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**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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Episode 32: React Native with Gant Laborde, Ed LaFoy, and Brent Vatne Mar 14, 2018

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React Native with Gant Laborde, Ed LaFoy, and Brent Vatne

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Guests

Gant Laborde: Chief Technology Strategist at Infinite Red. Gant on Medium.
Ed LaFoy: Director of Mobile Development at TableXI.
Brent Vatne: React Native and Expo Developer at Expo.

Summary

After many attempts at cross-platform mobile application tools, React Native seems to be the real deal, easy to use, powerful tools, and native look and feel. On this show, Ed LaFoy, Table XI's Director of Mobile Development, is joined by two longtime members of the React Native community: Gant Laborde of Infinite Red and Brent Vatne of Expo. We talk about why React Native succeeds, and how to be successful using it, and also give some resources for people who want to get started.

Notes

02:18 - What is React Native and when would someone us it?

03:50 - The Competitive Advantage of React Native

05:48 - What makes React Native succeed as compared to other tools?

13:15 - The Immediate, Out-of-the-box Experience

20:23 - Limitations and Boundaries and Skills to be an Effective React Native Developer

29:18 - The React Native Core

38:03 - The React Native Community

38:52 - Resources

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Special Guests: Brent Vatne, Ed LaFoy, and Gant Laborde.

Episode 31: Building New Products With Neil Patel Feb 28, 2018

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Building New Products With Neil Patel

Guest

Neil Patel: Co-Founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar, and Kissmetrics, Serial Entrepreneur, and Marketer. Blog.

Things we Do

TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com.

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Rails 5 Test Prescriptions is updated and available for purchase!

Summary

How can you take an idea, find a development team to realize your vision, and then improve it? And once the vision is realized, how do you get people to find the product? Serial entrepreneur and digital marketing expert Neil Patel joins Tech Done Right to talk about his process for repeatably going from idea to product.

Notes

02:23 - What makes a good relationship with a development team? / Initial Interactions

04:22 - How do you know things are going well? What defines success and what causes delays?

06:29 - Boundaries Between Product Owners and Developers

07:12 - Red Flags and Bad Indicators of Future Results / What are indicators that things are going well?

09:31 - How/where do product owners start projects? Design Deliverables

12:35 - Launching Products / How is this process changing?

15:12 - Getting People to Use Your Product(s)

16:33 - Onboarding Flow and Improving First Experiences

18:02 - Use Cases and User Feedback

19:56 - Dealing With vs Acquiring Users

21:29 - Tips and Processes for Marketing and Improving Products

23:48 - Getting Excited by New Products

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Special Guest: Neil Patel.

How to Design Applications for Doctors and Patients

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Guests

Mark Yoon: Developer and Director of Talent at Table XI
Kyoko Crawford: CEO of SkinIO.

Summary

How do you design for both doctors and patients, two very different audiences that need the same data? If you are designing health care technology, how do you build the trust that lets users know it's okay to share sensitive medical data, such as full-body skin images? Kyoko Crawford, CEO of SkinIO, joins Mark Yoon of Table XI on the show to talk about the challenges of health care technology, and how empathy is always important in the end.

Notes

02:02 - Designing for Liability

07:49 - Physicians and Technology and The Generational Divide in Doctors
Podcasting and Audio Stories with Dr. Ed Livingston

13:48 - Patients and Users

19:09 - Building Trust and Authority and Designing for Reassurance

26:41 - Testing and Detection

34:56 - Tech Team Exposure to Healthcare

37:16 - Attention Between Precision of Medical Data and Usability

41:21 - Empathy: Linking Together the Medical and Tech Fields

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Special Guests: Kyoko Crawford and Mark Yoon.

Episode 29: Developers from the Perspective of Product Owners Jan 31, 2018

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Developers from the Perspective of Product Owners

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Guests

Cat de Merode: VP of Product at PeaPod

Matt McNamara: Product Manager

Summary

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work with a software team? Perhaps you are a developer wondering what you seem like from the outside? Or maybe you are starting to work with a software team and you want to know what to expect? Cat de Merode and Matt McNamara join the show to talk about their experiences as product owners interacting with developer teams. We'll talk about what developers can do to build trust, how to work with product owners on estimates and to talk about technical topics. And they'll say what the most important things developers should know about working with their product owners.

