397: Dependency Graphs

396: Build vs. Buy

395: Human Connection in a Virtual (Work) World

394: Submitting a Conference Talk Proposal from Start to Finish

393: Is REST the Best? APIs and Domain Modeling

392: Managing Changing Business Requirements

391: Learn with APPL

390: The Truth about Truthiness

389: Review Season

388: Empowering Other Departments Within a Company

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Sandi Metz

Sandi Metz joins us live from RailsConf to talk about the rules, the trouble with naming things, making the right kinds of errors, and conference speaking.  The Bike Shed - Episode 1: Sandi and Derek's Rules Sandi Metz' Rules For Developers Sandi on the Ruby Rogues Don't Create Verb Classes Swift Proposal for Default Final GoRuCo 2009: SOLID Object-Oriented Design by Sandi Metz How to Talk to Developers by Ben Orenstein What Your Conference Proposal is Missing by Sarah Mei  A big thanks to everyone who came out to our live show! A video version of this episode is available on the thoughtbot YouTube Page.Support The Bike Shed

Sandi Metz joins us live from RailsConf to talk about the rules, the trouble with naming things, making the right kinds of errors, and conference speaking. <ul> <li><a href="http://bikeshed.fm/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bike Shed - Episode 1: Sandi and Derek's Rules</a></li> <li><a href="https://robots.thoughtbot.com/sandi-metz-rules-for-developers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sandi Metz' Rules For Developers</a></li> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/087-rr-book-club-practical-object-oriented-design-in-ruby-with-sandi-metz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sandi on the Ruby Rogues</a></li> <li><a href="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DontCreateVerbClasses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Don't Create Verb Classes</a></li> <li><a href="http://mjtsai.com/blog/2015/12/21/swift-proposal-for-default-final/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Swift Proposal for Default Final</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-2yFMzxqwU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoRuCo 2009: SOLID Object-Oriented Design by Sandi Metz</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9JXH7JPjR4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Talk to Developers by Ben Orenstein</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2014/04/07/what-your-conference-proposal-is-missing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Your Conference Proposal is Missing</a> by Sarah Mei</li> </ul> A big thanks to everyone who came out to our live show! A video version of this episode is available on the <a href="https://youtu.be/3DEA8njVTIc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtbot YouTube Page</a>.<a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

70: Make Small Things (Sandi Metz)

Pat Brisbin joins Derek to discuss the many advantages of Haskell programming. note: at 27:01 Pat says "referential integrity" when he meant "referential transparency"; he's very sorry.  Maybe Haskell 50% off xmonad tiling window manager Learn You A Haskell Carnival - Open source, Haskell-powered commenting for the Giant Robots Blog Pointfree Style How to say dots and dollars The Maybe data type The Incomplete Guide to Lazy Evaluation (in Haskell) Building Haskell Projects with Halcyon Support The Bike Shed

Pat Brisbin joins Derek to discuss the many advantages of Haskell programming. note: at 27:01 Pat says "referential integrity" when he meant "<a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Referential_transparency" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">referential transparency</a>"; he's very sorry. <ul> <li><a href="http://maybe-haskell.com/bikeshed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maybe Haskell</a> 50% off</li> <li><a href="http://xmonad.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">xmonad</a> tiling window manager</li> <li><a href="http://learnyouahaskell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn You A Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/carnival" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carnival</a> - Open source, Haskell-powered commenting for the <a href="https://robots.thoughtbot.com/ship-you-a-haskell" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giant Robots Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://wiki.haskell.org/Pointfree" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pointfree Style</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/patbrisbin/status/556555319909056512" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to say dots and dollars</a></li> <li><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.2/docs/Data-Maybe.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Maybe data type</a></li> <li><a href="https://hackhands.com/guide-lazy-evaluation-haskell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Incomplete Guide to Lazy Evaluation (in Haskell)</a></li> <li><a href="https://robots.thoughtbot.com/building-haskell-projects-with-halcyon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Haskell Projects with Halcyon</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

