Tech Done Right

The Tech Done Right podcast is a show by and for people who care about what they build. We don't just build software, we build teams, companies, careers, and communities. Each episode features host Noel Rappin talking to interesting people in the tech community about building something the right way. We’re not just going to give you our thoughts on the topic, but tools, processes, or references that you can use immediately to build better software and communities.

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Episodes

Episode 12: Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos

Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos Follow us on Twitter @tech_done_right , leave us a review on iTunes, and please sign up for our newsletter ! Guests Claire Lew : CEO of Know Your Company Dan Hodos: Table XI’s Director of Operations Summary How can you get honest feedback from co-workers, even when you are their manager? How can you support your team's career growth and support them as they improve their skills? Claire Lew, the CEO of Know your Company, and Dan Hodos,...

May 31, 2017•37 min

Episode 11: Avoiding Legacy Code with Michael Feathers

Avoiding Legacy Code with Michael Feathers Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes and sign up for our newsletter ! Guest Michael Feathers : Author of Working Effectively with Legacy Code ; r7krecon.com Summary What makes a code base go bad and become "Legacy Code"? Can teams avoid writing bad code? Michael Feathers, author of Working Effectively With Legacy Code joins Tech Done Right to talk about technical debt, how communication can prevent bad coding practices, ...

May 17, 2017•41 min

Episode 10: Design Sprints with Kai Haley and Zeke Binion

Design Sprints with Kai Haley and Zeke Binion Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes and sign up for our newsletter ! Guests Kai Haley : Interaction Designer on Google’s Design Relations Team, leads the Sprint Master Academy Zeke Binion : Former Director of Design for Table XI and runs Code for Designers Summary Do you have a product that needs improvement, or a process to define? Is your team looking for a way to generate and test new ideas quickly? The Design Spr...

May 10, 2017•45 min

Episode 9: Conference Speaking and Diverse Perspectives with Carina C. Zona and Mark Yoon

Conference Speaking and Diverse Perspectives with Carina C. Zona and Mark Yoon Summary Want to start speaking at conferences? We go over how to get your first conference acceptance, then how to become a better speaker over time. For conference organizers, we also discuss how to find the best speakers from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. Carina C. Zona (@cczona) and Mark Yoon (@wimyoon) join Noel Rappin (@noelrap) on this episode of Tech Done Right. Notes Follow us on Twitter! @tech...

Apr 26, 2017•47 min

Episode 8: Open-Source Community Management and Safety With Coraline Ada Ehmke and Yana Carstens

Open-Source Community Management and Safety With Coraline Ada Ehmke and Yana Carstens Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes! Guests Coraline Ada Ehmke : Open Source Advocate, Creator of The Contributor Covenant , Founding Panelist of Greater Than Code , Senior Engineer on the Community and Safety Team at GitHub Yana Carstens : Senior User Experience Designer at Table XI Summary How can you manage a social media site to maximize community and make all contributors ...

Apr 12, 2017•41 min

Software, Open Source, and Rails With Eileen Uchitelle and Andrew Horner

Episode 007: Software, Open Source, and Rails with Eileen Uchitelle and Andrew Horner Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes ! Notes How does the Rails core team work? How are new features planned and implemented? How can I contribute? What should I do if I find a security issue in Rails? Our guest is the newest Rails core team member Eileen Uchitelle (@eileencodes) joins Table Xi senior developer Andrew Horner and host Noel Rappin (@noelrap) to discuss Rails, the ...

Mar 29, 2017•42 min

Using Software to Create Better Countries: Recovering Healthcare.gov with Andy Slavitt

Episode 006: Using Software to Create Better Countries: Recovering Healthcare.gov with Andy Slavitt Guest Andy Slavitt : Ran Medicare, Medicaid & ACA for President Obama Summary How can we use software to build better countries? Our guest, Andy Slavitt (@aslavitt), helps us answer by telling us what he learned leading the recovery effort on Healthcare.gov in 2013 and 2014. Andy will talk about the 6,000 defect backlog he inherited when he took over the system, how it got worse before it got ...

