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Tech Done Right

74 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings

The Tech Done Right podcast is a show by and for people who care about what they build. We don't just build software, we build teams, companies, careers, and communities.
Each episode features host Noel Rappin talking to interesting people in the tech community about building something the right way. We’re not just going to give you our thoughts on the topic, but tools, processes, or references that you can use immediately to build better software and communities.

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Episodes

Episode 22: Nonviolent Conversation with Nadia Odunayo

October 18, 2017 15:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Nonviolent Communication With Nadia Odunayo Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2)! Guest Nadia Odunayo (https://twitter.com/nodunayo), nadiaodunayo.com (http://www.nadiaodunayo.com/), Co-host of Ruby Book Club (http://rubybookclub.com/), director at Ignition Works (http://ignition.works/). Summary Do you have interactions with co-workers w...

Episode 21: How Set Design Can Inform Software Architecture With Betsy Haibel

October 04, 2017 15:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

How Set Design Can Inform Software Architecture With Betsy Haibel Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2)! Guest Betsy Haibel (https://twitter.com/betsythemuffin) or betsyhaibel.com (http://betsyhaibel.com), co-founder of Cohere (http://wecohere.com) Summary Any profession that requires you to hit a budget and a deadline while balancing the ...

Episode 20: Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial

September 20, 2017 15:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2)! Guests Mark Guzdial (https://twitter.com/guzdial): Professor in Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech (http://home.cc.gatech.edu/guzdial) and Computer Science Education Researcher. Jeff Casimir (https://twitter.com/j3): Ex...

Episode 19: Navigating the JavaScript World: A Panel Discussion

September 06, 2017 15:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MB

Navigating the JavaScript World Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2)! Guests Zach Briggs (https://twitter.com/TheOtherZach) | theotherzach.com (http://theotherzach.com/) Trek Glowacki (https://twitter.com/trek) Melanie Sumner (https://twitter.com/melaniersumner) | melsumner.com (http://melsumner.com/) Marques Woodson (https://twitter.com/...

Episode 18: Agile UX Product Design with Yana Carstens and Jeff Patton

August 23, 2017 15:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MB

Agile UX Product Design with Yana Carstens and Jeff Patton Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2). Guests Jeff Patton (https://twitter.com/jeffpatton): Author of User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product (https://www.amazon.com/User-Story-Mapping-Discover-Product/dp/1491904909) and owner of Jeff Patton & Associates (ht...

Episode 17: The Elm Programming Language With Corey Haines

August 09, 2017 15:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

The Elm Programming Language With Corey Haines Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2). Guest Corey Haines (https://twitter.com/coreyhaines): CTO of Hearken (https://www.wearehearken.com/), creator of code retreats, and author of Understanding the Four Rules of Simple Design (https://leanpub.com/4rulesofsimpledesign). Summary Want to build great f...

Episode 16: Open Source: The Big Picture with Nadia Eghbal

July 26, 2017 15:00 - 36 minutes - 34 MB

Open Source: The Big Picture with Nadia Eghbal Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2), and please sign up for our newsletter (http://www.techdoneright.io/newsletter)! Guest Nadia Eghbal (https://twitter.com/nayafia): Works on Open Source Initiatives at GitHub (https://github.com/), Author of Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infra...

Episode 15: Agile Teams and Escaping Velocity with Doc Norton and Claire Podulka

July 12, 2017 15:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MB

Agile Teams and Escaping Velocity with Doc Norton and Claire Podulka Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), leave us a review on iTunes, and please sign up for our newsletter (http://www.techdoneright.io/newsletter)! Guests Doc Norton (https://twitter.com/DocOnDev): Co-Founder and CEO of CTO2 (http://www.wearecto2.com). Claire Podulka (https://twitter.com/cpodulka): Project Manager at Table XI (http://www.tablexi.com/). Summary How can you tell whether an...

Episode 14: From Idea To Company With Maci Peterson and Alicia Drucker

June 28, 2017 15:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

From Idea To Company With Maci Peterson and Alicia Drucker Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, and please sign up for our newsletter (http://www.techdoneright.io/newsletter)! Guests Maci Peterson (https://twitter.com/MaciPeterson): Co-founder and CEO of On Second Thought (https://www.onsecondthought.co/). Alicia Drucker: Director of Software Delivery at Table XI (http://www.tablexi.com/) Summary How does an idea beco...

