For my 200th episode of Code with Jason, I spoke with Saron Yitbarek, Founder of CodeNewbie and RubyConf Keynote Speaker.  We talk about her beginnings in tech, the founding of CodeNewbie, the power of simply asking for things, how to go about asking for things, how being self-taught still relies upon materials made available by the work of other developers, possible topics for Saron's upcoming keynote at RubyConf, and how to get the most out of your in-person conference experience. 

• NotADesigner.io
• Saron.io
• Saron Yitbarek on Medium
• Saron Yitbarek on Twitter
• Saron Yitbarek on LinkedIn

This week, Samuel Giddins and I discuss life on call as a developer, the upcoming RubyConf,  the pitfalls of online communications, Sam's beginnings as a developer, software supply chain security, and the difference between "amicable" and "amiable."  Sam will be at the Ruby Gems and Bundler open space at RubyConf in San Diego on Monday, November 13th 2023.

• Samuel Giddins' Site
• Samuel Giddins on Hachyderm.io
• RubyGems Blog
• RubyConf

On this episode, Wisen Tanasa joins me to talk Test Driven Development.  We discuss why TDD is intuitive, translating specifications into tests, the balance between design and execution, developing a walking skeleton, the value of learning design principles and UX, minimizing the need to use willpower with positive feedback loops, and understanding what TDD is.

• Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce
• The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
• Wisen Tanasa on Twitter
• Wisen Tanasa on LinkedIn
• Wisen Tanasa's Newsletter Quantum Steps

On this week's episode, Thiago Massa joins me for a conversation about international pizza styles, life in Berlin as compared to São Paulo, guitars and playing music, writing books, and reading well to write well.  

• Thiago Massa on LinkedIn
• Thiago Massa on Twitter
• The Complete Guide to Rails Testing by Jason Swett
• My snail mail newsletter

This week I'm joined by Prarthana Shiva for a discussion of defensive programming.  We talk guard clauses, assertions, null tricks, secure coding, offensive programming, and loud failure.  We also get into debugging processes, Prarthana's background, and my upcoming book on AI assisted programming.

• Prarthana Shiva on LinkedIn

Mark Shead joins me for a discussion on effective communication as an engineering leader.  We also get into how understanding your client's needs can help you work efficiently, the difference in difficulty between creating something completely new and iterating on an existing design, how early and frequent feedback helps make the development process more efficient, and focusing on the value developers provide, rather than checking off tasks completed.

• Mark Shead's YouTube Channel
• Mark Shead on Twitter
• Mark Shead.com 
• Starting Agile: Finding Your Path by Mark Shead

This week, Josh Doody joins me for a conversation on the ins and outs of salary negotiation.  We also discuss increasing your value as an employee, negotiating raises, the importance of precision in professional communications and avoiding pronouns for proper nouns, using positive language as opposed to negative language, and the effect of building goodwill wherever you work.

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Fearless Salary Negotiation.com
• Fearless Salary Negotiation by Josh Doody
• Josh Doody on Twitter

This week I'm joined by Amanda Perino, Executive Director of the Rails Foundation.  We discuss the upcoming Rails World conference in Amsterdam on October 5th & 6th.  We also discuss what makes for a great conference experience, learning new languages and studying abroad, cultural differences between the US and Europe, and what's new at the Rails Foundation.

• The Rails Foundation
• Rails World 2023
• The Rails Foundation on Twitter
• The Rails Foundation on LinkedIn
• This Week In Rails Newsletter
• Amanda Perino on Twitter
• Amanda Perino on LinkedIn
• Sin City Ruby

Today, I'm joined by Yeong Sheng Tan. We discuss his work as a coach and a consultant, how he integrates himself with a team to gain insight into workflows and to gain buy-in on his recommendations.  We also get into test design, taking small steps and making frequent commits, epistemology, Bayesian reasoning, and multiple assertions in test cases. 

• 99 Bottles of OOP by Sandy Metz, Katrina Owen, and TJ Stankus
• Odd-e
• Yeong Sheng Tan on Twitter
• Yeong Sheng Tan at Odd-e
• Sin City Ruby

This week, I'm joined by Dan Ribbens for an in-depth conversation about his headless CMS software Payload CMS.  We also discuss other CMS platforms and Dan's experience with Y Combinator. 

• Payload CMS
• Payload CMS on Twitter
• Payload CMS on Discord
• DanRibbens.com
• Dan Ribbens on Twitter
• Sin City Ruby