10: I Don't Get Functional Programming

Derek &amp; Sean discuss their final preparations for RailsConf, the role of Diesel's schema.rs is in comparison to schema.rb in Rails, and how Derek took down production.  The American Chopper meme, explained PaperCall.io Diesel schema in depth Support The Bike Shed

Derek &amp; Sean discuss their final preparations for RailsConf, the role of Diesel's <code><a href="http://schema.rs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">schema.rs</a></code> is in comparison to <code>schema.rb</code> in Rails, and how Derek took down production. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/4/10/17207588/american-chopper-meme" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The American Chopper meme, explained</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.papercall.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PaperCall.io</a></li> <li><a href="http://diesel.rs/guides/schema-in-depth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diesel schema in depth</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

151: Scheming About Schema

David Heinemeier Hansson

This week, we're joined by DHH and discuss microservices, monoliths, shared abstractions, and the fate of Action Cable.  DHH's Keynote Microservices Sacrificial Architecture Scaling Mercurial at Facebook has_secure_password BCrypt Request Forgery Protection error_messages_for removed in Rails 3 Sandi Metz on the cost of the wrong abstraction WebSockets Event Machine Faye Basecamp Support The Bike Shed

This week, we're joined by DHH and discuss microservices, monoliths, shared abstractions, and the fate of Action Cable. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVTM7mE1Cc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DHH's Keynote</a></li> <li><a href="http://martinfowler.com/articles/microservices.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microservices</a></li> <li><a href="http://martinfowler.com/bliki/SacrificialArchitecture.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sacrificial Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="https://code.facebook.com/posts/218678814984400/scaling-mercurial-at-facebook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scaling Mercurial at Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveModel/SecurePassword/ClassMethods.html#method-i-has_secure_password" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><code>has_secure_password</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/codahale/bcrypt-ruby" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BCrypt</a></li> <li><a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/RequestForgeryProtection.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request Forgery Protection</a></li> <li><a href="http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/ActiveRecordHelper/error_messages_for" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><code>error_messages_for</code></a> removed in Rails 3</li> <li>Sandi Metz on <a href="https://twitter.com/sandimetz/status/273110526706462721" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the cost of the wrong abstraction</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebSockets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WebSockets</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/eventmachine/eventmachine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Event Machine</a></li> <li><a href="http://faye.jcoglan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faye</a></li> <li><a href="http://basecamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Basecamp</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

14: An Acceptable Level of Hassle (David Heinemeier Hansson)

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Derek and Sean discuss hunting Rails performance regressions and techniques for improving performance in your web applications.  Speeding Up Rails 4.2 StackProf Flame Graphs 5 Reasons to Use Protocol Buffers Instead of JSON For Your Next Service Key Frames Binary Search Algorithm Writing Fast Ruby from Erik Micahels-Ober The select and pluck methods Fragment Caching Exposing CSRF token refresh in the jQuery UJS public API. Postgres Explain Plans Implementing Multi-Table Full Text Search with Postgres in Rails Creating database views in Rails with Scenic Tweet us @_bikeshed or send us email Support The Bike Shed

Derek and Sean discuss hunting Rails performance regressions and techniques for improving performance in your web applications. <ul> <li><a href="http://samsaffron.com/archive/2014/12/01/speeding-up-rails-4-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Speeding Up Rails 4.2</a></li> <li><a href="http://tmm1.net/ruby21-profiling/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StackProf</a></li> <li><a href="http://samsaffron.com/archive/2013/03/19/flame-graphs-in-ruby-miniprofiler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flame Graphs</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.codeclimate.com/blog/2014/06/05/choose-protocol-buffers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5 Reasons to Use Protocol Buffers Instead of JSON For Your Next Service</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_frame" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Key Frames</a></li> <li><a href="http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BinarySearch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Binary Search Algorithm</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFM_UrSp70" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Writing Fast Ruby</a> from Erik Micahels-Ober</li> <li>The <a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/QueryMethods.html#method-i-select" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">select</a> and <a href="http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/Calculations.html#method-i-pluck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pluck</a> methods</li> <li><a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/caching_with_rails.html#fragment-caching" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fragment Caching</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs/commit/c7dcc344eefcd9a646fe570f00fec73078ecb6c4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exposing CSRF token refresh</a> in the jQuery UJS public API.</li> <li>Postgres <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/using-explain.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Explain Plans</a></li> <li><a href="http://robots.thoughtbot.com/implementing-multi-table-full-text-search-with-postgres" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Implementing Multi-Table Full Text Search with Postgres in Rails</a></li> <li>Creating database views in Rails with <a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/scenic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scenic</a></li> <li>Tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/_bikeshed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@_bikeshed</a> or send us <a href="mailto:hosts@bikeshed.fm">email</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

