Overcommitted
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May 20, 2025 • 24min
Ep. 8 | Technical Debt Prioritization
The crew chat about what tech debt is and how we have prioritized it in the past.HostsOvercommitted.devBethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.comEggyhead: https://github.com/eggyhead
May 13, 2025 • 30min
Ep. 7 | Decision making
The crew chat about how we make decisions and prioritize things as software engineers.LinksClean ArchitectureOne-way vs. Two-way door decisionsSam Altman: "The most important thing is deciding what to work on"Architecture Decision RecordsMoSCoW PrioritizationHostsOvercommitted.devBethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.comEggyhead: https://github.com/eggyheadJonathan Tamsut: https://jtamsut.substack.com
May 6, 2025 • 36min
Ep. 6 | How we build things - tools, tips, and tricks
The crew chat about our current toolset for building things as software engineers. Tips and tricks for staying on track and building things with our teams!LinksJaegerVisual Studio Live ShareOvercommitted on BlueskyHostsOvercommitted.devBethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.comEggyhead: https://github.com/eggyhead
Apr 29, 2025 • 39min
Ep. 5 | The ethics of AI for software engineers
The crew gets philosophical about the ethics of building Artificial Intelligence systems. Are software engineers going to be replaced? Is it ethical to build AI systems?LinksSuperintelligenceBlog: Less WrongZizian cultThinking in SystemsDwarkesh Patel podChatGPT Medical Diagnosis StudyMCP Server Claude Desktop TutorialMCP PodcastOvercommitted on BlueskyHostsOvercommitted.devBrittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.comEggyhead: https://github.com/eggyheadJonathan Tamsut: https://jtamsut.substack.com
Apr 22, 2025 • 35min
Ep. 4 | How we use AI as software engineers
The crew chat about our experience using AI right now as software engineers (which is subject to change even by the time this episode airs). Including an overview of our current thoughts on the AI landscape, what tools we use for which tasks, and our thoughts on what we are excited about for the future!LinksThe S in MCP Stands for SecurityBook: The Scaling EraOvercommitted on BlueskyHostsOvercommitted.devBethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.comEggyhead: https://github.com/eggyheadJonathan Tamsut: https://jtamsut.substack.com
Apr 15, 2025 • 23min
Ep. 3 | Onboarding to a new codebase
In this episode, the group chats about a recent GitHub Blog post from Brittany about How GitHub engineers onboard to a new codebase, including how they prefer to get up to speed on a new team.Links: https://github.blog/developer-skills/application-development/how-github-engineers-learn-new-codebases/Hosts:Bethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.comEggyhead: https://github.com/eggyheadJonathan Tamsut: https://jtamsut.substack.com/
Apr 8, 2025 • 28min
Ep.2 | Q1 Goals Retrospective
On this episode the crew of GitHub engineers reviews their goals for the first quarter and discusses their plans for the second quarter of 2025. Links mentioned12 week yearAtomic habitsHabit kitObsidian templateGodel Escher BockThinking in SystemsPartifulFind the hostsBethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.comJonathan Tamsut: https://jtamsut.substack.com
Mar 25, 2025 • 30min
Ep. 1 | Imposter Syndrome
On this episode the crew gets personal talking about imposter syndrome. Links mentionedhttps://howwefeel.org/https://www.everywoman.com/my-development/quiz-there-are-5-kinds-imposter-syndrome-which-one-yours/ Find the hostsBethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.com/Eggyhead: https://github.com/eggyheadJonathan Tamsut: https://jtamsut.substack.com/
