Twenty Percent Time

Dan Sheetz (Tighten's CEO) joins us this week for a chat about exactly what goes into making a good client/agency relationship, diving into topics like trust, transparency, understanding which problem to solve, and a lot more.

Cenitoria Melton (a Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about something most of us have encountered before, whether in our personal or professional life: imposter syndrome.

We're joined this week by Jake Bathman (a Programmer at Tighten) to talk all about what it's like to build apps & bots for Slack: why they're useful, what it's like to build one, and a lot more.

We're joined by John Bonaccorsi (one of Tighten's Lead Programmers) to talk about the pro's and con's (spoiler: there aren't too many con's) of class-based model factories in Laravel.

We're joined by Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, Tighten's Operations Manager, to talk about what it's like to create a welcoming culture for new vs. existing employees at a completely remote company.

We're joined by Jose Soto (one of Tighten's Lead Programmers) to talk about why he uses Docker for local development, what problems it solves, and a lot more.

Sara Bine, a Lead Programmer at Tighten, stops by Twenty Percent Time to talk about what it's like to build an app with NativeScript-Vue.

Tighten is relaunching Twenty Percent Time and we're starting Season 2 by talking with our CTO Matt Stauffer about all things hiring: when & why Tighten decides to hire, what we look for, what we wish people knew when applying, and more.

Today we ask the big question on every PHP developer's mind. We weigh out the pros and cons of the language, things we like and dislike, and ultimately, what keeps us coming back.

We talk about some big changes and some other fun stuff like LiveView in Laravel.