# Bryan Helmkamp: Don't Let Perfect Be The Enemy of Good

EP-053 | May 4, 2020 | 36:20




Robby speaks with Bryan Helmkamp, Founder and CEO at Code Climate. Bryan discusses the use of the term "technical debt" now vs. 15 years ago, what he's learned from having thousands of engineering teams use their tools, and the long-term benefits of choosing to build their main application in Ruby on Rails. You'll also get an overview of Code Climate's main products.





## Show Notes

Robby speaks with Bryan Helmkamp, Founder and CEO at Code Climate. Bryan discusses the use of the term "technical debt" now vs. 15 years ago, what he's learned from having thousands of engineering teams use their tools, and the long-term benefits of choosing to build their main application in Ruby on Rails. You'll also get an overview of Code Climate's main products.

## Helpful Links

- [Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/)
- [The Code Climate blog](https://codeclimate.com/blog/)
- Bryan [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/brynary)
- Code Climate [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/codeclimate)

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