Code with Jason

On this week's episode, I'm joined once again by Matt Swanson for a wide-ranging conversation that touches on blog writing, Hotwire, Turbo Frames, plants, making mistakes in the physical realm, books and science fiction, historic firsts and the impacts of innovation, and Stack Overflow.

• Boring Rails
• Matt Swanson on Twitter
• Matt Swanson on GitHub
• Matt Swanson on DevTo

This week, I sit down for a conversation with multi-hyphenate John Knapp.  Our wide-ranging discussion touches on inventing, sailing, understanding user stories, deliberately building flexibility into your career, the need for domain expertise when starting a new company, and things to look for when seeking a new startup opportunity.

• Sailing Alone around the World by Joshua Slocum
• Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
• On Starting and Scaling Boom with Blake Scholl
• John Knapp.com
• John Knapp on LinkedIn
• John Knapp on Twitter
• John Knapp on GitHub

In this episode, Chris Seaton and I discuss just-in-time compiling for Ruby, Chris's path to becoming a researcher, speed concerns with Ruby, Truffle Ruby, the book Chris is currently writing and the value of having a non-technical side project. 

• Shopify Invests in Research for Ruby at Scale
• The Ruby Bibliography
• Chris Seaton.com
• Chris Seaton on Twitter
• Chris Seaton on GitHub
• Chris Seaton on LinkedIn

In this episode, I welcome Collin Donnell back to discuss how to learn new techniques and technologies, Smalltalk, service objects and models, RailsConf, and speaking at conferences.

• Spooler.fm
• Collin Donnell.com 
• Collin Donnell on Twitter

In this episode, Tom Rossi and I discuss his principles for developing applications, guiding your efforts via mantras, being intentional about culture, providing a safe space for mistakes and questions, understandable code, and how to hire programmers who fit your culture. 

• Built to Last by Jim Collins
• Visioneering by Andy Stanley
• Getting Real from Basecamp
• Higher Pixels
• Buzzsprout
• Tom Rossi on Twitter

In this episode of Soup with Jason, recorded live at Sin City Ruby 2022, I talk with a few friends about topic near and dear to our hearts: soup.

This week, I'm joined by Urban Hafner for a wide-ranging discussion on management roles, autism, programming organization structure, sci-fi and fantasy books, programming books, the reasons behind high developer turnover, and bass guitar.

• The Pragmatic Programmer
• Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and Dev Ops
• Cynefin
• Expanding Beyond Podcast
• Urban Hafner.com
• Urban Hafner on Twitter

In this episode, Seth Tucker and I discuss forms and form builders, the differences between junior and senior developers, reverse proxies and (my apologies) WordPress. 

• Seth Tucker on DEV.to
• Seth Tucker on Twitter
• Seth Tucker on GitHub

This week, I'm joined by Thai Wood for a discussion about incident response, runbooks, unarticulated expertise, mistakes during incident response, and listening to feelings.

• Resilience Roundup
• Thai Wood on Twitter

This week, I'm joined by Dr. Arik Kershenbaum, zoologist and astrobiologist at Girton College, University of Cambridge for a fascinating discussion about alien life and what we can learn about it from life on Earth.

• Dr. Arik Kershenbaum at the University of Cambridge
• Dr. Arik Kershenbaum on Twitter
• The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy by Dr. Arik Kershenbaum