Joël Quenneville
Co-Host of The Bike Shed
Joël Quenneville has hosted 139 Episodes.
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502: Apps That Make Our Work Go
June 16th, 2026 | Season 3 | 40 mins 55 secs
Aji and Sally are back together again, this time to discuss the different apps they use to make their workflows and To Do lists easier and quicker to achieve.
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501: What makes for good technical writing?
June 2nd, 2026 | Season 3 | 34 mins 27 secs
Sally and Joël get technical as they lay out their thoughts on blog posts.
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500: Celebrating with past hosts
May 26th, 2026 | Season 3 | 58 mins 21 secs
The Bike Shed celebrates its 500th episode with hosts new and old as they reflect on the show’s history and ask, what’s new in your world?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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496: Test suite performance
March 3rd, 2026 | Season 2 | 43 mins 37 secs
Joël and Sally cover all the bases as they look at improving their test suite performances times.
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494: Primitive Obsession
February 17th, 2026 | Season 2 | 40 mins 41 secs
Joël and Sally examine the simpler components of programming and why using basic data structures may not always be the best approach to solving a problem.
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493: Suspenders with Steve Polito
February 10th, 2026 | Season 2 | 41 mins 30 secs
Joël talks with guest thoughtbotter Steve Polito about his recent work rewriting Suspenders, an old thoughtbot gem from the 2000s.
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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.
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489: What makes a codebase welcoming
January 13th, 2026 | Season 2 | 39 mins 13 secs
Joël and Sally tidy up the place as they discuss the different ways a new codebase and team can feel welcoming to them.
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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.
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487: ActiveModel custom attributes
December 30th, 2025 | Season 2 | 37 mins 28 secs
Joël contributes some thoughts on working with custom attributes as he follows up on last week’s discussion about ActiveModels with Sally.
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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.
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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.
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483: Comparing notes on note-taking
November 19th, 2025 | Season 1 | 38 mins 57 secs
Joël and Sally compare various note taking styles as they set out to find which ones work best for them.