The Bike Shed
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The Bike Shed

by thoughtbot

On The Bike Shed, hosts Joël Quenneville, Sally Hall, and Aji Slater discuss development experiences and challenges at thoughtbot with Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and whatever else is drawing their attention, admiration, or ire this week.

101 episodes
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1
498: Season 2 Recap
37:23 Mar 17, 2026
2
497: Diagrams we love
41:46 Mar 10, 2026
3
496: Test suite performance
43:37 Mar 3, 2026
4
495: A shortcut to years of experience
34:13 Feb 24, 2026
5
494: Primitive Obsession
40:41 Feb 17, 2026
6
493: Suspenders with Steve Polito
41:30 Feb 10, 2026
7
492: Defining value within your team
32:52 Feb 3, 2026
8
491: Influences that shaped our thinking
40:16 Jan 27, 2026
9
490: Large Language Misadventure
41:04 Jan 20, 2026
10
489: What makes a codebase welcoming
39:13 Jan 13, 2026
11
488: The Playful Portland Programming Paradigm
30:47 Jan 6, 2026
12
487: ActiveModel custom attributes
37:28 Dec 30, 2025
13
486: ActiveModel Everywhere
27:11 Dec 23, 2025
14
485: HTTP Basic Auth
40:49 Dec 16, 2025
15
484: The Season 1 Recap
36:15 Nov 25, 2025
16
483: Comparing notes on note-taking
38:57 Nov 19, 2025
17
482: Labels for our job
43:51 Nov 11, 2025
18
481: Dev Horror Stories
43:22 Nov 4, 2025
19
480: The President's Doctor with Jared Turner
33:03 Oct 28, 2025
20
479: Hardly Strictly Remotely In-Person
33:42 Oct 21, 2025
21
478: ADHD at work
37:47 Oct 14, 2025
22
477: Change Management
44:25 Oct 7, 2025
23
476: Green Flags for Code
36:39 Sep 30, 2025
24
475: Invisible Mentorship
38:11 Sep 23, 2025
25
474: Board games and programming
41:08 Sep 16, 2025
26
473: Mental models for browsers
44:12 Sep 9, 2025
27
472: What is the skill in software development?
41:26 Sep 2, 2025
28
471: New Hosts Join the Show
42:12 Aug 26, 2025
29
470: All about queues with Adam McCrea
40:07 Aug 19, 2025
30
469: How are we using AI? with Jimmy Thigpen
38:32 Aug 12, 2025
31
468: RailsConf Recap with Tess Griffin
41:35 Jul 22, 2025
32
467: How to get the most out of attending a conference with Matheus Richard
41:20 Jul 1, 2025
33
466: All about keynotes with Aji Slater
43:36 Jun 24, 2025
34
465: What is quality software with Elaina Natario
37:52 May 27, 2025
35
464: Modelling the stars with Rémy Hannequin
42:59 May 20, 2025
36
463: All about modals with Elaina Natario
36:42 May 13, 2025
37
462: Decomposition as a key developer skill with Steve Polito
42:18 May 6, 2025
38
461: Writing new vs existing code with Sara Jackson
42:20 Apr 29, 2025
39
460: Programer Productivity with Valerie Burzynski
36:10 Apr 22, 2025
40
459: Paper Data Structures with Sally Hall
42:20 Apr 15, 2025
41
458: Learning Typescript with Aji Slater
42:31 Apr 8, 2025
42
457: Time Zones with Sally Hall
46:29 Mar 18, 2025
43
456: Typescript with Jimmy Thigpen
37:19 Feb 25, 2025
44
455: Noisy Animals Kata with Fritz Meissner
46:06 Feb 18, 2025
45
454: Workshop design with Aji Slater
37:46 Feb 4, 2025
46
453: The Bike Shed Wrapped 2024
31:30 Dec 31, 2024
47
452: Hotwire Essentials with Steve Polito
28:47 Dec 24, 2024
48
451: Making Time for and Managing Focus
29:25 Dec 17, 2024
49
450: Javascript-Driven Development?
39:57 Dec 10, 2024
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449: Evergreen skills for new-ish developers
37:41 Dec 3, 2024
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