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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 go inside the RubyConf CFP review process before turning our attention to questions about the impact of code review. Stick around post credits for some spoiler-filled, lukewarm Game of Thrones takes. What Your Conference Proposal is Missing by Sarah Mei Add a configuration option to cause tests to fail if they write stderr or stdout Survivorship Bias Cultivating a Code Review Culture by Derek Goldilocks and the Three Code Reviews by Vaidehi Joshi Support The Bike Shed

Derek and Sean discuss the troubles encountered when code reuse is a goal above all others and strategies to have your reusable cake and eat it too. 16 positional arguments Ruby's keyword arguments Rails Param Stronger Params Meditations on a Class Method Tell Don't Ask Get a Whiff of This by Sandi Metz Support The Bike Shed

Derek and Sean discuss going from zero to code on new projects, writing tests that deal with external services, and a tricky floating point precision bug Sean encountered in ActiveRecord. The thoughtbot laptop script bin/setup VCR Mystery Guest How to Stub External Services in Tests Fake Stripe Breaking change in how #round works Support The Bike Shed

The Changelog's Jerod Santo joins the show to talk finding time for, sustaining, and funding open source development. Jerod Santo The Changelog Request for Commits Open Collective Apple Machine Learning Journal Ryan Bigg Quits Open Source Maintenance Kill Your Inner Code Monkey by Patrick McKenzie Support The Bike Shed

We do some follow-up on open source fundraising and discuss some interesting patterns in Derek's new client project. Sean is back from leave Patronizing Open Source by Devon C. Estes thoughtbot is hiring webpack on Open Collective How to Charge for your Open Source IBM uses JSLint for evil Notarize is hiring Contracts.ruby method_added counter_cache called twice with after_create callback “Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Support The Bike Shed

Sean and Derek are joined by Caleb Thompson and Matthew Mongeau for our annual live episode to discuss lessons learned from past projects, and speaking at conferences. Video Version myglu.com (The project being discussed) Sandi Metz' Rules for Developers Facade pattern Diesel's association API has_many The foreigner gem Goose talks about designing a programming language Service Objects Monban Why you shouldn't roll your own authentication Please send Caleb sunglasses. Rails 5.1 did ship while we were recording. How to Talk to Developers Support The Bike Shed

We discuss the economics of remote work, ActionDispatch::SystemTest in RSpec, and the use of Patreon on open source projects. Robin Sparkles ActiveRecord::Base.reload ActiveRecord::Base.becomes RSpec integration with ActionDispatch::SystemTest Ruby Together Support The Bike Shed

We chat with Justin Searls about testing, programmer personality types, programming communities, and putting spreadsheets on the Internet. Justin Searls Justin’s RailsConf Keynote My Favorite Way to TDD by Justin Searls Searls-Briggs Type Indicator Test Double Deep Work Support The Bike Shed

Amanda is joined by SF thoughtbot developers Tony, Josh, & Greg to discuss learning new languages (and whether developers should do that in their free time), machine learning, the future of AR/VR, and tech that strives to make a social difference. Twitter Thread Machine Learning in Ruby Resources Apple Machine Learning Resources Chariot on TechCrunch Safecast- Open Environmental Data Contribute to Safecast Ask Tia Heat Seek Support The Bike Shed