Joël Quenneville
Co-Host of The Bike Shed
Joël Quenneville has hosted 135 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.