
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
Latest episodes

Sep 9, 2013 • 38min
65: No! Videos Private!
On this episode Ben talks with Chris Savage and Brendan Schwartz about Wistia
Wistia
Chris Savage's Twitter
Brendan Schwartz's Twitter
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Sep 2, 2013 • 36min
64: Wistfully Into the Air
In this episode of Giant Robots Ben talks with Des Traynor about intercom, concise communication. blogging and customer outreach.
Intercom
Inside Intercom Blog
Des Traynor's Twitter
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Aug 26, 2013 • 49min
63: Knowledge Bomb!
Ben and Chad discuss mentoring, job hunting tips and FAQ
thoughtbot Code Review Guide
Pair With Me
Sandi Metz Rules
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Aug 19, 2013 • 32min
62: Family Business
In this of episode of Giant Robots, Ben speaks with Natalie Nagele and Ilya Sabanin about Wildbit, Beanstalk, and work flow.
Wildbit
Beanstalk
Ilya Sabanin's Twitter
Natalie Nagele's Twitter
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Aug 12, 2013 • 35min
61: Having the Craic with Paul
In this episode Paul and Ben talk about tito, funconf, and organizing conferences.
Paul Campbell's Twitter
Pabcas
Hypertiny
Tito
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Aug 5, 2013 • 34min
60: Deep Dive
In this week's episode Ben discusses effective business practices and advice for optimal page design with special guest Patrick McKenzie.
Learn Prime
Bingo Card Creator
Paul Gram (Do Things That Don't Scale)
Double your Freelancing Rate
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Jul 29, 2013 • 26min
59: Nowhere to Hide
In this episode, Ben Orenstein speaks with thoughtbot CTO Joe Ferris about the technical interview process at thoughtbot, and more.
Flog tool complexity
Flay duplication tool
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Jul 22, 2013 • 31min
58: A Thousand Neckbeards
This week Ben Orenstein, Pat Brisbin, and Mike Burns talk about Haskell, Linux, functional and dynamic programming, Conway's Game of Life, and much more.
Real World Haskell
Hackage
Conways Game of LIfe
Learn You A Haskell
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Jul 15, 2013 • 28min
57: Delayed Gratification
In this episode, Ben Orenstein is joined by Michael Klett, Co-founder and tech lead of Chargify. Ben and Michael discuss the evolution of Chargify and bumps along the way, underwear subscriptions, Michael’s transition from hardware to software, negativity in the Rails community, slow tests, and much more.
Chargify
Manpacks
Bryan Helmcamp’s blog on 7 ways to refactor
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
@tenderlove’s keynote at railsconf
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Jul 8, 2013 • 37min
56: Code in a Bubble Bath
]In this episode Ben Orenstein is joined by Alex MacCaw, creator of Spine, formerly of Twitter, and now a developer at Stripe. Ben and Alex talk about travel, writing, code, and couch surfing.
Alex's Personal Website
Alex's Blog
Alex's World Travel Blog Post
Alex's Github
Spine
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