The [REFACTORED] Podcast

Refactored 047: "Inevitable Heat Death of the Company"

Wherein Chidi's dissertation is too long and Rube Goldberg takes the meeting notes.

Show Notes

• The guys pick apart some more detail and nuance about stocks and options.
• Which industry names things the worst? The guys debate. Healthcare? Tech? Finance?
• Frank comes in hot with a Grand Unified Theory of solving problems.
  • Are tech problems actually business problems in disguise? Chris agrees.
  • Are business problems actually people problems? Chris begrudingly agrees.
  • Are people problems actually always about authority and responsibility? The guys fight.
• Chris thinks there aren’t any grand conspiracies… but it sure does look like it. He claims Big Things™ are the culprit.
• The picks of the week are Gartic Phone and Skribbl.io - two great web-based games for remote teams. Thanks Joel!
• … and much more!

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Refactored 046: "Take Stock of Your Options"

Wherein Chris is the assistant (to the) floor sweeper and this is not financial advice.

Show Notes

• Chris is the worst, man. Like, why the holdup bro? We want our dang episodes already. Geeze.
• Frank once again launches into an entire tirade about how ALL DigitalOcean executives should be jailed.
• The guys talk equity. LOTS of ground covered at fairly high level, including:
  • Stock / shares
  • Options contracts
  • Insider trading (spoiler: just don’t, or the SEC will do unsavory things to your legal and financial posterior)
  • Vesting schedules and cliffs
  • Dividends
  • Market cap
• Investopedia is a great reference if you still have questions. That, and a PROPER FINANCIAL ADVISOR!
• The pick of the week is Increment, a digital (and physical!) software engneering magazine from the folks at Stripe.
• … and much more!

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Refactored 045: "The Best Pizza for your Flooz"

Wherein Frank lobbies for DigitalOcean executives to be jailed, and that's all that was discussed.

Show Notes

• The guys get some props from friend of the show and Podomatic co-founder Justin. Hi Justin! Apparently we’re pretty hardcore!
• The guys like, from their perspective, think that, maybe, like, people should pay attention to, um, how they speak. For #@!& sake!
• Frank explains a flaw in the authentication process of DigitalOcean. Remember, kids, it’s all about defense in depth!
• Did you know DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) was public? We didn’t. But we bought some. Not financial advice.
• Bitcoin (BTC) - currency or store of value? What’s the difference? Chris bungles the explanation. Seriously, if you take a shot every time he misspeaks, you won’t make it to your next podcast.
• The guys bash Dogecoin. “Fundamentals? We don’t need to stinkin' fundamentals!”
• You ever put Velveeta Cheese on Spaghettios? Chris has. He hated it. Also, Yelp sucks.
• Frank has questions about GameStop (NYSE:GME). Chris changes into his fancier tin foil hat.
• The pick of the week is DigitalOcean, great (and easy to consume) cloud hosting.
• … and much more!

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