Recent Episodes
Refactored 088: "We've Always Done It That Way"
Wherein the guys lube up some 30-year-old animatronics.
Show Notes
- Jurassic Park holds up, man. Even when Xfinity flakes out for an entire week.
- You know what really grinds our gears? People who defend their actions solely on the basis of tradition.
- “The last guy” isn’t nearly the myopic troll he’s made out to be. Don’t be the new guy that throws the last guy under the bus.
- The macroeconomic environment is bad, no denying it. Some of the tech pullback is directly tied to Fed rates, but Frank extracts a key lesson about sustainable growth.
- Frank offers a $1,000 cash reward for anyone who can identify where the QWERTY keys are on Chris' Moonlander (photo below). Was it a sincere offer?
not-sure-if.jpg - The guys want some real world feedback on anyone who has lubed their mechanical keeb.
- The pick of the week is Good to Great, by Jim Collins.
- … and much more!
Refactored 087: "Cloud Ragnarök"
Wherein Chris gets fired and Frank still harbors a lot of FAANGer.
Show Notes
- Frank is super hype for the new God of War, if you couldn’t tell.
- Layoffs.fyi is — unfortunately — a super interesting site right now.
- The big bois are all announcing hiring freezes and/or layoffs right now. Most recently Facebook and Apple. Rumors about Amazon next. Chris has a somber prediction.
- The guys talk resumes. Few quick tips:
- Quantify All The Things.
- Talk about you, not your team.
- Speak to accomplishments, not responsibilities.
- Highlight your role, not your company.
- Frank wrote about this topic in more depth.
- The guys debate the value proposition of the cloud. dhh is moving HEY off the cloud (link to article and podcast).
- Is the fediverse ready for prime time as Twitter’s future is uncertain? The guys discuss Mastodon, Diaspora, PeerTube, etc.
- … and much more!
Refactored 086: "George Foreman Cosplay"
Wherein Frank is basically a cheap Star Fox knockoff and Chris burns his foot cooking bacon.
Show Notes
- Lachlan Patterson has some funny analysis on designing the George Foreman grill.
- Frank argues well that your product (service?) design needs to be very focused. Be cutthroat.
- Feedback: “Does DevOps mean anything now that a bunch of companies are ‘doing DevOps’ but not really doing anything differently than before?”
- The pick of the week is the George Foreman Grill. Yes… that one.
- … and much more!