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Tech Done Right

Tech Done Right

74 Episodes • By Table XI • www.techdoneright.io
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 ...more
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Episode 72: Teaching Testing and Design
Teaching Testing and Design Guests Betsy Haibel: ... more
Oct 9 2019 49m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Previously On: Re: Testing
Chapter 2 2 mins
Testing and Design
Chapter 3 3 mins
TDD
Chapter 4 4 mins
Testing, But Not Developer Testing + Sliming The Test
Chapter 5 6 mins
Why + How Did You Learn TDD?
Chapter 6 3 mins
TDD: Not a Robust Process
Chapter 7 3 mins
Rails + Unit Testing
Chapter 8 7 mins
Is TDD really dead?
Chapter 9 2 mins
Keeping Code In Your Head
Chapter 10 1 min
Approaching the Testing and Design of Code
Chapter 11 10 mins
What would convince you to stop doing TDD?
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Episode 71: Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco
Supporting Innovation With Mike Todasco Guest Mike... more
Sep 25 2019 36m
Chapter 1 53 sec
What does the Senior Director of Innovation at PayPal do?
Chapter 2 1 min
Why should companies innovate?
Chapter 3 3 mins
Who should be innovating?
Chapter 4 2 mins
Assisting and Guiding in Innovation
Chapter 5 4 mins
Introducing Innovation to Companies and Teams: Vulnerability
Chapter 6 2 mins
Encouraging Innovation
Chapter 7 5 mins
The Concept of Global Innovation Tournaments
Chapter 8 4 mins
Giving People Opportunity and Exposure
Chapter 9 2 mins
Innovation Tokens
Chapter 10 1 min
Innovation For Small Companies
Chapter 11 3 mins
Interesting Innovations
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Episode 70: How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell
How To Buy Software With Ashley Quinto Powell Guest... more
Sep 11 2019 33m
Chapter 1 1 min
How do you buy software?
Chapter 2 1 min
Common Misconceptions When Starting the Process
Chapter 3 2 mins
Preparing for a Conversation About Buying Software
Chapter 4 9 mins
Terminology To Know
Chapter 5 2 mins
Interacting with a Development Team
Chapter 6 9 mins
Estimation
Chapter 7 4 mins
Signs Things Are Going Well / Red Flags
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Episode 69: Teaching and Learning with Sandi Metz
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Aug 28 2019 50m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Keeping Up With Tech
Chapter 2 4 mins
Object-Oriented Design
Chapter 3 7 mins
Why do we write tests?
Chapter 4 4 mins
Teaching Yourself TDD
Chapter 5 11 mins
Procedures and Patterns
Chapter 6 5 mins
CI
Chapter 7 5 mins
Approaching TDD
Chapter 8 5 mins
What should we be doing as a community to share knowledge?
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Episode 68: Pragmatic Programmer at 20 with Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt
Pragmatic Programmer at 20 with Dave Thomas and Andy... more
Aug 14 2019 52m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Revisiting the Book 20 Years Later and What Has Changed/Hasn’t Changed
Chapter 2 1 min
What it Means to be a Pragmatic Programmer
Chapter 3 4 mins
Software Development as a Team Sport
Chapter 4 9 mins
Extreme Programming Explained and The Pragmatic Programmer; Similarities and Differences
Chapter 5 2 mins
Finding The Pragmatic Programmer Voice/Tone
Chapter 6 5 mins
Roles for Dead-Tree Technical Books
Chapter 7 21 mins
How To Make Automatic Testing Pragmatic
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Episode 67: Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani
Civic Software with Alex Pedersen and Abhi Nemani G... more
Jul 31 2019 21m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Technology and Civic + Political Engagement
Chapter 2 3 mins
Risks of Making the Government More Technological
Chapter 3 2 mins
Balancing Conversations Amongst Citizens
Chapter 4 2 mins
Building and Designing Software for Government vs Commercial Use
Chapter 5 6 mins
Getting Involved in Government, Civic Engagement, and the Public Sector
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Episode 66: Stories and Community with Ariel Caplan
Stories and Community with Ariel Caplan Guest Arie... more
Jul 17 2019 38m
Chapter 1 1 min
Stories We Tell New Members of the Community
Chapter 2 2 mins
The Myth of the Lone Genius
