Aji Slater

498: Season 2 Recap

March 17th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  37 mins 23 secs

Our hosts come together to wrap up season 2 and share some of their highlights along the way.

497: Diagrams we love

March 10th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  41 mins 46 secs

Aji and Joël get into a flow as they discuss the different diagrams that help guide their thought processes when working.

495: A shortcut to years of experience

February 24th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  34 mins 13 secs

Sally and Aji flick through thoughtbot’s guide to best practices in a bid to brush up on their coding habits.

492: Defining value within your team

February 3rd, 2026  |  Season 2  |  32 mins 52 secs

Sally and Aji assess some common metrics for success when working a project and how they may not always provide the clearest picture of how things are going.

491: Influences that shaped our thinking

January 27th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  40 mins 16 secs

Joël and Aji reference their personal bibliographies as they compare the different influences that have shaped their programmer world view.

490: Large Language Misadventure

January 20th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  41 mins 4 secs

Aji and Sally sit down to dissect the complicated beast that is AI.

488: The Playful Portland Programming Paradigm

January 6th, 2026  |  Season 2  |  30 mins 47 secs

Aji and Joël talk all things hackerthons and why taking the time to have a little having fun with your work every now and then is important for developers.

486: ActiveModel Everywhere

December 23rd, 2025  |  Season 2  |  27 mins 11 secs

Aji and Sally join forces to discuss the different ways they utilise active models in their workflows.

485: HTTP Basic Auth

December 16th, 2025  |  Season 2  |  40 mins 49 secs

Joël and Aji kick off a new season by discussing the best use cases for HTTP basic auth and talking all things security.

484: The Season 1 Recap

November 25th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  36 mins 15 secs

Our Bike Shed trio check back in with one another to follow up on some topics that caught their attention over the course of season 1.

480: The President's Doctor with Jared Turner

October 28th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  33 mins 3 secs

Aji gets their priorities straight as they talk with fellow thoughtboter Jared Turner about his recent article titled The President’s Doctor.

479: Hardly Strictly Remotely In-Person

October 21st, 2025  |  Season 1  |  33 mins 42 secs

Aji and Sally set out to crack the problems surrounding remote working as they share their thoughts on the various aspect of working from home.

478: ADHD at work

October 14th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 47 secs

Aji and Sally sit down to discuss their struggles with ADHD and the systems they have in place to stay focused at work.

477: Change Management

October 7th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 25 secs

Time to plan an upgrade as Joël and Aji talk about the hurdles involved with various change management in their projects.

475: Invisible Mentorship

September 23rd, 2025  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 11 secs

co-workers, code review, mentorship, programming

Sally and Aji discuss their experiences with invisible mentorship when it comes to code review.

474: Board games and programming

September 16th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 8 secs

board games, programming

It’s board game night at the Bike Shed as Joël and Aji crack out the game pieces to assess how their work as programmers influences strategy when playing some of their favourite games.