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Refactored
By Chris Tonkinson, Frank KoehlTechnology
Refactored episodes
- 154: Touching Grass: A Privilege
Refactored #154: “Touching Grass: A Privilege”
On this episode of Refactored…
- The guys discuss DOGE:
- Memelordship ascendent or super cereal?
- I beg your finest pardon: remote work is a “COVID-era privilege?”
- The duo explore the iron of high performers being the first to pack their bags when RTO mandates come down.
- Comment Block
- I work in a remote company now (just a team member, not a manager). And the culture obviously feels very different. Before I could “chat at the watercooler” and/or go out to lunch or dinner. My team and I, we all talk on calls of course, but it’s always more formal - everyone has those mental meeting barriers up. How can I build strong interpersonal relationships when in-person options aren’t available?
- We’re launching an MVP but the team is divided between speed and quality. Is there a practical way to get something to market fast but still have it be “right” and not full of bugs?
- … 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.
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59 min - 153: Clicking Up the Wrong Tree
Refactored #153: “Clicking Up the Wrong Tree”
On this episode of Refactored…
- Chris is in love with ClickUp on TikTok. Straight unhinged. But he’s not in love with ClickUp itself. The guys debate.
- All-in-one vs specialized tools? The classic debate.
- Chris tells a story about the wrong people being put in charge of the wrong “hard” things.
- Frank sees opportunity for SQLite in prod. Chris is skeptical af bruh.
- … and much more!
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1 hr 3 min - 152: A Framework of Fear
Refactored #152: “A Framework of Fear”
On this episode of Refactored…
- Comment Block
- “With the explosion of AI tools I’m becoming more paranoid than ususal. How can I trust that any of these AI powered platforms are secure when I know how often we skip actual security reviews, and should I be worred that we’re prioritizing cool features over actual security?”
- The guys try to figure out what ‘security’ actually means here.
- LLMs: Not So Smart (PDF warning) after all. Shocking, I know.
- React Server Components: What’s old is new again. Can’t make this crap up.
- … and much more!
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Visit https://refactored.work/ for the full archive, show notes, and more. Hosted by Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.
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59 min - 151: Horse Massacre
Refactored #151: “Horse Massacre”
On this episode of Refactored…
- The guys debate risk and business context of “tech debt” and whether that term is even valid. Good luck getting management to care!
- Frank says microservices are just trendy, while Chris just complains about the operational complexity. Either way, maybe we can just… not?… for a while?
- Can you speak “business?” Sadly it’s a gate to efficacy, and not just for the ladder climbers. Quantifying risk, time-efficiency, and top-line numbers are all part of the game.
- The pick of the week is Donut — no it’s not a SoLoMo app changing the world for busy cops, but it can help engender a stronger sense of community through Slack.
- … and much more!
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1 hr - 150: Octo-Kimono
Refactored #150: “Octo-Kimono”
On this episode of Refactored…
- Chris has been demoted! He explains how he fell from supreme executive to mere sea urchin.
- Chris rants about AWS. Those unreliable, gaslighting sons of… well, he has a bit of a strong reaction to some recent challenges.
- Frank corroborates: Digial Ocean (as a proxy for one of a dozen different great services) offer what 98% of businesses actually need at a fraction of the headache.
- Apple: steadily declining in a super reliable way. So that’s… good? lmao
- Dude, do you know where salutes and handshakes came from? Frank does.
- … and much more!
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1 hr 1 min - 149: WP Engine SHALL NOT Pass
Refactored #149: “WP Engine SHALL NOT Pass”
On this episode of Refactored…
- NIST SP 800-63B-4 is out, and Chris couldn’t be happier. They have now officially barred password rotations (along with some other super great updates)! Seriously, Chris is like, too excited by this.
- Frank brings the story about the (now legal and very public) battle between WordPress and WP Engine. The guys debate some of the business and technical implications. Will there be A Forkening?
- Frank predicts more nuanced, “open,” licenses in the future for business. Chris is skeptical.
- … and much more!
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1 hr 1 min - 148: DevOps: The Third Silo
Refactored #148: “DevOps: The Third Silo”
On this episode of Refactored…
- The guys discuss the evolution of DevOps
- Still a philosophy.
- Still not a job title.
- But also, now definitely a job title.
- Danger zone: Did we just create a new silo? That would be… not great.
- Why do people elect .NET for web dev? The guys are baffled.
- Comment: “Serverless sounds cool in theory, but now we’ve got a thousand different functions running everywhere, and I have no clue how to monitor or debug half of them. Did we just trade one set of problems for another?”
- Comment: “I’ve been managing a dev team for a while, but now everyone wants to use AI tools to ‘help code faster.’ How do I keep productivity up without turning my team into a bunch of over-reliant AI button-pushers?”
- … and much more!
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53 min - 147: Pro Consoles: Nothing to See Here
Refactored #147: “Pro Consoles: Nothing to See Here”
On this episode of Refactored…
- Chris becomes a camera snob while Frank warns against combination appliances.
- Nothing CEO Carl Pei issues Return-To-Office mandate; publishes on LinkedIn.
- It’s impassioned
- It sounds logical
- It’s unsubstantiated
- TLDR: GTFO
- Are smartphones commoditized? Are “Pro” consoles worth it? The guys debate.
- The guys wonder what “innovation” will come next to steal the limelight from LLMs.
- … and much more!
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1 hr 1 min - 146: Procedural Justice
Refactored #146: “Procedural Justice”
On this episode of Refactored…
- Chris has a new GPT power use case. It’s not new, and it’s not his, but he pretends like it is.
- The guys avoid a longer-form discussion about popular game dev algos, like Perlin Noise and Voronoi Diagrams.
- Frank brings up Pandora (yeah, it’s still a thing) and the guys talk ML “filter bubbles” and job security.
- The guys debate inconsistent messages coming out after a recent Columbus, Ohio data breach [1] [2].
- TLDR: City officials lied. Then they retaliated against the whistleblower. Then they sued him. Then they lied some more.
- …….. jerks
- Maybe sometime the guys will share what they really think. ;)
- Streaming may revive a new wave of interactive fiction - Frank unpacks an example while Chris gets eaten by a giant spider.
- … and much more!
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1 hr 16 min - 145: Skibidi Rollbacks
Refactored #145: “Skibidi Rollbacks”
On this episode of Refactored…
- Chris grouses about his Logitech BRIO. Decent camera, until the autofocus goes haywire.
- The guys talk M&A: Elgato, Corsiar, and Origin PC.
- AI hype: Chris brings a stupid story about “AI” being shoved into toothbrushes.
- “Move fast and break things”: A debate.
- Also: do you actually build down-migrations?
- Frank talks streaming, WoW, and Roblox.
- The guys debate how different “generations” (levels of experience) approach software development.
- … 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.
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