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About the show

A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot's Chad Pytel is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.

Episodes

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    130: Counting all the F-Words (Joanne Cheng)

    January 19th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 48 secs

    Chad & developer Joanne Cheng break down thoughtbot's statistical year in review!

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    129: The Engineering of Payments (Ian Logan)

    January 13th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 34 secs

    Chad talks with Ian Logan, an Engineering Manager at Airbnb, on the challenges, ideology, implementation, and future of their payments system.

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    128: To Attract and Retain (Dan Croak)

    January 4th, 2015  |  Season 3  |  47 mins 44 secs

    Chad talks with thoughtbot CMO Dan Croak about our content marketing strategy, managing the flow of new media, and the origin of our growth team.

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    127: Merging Worlds (Meng To)

    December 22nd, 2014  |  Season 3  |  39 mins 40 secs

    Jeff Smith talks to Meng To, author of Design + Code about the blurring line between developers and designers, learning tools to better communicate, and the difficulties of planing a world-wide workshop tour.

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    126: Log In to Your Space (Zach Dunn)

    December 15th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  47 mins 21 secs

    Chad talks to Zach Dunn, CPO of Robin, about the future of smart spaces, working with family, and when to shift your company's scope.

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    125: Rebooting (Adarsh Pandit)

    December 7th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  43 mins 51 secs

    Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director & host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired our newest show.

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    124: Maintaining Your Legacy (Scott Ford)

    November 23rd, 2014  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 57 secs

    Chad talks to Scott Ford, founder & COO of Corgibytes, about the business of software remodeling/retrofitting, and finding value and beauty in old code.

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    123: Don't Call It a Codecation (Chris Hunt)

    November 18th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  24 mins 49 secs

    Ben & Chris Hunt catch up on their latest conference talks, podcasts, and things accomplished on their recent coding retreat.

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    122: Ruby, the Weird Way (Britt Ballard, Caleb Thompson, Richard Schneeman, Terence Lee)

    November 10th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  50 mins 18 secs

    Britt Ballard leads this roundtable discussion on home-growing your own conference and their experiences, from theme and logo selection to scheduling guests and venues, turning Keep Ruby Weird from a dream into a reality.

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    121: Prolificness (Allison House)

    November 2nd, 2014  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 30 secs

    Guest-Ben Chad Pytel talks with Allison House about maintaining personal growth while freelancing, and her approach to harnessing your capacity to learn.

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    120: Open Your World For Commentary (Tom Lehman)

    October 27th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  54 mins 19 secs

    Ben talks with Tom Lehman, creator of Genius, about the power of honesty in corporate culture, and navigating the mores of discussing salary.

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    119: Create Value or Create Technology? (Pete Hunt)

    October 19th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 52 secs

    Ben talks with Pete Hunt, formerly of Facebook & Instagram, on React and what makes this unique JavaScript library tick, as well as shifting from a technical to a business focused mindset.

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    118: Scare Yourself (Dan Martell)

    October 12th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  37 mins 46 secs

    Ben talks with Dan Martell, CEO and founder of Clarity, about self-actualization in business, how life is affected by those around which one surrounds themselves and the value of staying outside one's comfort zone.

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    117: Designing Quality (Will Sulinski)

    September 21st, 2014  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 27 secs

    Ben talks with Will Sulinski, founder of Pistol Lake, on translating lessons learned from the tech sector into success in the fashion industry.

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    116: A Model Jellyfish (Carl Smith)

    September 14th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 51 secs

    Ben talks with nGen Works founder Carl Smith about alternatives to a "flat" structure, remote management & community building.

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    115: There's a Spectrum Involved Here (Brandon Bloom)

    September 7th, 2014  |  Season 3  |  37 mins 4 secs

    Ben talks with Brandon Bloom about finding the right tool for the job, there being too many objects in OO Programing and the importance for a full spectrum of options, regardless of the choice.