Curious Conversations on the Art of Software Maintenance
Stuck in the mud with your codebase? Wondering how others are making it work? You're not alone.
On Maintainable, Robby talks with seasoned engineers who have battled technical debt, messy legacy code, and the cultural chaos of software development—and won.
They share real stories. Real lessons. No silver bullets, just practical ways to make your software (and your team) better.
We're in this together.
Enjoy the show.

Recent Episodes

EP-199 | February 18, 2025
Marty Haught: Rethinking Technical Debt—Is It Really Just Drift?

EP-198 | February 11, 2025
Mike Bowers - From ISAM to JSON—Navigating 40+ Years of Database Evolution

EP-197 | January 28, 2025
Lorna Mitchell: Writing Documentation Engineers Will Actually Read

EP-196 | January 21, 2025
Carola Lilienthal: Tackling Technical Debt with Patterns and Domain Knowledge

EP-195 | January 14, 2025
Joel Hawksley: The Hidden Costs of Frontend Complexity

EP-194 | December 10, 2024
Austin Story: Making Software Easier to Change, Remove, and Evolve

EP-193 | December 3, 2024
Dan Moore: Building Developer-Friendly Authentication Solutions

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