Chapter 3 6 mins
How Stories Affect Day-to-Day Expectations on Teams
Chapter 4 3 mins
Stories That Benefit Our Employers
Chapter 5 4 mins
How We Treat New Developers
Chapter 6 5 mins
“Real Programmers”
Chapter 7 4 mins
Computer Science Education
Chapter 8 7 mins
People Skills and Community
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Episode 65: Managing Pain and Suffering at Work with Amy Newell
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Jul 3 2019 35m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Why Use Words Like “Pain” and “Shame” When Talking About Work Experience
Chapter 2 3 mins
Specific Kinds of Pain and Suffering at Work
Chapter 3 2 mins
Mistakes People Make When They’re Dealing with Failure, Anxiety, and Shame
Chapter 4 7 mins
Skillful Responses
Chapter 5 4 mins
Mitigating Pain
Chapter 6 3 mins
Skillful Responses (Cont’d)
Chapter 7 5 mins
Mindfulness
Chapter 8 5 mins
Feedback and Identity
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Episode 64: AI and Privacy with Bärí A. Williams
AI and Privacy with Bärí A. Williams Guest Bärí A.... more
Jun 19 2019 34m
Chapter 1 1 min
The Intersection of Law and Tech
Chapter 2 2 mins
Writing Ethical and Clear Terms of Service
Chapter 3 3 mins
Legal and Ethical Collection of Data
Chapter 4 1 min
Principles That Should Be in Ethical Codes of Conduct
Chapter 5 3 mins
Combatting Algorithmic Bias in AI
Chapter 6 3 mins
Facial Recognition Technology and The Importance of Diverse Testing
Chapter 7 8 mins
Facial Recognition Technology and Preventing the Selling of Information
Chapter 8 4 mins
Facial Recognition Technology, DNA and the Government
Chapter 9 2 mins
Opting In and Out of Things Due to Privacy Concerns
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Episode 63: Software Consulting With Chad Pytel
Software Consulting With Chad Pytel Guest Chad Pyt... more
Jun 5 2019 41m
Chapter 1 4 mins
How thoughtbot Works as an Integrated Design and Development Team
Chapter 2 4 mins
Handling Discovery Phases and Product Design Sprints
Chapter 3 2 mins
When Clients Aren’t a Good Fit and Setting Expectations
Chapter 4 6 mins
Hiring for Values
Chapter 5 5 mins
The thoughtbot Playbook
Chapter 6 4 mins
Client Communication During Projects
Chapter 7 6 mins
Investment Days and Supporting Open Source Projects
Chapter 8 4 mins
Using Rails and Not Using Rails
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Episode 62: Food and Design Thinking
Food and Design Thinking TableXI is now offering tr... more
May 22 2019 37m
Chapter 1 1 min
The Scope of Work Between Table XI and Tyson Foods Innovation Lab
Chapter 2 2 mins
The Goal of the Innovation Lab
Chapter 3 4 mins
Bringing Design Thinking to Product Development and CPGs
Chapter 4 6 mins
Design Steps
Chapter 5 4 mins
Facilitating Communication
Chapter 6 4 mins
The Sprint Week Experience
Chapter 7 2 mins
Next Steps After Sprint Week
Chapter 8 7 mins
Learning From the Design and Coaching Process
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Episode 61: Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia
Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia Tab... more
May 8 2019 33m
Chapter 1 2 mins
The Shared Mission of Tech For Good Events
Chapter 2 2 mins
The History and The Why
Chapter 3 6 mins
Working with Nonprofits and Vetting Projects
Chapter 4 3 mins
Managing and Maintaining Projects
Chapter 5 2 mins
Understanding Nonprofit Problems and Issues
Chapter 6 6 mins
For Profit vs Nonprofit
Chapter 7 1 min
Getting Involved / Recruiting Technologists
Chapter 8 42 sec
Using Open Source
Chapter 9 5 mins
Growing and Maturing the Tech For Good Space
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Episode 60: Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow
Jumpstarting Your Side Project With Dicko Sow Table... more
Apr 24 2019 35m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Wanting to do a Side Project; Deciding on Said Side Project
Chapter 2 1 min
Yodi Naturals
Chapter 3 1 min
Getting Started (Mentally)
Chapter 4 5 mins
Planning and Prioritization of Minimum Viable Product Features
Chapter 5 2 mins
Name Origin
Chapter 6 2 mins
Getting Started (Technically)
Chapter 7 1 min
Using React
Chapter 8 1 min
Working with AWS
Chapter 9 1 min
Decoupling React and Rails and Releasing Features
Chapter 10 2 mins
Design
Chapter 11 57 sec
Learning as the Project Comes Together