4: Put Everything on the Front End

We discuss an issue in the interaction between Rails, Chrome, and the HTTP referrer policy before Derek shares his love for GraphQL.  Referrer-Policy Origin header Rails/Chrome/no-referrer issue GraphQL GraphQL-Ruby GraphQL-Batch Sangria Elixir 1.6 Formatter Support The Bike Shed

We discuss an issue in the interaction between Rails, Chrome, and the HTTP referrer policy before Derek shares his love for GraphQL. <ul> <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Referrer-Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Origin header</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/28299" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rails/Chrome/no-referrer issue</a></li> <li><a href="http://graphql.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GraphQL</a></li> <li><a href="http://graphql-ruby.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GraphQL-Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/Shopify/graphql-batch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GraphQL-Batch</a></li> <li><a href="http://sangria-graphql.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sangria</a></li> <li><a href="https://hashrocket.com/blog/posts/format-your-elixir-code-now" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elixir 1.6 Formatter</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

129: You Wanna Talk About GraphQL?

Sean gives Derek a tour of Rust, a new systems language from Mozilla. This episode of The Bike Shed is sponsored by:   Code School: Entertaining online learning for existing and aspiring developers. Leave a review on our iTunes page to be entered to win a free month of Code School.   Rust   The Rust Programming Language   Guaranteeing Memory Safety in Rust   Rust traits   Cargo   include_str!   Pattern matching in Rust  Support The Bike Shed

Sean gives Derek a tour of Rust, a new systems language from Mozilla. This episode of The Bike Shed is sponsored by: <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.codeschool.com/thebikeshed/?utm_source=test&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_content=homepage&amp;utm_campaign=the%20bike%20shed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Code School</a>: Entertaining online learning for existing and aspiring developers. Leave a review on our <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bike-shed/id935763119?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes page</a> to be entered to win a free month of Code School. </li> <li> <a href="http://rust-lang.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rust</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://doc.rust-lang.org/book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Rust Programming Language</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://air.mozilla.org/guaranteeing-memory-safety-in-rust/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Guaranteeing Memory Safety in Rust</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/05/11/traits.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rust traits</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://doc.crates.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cargo</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://doc.rust-lang.org/std/macro.include_str!.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><code>include_str!</code></a> </li> <li> <a href="http://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/match.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pattern matching in Rust</a> </li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

23: Why Did They Call it Rust?!

Derek and Sean talk through some complex SQL before they examine the calluses developed from years of writing software on OS X.  Press 1 for Lobby Ransack EXTRACT Pivot Tables crosstab Derek’s crosstab Query Window Functions Set Returning Functions Uninstall All Installed Gems on OS X Support The Bike Shed

Derek and Sean talk through some complex SQL before they examine the calluses developed from years of writing software on OS X. <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/devoncestes/status/773363608042418177" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Press 1 for Lobby</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/activerecord-hackery/ransack" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ransack</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-EXTRACT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><code>EXTRACT</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivot_table" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pivot Tables</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/tablefunc.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><code>crosstab</code></a></li> <li><a href="https://gist.github.com/derekprior/3a99e111012174b8edf0be9307c65adf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Derek’s <code>crosstab</code> Query</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/tutorial-window.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Window Functions</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-srf.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Set Returning Functions</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8095209/uninstall-all-installed-gems-in-osx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uninstall All Installed Gems on OS X</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

