ben.net

Everything I’ve put into the world.

Essays, talks, podcasts, projects, and other public artifacts. 676 of them so far.

My proudest creations

Start with these

  1. The Somerville Beacon

    A publication covering Somerville politics and civic life.

  2. Tuple

    A pair programming app for remote teams. The biggest thing I’ve helped build.

  3. Father Foreshadowing

    An essay about my niece falling asleep in my arms.

  4. A year of Sunday Dinners

    How I made way more friends.

  5. ChatGPT Sent Me To The ER

    And maybe saved my life?

  6. Refactoring from Good to Great

    The talk that made me famous, to the extent conference talks do that.

  7. How to Talk to Developers

    My best talk about giving talks.

  8. The Art of Product

    219 episodes of building products in public with the inimitable Derrick Reimer.

  9. Somerville Council Digests

    Making local government legible, one city council meeting at a time.

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Writing

  1. Letters From Ben (Substack)

    A year of Sunday Dinners

    How I made way more friends.

  2. Somerville Beacon

    Somerville's $1.3 Billion Combined Sewer Overflow Plan

    A summary of the regional sewer plan headed to state and federal regulators on April 30, and its projected impact on Somerville households.

  3. Somerville Beacon

    An Interview with Ben Ewen-Campen

    Somerville City Councilor and candidate for the House of Reps.

  4. Somerville Beacon

    Reforming Somerville’s Demolition Review Ordinance

    Somerville has two systems for protecting historic buildings.

  5. Somerville Beacon

    Emergency Measures: Three Legal Changes to Help Address Somerville's Housing Crisis

    A blueprint for immediate action in a crisis.

  6. Somerville Beacon

    New tool: Somerville City Council Digests

    City Council meeting summaries, delivered directly to your inbox

  7. Somerville Beacon

    An Interview with Judy Pineda Neufeld

    Looking back on years of elected service

  8. Letters From Ben (Substack)

    My Jhourney Retreat Experience

    A grateful account

  9. Somerville Beacon

    How I Moderated My First Mayoral Debate

    A peek behind the scenes.

  10. Somerville Beacon

    What Should I Ask at Monday's Mayoral Debate?

    I'm moderating a debate between Wilson and Burnley and would like to include your questions.

  11. Letters From Ben (Substack)

    ChatGPT Sent Me To The ER

    Three days ago, I was one hour away from hosting eighteen people for dinner when ChatGPT told me to drop everything and go to the emergency room.

  12. Letters From Ben (Substack)

    Father Foreshadowing

    Yesterday, my niece fell asleep in my arms.

  13. Somerville Beacon

    New Course: How The Somerville Government Works

    Taught by yours truly.

  14. Somerville Beacon

    Let's Fix the School Street Crossing

    I'm putting together a crew!

  15. Somerville Beacon

    Automatically Addressing a Housing Shortage

    A model for writing an automatic response system into the law

  16. Somerville Beacon

    An Interview with Willie Burnley Jr.

    Somerville City Councilor and Candidate for Mayor

  17. Somerville Beacon

    An Interview with Jake Wilson

    From At-large Councilor to Mayor?

  18. Somerville Beacon

    How is spot zoning defined in Massachusetts?

    Fortunately, the courts have been rather clear on this!

  19. Somerville Beacon

    You're invited to the Somerville City Council

    Let's go to a meeting together!

  20. Somerville Beacon

    Somerville Upzoned 12 Lots in 2024

    My previous post, “Somerville Passed 7 Laws in 2024”, focused on statute (changes to the Code of Ordinances).

  21. Somerville Beacon

    Losing More Votes Might Be Good For You

    I recently joined my local Neighborhood Council, and we make all our decisions democratically.

  22. Somerville Beacon

    Somerville Passed 7 Laws in 2024

    So I read every one!

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  1. thoughtbot

    Boston Vim Meetup

  2. thoughtbot

    The Vim Learning Curve is a Myth

  3. thoughtbot

    The Next Boston Vim Meetup

  4. thoughtbot

    Beware Homonyms

  5. thoughtbot

    Types of Coupling

  6. thoughtbot

    Tell, Don’t Ask

  7. thoughtbot

    Code that says why it does

  8. thoughtbot

    Reducing Churn in Subscription Services

  9. thoughtbot

    Summer Sale: 40% Off Everything on Learn

  10. thoughtbot

    High-Performance Ruby Editing with Vim

  11. thoughtbot

    We’re Hiring a Producer

  12. thoughtbot

    Tips for Clojure Beginners

  13. thoughtbot

    Learn is now Upcase

  14. thoughtbot

    You Should Take A Codecation

  15. thoughtbot

    Clear Your Mental Cache

  16. thoughtbot

    New on Upcase—Onramp To Vim

  17. thoughtbot

    Solving the Pain of Forms on Static Sites

  18. thoughtbot

    Beyond the Basics: Mastering Git

  19. thoughtbot

    A Tale of Three Pricing Models

  20. thoughtbot

    Announcing FormLinter

  21. thoughtbot

    We’re Hiring a Head of Marketing for our Products

  22. thoughtbot

    New On Upcase: Mastering the Shell

  23. thoughtbot

    Special Sale on Upcase and RubyTapas

  24. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    How to Prepare for a Call with a VIP

  25. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    A Recent Email Exchange

  26. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    My Morning Checklist

  27. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    Missing the Boat

  28. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    A Querulous Query

  29. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    Actual Size

  30. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    Personal Business ROI

  31. Ongoing benorenstein.com

    A Beautiful Way to Describe Programming

  32. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Your First vimrc Should Be Nearly Empty

  33. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Using Social Proof to Get Your Talk Accepted

  34. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Dear Twitter

  35. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    40-Minute Talk Slots are Unnecessarily Challenging to Speakers

  36. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    A Short Guide to Landing Your First Rails Job

  37. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Simple Rules for New Programmers

  38. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Code Commenting Guidelines for Beginners and Beyond

  39. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How much should global variables cost?