Chapter 12 3 mins
Managing Search and Tag Functionality
Chapter 13 33 sec
Recipe Curation
Chapter 14 3 mins
Launching the Launch Page; Shipping Things
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Episode 59: Building Git with James Coglan
Building Git With James Coglan TableXI is now offer... more
Apr 10 2019 41m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Reimplementing Git
Chapter 2 2 mins
Examples and Understanding Git Internals
Chapter 3 2 mins
Building Complex Systems in General
Chapter 4 2 mins
How the Design of the Code Emerges
Chapter 5 3 mins
Test-Driven Development
Chapter 6 7 mins
Implementing Git and Ruby
Chapter 7 3 mins
Surprises
Chapter 8 3 mins
Making UI Changes
Chapter 9 2 mins
Gaps Remaining in Functionality and Performance
Chapter 10 2 mins
Contribution and Implementations in Other Languages
Chapter 11 6 mins
Lower-level Language vs Higher-level Language Implementation
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Episode 58: Agriculture And Technology with Orlando Saez
Agriculture And Technology with Orlando Saez TableX... more
Mar 27 2019 34m
Chapter 1 1 min
What Aker Does; The Tech/Agriculture Sector
Chapter 2 5 mins
Technology: IoT, Drones, and Machine Learning
Chapter 3 2 mins
Aggregating Information + Shared Data
Chapter 4 6 mins
Working with the Agriculture Sector and The Way Growers Work
Chapter 5 3 mins
Differences Between Purchases and Users: Ways Products Are Used in the Field
Chapter 6 1 min
Aker as a Service Provider
Chapter 7 2 mins
Drone Technology and Training Pilots
Chapter 8 1 min
Using General Machine Learning Techniques
Chapter 9 2 mins
Looking Forward
Chapter 10 2 mins
Orlando’s Background in Getting Involved in This Space
Chapter 11 3 mins
More Resources for People Interested in AgTech
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Episode 57: Unlearn with Barry O'Reilly
Unlearn With Barry O'Reilly TableXI is now offering... more
Mar 13 2019 39m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Letting Go and Unlearning Past Behavior
Chapter 2 8 mins
How to Achieve and Define Positive Outcomes
Chapter 3 4 mins
Unlearning as a Continuous Cycle
Chapter 4 5 mins
Think Big, Smart Small, and Learn Fast
Chapter 5 2 mins
When People Don’t Succeed
Chapter 6 2 mins
Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
Chapter 7 1 min
Learning to Unlearn
Chapter 8 1 min
Focusing on Deliberate Reflection
Chapter 9 2 mins
Unlearning and Leadership Roles
Chapter 10 2 mins
Getting Started with Unlearning
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Episode 56: Developer Hiring
Developer Hiring TableXI is now offering training f... more
Feb 27 2019 44m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Common Mistakes When Hiring Developers
Chapter 2 5 mins
Effective Hiring Procedures and Interview Processes
Chapter 3 4 mins
Getting Your Company’s Name Out There
Chapter 4 3 mins
Recruitment, Onboarding, and Reviews
Chapter 5 11 mins
Sending Take-Home Exercises and the Problems They Present; Pre-Hire Pairing
Chapter 6 2 mins
Good and Bad Uses of Interview Time
Chapter 7 2 mins
Developing Interview Question and Using Standardization to Remove Biases
Chapter 8 8 mins
Making Yes/No Decisions
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Episode 55: Engineering Management With Allison McMillan
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Feb 13 2019 38m
Chapter 1 3 mins
What does an Engineering Manager do?
Chapter 2 6 mins
Having Effective and Successful Meetings
Chapter 3 10 mins
Goals as a Developer and Teammate
Chapter 4 4 mins
Becoming an Engineering Manager
Chapter 5 4 mins
Expectations and Challenges
Chapter 6 3 mins
Measuring Yourself and Your Progress
Chapter 7 3 mins
Plans to Improve / Having Teammates Rate Your Performance as a Manager
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Episode 54: Code Style and Community with Sam Phippen and Justin Searls
Code Style and Community with Sam Phippen and Justin... more
Jan 30 2019 47m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Code Style
Chapter 2 5 mins
Choosing Ruby: Community Standards vs Style
Chapter 3 6 mins
Evaluating Code Samples for Developer Positions
Chapter 4 8 mins
Ruby Format
Chapter 5 6 mins
Selecting Rules For Standard
Chapter 6 3 mins
Discrepancies in Rails View Template Files
Chapter 7 8 mins
What happens if these projects aren’t successful?