79: Comments in Your Queries

On this week's episode, Steph and Chris dive into the world of crafting pull requests for optimal code review, as well as the flip side of providing code review. How can we make it easy for reviewers, and as reviewers, how can we make it easy for our teammates to incorporate our suggestions?They also discuss the world of testing, from integration to visual to unit testing, and some of the tools an practices they use at each level.Lastly, they discuss Steph's continued pairing adventures and possibly finding her max on the pairing front, a quick update on mechanical keyboards, and Steph shares a teaser of an upcoming workshop she'll be hosting around how to stay agile when building health tech products.This episode of The Bike Shed is sponsored by Honeybadger.XKCD - Crazy Straws Fractal SubgroupsKeyboard MaestroBrett Terpstra - Hyper KeyBrett Terpstra - A Useful Caps Lock KeyVimium chrome extensionTuple apptestcafeCypressPercy.ioJest screenshotsReact Testing LibraryEnzymeReact hooksthoughtbot Health Tech Online Workshop (hosted by Steph!)If you're enjoying The Bike Shed, we'd love it if you could give it a rating or review on iTunes. Thanks!Support The Bike Shed

On this week's episode, Steph and Chris dive into the world of crafting pull requests for optimal code review, as well as the flip side of providing code review. How can we make it easy for reviewers, and as reviewers, how can we make it easy for our teammates to incorporate our suggestions?They also discuss the world of testing, from integration to visual to unit testing, and some of the tools an practices they use at each level.Lastly, they discuss Steph's continued pairing adventures and possibly finding her max on the pairing front, a quick update on mechanical keyboards, and Steph shares a teaser of an upcoming workshop she'll be hosting around how to stay agile when building health tech products.This episode of The Bike Shed is sponsored by <a href="https://www.honeybadger.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Honeybadger</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://xkcd.com/1095/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XKCD - Crazy Straws Fractal Subgroups</a></li><li><a href="https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keyboard Maestro</a></li><li><a href="https://brettterpstra.com/2017/06/15/a-hyper-key-with-karabiner-elements-full-instructions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Terpstra - Hyper Key</a></li><li><a href="https://brettterpstra.com/2012/12/08/a-useful-caps-lock-key/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brett Terpstra - A Useful Caps Lock Key</a></li><li><a href="https://vimium.github.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vimium chrome extension</a></li><li><a href="https://tuple.app/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tuple app</a></li><li><a href="https://devexpress.github.io/testcafe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">testcafe</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cypress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cypress</a></li><li><a href="https://percy.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Percy.io</a></li><li><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/jest-screenshot" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jest screenshots</a></li><li><a href="https://testing-library.com/docs/react-testing-library/intro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">React Testing Library</a></li><li><a href="https://airbnb.io/enzyme/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enzyme</a></li><li><a href="https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-intro.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">React hooks</a></li><li><a href="https://info.thoughtbot.com/how-to-stay-agile-workshop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtbot Health Tech Online Workshop (hosted by Steph!)</a></li></ul>If you're enjoying The Bike Shed, we'd love it if you could give it a <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bike-shed/id935763119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rating or review on iTunes</a>. Thanks!<a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

222: That Eureka Moment

On this week's episode, Chris and Steph chat about their new client projects, VimScript, and ways to automate refreshing materialized views in tests. They also play the game Overrated/Underrated, created by Tyler Owen, and respond to a CS student who is feeling overwhelmed by the various technologies and looking to transition from tutorials to meaningful projects.This episode of The Bike Shed is sponsored by Honeybadger.thoughtbot dotfilesctrlp.vimFZFLearn Vimscript the Hard Waythoughtbot laptop scriptscenicConversations with TylerShopTalk ShowDeadlinesThe Real Story Behind Story PointsIf you're enjoying The Bike Shed, we'd love it if you could give it a rating or review on iTunes. Thanks!Support The Bike Shed