  40. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How to Improve as a Programmer

  41. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Thoughts After Coaching 12 Rails Developers

  42. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How I'd Improve The CFP Process

  43. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    A criticism of DHH's post on Dependency Injection

  44. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Depend Upon Abstractions

  45. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Just closed more funding? My condolences.

  46. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Don't get blocked

  47. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Programmer Resumes are Deprecated

  48. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Let's read some Rails code: with_options

  49. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Video: write code faster -- expert-level vim

  50. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Let's read some Rails code: OrderedOptions

  51. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    2011 Boston Rails Developer Salary Survey

  52. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Bundler's got bash-fu

  53. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Jumping Long Distances in Vim

  54. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    A handy vim macro for RSpec users

  55. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Screencast: Watch Me Patch Some Rails Code

  56. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How to Land Your First Rails Patch (Screencast)

  57. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How to Recruit Me

  58. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How to land your first patch in Rails

  59. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    A handy ruby trick: Class.new

  60. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How to use Rails routes in Steak scenarios (and RSpec specs)

  61. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Don't Use Rails' Scaffolded Controllers

  62. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How to teach programmers

  63. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Show respect for your users. Let them skip the easy stuff.

  64. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Mistakes A Noob Makes In Vim

  65. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Too Many Software Updates on OS X?

  66. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How To Land a Rails Job with No Experience

  67. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Two Halves of Apple

  68. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    A thought on public speaking

  69. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How to Sell a Hundred Screencasts

  70. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Installing fuzzyfinder_textmate: Textmate's Cmd+T in Vim

  71. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    New In factory_girl: Callbacks

  72. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Making Github's Code Readable

  73. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Making OpenID Usable

  74. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Ruby Best Practices: A Review

  75. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Good and Not So Good Rails Code

  76. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Obama's New Robots.txt

  77. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    How Unit Testing Could Have Saved Lives

  78. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Damn Useful: When You Forget to type Sudo

  79. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Damn Useful Tips

  80. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    One-to-many: Twitter's Edge.

  81. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Lazy Evaluation For The Win

  82. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    The Power of Proper Practice

  83. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    The Best Unit Testing Resources: Beginner to Expert

  84. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Switching editors is just as hard as switching languages

  85. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    User registration pages suck

  86. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Reddit is broken redux

  87. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    F*cking programming

  88. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    On the fundamentals of programming

  89. benorenstein.com / Codeulate

    Why Reddit is broken, and how to fix it

  90. Tuple

    Tuple’s August Release & Other News

  91. Tuple

    Tuple’s Big Refactor (v0.79)

  92. Tuple

    Three-player improvements

  93. Tuple

    2020 Year in Review

  94. Tuple

    Helping with Hacktoberfest

  95. Tuple

    New Tuple features in v0.96

  96. Tuple

    SSO should be table stakes

  97. Ongoing Tuple

    Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide

  98. Ongoing Tuple

    The Case for Pair Programming

  99. Ongoing Tuple

    Your First Pairing Session

  100. Ongoing Tuple

    A Pairing Session Template

  101. Ongoing Tuple

    Pair Programming Styles

  102. Ongoing Tuple

    Pair Programming Antipatterns

  103. Ongoing Tuple

    Lesser-Known Benefits of Pair Programming

  104. Ongoing Tuple

    How to pair with a junior developer

  105. Ongoing Tuple

    Scientific Research Into Pair Programming

  106. Ongoing Tuple

    Good Resources Elsewhere

  107. Ongoing Tuple

    Pairing on Elixir, Phoenix, Elm, and GraphQL

  108. Ongoing Tuple

    TDD Ping-Pong in Ruby

  109. Ongoing Tuple

    Pairing on HTML, CSS, and Design (featuring Tailwind CSS)

  110. Ongoing Tuple

    Talking Pairing with Shopify’s VP Eng

  111. Ongoing Tuple

    Todd Sedano on Considerate Pairing

  112. Ongoing Tuple / Full Stack Radio

    Full Stack Radio: Ben Orenstein — The Art of Pairing

  113. Ongoing Tuple / Arc

    All About Pair Programming: AMA with Ben Orenstein of Tuple

  114. Reddit / r/SaaS

    I quit my web development job and built a native macOS app for remote pair programming… AMA!

Podcasts I hosted

4 shows · 466 episodes
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots220 episodes · 2012–2017
  1. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    1: Polymorphism vs. Conditionals

  2. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    2: Design with a sip of Bourbon

  3. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    3: The FactoryGirl Representation of a Factory

  4. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    4: I've got a little thoughtbot angel or devil on my shoulder

  5. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    5: My wife is getting really into whiskey

  6. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    6: MVP of Personal Hygiene

  7. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    7: Something Else Was Smellier

  8. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    8: Wax on, Wax off

  9. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    9: TDD for Business!!

  10. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    10: Isn't the last stage of grieving acceptance?

  11. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    11: You want your system to bend, not to break

  12. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    12: I think I'll be on a yacht

  13. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    13: I'll disagree in just a little bit

  14. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    14: Say goodbye to that big guy

  15. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    15: Moving money should be free

  16. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    16: Making it fast

  17. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    17: I'm feeling full and Sassy

  18. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    18: Trading Hours for Money

  19. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    19: I have tons of guns and knives

  20. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    21: Data, Context and Interaction

  21. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    22: Your code looks nice today

  22. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    23: As a consultant it's always your fault

  23. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    24: Not so DRY that it chafes

  24. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    25: Long hours on the BoltBus

  25. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    26: Deep into the psyche of Gary Bernhardt

  26. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    27: Fabulous new mistakes

  27. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    28: Farther, further, faster

  28. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    29: The most ironic iOS developer

  29. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    30: Giant Year-End Extravaganza

  30. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    32: There is an excited you in there

  31. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    33: I've failed before

  32. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    34: Very little comes to those who wait

  33. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    35: I haven't lifted a pencil in years

  34. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    36: A gem called exploit

  35. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    37: You're riding the Rails bro!

  36. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    38: Standing out from the pack

  37. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    39: We've been watching you for some time, Mr. Grimm

  38. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    40: He's winking at me

  39. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    41: This is the sausage being made

  40. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    42: Why were you suing a website?

