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Class of 2021

Episode 100 and a few nails

  • 31 classmates
  • 25 hours of conversation
Robby Russell in 2021
Class host Robby, 2021

A note from your host

We crossed one hundred episodes this year. We also briefly became a podcast about fingernails, which I stand by.

The real class covered a lot of ground: testing JavaScript, the programmer's brain, oncall alarms that mean something, and DHH making the case that legacy software is a victory.

The class of 2021

  • Class of 2021

    EP-111 Chris Birchall Re-Engineering Legacy Software November 22, 2021, 40 min Listen to the episode
    EP-085 John Cech How To Mentor Interns On Software Projects January 25, 2021, 44 min Listen to the episode
    EP-104 Rodney Cobb Repeatable. Testable. Scalable. June 21, 2021, 45 min Listen to the episode
    EP-095 Kent C. Dodds AHA Programming and Testing JavaScript April 7, 2021, 47 min Listen to the episode

    Chris BirchallJohn CechRodney CobbKent C. Dodds

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    EP-086 Jutta Eckstein How Software Impacts Our Planet February 1, 2021, 54 min Listen to the episode
    EP-100 Ken Fogel What Are You Leaving Behind? May 10, 2021, 48 min Listen to the episode
    EP-106 Tom Granot Finding Your Style When Explaining Things to Technical Audiences July 19, 2021, 46 min Listen to the episode
    EP-103 Dr. Michaela Greiler Getting Awesome at Code Reviews June 14, 2021, 41 min Listen to the episode

    Jutta EcksteinKen FogelTom GranotDr. Michaela Greiler

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    EP-108 David Heinemeier Hansson Celebrating Legacy Software as a Victory and the Story of How Humans Can't Estimate October 4, 2021, 53 min Listen to the episode
    EP-087 Heidi Helfand The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams February 8, 2021, 61 min Listen to the episode
    EP-097 Dr. Felienne Hermans Looking Inside The Programmer's Brain April 19, 2021, 49 min Listen to the episode
    EP-088 Robert Kaufman Running a Consultancy and a Coding School February 16, 2021, 72 min Listen to the episode

    David Heinemeier HanssonHeidi HelfandDr. Felienne HermansRobert Kaufman

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    EP-102 Mark Kilby Overcoming Challenges that Remote Technical Teams Experience May 24, 2021, 53 min Listen to the episode
    EP-096 Bertold Kolics Are You Carrying the Weight of Dead Code? April 12, 2021, 52 min Listen to the episode
    EP-084 Theresa Neate Testing != Quality January 18, 2021, 49 min Listen to the episode
    EP-093 Alexandre Omeyer Removing the Barriers to Track Technical Debt March 22, 2021, 51 min Listen to the episode

    Mark KilbyBertold KolicsTheresa NeateAlexandre Omeyer

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    EP-112 Shaundai Person Work on Having a Short-term Memory November 29, 2021, 51 min Listen to the episode
    EP-090 Johanna Rothman No, Great Developers Aren't Destined to Be Great Managers March 2, 2021, 54 min Listen to the episode
    EP-094 Brian Scanlan Improving Oncall Support with Meaningful Alarms March 29, 2021, 53 min Listen to the episode
    EP-089 Helen Scott Strategies For Measuring Developer Experience (DX) February 24, 2021, 38 min Listen to the episode

    Shaundai PersonJohanna RothmanBrian ScanlanHelen Scott

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    EP-083 Michael Springer Vetting External Dependencies January 11, 2021, 51 min Listen to the episode
    EP-098 Murray Steele Maintainable Code Is Easy to Turn Off and Delete April 26, 2021, 59 min Listen to the episode
    EP-101 Kevin Stewart Short-term Decisions That Need To Be Revisited May 19, 2021, 51 min Listen to the episode
    EP-082 Jason Swett Refactoring Is Necessary to Keep Your Blade Sharp January 4, 2021, 44 min Listen to the episode

    Michael SpringerMurray SteeleKevin StewartJason Swett

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    EP-110 Swizec Teller What is a Senior (Engineer) Mindset? November 8, 2021, 42 min Listen to the episode
    EP-092 Roopak Venkatakrishnan The Importance of Optimizing For Local Development and Build Systems March 15, 2021, 49 min Listen to the episode
    EP-109 Heidi Waterhouse Documentation: The Best Diff is a Red Diff November 1, 2021, 47 min Listen to the episode
    EP-105 Andrew Watkins How To Test What You're Trying to Build June 28, 2021, 47 min Listen to the episode

    Swizec TellerRoopak VenkatakrishnanHeidi WaterhouseAndrew Watkins

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    EP-091 Benjamin Wood Rescuing Ruby on Rails Projects March 8, 2021, 42 min Listen to the episode
    EP-107 Matt Wynne Cucumber and Why Is TDD Such a Challenge? August 2, 2021, 41 min Listen to the episode
    EP-113 Jean Yang Not All Software is Meant to be Maintained December 13, 2021, 49 min Listen to the episode

    Benjamin WoodMatt WynneJean Yang

Exchange students from Maintainable Nails

April 1st, 2021. We regret nothing.

For the record

First day of school
Jason Swett, January 4, 2021
Longest conversation
Robert Kaufman, 01:11:34
Last bell
Jean Yang, December 13, 2021