The Bike Shed

463: All about modals with Elaina Natario

May 13th, 2025  |  36 mins 42 secs

Joel strikes up a dialogue with fellow thoughtboter Elaina Natario about the various use cases of modals.

462: Decomposition as a key developer skill with Steve Polito

May 6th, 2025  |  42 mins 18 secs

Joël and Steve sit down to discuss the ins and outs of decomposition within their respective workflows and how they use it to their advantage when working on certain projects.

461: Writing new vs existing code with Sara Jackson

April 29th, 2025  |  42 mins 20 secs

Joël talks with fellow thoughtboter Sara about the different ways developers can help one another across the various stages of an app’s lifecycle.

460: Programer Productivity with Valerie Burzynski

April 22nd, 2025  |  36 mins 10 secs

Start taking notes in this episode as Joël and Valerie discuss the different ways in which they structure their note taking systems to improve their workflows.

459: Paper Data Structures with Sally Hall

April 15th, 2025  |  42 mins 20 secs

Joël and thoughtbot colleague Sally Hall set out to find an answer to the question, what exactly are the differences between paper data structures and digitals ones?

458: Learning Typescript with Aji Slater

April 8th, 2025  |  42 mins 31 secs

Joël and fellow thoughtboter Aji Slater examine the unfamiliar world of Typescript and various ways of working within it’s system.

457: Time Zones with Sally Hall

March 18th, 2025  |  46 mins 29 secs

Joël enlists the help of thoughtbot colleague Sally Hall as they dive into the complex world of time zones, daylight savings, measurements and coding.

456: Typescript with Jimmy Thigpen

February 25th, 2025  |  37 mins 19 secs

Joël turns to fellow thoughtboter Jimmy Thigpen as he looks to expand his knowledge about the wide world of Typescripts.

455: Noisy Animals Kata with Fritz Meissner

February 18th, 2025  |  46 mins 6 secs

Joël talks with fellow thoughtboter Fritz Meissner about the thinking process behind his latest kata project and the vast world of coding problems.

454: Workshop design with Aji Slater

February 4th, 2025  |  37 mins 46 secs

Joël is joined by fellow thoughtboter Aji Slater as they discuss their previous experiences in designing content for workshops.

453: The Bike Shed Wrapped 2024

December 31st, 2024  |  31 mins 30 secs

Recap 2024 with Joël and Stephanie as they reminisce over their favourite moments of 2024.

452: Hotwire Essentials with Steve Polito

December 24th, 2024  |  28 mins 47 secs

Stephanie is joined by follow thoughtbot-er Steve Polito as they discuss his latest GitHub resource, Botcasts

451: Making Time for and Managing Focus

December 17th, 2024  |  29 mins 25 secs

It’s officially the holidays at the Bike Shed! Defrag your hard drives and take a break with Joël and Stephanie as they breakdown different ways to manage your focus during the day.

450: Javascript-Driven Development?

December 10th, 2024  |  39 mins 57 secs

Joël and Stephanie go back to fundamentals as they pick apart some recent conversations they’ve been having around the office.

449: Evergreen skills for new-ish developers

December 3rd, 2024  |  37 mins 41 secs

448: Other Uses for Tests

November 26th, 2024  |  33 mins 42 secs