On this week's episode, Chris and Steph chat about their new client projects, VimScript, and ways to automate refreshing materialized views in tests. They also play the game Overrated/Underrated, created by Tyler Owen, and respond to a CS student who is feeling overwhelmed by the various technologies and looking to transition from tutorials to meaningful projects.This episode of The Bike Shed is sponsored by <a href="https://www.honeybadger.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Honeybadger</a>.<ul><li><a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/dotfiles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtbot dotfiles</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ctrlp.vim</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FZF</a></li><li><a href="http://learnvimscriptthehardway.stevelosh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn Vimscript the Hard Way</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/laptop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtbot laptop script</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/scenic-views/scenic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scenic</a></li><li><a href="https://conversationswithtyler.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Conversations with Tyler</a></li><li><a href="https://shoptalkshow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ShopTalk Show</a></li><li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/deadlines" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deadlines</a></li><li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/the-real-story-behind-story-points" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Real Story Behind Story Points</a></li></ul>If you're enjoying The Bike Shed, we'd love it if you could give it a <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bike-shed/id935763119" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rating or review on iTunes</a>. Thanks!<a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

220: Adequately Fun

Single table inheritance, polymorphic associations, state machines and service objects, oh my!  RailsConf Shirts- Please only order if you will be at RailsConf to pick up! How to Win at Monopoly and Lose All Your Friends Touchdown! SpaceX’s 1st Reused Rocket Lands on Drone Ship Little Boy Blue Single Table Inheritance Polymorphic Associations Tagged Union Canada Snoo  Thank you to our sponsor this week, SparkPostSupport The Bike Shed

Single table inheritance, polymorphic associations, state machines and service objects, oh my! <ul> <li><a href="https://tbot.io/bikeshop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RailsConf Shirts</a>- Please only order if you will be at RailsConf to pick up!</li> <li><a href="http://imgur.com/gallery/vX3zm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Win at Monopoly and Lose All Your Friends</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.space.com/36292-touchdown-spacexs-1st-reused-rocket-lands-on-drone-ship-video.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Touchdown! SpaceX’s 1st Reused Rocket Lands on Drone Ship</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy_Blue" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Boy Blue</a></li> <li><a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#single-table-inheritance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Single Table Inheritance</a></li> <li><a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html#polymorphic-associations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Polymorphic Associations</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_union" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tagged Union</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/vanruby/canada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.happiestbaby.com/pages/snoo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snoo</a></li> </ul> Thank you to our sponsor this week, <a href="https://pages.sparkpost.com/bikeshed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SparkPost</a><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

107: "Composition" Over Inheritance

We discuss thoughtbot's increasing use of Elixir and Phoenix and what that means for our Rails work before diving into what's new in Elixir 1.3 and Ecto 2.0.  Jonathon Coulton: IKEA Derek's thoughtbot ♥️ Elixir tweet. Fuck Bullshit HTC Vive Office Simulator Demo ExMachina and Bamboo from Paul Smith Elixir 1.3 CHANGELOG Ecto 2.0 CHANGELOG Phoenix Presence Support The Bike Shed

We discuss thoughtbot's increasing use of Elixir and Phoenix and what that means for our Rails work before diving into what's new in Elixir 1.3 and Ecto 2.0. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUPu_ipbVB0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathon Coulton: IKEA</a></li> <li>Derek's <a href="https://twitter.com/derekprior/status/743241973079801856" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtbot ♥️ Elixir</a> tweet.</li> <li><a href="https://robots.thoughtbot.com/fuck-bullshit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fuck Bullshit</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7daHWnPlD0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HTC Vive Office Simulator Demo</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/ex_machina" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ExMachina</a> and <a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/bamboo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bamboo</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/paulcsmith" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Smith</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/blob/v1.3/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elixir 1.3 CHANGELOG</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/elixir-ecto/ecto/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ecto 2.0 CHANGELOG</a></li> <li><a href="https://dockyard.com/blog/2016/03/25/what-makes-phoenix-presence-special-sneak-peek" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phoenix Presence</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

69: No More Drills

What do we look for when reviewing job applications, interviewing candidates, and pairing with prospective co-workers?  thoughtbot Podcast Listener Survey Yarn: A new package manager for JavaScript About NPM Jobs at thoughtbot LAMP Stack recruitment in GitHub Issues The fruits of Derek’s FactoryGirl pairing session The Infield Fly Rule Support The Bike Shed

What do we look for when reviewing job applications, interviewing candidates, and pairing with prospective co-workers? <ul> <li><a href="https://tbot.io/survey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thoughtbot Podcast Listener Survey</a></li> <li><a href="https://code.facebook.com/posts/1840075619545360" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yarn: A new package manager for JavaScript</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.npmjs.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">About NPM</a></li> <li><a href="https://thoughtbot.workable.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jobs at thoughtbot</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/liftoff/pull/178" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LAMP Stack recruitment in GitHub Issues</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/commit/d5417ced422ad6bde58a48e0b4be3a4a17b614cc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The fruits of Derek’s FactoryGirl pairing session</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infield_fly_rule" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Infield Fly Rule</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

84: Why Are Manhole Covers Round?

Derek and Sean discuss ethical concerns in software development and the prospect of licensing software developers.  XFINITY Data Usage Center Reply All: A Pirate in Search of a Judge Design’s Lost Generation Cambridge Analytica scandals, explained Blogger Bobbie Duncan Recalls Getting Outed Accidentally On Facebook Tesla Criticized for Blaming Autopilot Death on Model X Driver Self-Driving Mercedes-Benzes Will Prioritize Occupant Safety over Pedestrians GDPR The Bike Shed at RailsConf 2018 Support The Bike Shed

Derek and Sean discuss ethical concerns in software development and the prospect of licensing software developers. <ul> <li><a href="https://dataplan.xfinity.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XFINITY Data Usage Center</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/118#episode-player" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reply All: A Pirate in Search of a Judge</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@monteiro/designs-lost-generation-ac7289549017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design’s Lost Generation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/21/17141428/cambridge-analytica-trump-russia-mueller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cambridge Analytica scandals, explained</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/outed-on-facebook_n_4563522.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blogger Bobbie Duncan Recalls Getting Outed Accidentally On Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-12/tesla-draws-rebuke-for-blaming-autopilot-death-on-model-x-driver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tesla Criticized for Blaming Autopilot Death on Model X Driver</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.caranddriver.com/news/self-driving-mercedes-will-prioritize-occupant-safety-over-pedestrians" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Self-Driving Mercedes-Benzes Will Prioritize Occupant Safety over Pedestrians</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eugdpr.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GDPR</a></li> <li><a href="https://robots.thoughtbot.com/bike-shed-railsconf-2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bike Shed at RailsConf 2018</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

150: I Fight For the Users

Derek and Sean discuss various ways of taking the Rails out of your Ruby on Rails application, what folder to put your files in, and the difficulties and rewards of learning new programming languages.  Rails Does Not Define Your Application Architecture What the hell is a service object? Fuzzy file finding with ctrl-p Query Objects Uncle Bob's Clean Architecture Form Objects Scala Play forms Haskell Yesod Forms But Pointfree Has More Points! Support The Bike Shed

Derek and Sean discuss various ways of taking the Rails out of your Ruby on Rails application, what folder to put your files in, and the difficulties and rewards of learning new programming languages. <ul> <li><a href="http://naildrivin5.com/blog/2014/05/27/rails-does-not-define-your-application-architecture.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rails Does Not Define Your Application Architecture</a></li> <li>What the hell is a <a href="http://stevelorek.com/service-objects.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">service object</a>?</li> <li>Fuzzy file finding with <a href="https://github.com/ctrlpvim/ctrlp.vim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ctrl-p</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.codeclimate.com/blog/2012/10/17/7-ways-to-decompose-fat-activerecord-models#query-objects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Query Objects</a></li> <li>Uncle Bob's <a href="http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clean Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.codeclimate.com/blog/2012/10/17/7-ways-to-decompose-fat-activerecord-models/#form-objects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Form Objects</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.0/ScalaForms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scala Play forms</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.yesodweb.com/book/forms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Haskell Yesod Forms</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Pointfree#But_pointfree_has_more_points.21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">But Pointfree Has More Points</a>!</li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