  41. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    43: A good person by default

  42. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    44: I feel the opposite of burnt out

  43. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    45: Tiny Robots Cuddling with other Tiny Robots

  44. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    46: We don't have a monopoly on being unhealthy

  45. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    47: Two hours per minute

  46. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    48: Barista imposter syndrome

  47. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    49: The psychology of work

  48. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    50: It's Monday today, let's change everything

  49. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    51: I found a voice

  50. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    52: You look really fancy in your tuxedo

  51. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    53: Not everything needs to be extracted

  52. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    54: Build your stuff on the side and have a good time

  53. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    55: The Value of Flow

  54. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    56: Code in a Bubble Bath

  55. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    57: Delayed Gratification

  56. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    58: A Thousand Neckbeards

  57. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    59: Nowhere to Hide

  58. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    60: Deep Dive

  59. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    61: Having the Craic with Paul

  60. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    62: Family Business

  61. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    63: Knowledge Bomb!

  62. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    64: Wistfully Into the Air

  63. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    65: No! Videos Private!

  64. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    66: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

  65. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    67: The Data Optimist

  66. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    68: Simplicity and Elegance

  67. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    69: Geocoding in the Now

  68. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    70: Let Your Freak Flag Fly

  69. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    71: The Power of the Truth

  70. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    72: Up in the Mountains (Nathan Barry)

  71. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    73: Spooky Robots Haunting other Spooky Robots (Drew Neil)

  72. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    74: Fancy Scala (Sean Griffin)

  73. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    75: Embedding Democracy (Catherine Bracy)

  74. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    76: The Boutique Agency

  75. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    77: A Beautiful Thing (Harold Giménez)

  76. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    78: Fancy Pants (Chris Lindland)

  77. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    79: The Gentle Wise One (Uncle Bob Martin)

  78. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    80: Growing Business (Josh Pigford)

  79. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    81: An Agent of Change (Seth Godin)

  80. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    82: Teach all the things (Matt Knox)

  81. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    83: Turning the Tables (Ben Orenstein)

  82. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    84: The Bus Number (Harper Reed)

  83. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    85: I Want These Ideas To Be Free (Max Temkin)

  84. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    86: Humility and Patience (Peter Reinhardt)

  85. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    87: Monitoring the Bathrooms (Tony DiPasquale)

  86. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    88: Prospering Communities (Kyle Bragger)

  87. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    89: Moving Beyond The Wheel (Mahmoud Abdelkader)

  88. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    90: Do One Thing Well (George Brocklehurst, Mike Burns)

  89. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    91: Not Ruining Design (Rich Thornett)

  90. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    92: Program to the Machine You Have (Ryan Hoover)

  91. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    93: Diversity of Approach (David Nolen)

  92. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    94: The Nature of Writing (Diana Zmuda, Jessie Young)

  93. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    95: Making Time (Chas Emerick)

  94. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    96: Business is Hard (Jeff Casimir)

  95. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    97: Railing Against Rails (Ernie Miller)

  96. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    98: Memorization Techniques (Chris Hunt)

  97. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    99: You Are Not Alone (Greg Baugues)

  98. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    100: Adequately Industrious (Aaron Patterson)

  99. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    101: Developing Skills (Alex Fox, Jatin Bhandari)

  100. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    102: Put It Out To The World (Peter Cooper)

  101. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    104: Maintaining The Meat Machines (Adam Wiggins)

  102. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    105: Use Your Info-magination (Marc-André Cournoyer)

  103. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    106: Sprinting Thru Design (Alex Baldwin & Galen Frechette)

  104. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    107: The Best Secrets Kept (Sara Haider)

  105. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    108: Picking Your Obsession (Brett Van Zuiden)

  106. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    109: Venturing Thru Capital (Alex Taussig)

  107. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    110: Protecting Invisible Things (Eric Mill)

  108. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    111: Thinking Outside the Loop (Chris Granger)

  109. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    112: Data By Design (Joanne Cheng)

  110. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    113: Minimum Path to Awesome (Rob Walling)

  111. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    114: Offer Value First (Ryan Delk)

  112. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    115: There's a Spectrum Involved Here (Brandon Bloom)

  113. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    116: A Model Jellyfish (Carl Smith)

  114. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    117: Designing Quality (Will Sulinski)

  115. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    118: Scare Yourself (Dan Martell)

  116. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    119: Create Value or Create Technology? (Pete Hunt)

  117. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    120: Open Your World For Commentary (Tom Lehman)

  118. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    121: Prolificness (Allison House)

  119. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    123: Don't Call It a Codecation (Chris Hunt)

  120. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    135: Planning For Change (Ben Arent)

  121. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    136: I Think it Was the Altitude (Ben Orenstein)

  122. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    137: The Haskell Renaissance (Pat Brisbin)

  123. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    138: Overloading the Home Row (Craig Andera)

  124. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    139: Learning Oriented Culture (Mike Brittain)

  125. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    140: Don't Believe Everything That You Think (Sir John Hargrave)

  126. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    141: Don't Say No to Anything (Georgia Dow)

  127. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    142: The Power of Play (Justin Gitlin)

  128. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    143: Keep an Open Mind (Carin Meier)

  129. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    144: Finding a New Way (Pam Selle)

  130. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    145: YOLO! _push to master_ (Sam Phippen)

  131. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    146: Ready For the Real World (Shelby Kelly)

  132. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    147: Cry Through it, and Keep Typing (Saron Yitbarek)

  133. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    148: We All Want to be Heard (Rebecca Miller-Webster)

  134. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    149: Try to Stand Out (Chris Toomey)

  135. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    150: Don't Screw it Up (Derek Prior)

  136. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    151: Open By Default (Aidan Feldman)

  137. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    152: Providing Positive Change (Denise Yu & Rosa Fox)

  138. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    153: Auld Lang Syne (Chad Pytel)

  139. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    154: Do it Right the First Time (Samir Talwar)

  140. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    155: CTO Duties (Joe Ferris)

  141. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    156: It Has to be Valuable (Steve Tooke)