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Episode 53: Tribal Knowledge and Onboarding with Annie Sexton
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Jan 16 2019 36m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Why Tribal Knowledge is a Bad Thing
Chapter 2 1 min
Legacy Code
Chapter 3 6 mins
Capturing Tribal Knowledge
Chapter 4 3 mins
Keeping Things Up-To-Date
Chapter 5 1 min
When the “Why” and the “Overview” Get Lost
Chapter 6 2 mins
Becoming Immune to Complexity
Chapter 7 8 mins
Tools for Documentation
Chapter 8 4 mins
Convincing Others that Documentation is Important
Chapter 9 3 mins
Planning for Succession
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Episode 52: Small, Sharp Developer Tools With Brian Hogan
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Jan 2 2019 41m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Benefits to being comfortable on the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Chapter 2 1 min
Concepts that people struggle with and don’t internalize
Chapter 3 3 mins
‘awk’ and ‘sed’ defined
Chapter 4 5 mins
The Ethos of Cargo Culting Information
Chapter 5 7 mins
Reminding Yourself to Use Tools and Shortcuts
Chapter 6 2 mins
Benefit to Setup/Cost Ratio
Chapter 7 2 mins
Differences in Tools on Different Machines and Operating Systems
Chapter 8 4 mins
Tools You Should Know Better
Chapter 9 4 mins
Practice as Continuous Improvement
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Episode 51: Becoming a Senior Engineer with Jamey Hampton
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Dec 12 2018 39m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Taking on New Responsibilities as a Senior Developer
Chapter 2 3 mins
Evaluating Productivity
Chapter 3 6 mins
Seeing Victory on an Abstract Level
Chapter 4 5 mins
Client Meetings and Talking to Non-Technical Clients
Chapter 5 9 mins
Hiring and Conducting Interviews
Chapter 6 6 mins
Keeping Up With Coding and Other Skills
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Episode 50: Your First Open Source Contribution with VM Brasseur
Your First Open Source Contribution with VM Brasseur... more
Nov 28 2018 39m
Chapter 1 1 min
Misconceptions Keeping People From Contributing to Free and Open Source Software
Chapter 2 2 mins
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
Chapter 3 1 min
Why Contribute to Open Source?
Chapter 4 2 mins
What Project Do I Start With?
Chapter 5 1 min
Why NOT To Start With Documentation
Chapter 6 5 mins
Getting Started With Your First Contribution
Chapter 7 2 mins
Advice For Navigating the Open Source Community
Chapter 8 2 mins
The Importance Codes of Conduct
Chapter 9 10 mins
The Evolution of Open Source
Chapter 10 1 min
Join VM at the Seattle GNU/Linux Conference on November 9th & 10th!
Chapter 11 3 mins
Advice For Maintainers Wanting to Make Projects Welcoming
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Episode 49: Accessibility With Luisa Morales
Accessibility With Luisa Morales TableXI is offerin... more
Nov 14 2018 35m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Defining “Accessibility” and the Population Who May Be Affected
Chapter 2 2 mins
What Web Devs Can Do To Makes Sites Accessible
Chapter 3 2 mins
ARIA
Chapter 4 2 mins
How Screen Readers Work
Chapter 5 4 mins
How To Build in Accessibility
Chapter 6 2 mins
Approaching Page Design
Chapter 7 1 min
Auditing Accessibility Issues
Chapter 8 4 mins
Accessibility Based on Access
Chapter 9 5 mins
Accessibility, JavaScript, Single-page Apps and Site Simulation
Chapter 10 2 mins
Accessibility is for everyone: Reasons You Should Care
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Episode 48: Meetings and Inclusion with Katie Gore and Mark Rickmeier
Meetings and Inclusion with Katie Gore and Mark Rick... more
Oct 27 2018 38m
Chapter 1 6 mins
What are the problems with meetings that we are trying to solve?
Chapter 2 4 mins
Remote Meetings and Communication Styles and Tactics
Chapter 3 10 mins
Creating Cards and Gamifying Meetings: “Wicked Meetings”
Chapter 4 3 mins
What kinds of meetings do these work best at?
Chapter 5 1 min
Table XI’s Inclusion Card Kickstarter!
Chapter 6 9 mins
How can people and companies get started implementing something like this?
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