Evil Geniuses

By Meredith Edwards and Emmanuel Genard - Software Developers from Stride Cons

What's Evil Geniuses about?

Every two weeks we break down solutions to code problems, talking about the decisions that got us where we are. We reveal our thinking and discuss trade-offs. Evil devs. Evil problems. Evil code.

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Evil Geniuses episodes:

12.12.2018
16. Meredith Farewell
This short episode of the podcast serves as a farewell to the one and only Meredith Edwards. Meredith has unfortunately recently acquired some angel wings and can no longer be an evil genius alongside Emmanuel! So today we are just...
11.28.2018
15. POO-ing in Durham, With Kirsten Nordine - Part 2
Welcome back to another episode of Evil Geniuses. Today on the show we welcome back Kirsten Nordine. The last time Kirsten was on the show was a little over a month ago and we talked a little bit about an...
11.14.2018
14. How to Describe Tests
Welcome back to another episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast. We are coming at you with something new this week! This episode will be the first time that we are not talking about a code problem that we’ve solved because...
10.31.2018
13. A First Example - Part 3
On this episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast, we continue our series on a first example of the video checkout system. To start off we recap some of the points from the first two parts and then move into the...
10.17.2018
12. A First Example - Part 2
Welcome to another episode of Evil Geniuses. Last time we teased you but we’re back and this time we’re actually going to deliver the goods, no more click bait. We are working with a video checkout store type software where...
10.03.2018
11. A First Example - Part 1
On today’s show, we embark on a new, evil adventure, one on which we hope you will join us! We’ll be looking at another refactoring problem and this will make up the first part of a short series of episodes...
09.19.2018
10. Tales from the Open Source Jungle and POO-ing in Durham, With Kirsten Nordine
Today on the show, we welcome Kirsten Nordine of Stride and her faithful colleague, Scaredith, to reflect on their adventure into the open source jungle. Deciding on an open source project and what issue to tackle can be tricky, and...
09.05.2018
9. Lessons Learned
Today’s episode of Evil Geniuses is spent looking back on the lessons we have learned so far in this series. Through all of the evil problems and scary paths we’ve had to walk, there have been some invaluable takeaways that...
08.22.2018
8. Video Service Refactor - Part 3
On today’s episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast, we are carrying on the evil journey in video service refactoring. If you have not yet checked out part one and two from this series we suggest that you listen through those...
08.08.2018
7. Video Service Refactor - Part 2
On today’s episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast we are delving deeper into the video service we started last time around. Part two means twice as evil and twice as malevolent! Emmanuel and Meredith are taking you down the dark...
07.25.2018
6. Video Service Refactor - Part 1
On today’s Evil Geniuses Podcast we are delving deeper into the scary and unknown world of refactoring. You know we deal with evil code over here at the evil headquarters and this week is no exception. Meredith and Emmanuel are...
07.11.2018
5. Tic Tac Toe - Part 3
Welcome back to the Evil Geniuses Podcast, where we’re talking evil code, evil programming and all things evil! Today we complete our series on Tic Tac Toe, so if you have not listened to the first two parts on this...
06.27.2018
4. Tic Tac Toe - Part 2
On today’s episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast, we continue with our exposé on tic tac toe. Our hosts will go further down the dark tunnel they entered last week and hopefully see the light at the end. Meredith hands...
06.13.2018
3. Tic Tac Toe - Part 1
Welcome back to the Evil Geniuses podcast! Today we will be looking at another set of problems with nasty and evil code. Meredith and Emmanuel will be going through an exercise in which Meredith was working with the game tic...
05.30.2018
2. Validations
In our first proper episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast we have a look at the very evil topic of validations! Meredith and Emmanuel will be getting down and dirty with this super dark and scary topic so we hope...
05.28.2018
1. Welcome to Our New Podcast - Evil Geniuses
Welcome to our new podcast series brought to you by Stride Consulting in New York! We are the Evil Geniuses and in the forthcoming episodes, we will be diving into all those terrible and troublesome parts of your coding life....

What's Evil Geniuses about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Evil Geniuses episodes:

16. Meredith Farewell

15. POO-ing in Durham, With Kirsten Nordine - Part 2

14. How to Describe Tests

13. A First Example - Part 3

12. A First Example - Part 2

11. A First Example - Part 1

10. Tales from the Open Source Jungle and POO-ing in Durham, With Kirsten Nordine

9. Lessons Learned

8. Video Service Refactor - Part 3

7. Video Service Refactor - Part 2

6. Video Service Refactor - Part 1

5. Tic Tac Toe - Part 3

4. Tic Tac Toe - Part 2

3. Tic Tac Toe - Part 1

2. Validations

1. Welcome to Our New Podcast - Evil Geniuses