  142. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    157: Between Frustration and Enlightenment (Tom Stuart)

  143. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    158: Producing...Stuff (Thom Obarski)

  144. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    159: Falling Out of Love With Haskell (Mike Burns)

  145. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    160: Unfollowing the Leader (Drew Neil)

  146. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    161: Listen to Your Users (Jules Coleman)

  147. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    162: Literal Giant Robots (Brinkley Warren)

  148. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    163: Play is the Best Way to Learn (Nadia Odunayo)

  149. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    164: Transcribing at 260 wpm (Mirabai Knight)

  150. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    165: Everyone's Welcome Here (Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo)

  151. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    166: Refactoring Health Care (John Norman)

  152. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    167: A Place For Both (Brenda Storer)

  153. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    171: Always Be Hustling (Steli Efti)

  154. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    172: Go After the Hard Stuff (Eric Normand)

  155. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    173: Obsessed With Helping (Hiten Shah)

  156. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    174: Building Character (Laura Roeder)

  157. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    175: Broaden Your Worldview (Ashe Dryden)

  158. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    176: The Pricing is Right

  159. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    177: I Forgot There Would Be Follow-On Tasks

  160. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    178: No-one Wants Form End-Points for Christmas

  161. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    179: It's Tough to Iterate on Nothing

  162. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    180: We Don't Deal With Paper

  163. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    182: The Weight of Javascript

  164. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    183: Embarrassing Trailing White-Space

  165. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    184: I Love You, Businesses!

  166. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    185: The Funnel is Just the Beginning (Lincoln Murphy)

  167. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    186: Learning Through Experimentation (Ryan Buckley)

  168. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    187: Missed You!

  169. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    188: I Have a Spreadsheet!

  170. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    189: Swimming Against a Stream of Complexity

  171. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    190: An Unkempt Backlog

  172. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    191: I've Done it Once, I'm an Expert

  173. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    192: The High End of Reasonable

  174. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    193: This Episode Has Been Brought to You By the Letter 'S'

  175. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    194: Changing Your Internet Home

  176. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    195: The Storm Before the Calm

  177. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    196: Anecdotal Driven Development

  178. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    197: An Engine That Throws Off Money

  179. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    198: Nailing Down the Why

  180. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    199: Heartening Frustration

  181. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    200: Summertime Sadness

  182. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    201: The Difficulty is in Focusing

  183. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    202: A Full 360

  184. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    203: Worry Beads on Business Chains

  185. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    204: Disinclined, For Simplicity's Sake

  186. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    205: Bottling Calm

  187. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    206: I'm Glad We Talked About This (Chad Pytel)

  188. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    207: Database & Queue are Dirty Words (Derrick Reimer)

  189. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    208: Efficiency Starts With a Haircut

  190. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    209: Playlist Driven Development

  191. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    210: s/Walden/Andover

  192. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    211: Battle Hardened Over Time

  193. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    212: Good Enough, Namaste

  194. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    213: Madness Free

  195. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    214: My Cat is VP of Marketing (Nick Gauthier)

  196. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    215: SaaS is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

  197. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    216: The One With Laila & Brenda

  198. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    217: The Object Object Object

  199. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    218: A Spark of Inspiration

  200. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    219: Rails' Sidekick (Mike Perham)

  201. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    220: Goin' Legit (For 2017)

  202. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    221: Power in Mimicry

  203. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    222: Honesty Bait

  204. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    223: Work Deterrent System

  205. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    224: Sharpen Your Saw

  206. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    225: Abuse the Sunk-Cost Fallacy

  207. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    226: There Are So Many Edge-Cases

  208. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    227: We Don't Do Fractional Pennies

  209. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    228: Start in Beginner Mode

  210. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    229: We Need More Counters

  211. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    230: Sales Through Education (Anna Jacobsen)

  212. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    231: Who Likes Using Ugly Software?

  213. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    232: Don't Be Boring

  214. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    233: Insert Mode is the Worst Mode

  215. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    234: Secret Features

  216. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    235: Meta Talk Process

  217. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    236: Care For Customer Support (Spencer Fry)

  218. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    237: Steve Jobs Used Slides

  219. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    239: Change is in the Air

  220. Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    240: Handing Over the Reins

