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247: The Developer’s Path (Laurie Young)

August 15th, 2017 | Season 7 | 35 mins 31 secs

Chad is joined by Laurie Young to discuss The Developer's Path, a panel discussion hosted at thoughtbot London on how companies and developers can work together to achieve reciprocal growth.

246: Becoming the 'Yes' Person (Sara Chipps)

July 28th, 2017 | Season 7 | 40 mins 22 secs

Chad is joined by Sara Chipps, cofounder of Girl Develop It & CEO of Jewelbots, to discuss integrating with custom hardware, building a community of young coders, working with retailers, and branding.

245: F is for Feelings (Gregg Pollack)

July 13th, 2017 | Season 7 | 55 mins 45 secs

Chad is joined by Code School & Envy Labs founder Gregg Pollack to discuss optimal work environments and building a company to support Open Source Projects.

244: A Fork in the Road (Seth Godin)

July 4th, 2017 | Season 7 | 32 mins 50 secs

Chad is joined by author, blogger, entrepreneur, and marketer Seth Godin to discuss the organizational introspection required to move from the cutting edge to the mainstream.

243: Mostly Local (Mike McKenna)

June 27th, 2017 | Season 7 | 36 mins 45 secs

Chad is joined by Mike McKenna, CEO of Shotgunflat, to discuss cultivating a business in the town in which one grew up, working with family, the effect of adding a sales team to a consultancy, and the legislation of craft-brewing.

242: Too Dressed Up For The Internet (Kim Goulbourne)

June 19th, 2017 | Season 7 | 24 mins 22 secs

Chad is joined by thoughtbot designer Kim Goulbourne to discuss inspiration, side projects, and winning a Webby Award!

241: I Don’t Like Talking to Computers (Nick Charlton)

June 7th, 2017 | Season 7 | 1 hr 2 mins

Chad is joined by Nick Charlton, thoughtbot developer and co-host of the Build Phase podcast, to give their impressions on all the news out of the WWDC17 Keynote & Platforms State of the Union.

240: Handing Over the Reins

June 5th, 2017 | Season 6 | 55 mins 38 secs

Ben outlines his next steps, reflects on his time at thoughtbot, and hands the proverbial podcast reins over to Chad.

239: Change is in the Air

May 29th, 2017 | Season 6 | 35 mins 51 secs

Ben bids adieu to thoughtbot, and outlines his plans, hopes, and fears for the future.

238: The Graph is Beautiful

May 22nd, 2017 | Season 6 | 19 mins 51 secs

Derrick gets technical about Drip's performance optimization, and reflects on pre-conceived opinions in regards to tactical & strategic planning after receiving some constructive criticism.

237: Steve Jobs Used Slides

April 28th, 2017 | Season 6 | 34 mins 13 secs

Ben and Derrick recount their experiences and lessons learned speaking at MicroConf.

236: Care For Customer Support (Spencer Fry)

April 21st, 2017 | Season 6 | 37 mins 38 secs

Ben is joined this week by Spencer Fry, founder of TypeFrag, Carbonmade, Uncover, and Coach, to discuss carryover lessons of successful startups.

235: Meta Talk Process

April 12th, 2017 | Season 6 | 31 mins 1 sec

As we prepare for MicroConf, Ben takes a new tact on his talk after giving an early demo, and Derrick recounts a positive pair-programming experience.

234: Secret Features

April 5th, 2017 | Season 6 | 29 mins 46 secs

On FormKeep, Ben implements custom redirects on form submissions and starts a test to remove up-front credit card collection, as well as discusses evaluation of feature requests. On Drip, Derrick walks through the app with new devs, considers on-boarding automation, and continues his refactoring project.

233: Insert Mode is the Worst Mode

March 27th, 2017 | Season 6 | 27 mins 34 secs

Derrick welcomes new Javascript and Rails developers to Drip. Ben prepares a content deal and interviews a Content Manager for Upcase, discusses the benefits and methodology to Vim proficiency, works on an integration with Wistia, and ponders growing / selling apps.

232: Don't Be Boring

March 22nd, 2017 | Season 6 | 27 mins 24 secs

As Ben and Derrick prepare their talks for MicroConf, Ben shares his tips and habits for talk preparation and public speaking.