again?

We can’t stop thinking about a certain vegetable and we dedicate an entire episode to discussing its history, science, and some of our favorite recipes. Also a new segment where MRB presents some of his deepest cuts.

WE ARE BACK. Don’t adjust your dials or whatever doohickeys the kids are playing with these days. After a long hiatus we’re back to recording. In this episode we play a little catch up, talk about progress of The Pizza Book, and MRBs forays into creating a community.

Idalin is someone we’ve been trying for a while now to get on the show and talk to. Her talk at StrangeLoop this past Fall has been on our minds and a topic of conversation since. Her work in community building and outreach through technology is inspiring but her strong voice and perspective is something we feel like our community of technologists needs. We got to talk about her feelings on the tech community in general, her roots in activism and tech, and more.

There was a little technical difficulty with this episode so please excuse AQ doing his shitty Ira Glass impression.

We revisit one of our favorite subjects sandwiches, but sort-of. Are tacos sandwiches? Does it matter? They are delicious and we share some of our recent exploits and inspirations and complain about the dearth of good sandwiches in our respective areas.

We finally tracked down one of our old friends and collaborators David Nolen for a chat. David is one of the few people we can talk fluently about all 3 of our primary topics with, so we caught up about David’s recent trip to Korea, ClojureScript, and experimental music and film.

The same systems that cause failure are the ones that create success - so why do we blame them? We talked to Dave Zweiback, about his book “Beyond Blame” and what makes positive and healthy teams.

We kick of the new year discussing a topic thats frequently on both of our minds at work: Technical Debt. Where does Tech debt come from? What does it mean for different sizes of teams? Can you “fix it”?

After reflecting on 2015, we look forward to 2016 and what we want to accomplish and who we want to be. What are your resolutions for the new year? This is the last episode of 2015 and we’re feeling very grateful for every one who supported us this year. You all are dope.