The Code Gardener

In this episode, our guest Ryan Findley discusses doing things the Rails Way™ versus following other patterns, the case against rewriting software (and how you might anyway), the case against story points (and why you might want to use them anyway), how to measure developer productivity without triggering the wrong behavior, and bonsai gardening as it relates to software stewardship. Guests: Ryan...

In this episode, we take a nostalgic look back at what RailsConf has meant to us over the years. Text us your thoughts! How to reach us... Blog: The   Code   Gardener Bluesky: Alan , Fito LinkedIn: Alan , Fito Ruby Events: Alan , Fito

In this episode, we look back at what an amazing year it was, from adopting our puppies, to our first international conference, Tropical.rb, to RailsConf, RailsWorld, Rocky Mountain Ruby, and RubyConf. Heck, we even started a podcast! If you want to watch our conference talks, you can find us on RubyVideo.dev:  Alan   Fito Text us your thoughts! How to reach us... Blog: The   Code   Gardener Blues...

In this, our first episode ever, we introduce ourselves and talk about one of our favorite projects. RubyConf Talk mentioned: Workshop: No Static Types? No Problem! by Noel Rappin Text us your thoughts! How to reach us... Blog: The   Code   Gardener Bluesky: Alan , Fito LinkedIn: Alan , Fito Ruby Events: Alan , Fito

In this special Thanksgiving weekend episode, Fito and Alan discuss what they're thankful for this year, and then tackle why DRY is the worst programming advice ever. Links... A Brewer's Guide to Filtering out Complexity and Churn from Rocky Mountain Ruby 2024. The Case for WET Tests by Amanda Beiner Let's Not by Joe Ferris 3A – Arrange, Act, Assert by Bill Wake Rule of Three from R...

In this episode of The Code Gardener, we discuss the Ports & Adapters pattern, also known as Hexagonal Architecture. STOP! Before listening to the episode, please take the time to go watch Alistair Cockburn's excellent talk on Hexagonal Architecture at the Tech Excellence Conference (link below). Seriously. We'll be here when you get back. Links... Hexagonal   Architecture by Alistai...