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The Yak Shave

Each week our hosts will discuss their development experiences. We'll talk about Ruby, Rust, Go, and anything else that has drawn our interest this week. Subscribe below to be notified when new episod... Read more

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14: TIL database connections aren't cheap

14: TIL database connections aren't cheap

A background job should be a function. So, putting more things in it is always a good idea! Sean announced that he shipp... Read more

1 Apr 2019

31mins

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13: "As much time as I can without reading C" with James Coglan

13: "As much time as I can without reading C" with James Coglan

Do you use Git practically every day, but have no idea how to implement it? Need a more accessible and easier way than r... Read more

25 Mar 2019

40mins

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12: A new cat named Merb!

12: A new cat named Merb!

Sean and Sam talk about debugging a memory leak with Crates.io when upgrading to Rust 1.32 that could only be reproduced... Read more

18 Mar 2019

41mins

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The Parse.y Hole

The Parse.y Hole

Derek Prior, engineering manager at GitHub, joins Sam to talk about what they’ve been working on these days. Derek’s doi... Read more

26 Feb 2019

1hr 31mins

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10: Deleting all of a user's comments is probably a bug

10: Deleting all of a user's comments is probably a bug

Ruby's language development is off the charts. Also: we talk about programming. Sam and Sean discuss Ruby, auto-formatti... Read more

18 Feb 2019

29mins

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9: Tools That are Well Built Will do it for us!

9: Tools That are Well Built Will do it for us!

We’re still time travelling, Sam has since left DigitalOcean, but in this episode, he talks about his experiences there.... Read more

11 Feb 2019

48mins

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8: Vulnerability

8: Vulnerability

Yak Shave - Episode 8 This episode was recorded on October 21st 2018. We thought it best to get this to you, even though... Read more

4 Feb 2019

47mins

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It's not a Pyramid, it's a Diamond

It's not a Pyramid, it's a Diamond

Sean and Sam talk all about testing. Sam created an ideal testing pyramid based on personal experience and from talking ... Read more

4 Dec 2018

32mins

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6: The Podcast After the Last Podcast

6: The Podcast After the Last Podcast

This week Sean is joined by former cohost Derek Prior. After a brief reflection on the end of The Bike Shed, we discuss ... Read more

23 Oct 2018

34mins

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5: A Series of Anecdotes

5: A Series of Anecdotes

In this episode, Sean and Sam discuss the challenges of feedback cycles in organizations, how we could benefit from more... Read more

11 Oct 2018

37mins

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