Notes

02:43 - Dealing with Developer Teams

04:00 - In-house vs External Developers

05:33 - Helping Developers Understand Product Owner Motivation and Goals and Getting on the Same Page

11:18 - How can developers build trust?

12:29 - Explaining Architectural Decisions to Product Owners

14:29 - Does team size make a difference?

16:30 - Good Company Culture Behavior

18:44 - Estimation and Complexity

More on velocity: Agile Teams and Escaping Velocity with Doc Norton and Claire Podulka

28:40 - Curation of Features

34:15 - What should developers know about working with product owners?

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Special Guests: Cat de Merode and Matt McNamara.

Episode 28: Open Source and Companies with Nell Shamrell-Harrington Jan 16, 2018

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Open Source and Companies with Nell Shamrell-Harrington

Guest

Nell Shamrell-Harrington: Senior Software Development Engineer at Chef, CTO of Operation Code. nellshamrell.com

Summary

What's it like to run an Open Source project as part of your day job? How does open source change when it's backed by a company? Why is it useful for a company to run open source projects? Nell Shamrell-Harrington, who runs the Habitat project for Chef is on the show to talk about open source contributing and maintenance. You'll come away with some ways to be a better contributor and maintainer.

Notes

01:57 - Nell’s History Working on Open Source

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03:37 - Open Source Governance

The FreeBSD Project

07:07 - Chef, Having Community Discussions, and Handling RFCs and Contributions

13:48 - Being Involved in DevProgress and Campaign Volunteering as a Developer

20:57 - Closed Source vs Open Source Development

25:48 - Advice for Getting Started in Open Source and Emphasis on Defined Codes of Conduct

27:44 - Accepting & Reviewing Pull Requests and Being Clear on What Tools Are For and Looking For in Contributions

32:29 - Common Mistakes Among Contributors and Maintainers

RailsConf 2017: Teaching RSpec to Play nice with Rails by Sam Phippen

34:55 - Keeping Open Source Projects Sustainable

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Special Guest: Nell Shamrell-Harrington.

Episode 27: Marketing and Building an Audience with Suzan Bond Jan 03, 2018

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Marketing and Building an Audience With Suzan Bond

Guest

Suzan Bond: Host of the Indiedoes Podcast, Founder of Bet On Yourself and Bet On Your People.

Summary

Are you a developer that wants to create your own content and build an audience? Suzan Bond joins the show to talk about how to bet on your self. We talk about how to be comfortable marketing, how to present yourself as a credible source for developer-focused content, and how to build and maintain an audience. It's the kind of advice you'd normally have to pay a coach for, offered for free because that's how we build our audience here at Tech Done Right.

Notes

Sorry, Suzan's audio has some glitches in the source track. We did the best we could, but there's still some words dropped. We're sorry about that, but hope you still find the conversation interesting.

02:25 - Developers, Companies, and Personal Growth

06:56 - Taking the First Steps to Betting On Yourself (Working Independently)

10:57 - Marketing: Effective vs. Comfortable

15:16 - Selling Books is Hard

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18:35 - Approaching Side Projects and Presenting Yourself as a Credible Source

21:59 - Understanding Your Audience and Incorporating Information Into Planning

Take My Money

30:31 - Tools and Techniques for Connecting and Re-engaging with Your Audience

Paul Jarvis

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Special Guest: Suzan Bond.

Episode 26: Podcasting and Audio Stories with Dr. Ed Livingston Dec 13, 2017

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Podcasting and Audio Stories with Dr. Ed Livingston

Guest

Dr. Ed Livingston: Practicing surgeon and Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA. Deputy Editor for Clinical Reviews and Education.

Summary

How can your company use podcasting to make their content available and relevant for a whole new audience? Dr. Ed Livingston joins the show to discuss how the Journal of the American Medical Association is using podcasting to connect with their audience. We talk about how to get started in podcasting, and about Dr. Livingston's journey from surgeon to the Voice of JAMA. Even if you don't know a scalpel from a microphone, this episode will show you where to start your own podcast stories.

Notes

01:44 - Why did JAMA decide to start doing podcasts?

