On today's episode, I'm joined by Alan Ridlehoover and Fito von Zastrow for a deep dive on flaky tests.  

• Code with Jason - Testing Anti Pattern: Merged Setup Data
• Code with Jason - Duplication
• Code with Jason - Why Duplication is More Acceptable in Tests
• A Brewer's Guide to Filtering out Complexity and Churn
• Fito von Zastrow on LinkedIn
• Fito von Zastrow on Twitter
• Alan Ridlehoover on LinkedIn
• Alan Ridlehoover on Twitter
• The Code Gardener
• Cisco Meraki
• Jobs at Cisco Meraki

Today Rich Steinmetz returns for a discussion that touches on switching between languages, both spoken and programming, structuring tests, getting the most out of reading a book, buying an existing business, struggles with CircleCI and GitHub Actions,  my project SaturnCI, and the need for better APIs.

• The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
• The SaaS Playbook by Rob Walling
• Start Small, Stay Small by Rob Walling
• Acquire.com
• Flippa.com
• Rich Steinmetz on Twitter
• Rich Stone.io

On this episode, I talk with Paul Campbell, co-founder and CEO of Tito.  We discuss the origins and early days of Tito, trends in current web design, Parkinson's Law, my project SaturnCI, using LLMs in the coding process, the need to understand universal programming principles rather than superficialities, and the quest for dejankification.

• We Are Developers World Congress
• XOXO Festival
• The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
• The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
• Tito
• Io
• Paul Campbell on Mastodon
• Paul Campbell on LinkedIn
• [email protected]

In today's episode, I'm joined by Ciaran Lee, founder and Chief Engineer of Intercom for a discussion that touches on the genesis of Intercom and factors that enabled their success, scaling challenges when you're dealing with double-digit growth month to month, load balancers, canary deployment, the benefits of making many small deployments, how a robust testing environment benefits the hiring process, and the benefits of in-person vs remote work.

• The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim et al.
• The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim et al.
• Intercom
• Ciaran Lee on LinkedIn
• Ciaran Lee on Twitter

On today's episode, Matthew Kaliara joins me for a conversation on his work with his startup Rescale Supply.  We also discuss React, ViewComponent, system testing, looks vs usability in design, flat design, the value of convention in design, usability testing, the inseparability of good UI design and good code, the importance of appropriate names in core components, and how good code can help with hiring.

• Rescale.Supply
• Matthew Kaliara on LinkedIn
• Matthew Kaliara on Twitter
• Kaliara.com

It must be both hot dogs and buns, not just the hot dogs themselves. Preparation (e.g. skipping meals beforehand) is allowed.

Guests: Peter Cai, Brandon Casci.

On today's episode, Brad Pauly and I dig into the five causes (raised conditions, fixed time dependency, randomness, leaky state, and network or third party dependency) of flaky tests.  We also discuss diagnosing flaky tests, common pitfalls of fixing flaky tests, and things that do work for fixing flaky tests.

• Brad Pauly on Twitter
• Brad Pauly on GitHub

On this episode, I talk with Verda Korzeniewski about going into programming straight out of high school.  We also discuss Verda's experience in 3D printing, problems in modern manufacturing, and problem solving skills that transcend programming. 

• Verda Korzeniewski on LinkedIn
• Verda Korzeniewski on Instagram

On today's episode, Trae Robrock joins me for a discussion of his new Rails project Translated and his hotel management software Comfort.ly.  We also talk about managing a hotel, investing in real estate, internationalizing a Rails app, investing in assets that give you income,  investing in your personal brand, marketing Comfort.ly, connecting with potential clients in person, the importance of having a comfortable working environment, reading to enrich yourself, and taking care of your health.

• Trae Robrock on Twitter
• trobrock.com
• TranslatedRB.com
• GitHub.com/GetComfortly
• Comfort.ly
• $100M Leads by Alex Hormozi
• $100M Offers by Alex Hormozi
• Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
• A Sense of Style by Steven Pinker
• Copy That.com
• Modern Software Engineering by David Farley
• Refactoring by Martin Fowler
• Function Health
• Greenbits.com
• RezStream

On today's episode, Andrew Atkinson joins me once again for a recap of events at Sin City Ruby 2024.  We also talk about Andrew's new Postgres consulting venture, his upcoming book High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails and what he learned in the process of writing the book,  deciding how to communicate what you do as a consultant, naming things appropriately, how poor decision making in the early stages in the creation of an app can make it prohibitively expensive to fix later,  how consulting jobs can naturally grow into new opportunities for work, being a generalist vs being a specialist, and Andrew's upcoming speaking engagements.

• High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails by Andrew Atkinson
• RailsConf
• Posette
• Madison Ruby
• RubyConf
• Rails World
• Blue Ridge Ruby
• RubyKaigi
• Red Dot Ruby Conference
• PGConf.dev
• PGConf NYC
• Andy Atkinson.com
• Andrew Atkinson on Twitter
• Andrew Atkinson on Mastodon
• Andrew Atkinson on LinkedIn
• Andrew Atkinson on GitHub
• Sin City Ruby