The Art of Product219 episodes · 2017–2022
  1. The Art of Product

    1: Welcome to The Art of Product

  2. The Art of Product

    2: From Good to Great

  3. The Art of Product

    3: New Pricing Strategies

  4. The Art of Product

    4: Always Talk With the Decision Maker

  5. The Art of Product

    5: Ways We Maintain Focus

  6. The Art of Product

    6: Refactoring Rails and Shareable Workflows

  7. The Art of Product

    7: Learning from Successes, and Failures

  8. The Art of Product

    8: Different Paths to Software Development with Ian Nance from Drip

  9. The Art of Product

    9: Deep Thinking and Finding Your Groove

  10. The Art of Product

    10: Dynamic Website Personalization with Brennan Dunn

  11. The Art of Product

    11: The Founders Dilemma

  12. The Art of Product

    12: Free Trials and Live Streaming Video Lessons

  13. The Art of Product

    13: Crossing the Chasm

  14. The Art of Product

    14: The Power of Simplicity

  15. The Art of Product

    15: Lessons in Scaling SaaS

  16. The Art of Product

    16: Going Viral and Customer Driven Products

  17. The Art of Product

    17: Launch Planning and Speaking at Conferences

  18. The Art of Product

    18: Preparing for Black Friday

  19. The Art of Product

    19: Gourmet Ruby with Avdi Grimm

  20. The Art of Product

    20: The Ups and Downs of Working From the Road

  21. The Art of Product

    21: Launching Refactoring Rails

  22. The Art of Product

    22: Finishing the Year Strong

  23. The Art of Product

    23: Refactoring Rails Launch Breakdown

  24. The Art of Product

    24: Tailwind CSS with Adam Wathan

  25. The Art of Product

    25: Chaos, and Growing an Engineering Team

  26. The Art of Product

    26: Optimizing Team Structures

  27. The Art of Product

    27: 30 Day Code Quality Challenge, and Elm Development

  28. The Art of Product

    28: Quarterly Goals, and Why They're Better Than Annual Goals

  29. The Art of Product

    29: Fitness and Code Quality in 2018

  30. The Art of Product

    30: Nailing an Interview, and the New Drip Design

  31. The Art of Product

    31: Mental Health for Startup Founders with Sherry Walling

  32. The Art of Product

    32: Big Changes

  33. The Art of Product

    33: The War on Developer Productivity

  34. The Art of Product

    34: Maker vs. Manager

  35. The Art of Product

    35: Conducting Customer Development Interviews

  36. The Art of Product

    36: Building Level

  37. The Art of Product

    37: Pairing and Building In Public

  38. The Art of Product

    38: Choosing Tech Stack and Taking Preorders

  39. The Art of Product

    39: Another New Beginning

  40. The Art of Product

    40: MicroConf, Equity, and Corporate Entities

  41. The Art of Product

    41: MicroConf 2018 Takeaways

  42. The Art of Product

    42: Fostering a Culture of Creativity with Rob Walling

  43. The Art of Product

    43: Strategizing Product Validation

  44. The Art of Product

    44: Exploring the Open Source Business Model

  45. The Art of Product

    45: The Value of Teaching

  46. The Art of Product

    46: The Importance of Trust with Your Audience with Justin Jackson

  47. The Art of Product

    47: Pacing Yourself When Starting Up

  48. The Art of Product

    48: When Is the Right Time to Take Outside Funding?

  49. The Art of Product

    49: The Evolving Tech Stack

  50. The Art of Product

    50: Doing the Hard Things First

  51. The Art of Product

    51: Recast - The Origin of Level from Startups for the Rest of Us

  52. The Art of Product

    52: Tuple Native App and Level Inbox Workflows

  53. The Art of Product

    53: Launching Transistor.fm with Justin Jackson

  54. The Art of Product

    54: Continuous Learning

  55. The Art of Product

    55: The Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster

  56. The Art of Product

    56: Finding Your One Thing

  57. The Art of Product

    57: Finding the Right Marketing/Product Balance

  58. The Art of Product

    58: Evolving Roles as a Startup Founder

  59. The Art of Product

    59: Pros and Cons of Working Alone on a Product

  60. The Art of Product

    60: Celebrating the Small Wins

  61. The Art of Product

    61: Unconventional Growth Tactics with Julian Shapiro

  62. The Art of Product

    62: Avoiding Negativity

  63. The Art of Product

    63: Running Successful Early Access Programs

  64. The Art of Product

    64: Habits for Hackers

  65. The Art of Product

    65: Effectively Managing Launch Day

  66. The Art of Product

    66: TinySeed Updates with Rob Walling

  67. The Art of Product

    67: Refining Level Notifications and Tuple Alpha Users

  68. The Art of Product

    68: Creating Differentiating Features

  69. The Art of Product

    69: Sound, Actionable Advice with Jason Cohen

  70. The Art of Product

    70: Refactoring UI: Concept to Launch

  71. The Art of Product

    71: Beyond Alpha

  72. The Art of Product

    72: How to Know If a Product Is Ready

  73. The Art of Product

    73: Helping Early Access Customers Get Value Quickly

  74. The Art of Product

    74: The Only Way To Learn

  75. The Art of Product

    75: Lots to Be Grateful For

  76. The Art of Product

    76: The Scotch Budget

  77. The Art of Product

    77: Reset Your Perspective

  78. The Art of Product

    78: Ultraworking with Sebastian Marshall

  79. The Art of Product

    79: Moving out of Alpha

  80. The Art of Product

    80: Rediscovering Deep Work

  81. The Art of Product

    81: Sane and Sustainable Growth with Ben Curtis from Honeybadger

  82. The Art of Product

    82: Idea to Validation to Launch: MicroConf 2019

  83. The Art of Product

    83: The Biggest Lever to Pull in Your Business

  84. The Art of Product

    84: Developer Mindset with Brian Casel

  85. The Art of Product

    85: The Hype Is Real

  86. The Art of Product

    86: The Importance of Paying Customers in Product Feedback

  87. The Art of Product

    87: Meta Podcasting

  88. The Art of Product

    88: Will They Make the Jump?

  89. The Art of Product

    89: Go Big, or Stay Small?

  90. The Art of Product

    90: The Mom Test with Rob Fitzpatrick

  91. The Art of Product

    91: Feeling Superhuman with Rahul Vohra

  92. The Art of Product

    92: Slack Leaves the Market

  93. The Art of Product

    93: Company of One with Paul Jarvis

  94. The Art of Product

    94: Seeking Clarity

  95. The Art of Product

    95: What Really Happened to Screenhero

  96. The Art of Product

    96: Tuple Official Launch and Taking Time to Unplug

  97. The Art of Product

    97: To Build, or Not to Build - Jane Portman of Userlist

  98. The Art of Product

    98: Adam Covers for Derrick

  99. The Art of Product

    99: The Binge Is Real, Countdown to the 100th Episode

  100. The Art of Product

    100: A Cool 100th Episode: Celebrating With Our Past Guests

  101. The Art of Product

    101: Mentorship Momentum with Matt Wensing of SimSaaS

  102. The Art of Product

    102: Single Sign On (SSO) for Tuple?

  103. The Art of Product

    103: Code Quality and Balancing TDD

  104. The Art of Product

    104: Tiny Conferences, and Business Growth Challenges

  105. The Art of Product

    105: Exploring Freemium

  106. The Art of Product

    106: Creating Growth Key Metrics

  107. The Art of Product

    107: Becoming a Multi-Product Company (with Amir Salihefendić)

  108. The Art of Product

    108: Getting Back to Growth Planning

  109. The Art of Product

    109: Split Test = Optimization

  110. The Art of Product

    110: The Importance of Mentors

  111. The Art of Product

    111: Continuous Improvement for Growth

  112. The Art of Product

    112: The Evolution of Product Positioning

  113. The Art of Product

    113: Rounding out the Product Roadmap

  114. The Art of Product

    114: Building Today For Tomorrow's Growth

  115. The Art of Product

    115: Debunking the Arrival Fallacy

  116. The Art of Product

    116: Should We Be Setting Annual Goals?

  117. The Art of Product

    117: Our 2020 Roadmap

  118. The Art of Product

    118: Reliability and Minimalism

  119. The Art of Product

    119: Undoing a Twitter Addiction

  120. The Art of Product

    120: Product Pricing with Adam Wathan

  121. The Art of Product

    121: Futureproofing Your Business

  122. The Art of Product

    122: SaaS Sales with Matt Wensing

  123. The Art of Product

    123: Customer Service as a Competitive Advantage

  124. The Art of Product

    124: Back After A Break

  125. The Art of Product

    125: Keeping Things in Perspective

  126. The Art of Product

    126: Tuple Takes Over

  127. The Art of Product

    127: A Tuple Growth Spurt

  128. The Art of Product

    128: One Day At A Time

  129. The Art of Product

    129: Remember When Software Came on Floppy Disks?

  130. The Art of Product

    130: Certainty Isn't The Goal

  131. The Art of Product

    131: Making Calculated Bets

  132. The Art of Product

    132: Digging a Moat

  133. The Art of Product

    133: Perfect Is The Enemy Of Good

  134. The Art of Product

    134: Introducing Mighty Cal

  135. The Art of Product

    135: Do We Really Need An Office?

  136. The Art of Product

    136: Feedback Is Everything

  137. The Art of Product

    137: Approved!

  138. The Art of Product

    138: That's Not How Cults Work

  139. The Art of Product

    139: Efficiency Starts With Groceries

  140. The Art of Product

    140: We Have Customers

  141. The Art of Product

    141: Hiring Optimally

  142. The Art of Product

    142: A Savvy Rebrand

  143. The Art of Product

    143: Networking Thoughts

  144. The Art of Product

    144: Launching SavvyCal

  145. The Art of Product

    145: What's Next for StaticKit

  146. The Art of Product

    146: Growing Teams

  147. The Art of Product

    147: Incremental Shipping

  148. The Art of Product

    148: No Design Survives Contact With The DOM

  149. The Art of Product

    149: Check Your Business Privilege

  150. The Art of Product

    150: It's Like The Vinyl Of Telling Time

  151. The Art of Product

    151: The One Comma Club

  152. The Art of Product

    152: Default Alive By Spring

  153. The Art of Product

    153: The Value of Coaching

  154. The Art of Product

    154: Courtland Allen Must Be Stopped

  155. The Art of Product

    155: How Do You Buy A New Habit?

  156. The Art of Product

    156: Reflections on 2020

  157. The Art of Product

    157: SavvyCal Wins Product Hunt

  158. The Art of Product

    158: There's Nothing Like a Sharp Knife

  159. The Art of Product

    159: Does Tuple Ever Crash?

  160. The Art of Product

    160: Digging Moats

  161. The Art of Product

    161: The Podia Operating System

  162. The Art of Product

    162: Do You Even Clubhouse?

  163. The Art of Product

    163: Catching Up With Paul Jarvis

  164. The Art of Product

    164: We Love A Good Null Constraint

  165. The Art of Product

    165: The Art of Negotiation

  166. The Art of Product

    166: Hello from Linux

  167. The Art of Product

    167: Crossing $10k

  168. The Art of Product

    168: I'd Rather Commit Sins of Overambition

  169. The Art of Product

    169: The Startup Rollercoaster

  170. The Art of Product

    170: Beautifully, Wonderfully Dissatisfied Customers

  171. The Art of Product

    171: Humans Have A Lot of Drawbacks

  172. The Art of Product

    172: Markidan on Marketing

  173. The Art of Product

    173: Shreyas Doshi on Product Management

  174. The Art of Product

    174: Everything Is A Vision Quest

  175. The Art of Product

    175: Ben's Meetings

  176. The Art of Product

    176: Making the Rounds

  177. The Art of Product

    177: On The Frontier

  178. The Art of Product

    178: Why Build A Business At All?

  179. The Art of Product

    180: Unpacking Stripe with Penelope Phippen

  180. The Art of Product

    181: On A Shipping Spree

  181. The Art of Product

    182: Cutting Churn

  182. The Art of Product

    183: Soaking In Nature

  183. The Art of Product

    184: Delete Your Backlog?

  184. The Art of Product

    185: Incremental Improvements

  185. The Art of Product

    186: Investing In The Core

  186. The Art of Product

    187: Wait, There Are How Many Time Zones?!

  187. The Art of Product

    188: Priorities, Priorities

  188. The Art of Product

    189: Back In The Saddle

  189. The Art of Product

    190: Unpacking Stripe, Continued

  190. The Art of Product

    191: Shaping Up with Adam Wathan

  191. The Art of Product

    192: This Is Not A Fire Drill

  192. The Art of Product

    193: Feeling Ambitious

  193. The Art of Product

    194: The Future of AoP

  194. The Art of Product

    195: Metric Obsession

  195. The Art of Product

    196: The Hedonic Treadmill

  196. The Art of Product

    197: Growth Mindset

  197. The Art of Product

    198: Leaving Room To React

  198. The Art of Product

    199: Keeping Up With Courtland

  199. The Art of Product

    200: The 200th Episode!

