Refactored

By Chris Tonkinson, Frank Koehl

A casual, ongoing conversation between two technology leaders with Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.... more

· Technology

5

44 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Refactored:

How many episodes does Refactored have?

The podcast currently has 164 episodes available.

Refactored episodes:

March 17, 2021014: Hanlon's Razor
Refactored #014: “Hanlon’s Razor”
On this episode of Refactored…
The guys totally nailed a prediction about Nvidia, but with a crazy twist.
Frank is bullish on the “javascriptless” Hotwire framework, but Chris has questions.
Chris invokes Hanlon’s Razor: “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
Frank laments a common gap in strong opinions, loosely held.
The pick of the week is in fact, Hotwire.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
1h 4min
March 10, 2021013: Silence Is Golden
Refactored #013: “Silence Is Golden”
On this episode of Refactored…
The little voice inside Chris’ head has him worried he’s being fired.
The guys discuss the value in being silent as a leader.
What are you hiring for? Culture? Attitude? Like-mindedness? The guys debate.
Someone makes the insane accusation that HR exists for a reason.
Hundreds of thousands of organizations get pwned by a constellation of Exchange vulnerabilities.
The pick of the week is the Apple Watch… at least for cycling.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
53min
March 02, 2021012: Firmware Shall Be Broken
Refactored #012: “Firmware Shall Be Broken”
On this episode of Refactored…
Frank and Chris discuss the ongoing silicon shortage that is bottlenecking multiple industries.
Nvidia announces a line of cryptocurrency mining-specific GPUs which Chris thinks is probably fine but which Frank argues is antagonistic to their customer base. Either way, the guys agree the firmware limitations won’t last.
Chris doesn’t get the appeal of rack-mount equipment for homelab installations, but quickly sees the light as Frank explains.
The guys successfully avoid a longform discussion on the relative pros and cons of home media management systems Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin.
Chris botches an overview of what dRAID is and how it works.
Frank explains a little about the HR service (“HRaaS”?) company TriNet.
The guys go in-depth on SLAs; what they’re good for (and not) as a customer, and how to use them to budget downtime as an engineering/reliability team.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
58min
February 23, 2021011: Technical Debt
Refactored #011: “Technical Debt”
On this episode of Refactored…
Frank argues that not everything has to be automated with Terraform while Chris plays devil’s advocate.
The Pareto Principle is discussed, which is the observation that about 80% of your results come from about 20% of your effort.
The guys talk briefly about GCP and AWS, and then discuss at some length why Azure is even a thing.
Chris explains how he thinks & talks about technical debt arguing the “debt” analogy is fairly extensible, but Frank wants something more concrete.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
50min
February 16, 2021010: Navigating Change
Refactored #010: “Navigating Change”
On this episode of Refactored…
Chris builds some trust with his team, and feels good about it.
Frank likes to focus on the facts and the situation, and eschew individual emotion.
Simon Sinek has entered the chat as the guys discuss his book Start with Why.
Chris is in love with his UPS-analogy for why things don’t always seem to make sense at the small scale.
Frank has some good insight on the trade-off between perspective and resolution.
The guys fight about the difference (or not) between Waterfall and Agile.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
52min
February 09, 2021009: Security Is Everywhere and Nowhere
Refactored #009: “Security is Everywhere and Nowhere”
On this episode of Refactored…
Is “security” a dedicated person/team/pursuit? Frank draws a hard line about what ought while Chris remains cranky about what is.
The guys discuss the OWASP Top 10 and Chris gets brownie points for knowing what OWASP actually stands for.
The guys agree you should 100% go talk to your security team.
Gated builds are probably a good idea.
Frank is open-minded about IDE integrations while Chris couldn’t care less.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
58min
January 26, 2021008: What Are You Optimizing For?
Refactored #008: “What Are You Optimizing For?”
On this episode of Refactored…
Technology does not (necessarily) progress monotonically, and Chris provides several examples complains a lot.
Between the two of them, the guys manage to stumble through a brief history of HipChat, Stride, Slack, and Atlassian.
Frank takes a bold stand: Microsoft is incapable of original thought.
Chris explains the history of Atom and Electron, and surmises why MS Teams isn’t a great UX.
The guys wage mighty battle over the modern-day merits and demerits of GUI vs TUI (or is it CLI?)
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
1h 1min
January 19, 2021007: Digital Transformation
Refactored #007: “Digital Transformation”
On this episode of Refactored…
The guys agree that you don’t need to digitize All The Things.
Frank asserts that backups should be simple while Chris asserts they should be automated. These may not be mutually exclusive.
Digital Transformation… do you put the emphasis on the “digital” or on the “transformation?”
No one knows what Cloud Journey means, but it’s one of the few buzzwords this week Chris likes.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
46min
January 12, 2021006: Security Acronym Soup
Refactored #006: “Security Acronym Soup”
On this episode of Refactored…
Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull have entered the chat as the guys discuss The Peter Principle.
Frank touts himself as the Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson of his organization.
Chris can’t figure out how to get real feedback from his direct reports. Frank opines on skip-level meetings.
Chris admires the subset of truly solutions-oriented people.
Frank argues commit signing is worth the hassle.
Chris still uses RSS and Frank compares Twitter to ham radio.
The pick of the week is the SANS Internet Storm Center Daily.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
1h 8min
January 05, 2021005: DIE, Cattle, DIE!
Refactored #005: “DIE, Cattle, DIE!”
On this episode of Refactored…
While the physiology of “screen time” is universally bad, there ARE very meaningful variations, cognitively.
Frank and Chris tease apart why they think the technology sector seems disproportionately led by non-technologists.
SolarWinds (and many of their customers) were victimized by a supply-chain attack. That’s… not great.
Frank introduces the D.I.E. model - Distributed, Immutable, Ephemeral - after explaining that servers are like cattle, not pets.
Chris purports to be working on a new project with a bunch of stupid buzzwords like NewSQL and YugabyteDB.
Salesforce to buy Slack. Frank is sad. Chris doesn’t care.
Jim Collins has entered the chat because his book Good to Great is required reading.
The pick of the week is the Coder Radio podcast.
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
Direct link to RSS feed
...more
1h 15min

FAQs about Refactored:

How many episodes does Refactored have?

The podcast currently has 164 episodes available.