04:39 - Telling a Story with a Podcast and JAMA’s Podcasting Process

07:54 - Assuming Technical Knowledge on Audiences

09:55 - Engaging with Audiences and Using Listener Feedback

11:35 - Producing Podcasts; Scriptwriting and Storytelling

21:03 - Lessons Learned During the First Year of Podcasting

23:29 - Using Your Voice to Convert Script

31:24 - Approaching Interviews and Learning with the Audience

34:36 - Getting Started with Podcasting

Podcast Method

37:34 - Future Plans for Growing Audience

40:53 - Medical Experience Influence on the Podcast

Podcasts from The JAMA Network

43:57 - The Typical Reporter Question: What else should I have asked you?

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Special Guest: Ed Livingston.

Episode 25: The Social Responsibility of Coding with Liz Abinante Nov 29, 2017

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The Social Responsibility of Coding with Liz Abinante

Guest

Liz Abinante: Senior Software Engineer at GitHub and occasionally acts as Ruby Documentation Empress at RubyTogether. Blogs at lizabinante.com.

Summary

What responsibility do developers have for the consequences of their code? Liz Abinante joins the show to talk about overlooked consequences, big and small, and what you can do if you find your self being asked to do something you think is unethical. Along the way, we talk about user data, the cloud, making career choices you are comfortable with, and why you should always go to Canadian college engineering conferences when asked.

Notes

01:39 - The Social Responsibility of Coding Talk

07:35 - Being Responsible For Data

14:09 - Speaking Up for Ethical Practices

21:44 - Staying at an Unreputable Company and Guiding Your Career

Amazon Key

28:29 - Being Aware of the Context You’re Coding In

The Impact

34:30 - Liz’s Talk Audience

CUSEC

37:30 - Empathy and Ethics Training

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Special Guest: Liz Abinante.

Episode 24: Ruby Tapas and Avoiding Code with Avdi Grimm Nov 15, 2017

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Ruby Tapas and Avoiding Code with Avdi Grimm

Guest

Avdi Grimm: Creator of the RubyTapas Screencast Series and author of Exceptional Ruby and Confident Ruby. avdi.codes

Summary

Avdi Grimm has been creating the RubyTapas screencast series for five years. In this episode Avdi and I talk about why he decided to do RubyTapas, and what makes a good episode. We also talk about the resources that helped us when we were learning to code. Then Avdi talks about his experience building the RubyTapas web site and explains how sometimes avoiding code can be the best business decision of all.

Notes

01:20 - Starting and Sustaining RubyTapas

04:59 - Shorter Episodes Vs Longer Episodes

08:00 - Creating an Example for a Topic

10:49 - Future-proofing Episodes

12:51 - Helpful Resources When Avdi and Noel Were Learning How to Code

18:31 - Learning New Things Now; Online Marketing

Copyblogger

26:12 - Avoiding Code

Episode 23: Live Panel: Hiring Developers in (and out of) Health Care Nov 01, 2017

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Live Panel: Hiring Developers in (and out of) Health Care

Guests

Mark Yoon Director of Talent at TableXI
Liz Vellojin Strategic Lead at Outcome Health
Lia James Branding and Talent Consultant at HumanPredictions

Summary

Hiring and retaining developers is hard. If you are in the health care industry, and require some specialized knowledge it's even harder. Joining the show for a live panel discussion are Lia James, Branding and Talent Consultant at Human Predictions, Liz Vellojin, Strategic Lead at Outcome Health, and Mark Yoon, Director of Talent at Table XI. Whether or not you work in health care, you'll find advice on your recruiting process from how to meet candidates, how to filter resumes, how to evaluate candidates, and how to keep your team.

Notes

01:35 - Introductions

02:56 - Creating a Recruiting Process: Identifying Skilled and Empathetic Developers

09:46 - Looking for People Who Will Be Culture Additions

18:45 - Identifying Technical/Experience Levels of Candidates

25:42 - How do you funnel people through from an initial resume based on a job specification?

34:03 - What are we doing to recruit talent? What organizations are we a part of to get resumes to our door?

39:36 - How do you show developers that their work is important?

42:38 - What do you do to build up your initial team at a startup?

48:00 - How important is it that someone has healthcare experience?

52:44 - How do you workforce plan against staffing level changes?

57:20 - How do you choose to reward and compensate your new hires and employees?

01:07:56 - Clarity of Policies

01:10:26 - How do you find people that are going to be mission aligned?

Special Guests: Lia James, Liz Vellojin, and Mark Yoon.

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