Mar 15, 2017•38 min

JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks with Zach Briggs and David Copeland

Episode 005: JavaScript: Islands, Sprinkles, and Frameworks Follow us on Twitter! @tech_done_right or leave us a review on iTunes ! Summary Dave Copleand ( @davetron5000 ) and Zach Briggs ( @theotherzach ) join Noel Rappin ( @noelrap ) for a Tech Done Right discussion of JavaScript practices. When does it makes sense to build single page JavaScript app? How can your JavaScript and Rails interact? Is it an island of interactivity or a sprinkle of JavaScript? Which frameworks are handling communit...

Mar 08, 2017•43 min

Episode 004: In The Testing Weeds With Sam Phippen and Justin Searls

Episode 004: Testing Summary Sam Phippen, Justin Searls, and Noel Rappin spend this episode talking about the value of test-driven development (TDD) as well as its cost. They discuss the kinds of problems that developers are likely to have after they learn TDD and attempt to apply it to a large application. Learn why Rails is both great and terrible for automated testing, and how testing can influence the structure of your code. Guests Sam Phippen : Engineer at Digital Ocean and member of the RS...

Feb 22, 2017•49 min

Episode 003: Remote Work with Allison McMillan and Bradley Schaefer

Summary Allison McMillan (@allie_p) and Bradley Schaefer (@soulcutter) talk about remote work in the age of Slack. What makes a good remote worker, or a good remote working team? How can you support more junior team members who want to work remotely? How do you email cake to remote workers on launch celebration day? How can you improve code review for remote workers? Guests Allison McMillan: Software Developer at Collective Idea and Rails Girls Bradley Schaefer: Senior Developer at Table XI and ...

Feb 08, 2017•38 min

Episode 002: Career Development With Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks

Description Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks join the Tech Done Right podcast to discuss career development. We'll discuss some career development questions like: What makes somebody a senior developer? How do you acquire senior developer skills? What can you do to prepare yourself for a lifetime career and ensure that you are properly valued? Show Notes Pete Brooks: Software Developer at Table XI . Author of "How I landed my first programming job" Brandon Hays : “My friend” and line-level developer...

Jan 25, 2017•41 min

Episode 001: Building Trust and Building Teams with Jessie Shternshus and Mark Rickmeier

We talk about the role that trust has in building teams, and how improv games can help build that trust and improve the way you deliver feedback. Guests Mark Rickmeier: CEO of Table XI Jessie Shternshus: Founder of The Improv Effect and Author of the book, CTRL-SHIFT Show Notes 01:08 - The Improv Effect and Improv as an Effective Method of Communication - Yes, And! 03:21 - Working with Teams to Build Communication and Trust 05:20 - Ops Conf 06:02 - Tools or Games for Establishing Trust with Othe...

Jan 16, 2017•40 min

Preview Episode 2: Building Large CSS Apps And Components with Aly Fluckey

This one is with Table XI front-end developer Aly Fluckey and it’s all about how the Table XI team organizes CSS to best manage the demands of a large code base with lots of styles. We try to avoid common CSS problems, mostly involving having to guess what styles will actually be applied to any given element. The goal is to have the CSS be as predictable and easy to find as possible. I learned a lot from this interview, and if you work with CSS, I bet you will too. Special Guest: Aly Fluckey....

Jan 04, 2017•31 min

Preview Episode 1: Mobile Development Toolkit with Ed LaFoy

This week, we have Ed LaFoy, who is Table XI’s Director of Mobile Development. Table XI’s mobile team does amazing work and uses a lot of external tools for testing, interface design, code quality, and beyond. If you are a web developer and looking to get a sense of how to match parts of your developer experience, listen to this interview. If you are a mobile developer, and you are having some developer pain in those areas, listen to this interview. Special Guest: Ed LaFoy.

Jan 04, 2017•21 min

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