Aaron Francis, an avid reader of programming books, joins Matt on YAGNI to discuss the value and importance of programming books in today's technology landscape. They explore topics such as retaining knowledge, recognizing relevant information, and the benefits of reading programming books. They also discuss the evolution of programming resources, the rise of edutainment, and the challenges of consuming and producing content in the remix culture.

Matt and Nate talk about Redis and try to answer the question "do we need it?"This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioNate Berkopec on Twitter // SpeedshopMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to"Redis is not faster than your database""Your data fits in RAM"March of progressneo4jsidekiqACIDkredisWafris"Running Sidekiq...with a volatile eviction policy"Solid QueueSolid CacheThe open source gift exchangepuma/pumaThe Silver Rule

Matt and Jason talk about Service Objects and try to answer the question "do we need them?"This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioJason Swett on Twitter // Code with JasonMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.toJason's Snail Mail newsletterBrevity is the soul of wit

Josh Pigford, Founder of Flipper Cloud, joins Matt to discuss the importance of automated testing in software development, challenges and uncertainties in testing, measuring productivity and challenges in attribution, balancing craft and business in engineering, the future of test automation with AI, and the benefits of automated software testing.

Trevor Turk and Matt discuss the emergence and implications of GraphQL, its impact on team communication, handling large data and nested queries, debunking GraphQL terminology, using GraphQL as an add-on to REST, tricking product managers, opinions on GraphQL and testing practices, and reflections on the software as a craft movement and the value of test-driven development.

Matt and Charity talk about Friday Deploys and try to answer the question "do we need them?"This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags! Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free at flippercloud.ioCharity Majors on Twitter // honeycomb.ioMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.toFriday deploy freezes are exactly like murdering puppiesCoaching treeFrequency Reduces Difficulty (Martin Fowler)Payoff space vs consistency spaceBlame-aware postmortemDORA metrics

Justin Searls on TwitterMatt Swanson on TwitterArrowsTest DoubleJustin's "What do you like about RSpec" thread (2016)Dan North BDDNate Berkopec "Reading rspec documentation like..." tweetCorey Haines: Fast Rails TestsKent Beck: "I get paid for code that works, not for tests..."Nick Quaranto's minitest CLI wrapperMocktail gemtest_data gem

Dave Copeland on TwitterMatt Swanson on TwitterArrowsMood HealthTaylorism / Scientific managementGoogle DORA Report"Agile" on TikTokThe Joel Test“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin

Justin Duke on TwitterMatt Swanson on TwitterArrowsButtondownAccidental AirBnB "test" notificationThe Pragmatic Programmer"SICP" book"We dont use a staging server" HN threadChecklist ManifestoIQ Bell Curve / Midwit - Know Your Meme