Code with Jason

Latest Episodes:

206 - Vignesh Rajendran, Co-Founder of Peach Dec 24, 2023

Show notes

In this episode, Vignesh Rajendran and I discuss his beginnings as a programmer, TDD, structuring your tests, organizing your workflow via testing, managing developers for success, and giving yourself permission to do a bad job in order to progress as a developer.

205 - Stefanni Brasil, Co-Creator of Hex Devs Dec 18, 2023

Show notes

On today's episode I'm joined by Stefanni Brasil to discuss her experience at Rubyconf in San Diego, what it's like being a maintainer on the open-source Faker-Ruby, her plans for her talk at the upcoming Sin City Ruby, her work with Thoughtbot, using templates to spin up new Rails applications, and we look ahead to 2024's packed conference slate.

204 - Mike Stone, Co-Founder of The Gnar Company Dec 10, 2023

Show notes

In this episode, Mike Stone, co-founder of The Gnar Company and I talk about his journey to becoming a developer and founding a consultancy, finding clients via leveraging personal networks and beyond, marketing as hunting and farming, making sense of freelancing and utilization, using the correct value/pricing model, productized services, and what's next for The Gnar Company.

203 - Simmon Li Dec 04, 2023

Show notes

On today's episode, Simmon Li and I discuss his beginnings as a developer, finding a job, the benefits of attending local developer meetups, being a lifelong learner, and the upcoming Sin City Ruby conference.

202 - Friendly.rb 2023 Speaker Naijeria Toweett Nov 21, 2023

Show notes

In this episode, Naijeria Toweett and I chat about her talk at Friendly.rb 2023, her beginnings as a developer, attending a bootcamp as Covid began to spread, how Naijeria came to speak at Friendly.rb, organizing a conference, and her motivation to speak at conferences.

201 - Remote Ruby Co-Host and Sin City Ruby 2024 Speaker Jason Charnes Oct 30, 2023

Show notes

This week, Jason Charnes and I got together to talk about my monthly newsletter, job hopping, taking time to sharpen the saw, fixing bugs, front end development, design, reusability, defining abstraction, and things to do and where to eat in Las Vegas while attending Sin City Ruby.

200 - Saron Yitbarek, Founder of CodeNewbie and RubyConf Keynote Speaker Oct 23, 2023

Show notes

For my 200th episode of Code with Jason, I spoke with Saron Yitbarek, Founder of CodeNewbie and RubyConf Keynote Speaker. We talk about her beginnings in tech, the founding of CodeNewbie, the power of simply asking for things, how to go about asking for things, how being self-taught still relies upon materials made available by the work of other developers, possible topics for Saron's upcoming keynote at RubyConf, and how to get the most out of your in-person conference experience.

199 - Samuel Giddins Oct 15, 2023

Show notes

This week, Samuel Giddins and I discuss life on call as a developer, the upcoming RubyConf, the pitfalls of online communications, Sam's beginnings as a developer, software supply chain security, and the difference between "amicable" and "amiable." Sam will be at the Ruby Gems and Bundler open space at RubyConf in San Diego on Monday, November 13th 2023.

198 - TDD with Wisen Tanasa Oct 09, 2023

Show notes

On this episode, Wisen Tanasa joins me to talk Test Driven Development. We discuss why TDD is intuitive, translating specifications into tests, the balance between design and execution, developing a walking skeleton, the value of learning design principles and UX, minimizing the need to use willpower with positive feedback loops, and understanding what TDD is.

197 - Thiago Massa Oct 01, 2023

Show notes

On this week's episode, Thiago Massa joins me for a conversation about international pizza styles, life in Berlin as compared to São Paulo, guitars and playing music, writing books, and reading well to write well.

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected