In this episode I talk with Itamar Turner-Trauring, author of The Secret Skills of Productive Programmers. We share a number of productivity tips including don't get stuck, don't work long hours, implement the riskiest part first, write down what you're working on, and much more.

• Itamar Turner-Trauring on Twitter
• Code Without Rules
• The Secret Skills of Productive Programmers

In this episode I talk with DevOps expert Adam Hawkins, who also appeared in episode 49. Adam and I talk about what DevOps is and how you can use DevOps principles to deliver better software faster.

• Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework
• The DevOps Handbook
• Accelerate: State of DevOps 2019 Report
• Small Batches Podcast

In this episode I talk with Adam Hawkins about the concept of not just testing your application code, but testing your deployment pipeline so that you mitigate the risk of running bad deploys that take your site down.

• Software Development in 3 Ideas & 4 Metrics
• freedevopscourse.com
• Products Over Projects
• DevOps Handbook Summary & Review
• Accelerate Summary & Review
• Small Batches Podcast

In this episode, packed with nuggets of wisdom, I talk with thoughtbot CEO Chad Pytel about the meaning of the terms "code quality" and "bad code", the ways in which poor-quality code comes into existence, how to add tests to a codebase that doesn't have much test coverage, and much more.

• Chad Pytel on Twitter
• thoughtbot's Code Audit service

In this episode I talk with Ruby performance consultant Nate Berkopec. This time Nate and I talk not about Rails performance but about hosting options for Rails including Heroku, Convox and bare AWS. We also touch on infrastructure management tools like Kubernetes, Terraform and Ansible.

• Nate Berkopec on Twitter
• The Complete Guide to Rails Performance
• Speedshop

In this episode I talk with Nicolas Carlo, creator of UnderstandLegacyCode.com, about working with legacy code, adding tests to legacy code, how to safely make changes to legacy applications, and more.

• UnderstandLegacyCode.com
• Nicolas Carlo on Twitter
• Busbud
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code

In this episode I talk with Jeff Geerling, author of Ansible for DevOps. Jeff and I talk about what Ansible is and why you would want to use it, some alternatives to Ansible and how Ansible is different, my experiences and Jeff's experiences with using Ansible, and much more.

• Jeff Geerling on Twitter
• Ansible for DevOps
• Ansible 101 by Jeff Geerling

In this episode I talk with Cameron Gray about Convox which is a free, open-source tool to assist with deploying applications to various cloud platforms. Cameron and I talk about how Convox works under the hood and how to get started with Convox for deploying an application. Technologies we touch on include AWS, Elastic Beanstalk, ECS, Docker and Kubernetes.

• Convox
• Cameron Gray on Twitter

In this conversation I talk with Ken Collins about what Lambda is, what use cases it's good for, why they started using Lambda at Custom Ink, and much more.

• Ken Collins on Twitter
• Lamby
• Custom Ink Tech Blog

In this episode I ask Kelsey all kinds of noob questions such as "Under what scenarios should I use Docker?", "How does Kubernetes relate to Docker?" and "Can I borrow your toaster?" This is a great one for people who, like me, still have a hard time wrapping their head around Docker and K8s.

• Kelsey Hightower on Twitter
• Kubernetes Up and Running