The Code Gardener

By Alan Ridlehoover & Fito von Zastrow

An occasional podcast about writing software well and whatever else strikes our fancy!

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The Code Gardener episodes:

December 30, 20242024 Wrapped
In this episode, we look back at what an amazing year it was, from adopting our puppies, to our first international conference, Tropical.rb, to RailsConf, RailsWorld, Rocky Mountain Ruby, and RubyConf. Heck, we even started a podcast!

If you want to watch our conference talks, you can find us on RubyVideo.dev:
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December 30, 2024Hexagonal Architecture + Rails
In this episode of The Code Gardener, we discuss the Ports & Adapters pattern, also known as Hexagonal Architecture.

STOP! Before listening to the episode, please take the time to go watch Alistair Cockburn's excellent talk on Hexagonal Architecture at the Tech Excellence Conference (link below).

Seriously. We'll be here when you get back.

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Hexagonal Architecture by Alistair Cockburn at Tech Excellence Conference
Hexagonal Rails by Matt Wynne from GoRuCo 2012
Together: The Merb Story by Yehuda Katz
Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers
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42min
December 30, 2024So DRY It Chafes
In this special Thanksgiving weekend episode, Fito and Alan discuss what they're thankful for this year, and then tackle why DRY is the worst programming advice ever.

Links...
A Brewer's Guide to Filtering out Complexity and Churn from Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024.
The Case for WET Tests by Amanda Beiner
Let's Not by Joe Ferris
3A – Arrange, Act, Assert by Bill Wake
Rule of Three from Refactoring by Martin Fowler (page 58), attributed to Don Roberts
"Last Responsible Moment" from Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change by Kent Beck and Cynthia Andres (page 25), though Beck & Andres may have been influenced by Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck (page 57), which was released a year earlier.
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30min
December 30, 2024Introductions
In this, our first episode ever, we introduce ourselves and talk about one of our favorite projects.

RubyConf Talk mentioned:
Workshop: No Static Types? No Problem! by Noel Rappin
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FAQs about The Code Gardener:

How many episodes does The Code Gardener have?

The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.