5: Rails is Not Your Architecture

We share and discuss some user feedback on fakes and mocks, discuss the benefits and drawbacks to FactoryGirl and share exasperation over the handling of the Equifax data breach.  Stripe Mock Web Valve Seeding Faker Speed Up Tests by Selectively Avoiding Factory Girl Why the Equifax breach is very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever Credit Freeze FAQs Support The Bike Shed

We share and discuss some user feedback on fakes and mocks, discuss the benefits and drawbacks to FactoryGirl and share exasperation over the handling of the Equifax data breach. <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/stripe/stripe-mock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe Mock</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/betterment/webvalve" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Web Valve</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/stympy/faker#deterministic-random" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seeding Faker</a></li> <li><a href="https://robots.thoughtbot.com/speed-up-tests-by-selectively-avoiding-factory-girl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Speed Up Tests by Selectively Avoiding Factory Girl</a></li> <li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/09/why-the-equifax-breach-is-very-possibly-the-worst-leak-of-personal-info-ever/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why the Equifax breach is very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faqs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Credit Freeze FAQs</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

125: Less Bad Than Expected

Sean and Derek take a fresh look at the tradeoffs in writing CoffeeScript and whether we should be using an ES6 transpiler instead.  destructiring assignment in JavaScript function currying in CoffeeScript The existential operator in CoffeeScript Stockholm syndrome CoffeeScript writes better JavaScript than you ES5 Compatibility Chart: When can I use map, reduce and forEach? Underscore.js removes fallbacks to native ES5 array functions Safari's LLVM-optimized FTL JIT Compiler ES6 Transpilers traceur and ESNext ES6 Features A plethora of JavaScript build tools ES5 strict mode Sprockets road map for source maps support Support The Bike Shed

Sean and Derek take a fresh look at the tradeoffs in writing CoffeeScript and whether we should be using an ES6 transpiler instead. <ul> <li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">destructiring assignment</a> in JavaScript</li> <li><a href="http://robots.thoughtbot.com/function-currying-in-coffeescript" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">function currying</a> in CoffeeScript</li> <li>The <a href="http://coffeescript.org/#operators-existential" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">existential operator</a> in CoffeeScript</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stockholm syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM_ak1KsBKI#t=15m57s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CoffeeScript writes better JavaScript than you</a></li> <li><a href="http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ES5 Compatibility Chart</a>: When can I use <code>map</code>, <code>reduce</code> and <code>forEach</code>?</li> <li>Underscore.js <a href="https://github.com/jashkenas/underscore/pull/1525" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">removes fallbacks to native ES5 array functions</a></li> <li>Safari's <a href="https://www.webkit.org/blog/3362/introducing-the-webkit-ftl-jit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LLVM-optimized FTL JIT Compiler</a></li> <li>ES6 Transpilers <a href="https://github.com/google/traceur-compiler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">traceur</a> and <a href="https://github.com/esnext/esnext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ESNext</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/lukehoban/es6features" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ES6 Features</a></li> <li>A plethora of <a href="http://blog.cozycloud.cc/technic/2014/06/18/task-runners-comparison/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JavaScript build tools</a></li> <li>ES5 <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Strict_mode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">strict mode</a></li> <li>Sprockets <a href="https://github.com/sstephenson/sprockets/issues/643" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">road map</a> for source maps support</li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

3: Flipping the Script

In this week's episode, Steph and Chris discuss ways to unplug and protect personal downtime, RESTful sorting, altering production data within a Rails migration vs a rake task, adopting Unicode characters, and respond to a listener's question about how they approach client relationships and share thoughtbot's Agile-like process.  Slack GitHub - Pull Request Review React Angular Postgres MySQL REST RPC GraphQL PostGraphile Ruby PostGraphile Pair programming Agile Manifesto Extreme Programming- Kent Beck Unicode Consortium - Adopt a Character The Real Story Behind Story Points Active Record Migrations Rails Custom Rake Task Pepperjuice Support The Bike Shed

