Robby Russell

Maintainable

Technology EN ↓ 228 episodes

Do you feel like you're hitting a wall with your existing software projects? Are you curious to hear how other people are navigating this? You're not alone. On the Maintainable Software Podcast, Robby speaks with seasoned practitioners who have overcome the technical and cultural problems often associated with software development. Our guests will share stories in each episode and outline tangible, real-world approaches to software challenges. In turn, you'll uncover new ways of thinking about how to improve your software project's maintainability.

Author

Robby Russell

Episodes

Coraline Ada Ehmke: The Role Of Empathy In Engineering Teams 29.04.2019 29:48

Robby speaks with Coraline Ada Ehmke, Principal Engineer at Stitch Fix and author of The Compassionate Coder. Coraline speaks about the social side of coding and empathy in open source and legacy projects. Robby and Coraline also walk through some possible scenarios on development teams and how to handle them with empathy. Helpful links: Follow Coraline on Twitter Coraline's website The Compassion...

James Smith: What if We Measured Software with a Stability Score? 22.04.2019 37:08

Robby sits down with James Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Bugsnag, to discuss how to look at technical debt as a business cost, engineering processes in a startup vs. a stable company, and how the Bugsnag engineering team gets things done as a team with offices on two continents. Helpful Links: Bugsnag James Smith on Twitter Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini Subscribe to Maintainable on: Apple Podcasts...

Anna Filina: How Every Decision Introduces Technical Debt 15.04.2019 35:32

Robby speaks with Anna Filina, a software consultant at Zenika Montreal who specializes in legacy code. They discuss why engineers don't have to ask permission to write tests, why convincing people to get on board with your technical plans matters, and what a "software archaeologist" really does. Helpful links: Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers Zenika Montreal Anna Filina on...