Joël Quenneville

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

482: Labels for our job

November 11th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 51 secs

Joël and Sally analyse their job titles as they try to figure out exactly which borrowed labels best define their work at thoughtbot.

481: Dev Horror Stories

November 4th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 22 secs

Joël and Sally grab a flashlight to share some scary dev stories with each other to celebrate spooky season.

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.

476: Green Flags for Code

September 30th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  36 mins 39 secs

Joël and Sally sit down to discuss their green and red flags when it comes to PR 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.

473: Mental models for browsers

September 9th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  44 mins 12 secs

Joël prepares to write his new book by asking Sally some fundamental questions about Web browsers.

472: What is the skill in software development?

September 2nd, 2025  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 26 secs

Sally and Joël kick off a new season of the Bike Shed by asking the question, what exactly is it that we as developers even do around here?

471: New Hosts Join the Show

August 26th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  42 mins 12 secs

Joël reveals some exciting changes to the show.

470: All about queues with Adam McCrea

August 19th, 2025  |  40 mins 7 secs

Joël talks with Adam McCrea, founder of Judoscale, about the best ways to manage your queues and autoscaling.