In this week's episode, Steph and Chris discuss ways to unplug and protect personal downtime, RESTful sorting, altering production data within a Rails migration vs a rake task, adopting Unicode characters, and respond to a listener's question about how they approach client relationships and share thoughtbot's Agile-like process. <ul> <li><a href="https://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/features/code-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GitHub - Pull Request Review</a></li> <li><a href="https://reactjs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">React</a></li> <li><a href="https://angular.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angular</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.postgresql.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Postgres</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MySQL</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_state_transfer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">REST</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RPC</a></li> <li><a href="https://graphql.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GraphQL</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PostGraphile</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PostGraphile</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pair_programming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pair programming</a></li> <li><a href="https://agilemanifesto.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agile Manifesto</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/2NhDXGQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extreme Programming</a>- Kent Beck</li> <li><a href="https://unicode.org/consortium/adopt-a-character.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Unicode Consortium - Adopt a Character</a></li> <li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/blog/the-real-story-behind-story-points" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Real Story Behind Story Points</a></li> <li><a href="https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_migrations.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Active Record Migrations</a></li> <li><a href="https://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#custom-rake-tasks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rails Custom Rake Task</a></li> <li><a href="https://soundcloud.com/pepperjuice/tracks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pepperjuice</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

204: I Don't Like Rest

Chris &amp; Derek discuss the world of services, exploring the various forms SOA can take, the oft stated benefits, and some of the pitfalls they commonly see in the wild. The discussion ranges from alternative architectures, guidelines for how to think about services within your platform, and even includes an anecdote about thoughtbot's foray into the world of SOA on Upcase.  Things You Should Never Do, Part I The Entity Service Antipattern The Past, Present, and Future of GraphQL Native - Nick Schrock Netflix - Chaos Monkey Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar (Segment) Upcase Support The Bike Shed

Chris &amp; Derek discuss the world of services, exploring the various forms SOA can take, the oft stated benefits, and some of the pitfalls they commonly see in the wild. The discussion ranges from alternative architectures, guidelines for how to think about services within your platform, and even includes an anecdote about thoughtbot's foray into the world of SOA on Upcase. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Things You Should Never Do, Part I</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.michaelnygard.com/blog/2017/12/the-entity-service-antipattern/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Entity Service Antipattern</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMa8rfXI6MM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Past, Present, and Future of GraphQL Native - Nick Schrock</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/Netflix/chaosmonkey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netflix - Chaos Monkey</a></li> <li><a href="https://segment.com/blog/goodbye-microservices/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Goodbye Microservices: From 100s of problem children to 1 superstar (Segment)</a></li> <li><a href="https://thoughtbot.com/upcase" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upcase</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

166: Are Services the New Rewrite?

Chris &amp; Derek talk about beginnings and ends, borrowing from their consulting mindset for a conversation spanning CI, deployment, communication, team structure, and everything in between.  bin/setup ActiveStorage confi on heroku Rails encrypted "Credentials" 12 Factor App Semisonic- Closing Time Suspenders changes moving to per-topic generators Ruby bug Methods with more than 32 keyword arguments with default values have some of the arguments set to default despite being passed in. Support The Bike Shed

Chris &amp; Derek talk about beginnings and ends, borrowing from their consulting mindset for a conversation spanning CI, deployment, communication, team structure, and everything in between. <ul> <li><a href="https://robots.thoughtbot.com/bin-setup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bin/setup</a></li> <li><a href="https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/active-storage-on-heroku" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ActiveStorage confi on heroku</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/30067" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rails encrypted "Credentials"</a></li> <li><a href="https://12factor.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">12 Factor App</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/xGytDsqkQY8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Semisonic- Closing Time</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/thoughtbot/suspenders/pull/899" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suspenders changes moving to per-topic generators</a></li> <li>Ruby bug <a href="https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/14373" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Methods with more than 32 keyword arguments with default values have some of the arguments set to default despite being passed in.</a></li> </ul><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/thoughtbot" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support The Bike Shed</a>

165: The Tables Have Turned

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