Class of 2025

The class of 2025

• Class of 2025

  

  EP-216 Kent L Beck You’re Ignoring Optionality… and Paying for It December 9, 2025, 50 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-205 Mercedes Bernard Friendly Code Welcomes Everyone In April 8, 2025, 49 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-198 Mike Bowers From ISAM to JSON—Navigating 40+ Years of Database Evolution February 11, 2025, 45 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-209 Joel Chippindale Why High-Quality Software Isn’t About Developer Skill Alone July 1, 2025, 57 min Listen to the episode ×

  Kent L BeckMercedes BernardMike BowersJoel Chippindale

• Class of 2025

  

  EP-206 Freedom Dumlao What 70 Java Services Taught Me About Focus April 22, 2025, 63 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-199 Marty Haught Rethinking Technical Debt—Is It Really Just Drift? February 18, 2025, 53 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-195 Joel Hawksley The Hidden Costs of Frontend Complexity January 14, 2025, 46 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-210 Sara Jackson Why Resilience Is a Team Sport July 22, 2025, 53 min Listen to the episode ×

  Freedom DumlaoMarty HaughtJoel HawksleySara Jackson

• Class of 2025

  

  EP-212 Nathan Ladd Relentless Improvement and the Cost of Neglect October 14, 2025, 55 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-196 Carola Lilienthal Tackling Technical Debt with Patterns and Domain Knowledge January 21, 2025, 43 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-200 Julia López Code Tells a Story—Even the White Spaces February 25, 2025, 51 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-215 Don MacKinnon Why Simplicity Beats Cleverness in Software Design December 2, 2025, 51 min Listen to the episode ×

  Nathan LaddCarola LilienthalJulia LópezDon MacKinnon

• Class of 2025

  

  EP-207 Joe Masilotti Simplify Your Stack, Ship Mobile Sooner May 20, 2025, 56 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-197 Lorna Mitchell Writing Documentation Engineers Will Actually Read January 28, 2025, 43 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-211 Taylor Otwell What 14 Years of Laravel Taught Me About Maintainability August 26, 2025, 56 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-204 Evan Phoenix The Why of the One Line April 1, 2025, 69 min Listen to the episode ×

  Joe MasilottiLorna MitchellTaylor OtwellEvan Phoenix

• Class of 2025

  

  EP-213 Denis Rechkunov When Consistency Becomes a Culture October 28, 2025, 67 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-203 Chris Salvato Building Developer Paradise by Sitting in the Problem Space March 25, 2025, 47 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-208 Melanie Sumner Why Continuous Accessibility Is a Strategic Advantage June 10, 2025, 50 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-202 Heimir Thor Sverrisson Architecture First, Tech Debt Second March 18, 2025, 41 min Listen to the episode ×

  Denis RechkunovChris SalvatoMelanie SumnerHeimir Thor Sverrisson

• Class of 2025

  

  EP-201 Noémi Ványi Only Fix Problems That Are Actually Problems March 11, 2025, 42 min Listen to the episode ×
  

  EP-214 Chris Zetter Building a Database to Better Understand Maintainability November 18, 2025, 50 min Listen to the episode ×

  Noémi VányiChris Zetter

• Class award Longest running framework Taylor Otwell “What 14 Years of Laravel Taught Me About Maintainability”
• Class award Most likely to keep their options open Kent L Beck “You’re Ignoring Optionality… and Paying for It”
• Nominated Most likely to explain one line for an hour Evan Phoenix “The Why of the One Line”
• Honorable mention Most services survived Freedom Dumlao “What 70 Java Services Taught Me About Focus” Seventy!
• Runner-up Most likely to leave it alone Noémi Ványi “Only Fix Problems That Are Actually Problems”