Refactored

By Chris Tonkinson, Frank Koehl

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

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Refactored episodes:

January 10, 2023094: Don't Touch My Kindle
Refactored #094: “Don’t Touch My Kindle”
On this episode of Refactored…
Chris really doesn’t like when people touch displays. Jeff Atwood agrees.
Chris — a mere decade and a half late to the trend — is a fan of the Amazon Kindle.
Libraries… are actually pretty cool. Go check one out.
Frank gives a LastPass update. Turns out… probably time to leave, as expected.
Ask The Internet: “Need opinions from people with experience in the industry” from r/AskProgramming.
… and much more!
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1h 1min
December 28, 2022093: Passwords and Kidphones
Refactored #093: “Passwords and Kidphones”
On this episode of Refactored…
LastPass - Danger Will Robinson! Even WIRED agrees.
Frank is most aggravated that they didn’t full roll creds after their first incident.
Chris is most aggravated at the amount of unenctrypted data stored in the vault.
Neither of the guys are using it anymore, to be clear.
Chris wants to know if anyone is still using zxcvbn anymore, or something simliar.
Frank bought his kid a phone — the Bark Phone.
The guys agree, “socials” are no bueno.
Frank calls it a “less-toxic use for AI”
The pick of the week is Bitwarden.
… and much more!
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1h 16min
December 20, 2022092: What Problem Are You Trying to Solve?
Refactored #092: “What Problem Are You Trying To Solve?”
On this episode of Refactored…
No end of year programming here, no sir. Maybe publication troubles… but not content production lazinss :)
The guys close the conversation on Line Goes Up.
What’s the point of an NFT? [Tom Haverford voice] “To have one, which he does.”
Most crypto Grifto™ is nothing more than a ponzi.
Regarding FTX & SBF - crypto didn’t fail, tradfi did. Fight us.
Frank goes up out there and gets ‘imself a new jerb. Congrats, Frank!
Reporting engines suck… but do you know what sucks more? Custom reporting engines.
Frank makes it clear: define your use case and acceptance criteria completely independently of your tech & infra.
… and much more!
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59min
December 13, 2022091: AI at a Holiday Party
Refactored #091: “AI at a Holiday Party”
On this episode of Refactored…
Chris doesn’t know how cereal works, apparently.
Chris also doesn’t know how TV works, apparently.
Chris doesn’t even know how his own job works (apparently) so he’s been outsourcing everything to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Frank introduces the story of a French guy who politely declined hookers and blow at company parties. Gets fired. Sues. Wins. The guys discuss at some length.
Are extracurriculars valuable?
Do you have to go?
should you go?
It all depends.
The pick of the week is ChatGPT. Because of course it is, this thing is wild!
… and much more!
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1h 8min
December 06, 2022090: Fractional Reserve Crypto
Refactored #090: “Fractional Reserve Crypto”
On this episode of Refactored…
Chris really has a bee in his bonnett about FTX, so-called “exchanges,” and crypto custody.
Frank doesn’t think the term “desktop software” is going anywhere, but the guys avoid a longer discussion about convergence devices like the PinePhone and Librem.
Chris narrates while Frank takes control of his crypto fortune. NOT YOUR KEYS, NOT YOUR CRYPTO
Line Goes Up is a tremendous assault on the financial motivations behind and current state of the NFT ecosystem. But is its grim perspective on possible future universes fair?
Feedback: Repeat offender Scott — unoffical IT support for Refactored — points out yet another broken TLS certificate.
… and much more!
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1h 5min
November 29, 2022089: I Quit
Refactored #089: “I Quit”
On this episode of Refactored…
Your homework: watch Office Space. Your other homework: never be anyone from Office Space.
Frank asks, when resigning, should you talk to your boss first, or send the email? Discussion ensues.
Point is — unless your boss is r/AmITheAsshole — you probably want to talk to them before making a decision.
Do you need narrative control? Do you need to CYA? Probably not. But the guys have some tips if so.
The pick of the week is (any one of): Positive Personality Profiles, Personality Plus, The Four Temperaments.
… and much more!
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1h 4min
November 22, 2022088: We've Always Done It That Way
Refactored #088: “We’ve Always Done It That Way”
On this episode of Refactored…
Jurassic Park holds up, man. Even when Xfinity flakes out for an entire week.
You know what really grinds our gears? People who defend their actions solely on the basis of tradition.
“The last guy” isn’t nearly the myopic troll he’s made out to be. Don’t be the new guy that throws the last guy under the bus.
The macroeconomic environment is bad, no denying it. Some of the tech pullback is directly tied to Fed rates, but Frank extracts a key lesson about sustainable growth.
Frank offers a $1,000 cash reward for anyone who can identify where the QWERTY keys are on Chris’ Moonlander (photo below). Was it a sincere offer? not-sure-if.jpg
The guys want some real world feedback on anyone who has lubed their mechanical keeb.
The pick of the week is Good to Great, by Jim Collins.
… and much more!
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1h 5min
November 15, 2022087: Cloud Ragnarök
Refactored #087: “Macroeconomics Ragnarök”
On this episode of Refactored…
Frank is super hype for the new God of War, if you couldn’t tell.
Layoffs.fyi is — unfortunately — a super interesting site right now.
The big bois are all announcing hiring freezes and/or layoffs right now. Most recently Facebook and Apple. Rumors about Amazon next. Chris has a somber prediction.
The guys talk resumes. Few quick tips:
Quantify All The Things.
Talk about you, not your team.
Speak to accomplishments, not responsibilities.
Highlight your role, not your company.
Frank wrote about this topic in more depth.
The guys debate the value proposition of the cloud. dhh is moving HEY off the cloud (link to article and podcast).
Is the fediverse ready for prime time as Twitter’s future is uncertain? The guys discuss Mastodon, Diaspora, PeerTube, etc.
… and much more!
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1h 1min
November 08, 2022086: George Foreman Cosplay
Refactored #086: “George Foreman Cosplay”
On this episode of Refactored…
Lachlan Patterson has some funny analysis on designing the George Foreman grill.
Frank argues well that your product (service?) design needs to be very focused. Be cutthroat.
Feedback: “Does DevOps mean anything now that a bunch of companies are ‘doing DevOps’ but not really doing anything differently than before?”
The pick of the week is the George Foreman Grill. Yes… that one.
… and much more!
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58min
November 03, 2022085: Hustle Culture
Refactored #085: “Hustle Culture”
On this episode of Refactored…
Rails’ has_one / belongs_to associations trip Chris up. What a dumb-dumb.
Chris makes the point that most of software development is yak shaving.
There is much dissection of why undergrad programs fail to produce people with basic skills.
The guys fight about hustle culture. Necessarily toxic? You decide.
There is much reconciliation when the guys agree about the behaviors of curiosity and peripheral vision.
Hiring sucks. Seriously. One of the hardest parts of the jerb.
The guys agree that trust & delegation are key to any team, at any point, of any size, in perpetuity and throughout the entire universe.
Go Phils! : wait, do we really invoke the sportsballs here?
… and much more!
Don’t be shy! Reach out at [email protected].
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1h 4min

FAQs about Refactored:

How many episodes does Refactored have?

The podcast currently has 164 episodes available.