Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
About the show
A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
Episodes
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127: Merging Worlds (Meng To)
December 22nd, 2014 | Season 3 | 39 mins 40 secs
Jeff Smith talks to Meng To, author of Design + Code about the blurring line between developers and designers, learning tools to better communicate, and the difficulties of planing a world-wide workshop tour.
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126: Log In to Your Space (Zach Dunn)
December 15th, 2014 | Season 3 | 47 mins 21 secs
Chad talks to Zach Dunn, CPO of Robin, about the future of smart spaces, working with family, and when to shift your company's scope.
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125: Rebooting (Adarsh Pandit)
December 7th, 2014 | Season 3 | 43 mins 51 secs
Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director & host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired our newest show.
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124: Maintaining Your Legacy (Scott Ford)
November 23rd, 2014 | Season 3 | 32 mins 57 secs
Chad talks to Scott Ford, founder & COO of Corgibytes, about the business of software remodeling/retrofitting, and finding value and beauty in old code.
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123: Don't Call It a Codecation (Chris Hunt)
November 18th, 2014 | Season 3 | 24 mins 49 secs
Ben & Chris Hunt catch up on their latest conference talks, podcasts, and things accomplished on their recent coding retreat.
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122: Ruby, the Weird Way (Britt Ballard, Caleb Thompson, Richard Schneeman, Terence Lee)
November 10th, 2014 | Season 3 | 50 mins 18 secs
Britt Ballard leads this roundtable discussion on home-growing your own conference and their experiences, from theme and logo selection to scheduling guests and venues, turning Keep Ruby Weird from a dream into a reality.
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121: Prolificness (Allison House)
November 2nd, 2014 | Season 3 | 32 mins 30 secs
Guest-Ben Chad Pytel talks with Allison House about maintaining personal growth while freelancing, and her approach to harnessing your capacity to learn.
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120: Open Your World For Commentary (Tom Lehman)
October 27th, 2014 | Season 3 | 54 mins 19 secs
Ben talks with Tom Lehman, creator of Genius, about the power of honesty in corporate culture, and navigating the mores of discussing salary.
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119: Create Value or Create Technology? (Pete Hunt)
October 19th, 2014 | Season 3 | 27 mins 52 secs
Ben talks with Pete Hunt, formerly of Facebook & Instagram, on React and what makes this unique JavaScript library tick, as well as shifting from a technical to a business focused mindset.
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118: Scare Yourself (Dan Martell)
October 12th, 2014 | Season 3 | 37 mins 46 secs
Ben talks with Dan Martell, CEO and founder of Clarity, about self-actualization in business, how life is affected by those around which one surrounds themselves and the value of staying outside one's comfort zone.
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117: Designing Quality (Will Sulinski)
September 21st, 2014 | Season 3 | 27 mins 27 secs
Ben talks with Will Sulinski, founder of Pistol Lake, on translating lessons learned from the tech sector into success in the fashion industry.
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116: A Model Jellyfish (Carl Smith)
September 14th, 2014 | Season 3 | 31 mins 51 secs
Ben talks with nGen Works founder Carl Smith about alternatives to a "flat" structure, remote management & community building.
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115: There's a Spectrum Involved Here (Brandon Bloom)
September 7th, 2014 | Season 3 | 37 mins 4 secs
Ben talks with Brandon Bloom about finding the right tool for the job, there being too many objects in OO Programing and the importance for a full spectrum of options, regardless of the choice.
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114: Offer Value First (Ryan Delk)
August 31st, 2014 | Season 3 | 24 mins 58 secs
Ben talks with Gumroad grower Ryan Delk about standing out from your peers by adding value before you ask for value.
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113: Minimum Path to Awesome (Rob Walling)
August 24th, 2014 | Season 3 | 32 mins 54 secs
Ben and Rob Walling, founder of Drip and HitTail, discuss engaging your audience, the path to building new habits and the need to create.
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112: Data By Design (Joanne Cheng)
August 17th, 2014 | Season 3 | 26 mins 32 secs
Ben talks to developer Joanne Cheng about lessons learned from the conference circuit, as well as the subject of her latest conf talk, Data-Driven-Documents within JavaScript, and trends in dashboard design.