  200. The Art of Product

    201: Getting Things Done with Stephen Dolan

  201. The Art of Product

    202: The Art and Pain of Design

  202. The Art of Product

    203: The Hiring Spree

  203. The Art of Product

    204: Miscellanea

  204. The Art of Product

    205: Wathan Stops By

  205. The Art of Product

    206: IRL at MicroConf

  206. The Art of Product

    207: Musings on Advice

  207. The Art of Product

    208: Prime Foot-Shooting Material

  208. The Art of Product

    209: Penelope Again-ope

  209. The Art of Product

    210: Talk To Your Customers

  210. The Art of Product

    211: This Is Not A Bad Reality

  211. The Art of Product

    212: Tuple Goes Hollywood

  212. The Art of Product

    213: Powered by Debt

  213. The Art of Product

    214: Another week, another Wathan

  214. The Art of Product

    215: Mental Health with Dr. Sherry Walling

  215. The Art of Product

    216: Penelopers, Penelopers, Penelopers

  216. The Art of Product

    217: Half a Job You Love

  217. The Art of Product

    218: Building a $1M/Year Dev Ed Business (with Adam Wathan)

  218. The Art of Product

    219: Ben's Friend Ben

  219. The Art of Product

    220: Ben and Adam Wrap The Year

Hackers Incorporated18 episodes · 2023–2026
  1. Hackers Incorporated

    Lessons Learned in 2022-ish

  2. Hackers Incorporated

    Running your business like a band

  3. Hackers Incorporated

    Revisiting "The Ideal Bootstrapped Business" with Jason Cohen

  4. Hackers Incorporated

    Lifetime pricing is underrated

  5. Hackers Incorporated

    Minimalist management with David Heinemeier Hansson

  6. Hackers Incorporated

    How to not suck at project management

  7. Hackers Incorporated

    Enterprise sales for reluctant founders

  8. Hackers Incorporated

    Hiring is hard

  9. Hackers Incorporated

    Losing 70 lbs, getting in shape, and 15-minute workouts

  10. Hackers Incorporated

    Predictable mistakes of the developer-turned-founder

  11. Hackers Incorporated

    Q&A: Starting over, the ideal employee, success and happiness, and selling the company

  12. Hackers Incorporated

    Launching features like products

  13. Hackers Incorporated

    Revisiting the Tailwind Labs business model

  14. Hackers Incorporated

    Ben and Adam review 2023

  15. Hackers Incorporated

    Ben steps away from Tuple

  16. Hackers Incorporated

    Catching up

  17. Hackers Incorporated

    2024 year in review and plans for 2025

  18. Hackers Incorporated

    Ben Spent $600 on Amp credits

The Tuple Podcast9 episodes · 2024
  1. The Tuple Podcast

    Taylor Otwell, Creator of Laravel

  2. The Tuple Podcast

    Caleb Porzio, Creator of AlpineJS and Laravel Livewire

  3. The Tuple Podcast

    Josh Pigford, Creator of Maybe.co

  4. The Tuple Podcast

    Fable Tales, Staff Engineer at Stripe

  5. The Tuple Podcast

    Andreas Kling, Creator of SerenityOS and the Ladybird Browser

  6. The Tuple Podcast

    Thorsten Ball, Software Engineer at Zed

  7. The Tuple Podcast

    Derrick Reimer, Founder of SavvyCal

  8. The Tuple Podcast

    Matt Swanson, CTO at Arrows

  9. The Tuple Podcast

    Adam Wathan, Creator of Tailwind CSS

Talks & videos

36 talks
  1. RailsConf 2010; Railsberry 2012

    Write Code Faster: Expert-level Vim

    Ben demonstrates advanced Vim techniques for writing and navigating code efficiently.

  2. Aloha RubyConf

    Refactoring from Good to Great

    Ben performs live Ruby refactoring to improve an existing codebase.

  3. Ancient City Ruby

    Live Coding with Ben

    Ben demonstrates his software-development process through live coding.

  4. RailsConf 2013

    How to Talk to Developers

    Ben explains techniques for preparing and delivering effective technical presentations.

  5. GoGaRuCo

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Ben presents a conference talk structured around frequently asked questions.

  6. Nickel City Ruby

    Opening Keynote

    Ben delivers the opening keynote at Nickel City Ruby.

  7. RubyConf Uruguay

    You Really Should Know a Little Bit of Clojure

    Ben introduces Clojure concepts that are useful for Ruby developers to understand.

  8. RailsConf panel

    Teaching the Next Great Developers

    Ben joins a RailsConf panel about educating and mentoring future developers.

  9. Rocky Mountain Ruby

    Trust, But Verify (Programmatically)

    Ben explains how programmatic checks can verify assumptions in software.

  10. Ongoing MicroConf 2016

    Lessons From Manually Onboarding Our First 50 Customers

    Ben shares lessons from personally onboarding a product’s first 50 customers.

  11. Ongoing MicroConf Starter 2017

    Blind Spots of the Developer Entrepreneur

    Ben examines weaknesses developers commonly face when becoming entrepreneurs.

  12. Ongoing MicroConf Starter 2019

    Idea to Validation to Launch: The First 365 Days of Tuple

    Ben recounts Tuple’s first year from idea and validation through launch.

  13. Laracon US 2023

    Predictable Mistakes of the Developer-Turned-Founder

    Ben examines common mistakes developers make when becoming company founders.

  14. Ben Orenstein

    Vim for Rubyists

    Ben demonstrates Vim techniques for Ruby development.

  15. Ben Orenstein

    Patching Rails 101: Improving Documentation

    Ben demonstrates how to contribute a Rails documentation improvement.

  16. Ben Orenstein

    Watch Me Patch Some Rails Code

    Ben demonstrates making a code contribution to Rails.

  17. Ben Orenstein

    Creating vim macros and saving them for later

    Ben demonstrates creating reusable Vim macros.

  18. Ben Orenstein

    Jumping Long Distances in Vim

    Ben demonstrates ways to navigate long distances efficiently in Vim.

  19. Ben Orenstein

    Let's read some Rails code: OrderedOptions

    Ben walks through the Rails OrderedOptions implementation.

  20. Ben Orenstein

    Reading some Rails code: active_support/with_options

    Ben walks through the Rails Active Support `with_options` implementation.

  21. Ben Orenstein

    thoughtbot classic

    Ben shares a brief video related to thoughtbot.

  22. Ben Orenstein

    Team Trailmix At Work

    Ben briefly shows the Trailmix team at work.

  23. Ben Orenstein

    Building Pong in elmlang

    Ben demonstrates building Pong with Elm.

  24. Ben Orenstein

    Give it a REST

    Ben discusses REST principles in software design.

  25. Ben Orenstein

    Improving Rails Tests with Page Objects

    Ben demonstrates using page objects to improve Rails tests.

  26. Ben Orenstein

    Speeding Up Slow Rails Tests

    Ben demonstrates techniques for making slow Rails tests faster.

  27. Ben Orenstein

    A Fresh Look at Tell, Don't Ask

    Ben revisits the Tell, Don’t Ask object-design principle.

  28. Ben Orenstein

    Refactoring to Form Objects in Rails

    Ben demonstrates refactoring Rails code to use form objects.

  29. Ben Orenstein

    Testing Best Practices (In Ruby/Rails)

    Ben presents practical testing practices for Ruby and Rails applications.

  30. Ben Orenstein

    A Grab-Bag of Ruby/Rails Tips

    Ben shares a collection of practical Ruby and Rails tips.

  31. Ben Orenstein

    Refactoring Rails is Out!

    Ben announces the release of his Refactoring Rails course.

  32. published thoughtbot

    Integration Vs Unit Testing

    Ben and Joe Ferris compare integration and unit testing and the reasons to use each.

  33. published thoughtbot

    Ship A Feature

    Ben and Joe Ferris take a feature from implementation through production.

  34. published thoughtbot

    Callbacks

    Ben and Joe Ferris discuss the costs of Active Record callbacks and practical alternatives.

  35. published thoughtbot

    Improving Vim Speed

    Ben and Joe Ferris share techniques and tools for faster Vim workflows.

  36. published thoughtbot

    Landing a Rails Job

    Ben offers concrete advice for landing a first or better Rails job.

Guest appearances

27 appearances
  1. Ruby Rogues

    Ruby Rogues #129: Sharpening Tools with Ben Orenstein

    Ben discusses deliberate practice, Vim, and improving the tools developers use.

  2. Developer Tea

    19: Ben Orenstein from Thoughtbot, Part One

    Ben discusses his software-development career and work at thoughtbot.

  3. Developer Tea

    Ben Orenstein from Thoughtbot, Part Two

    Ben continues discussing his software-development career and work at thoughtbot.

  4. Cognicast

    Cognicast #075

    Ben discusses pair programming, podcasting, conferences, and sabbaticals.

  5. Ruby Rogues

    Ruby Rogues #336: Refactoring Mature Rails Apps with Ben Orenstein

    Ben discusses practical approaches to refactoring mature Rails applications.

  6. Full Stack Radio

    Our All-Time Favorite Refactorings

    Ben shares nine of his favorite refactoring techniques.

  7. My Ruby Story

    My Ruby Story #36

    Ben discusses his career, Ruby, thoughtbot, and teaching developers.

  8. Developer Tea

    Interview with Ben Orenstein, Part 1

    Ben discusses his work and career as a software developer and entrepreneur.

  9. Developer Tea

    Interview with Ben Orenstein, Part 2

    Ben continues discussing his work and career as a software developer and entrepreneur.

  10. Product People

    Product People #99

    Ben discusses early work on Tuple and the value of pair programming.

  11. The Bike Shed

    Former Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots

    Ben discusses Tuple, WebRTC, pair programming, and Vim.

  12. CodeNewbie

    How do I level up?

    Ben discusses how junior developers can progress to intermediate-level work.

  13. Remote Ruby

    Joined by Ben Orenstein

    Ben discusses Ruby, Tuple, and remote pair programming.

  14. Software Developer’s Journey

    Software Developer’s Journey #51

    Ben traces his career through thoughtbot, teaching, and public speaking.

  15. Indie Hackers

    Indie Hackers #96

    Ben discusses building a profitable Tuple before its public launch.

  16. Indie Hackers

    Indie Hackers #113

    Ben discusses Tuple’s launch, product roadmap, and sales.

  17. Rabbit Hole

    Remote Pair Programming with Ben Orenstein

    Ben discusses the practice and benefits of remote pair programming.

  18. Software Sessions

    A decade long retrospective with Ben Orenstein

    Ben reflects on a decade of software development and entrepreneurship.

  19. Arc

    All About Pair Programming

    Ben answers questions about pair programming and its practical use.

  20. Mixergy

    He copied Screenhero

    Ben recounts Tuple’s origins as a remote pair-programming product.

  21. Full Stack Radio

    How to Stand Out When Applying for a Job at a Small Company

    Ben explains how applicants can stand out when seeking work at a small company.

  22. Indie Hackers

    Indie Hackers #201

    Ben discusses Tuple’s growth, coaching, and life as a founder.

  23. Remote Ruby

    From Developer To CEO of Tuple

    Ben discusses his transition from software developer to Tuple’s CEO.

  24. Indie Hackers

    Indie Hackers #245

    Ben discusses hiring and building a team at Tuple.

  25. Open Threads

    Open Threads #12

    Ben discusses his path to building a reputation on the internet.

  26. Fragmented

    Fragmented #235

    Ben discusses pair programming and building Tuple.

  27. IndieRails

    IndieRails #28

    Ben discusses moving from Rails developer to software-company founder.

Projects

11 projects
  1. Ongoing

    Refactoring Rails

    A video course about improving the design and maintainability of Rails applications.

  2. Ongoing

    Vim for Rails Developers

    A course teaching productive Vim workflows for Rails development.

  3. Ongoing

    30-Day Code Quality Challenge

    A 30-day email program of practical code-quality exercises.

  4. retired

    Upcase

    A developer-learning platform Ben helped create at thoughtbot.

  5. Ongoing

    Tuple

    A remote pair-programming application Ben co-founded.

  6. retired

    Briefs.fm

    A tool for publishing short-form audio podcasts.

  7. Ongoing

    Trailmix

    An email journal co-created with Chris Hunt that prompted a daily reply and resurfaced an old entry.

  8. Ongoing

    Somerville Council Digests

    A digest that makes Somerville City Council activity easier to follow.

  9. Ongoing

    Fractal Boston

    A Boston community for ambitious and curious people.

  10. Ongoing

    How the Somerville Government Works

    A course explaining how Somerville’s local government works.

  11. Ongoing

    GitHub profile and pinned repositories

    Ben’s public source-code profile and pinned open-source repositories.