Aji Slater

499: BikeTube ShedTacular!

April 28th, 2026  |  Season 3  |  48 mins 43 secs

Take a trip through Joël and Aji’s YouTube recommended list as they go over the media that has inspired their work the most over the course of their careers.

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.