Episode 13: Livable Code With Sarah Mei

June 14, 2017 15:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

Livable Code With Sarah Mei Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), leave us a review on iTunes, and please sign up for our newsletter (http://www.techdoneright.io/newsletter)! Guest Sarah Mei (https://twitter.com/sarahmei): Founder of RailsBridge (http://railsbridge.org/), Director of Ruby Central (http://rubycentral.org/), Chief Consultant at DevMynd Software (https://www.devmynd.com/). Summary Is your code the kind of cluttered house you might find on a...

Episode 12: Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos

May 31, 2017 15:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (http://www.twitter.com/tech_done_right), leave us a review on iTunes, and please sign up for our newsletter (http://techdoneright.io/newsletter)! Guests Claire Lew (https://twitter.com/cjlew23): CEO of Know Your Company (https://knowyourcompany.com/) Dan Hodos: Table XI’s (http://www.tablexi.com/) Director of Operations Summary How can you get honest feedback from co-workers, even when you are...

Episode 11: Avoiding Legacy Code with Michael Feathers

May 17, 2017 15:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MB

Avoiding Legacy Code with Michael Feathers Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright or leave us a review on iTunes and sign up for our newsletter (http://www.techdoneright.io/newsletter)! Guest Michael Feathers (https://twitter.com/mfeathers): Author of Working Effectively with Legacy Code (https://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-Feathers/dp/0131177052); r7krecon.com (https://www.r7krecon.com/) Summary What makes a code base go bad and become "Legacy Code"? Can teams avoid writ...

Episode 10: Design Sprints with Kai Haley and Zeke Binion

May 10, 2017 15:00 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MB

Design Sprints with Kai Haley and Zeke Binion Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright or leave us a review on iTunes and sign up for our newsletter (http://www.techdoneright.io/newsletter)! Guests Kai Haley (https://twitter.com/kaihaley): Interaction Designer on Google’s Design Relations Team, leads the Sprint Master Academy (http://www.teacuplab.com/blog/get-to-know-the-google-sprint-master-academy/) Zeke Binion (https://twitter.com/ebinion): Former Director of Design for Table XI (http://www....

Episode 9: Conference Speaking and Diverse Perspectives with Carina C. Zona and Mark Yoon

April 26, 2017 15:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB

Conference Speaking and Diverse Perspectives with Carina C. Zona and Mark Yoon Summary Want to start speaking at conferences? We go over how to get your first conference acceptance, then how to become a better speaker over time. For conference organizers, we also discuss how to find the best speakers from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. Carina C. Zona (@cczona) and Mark Yoon (@wimyoon) join Noel Rappin (@noelrap) on this episode of Tech Done Right. Notes Follow us on Twitter! @t...

Episode 8: Open-Source Community Management and Safety With Coraline Ada Ehmke and Yana Carstens

April 12, 2017 15:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MB

Open-Source Community Management and Safety With Coraline Ada Ehmke and Yana Carstens Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright or leave us a review on iTunes! Guests Coraline Ada Ehmke (https://twitter.com/CoralineAda): Open Source Advocate, Creator of The Contributor Covenant (http://contributor-covenant.org/), Founding Panelist of Greater Than Code (https://www.greaterthancode.com/), Senior Engineer on the Community and Safety Team at GitHub (https://github.com/) Yana Carstens (https://twitt...

Software, Open Source, and Rails With Eileen Uchitelle and Andrew Horner

March 29, 2017 15:00 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MB

Episode 007: Software, Open Source, and Rails with Eileen Uchitelle and Andrew Horner Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (http://www.twitter.com/tech_done_right) or leave us a review on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341)! Notes How does the Rails core team work? How are new features planned and implemented? How can I contribute? What should I do if I find a security issue in Rails? Our guest is the newest Rails core team member Eileen Uchitelle (@eilee...

Using Software to Create Better Countries: Recovering Healthcare.gov with Andy Slavitt

March 15, 2017 15:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MB

Episode 006: Using Software to Create Better Countries: Recovering Healthcare.gov with Andy Slavitt Guest Andy Slavitt (https://twitter.com/ASlavitt): Ran Medicare, Medicaid & ACA for President Obama Summary How can we use software to build better countries? Our guest, Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt), helps us answer by telling us what he learned leading the recovery effort on Healthcare.gov in 2013 and 2014. Andy will talk about the 6,000 defect backlog he inherited when he took over the system, ho...

JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks with Zach Briggs and David Copeland

March 08, 2017 16:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

Episode 005: JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks Follow us on Twitter! @techdoneright (http://www.twitter.com/tech_done_right) or leave us a review on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341)! Summary Dave Copleand (@davetron5000 (http://www.twitter.com/davetron5000)) and Zach Briggs (@theotherzach (http://www.twitter.com/theotherzach)) join Noel Rappin (@noelrap (http://www.twitter.com/noelrap)) for a Tech Done Right discussion of JavaScript practi...

Episode 004: In The Testing Weeds With Sam Phippen and Justin Searls

February 22, 2017 16:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MB

Episode 004: Testing Summary Sam Phippen, Justin Searls, and Noel Rappin spend this episode talking about the value of test-driven development (TDD) as well as its cost. They discuss the kinds of problems that developers are likely to have after they learn TDD and attempt to apply it to a large application. Learn why Rails is both great and terrible for automated testing, and how testing can influence the structure of your code. Guests Sam Phippen (https://twitter.com/samphippen): Engineer at...

Episode 003: Remote Work with Allison McMillan and Bradley Schaefer

February 08, 2017 17:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB

Summary Allison McMillan (@allie_p) and Bradley Schaefer (@soulcutter) talk about remote work in the age of Slack. What makes a good remote worker, or a good remote working team? How can you support more junior team members who want to work remotely? How do you email cake to remote workers on launch celebration day? How can you improve code review for remote workers? Guests Allison McMillan: Software Developer at Collective Idea (http://collectiveidea.com/) and Rails Girls (http://railsgirls....

Episode 002: Career Development With Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks

January 25, 2017 17:00 - 40 minutes - 35 MB

Description Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks join the Tech Done Right podcast to discuss career development. We'll discuss some career development questions like: What makes somebody a senior developer? How do you acquire senior developer skills? What can you do to prepare yourself for a lifetime career and ensure that you are properly valued? Show Notes Pete Brooks: Software Developer at Table XI (http://www.tablexi.com/). Author of "How I landed my first programming job" (http://www.tablexi.c...

Episode 001: Building Trust and Building Teams with Jessie Shternshus and Mark Rickmeier

January 16, 2017 20:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB

We talk about the role that trust has in building teams, and how improv games can help build that trust and improve the way you deliver feedback. Guests Mark Rickmeier: CEO of Table XI (http://www.tablexi.com/) Jessie Shternshus: Founder of The Improv Effect (http://www.improveffect.com/) and Author of the book, CTRL-SHIFT (https://www.amazon.com/CTRL-SHIFT-Mike-Bonifer/dp/0986296597) Show Notes 01:08 - The Improv Effect (http://www.improveffect.com/) and Improv as an Effective Method of C...

Preview Episode 2: Building Large CSS Apps And Components with Aly Fluckey

January 04, 2017 21:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB

This one is with Table XI front-end developer Aly Fluckey and it’s all about how the Table XI team organizes CSS to best manage the demands of a large code base with lots of styles. We try to avoid common CSS problems, mostly involving having to guess what styles will actually be applied to any given element. The goal is to have the CSS be as predictable and easy to find as possible. I learned a lot from this interview, and if you work with CSS, I bet you will too. Special Guest: Aly Fluckey.

Preview Episode 1: Mobile Development Toolkit with Ed LaFoy

January 04, 2017 20:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MB

This week, we have Ed LaFoy, who is Table XI’s Director of Mobile Development. Table XI’s mobile team does amazing work and uses a lot of external tools for testing, interface design, code quality, and beyond. If you are a web developer and looking to get a sense of how to match parts of your developer experience, listen to this interview. If you are a mobile developer, and you are having some developer pain in those areas, listen to this interview. Special Guest: Ed LaFoy.

Guests

Justin Searls
3 Episodes
Avdi Grimm
2 Episodes
Andy Hunt
1 Episode
Dave Thomas
1 Episode
David Copeland
1 Episode
Gant Laborde
1 Episode
Kerri Miller
1 Episode
Michael Feathers
1 Episode
Nadia Odunayo
1 Episode
Neil Patel
1 Episode
Sandi Metz
1 Episode
Saron Yitbarek
1 Episode
Steve Klabnik
1 Episode

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