55 | Sometimes More Features & Toys Makes It Worse
Sometimes More Features & Toys Makes It Worse
Aug 18, 2015•9 min•Ep. 55
The Five-Minute Geek Show
Matt Stauffer, unabashedly geeky, 5 minutes, twice a week. Frontend dev, backend dev, audio, design, podcasts--all fair game.
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54 | Do You Need To "Protect" Clients & Developers From Each Other?
Do you need to "protect" clients & developers from each other? Why is it that, in most agencies, there's never any direct communication between developers and clients? Thoughtbot Tighten
Jul 21, 2015•7 min•Ep. 54
53 | The Ultimate Recipe For Success and #Winning
The Ultimate Recipe For Success and Winning is not what you might think. What really matters: doing good. Build and Launch Episode 27 This American Life about Economic Cults Multi-Level Marketing
Jul 16, 2015•7 min•Ep. 53
52 | You Don't Have the Luxury to Stagnate
You don't have the luxury to stagnate
Jul 14, 2015•7 min•Ep. 52
51 | The Ideal Project Management Tool, and What I Use Now
The ideal project management tool, and what we use today at Tighten
Jul 07, 2015•8 min•Ep. 51
50 | Why Communication is the Most Important Thing
Why Communication is the Most Important Thing
Jul 02, 2015•7 min•Ep. 50
49 | When should an employer "force" employees to use a tool?
When should an employer "force" employees to use a tool? I mentioned "forcing" my employees to use PHPStorm in a podcast recently. What was I talking about?
Jun 30, 2015•9 min•Ep. 49
48 | Soylent (Green is People)
Matt tries Soylent for the first time. Soylent Soylent Green My Year With Soylent EAS Whey Protein Powder Video version...
Jun 25, 2015•7 min•Ep. 48
47 | All About Family (featuring special guest my 2-year-old son)
My son joins me for the best episode of all time.
Jun 19, 2015•6 min•Ep. 47
46 | Decoupling all the Things with Queues - with Derick Bailey
WatchMeCode Javascript expert Derick Bailey joins us to talk about why queues are the answer to every web application problem, ever. @derickbailey DerickBailey.com WatchMeCode RabbitMQ For Developers Bundle - use the discount code 5minutegeek for 20% off!...
Jun 16, 2015•8 min•Ep. 46
45 | When Generalizations and Stereotypes are Helpful vs. Hurtful
Sometimes our generalized understandings of groups of people are helpful, but more often then they're hurtful. How do we know which is which?
Jun 12, 2015•12 min•Ep. 45
44 | How you should pick your tools
Many people's metrics on how to pick the tools they use is wrong. Don't be wrong.
Jun 09, 2015•8 min•Ep. 44
43 | Stop Lying About Your Motivations
We often use some external situation or justification to cover up what we don't really want to talk about it, and it's damaging our mental health and our relationships. We have to stop.
Jun 04, 2015•8 min•Ep. 43
42 | When Microservices and SPAs Aren't the Right Answer
Microservices are great. But not always. Single-Page apps are great. But not always. RailsConf Keynote from DHH Bikeshed episode that I haven't listened to but was recommended to me about this topic
May 29, 2015•8 min•Ep. 42
41 | Asking Good Questions About Your Product/Project
How I'm learning to ask good questions (which usually start with "Why"). Karani Jobs To Be Done Symposium Github Repo
May 26, 2015•9 min•Ep. 41
40 | Finding Inspiration In Predictability (and in Being Unpredictable)
It can be hard to find inspiration in your work. Sometimes it helps to be predictable--and some times it helps to switch everything up.
May 20, 2015•8 min•Ep. 40
39 | Planners vs. Cowboys in Product Design (An Ode to #AnnoyingQuestions)
In product design, the "planners" need to figure out the plan before you start, and the "cowboys" just want to get coding. Wee need them both, and we need them to work together. Karani Confomo Gistlog Symposium Markedstyle Ryan Singer on Full-Stack Radio...
May 12, 2015•10 min•Ep. 39
38 | How to Make Remote Work Suck Less
Everyone's in love with remote work. So are we! But there are some big pains that come along with it. REMOTE Campfire Slack Sqwiggle Screenhero
May 07, 2015•8 min•Ep. 38
37 | Start your own podcast in under 5 minutes, take two
Start your own podcast in under 5 minutes, take two The Real Five Minute Geek Show Blue Snowball Blue Yeti Simplecast
May 05, 2015•6 min•Ep. 37
36 | Getting Started with Passive Income -- Interview with Wes Bos
Wes Bos of "Sublime Text Power User" and "Command Line Power User" gives a quick introduction to supplementing your income in a non-skeezy way using passive income. WesBos.com @wesbos Sublime Text Power User Command Line Power User
Apr 30, 2015•8 min•Ep. 36
35 | Just Use Your Dang Name
Just Use Your Dang Name
Apr 29, 2015•7 min•Ep. 35
34 | How to responsive-ize your web site AND Introducing Podcast Wars
The Mildly Alarming Podcast The Mildly Alarming Podcast - Episode 7 In which they introduce the podcast war The Mildly Alarming Podcast - Episode 8 In which they give the outro I played in the app That Podcast Episode 16 In which they talk about responsive redesigns Converting a Flattened PDF comp to HTML/CSS My screencast Converting the old Laravel.com to be responsive -- apparently disappeared forever? Why EMs? Confused about REM and EM?...
Apr 21, 2015•9 min•Ep. 34
33 | Why the Slack haters are wrong and Slack > IRC
Disagreeing with the Slack-naysayers in a controversial manner so more people will listen to my podcast
Apr 16, 2015•8 min•Ep. 33
32 | Integrity (and why it doesn't mean what most people think it does)
Talking about integrity--why it matters in tech, and why it doesn't mean what most people think it does.
Apr 09, 2015•8 min•Ep. 32
31 | Keep It Simple (and short and not super indented and well named and lots of other stuff), Stupid
How to keep your code neat, clean, easy to follow, and to draw nearer to the mythical "Self-documented" code
Apr 02, 2015•9 min•Ep. 31
30 | Why I Don't Work From Home
Why I work from a remote office instead of from home
Mar 31, 2015•8 min•Ep. 30
29 | Introducing VitalSigns Because Otherwise It Won't Happen
Given my advice in the last episode, I'm introducing my open source project here VitalSigns Symposium Gistlog Confomo
Mar 26, 2015•7 min•Ep. 29
28 | Should You Tell Everyone About Your Next Best Idea?
When you have a really exciting idea at the top of your head, is it better to keep it secret or share it with everyone you know?
Mar 19, 2015•8 min•Ep. 28
27 | Your Justification for Having a Non-Responsive Web Site Is Wrong
You may have some reasons in your head for why your web site isn't wrong. They're all wrong. LessAccounting AutoPilot
Mar 17, 2015•7 min•Ep. 27
26 | It's all about that schema
Talking about the MEAN stack and why Mongo & NoSQL make you work too hard MEAN Mongo Express Angular Node
Mar 13, 2015•7 min•Ep. 26