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The Bike Shed

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The Bike Shed

thoughtbot

504: AI Ethics (with guests!)

June 30, 2026 9:00am 32 min

Aji is joined by thoughtbot’s own Tess Griffin and Jimmy Thigpen, two members of the recently established AI Ethics Taskforce, to talk about what kind of conversations are going on in the company around AI. With AI becom...

503: Seeing the Graph for the Trees

June 23, 2026 9:00am 41 min

Aji and Joël join forces to discuss graph and tree structures, and their connection to the emergent properties, attributes and qualities you can find from a largely connected group of data. Joël dives into their recent g...

502: Apps That Make Our Work Go

June 16, 2026 9:00am 40 min

Aji and Sally are back together again, this time to discuss the different apps they use to make their workflows and To Do lists easier and quicker to achieve. Sally dives into the Notion calendar system which she uses to...

501: What makes for good technical writing?

June 02, 2026 9:00am 34 min

Sally and Joël get technical as they lay out their thoughts on blog posts. Our hosts pick apart what makes a good technical blog post, why consistent terms are more important than you might think when communicating with...

500: Celebrating with past hosts

May 26, 2026 9:00am 58 min

The Bike Shed celebrates its 500th episode with hosts new and old as they reflect on the show’s history and ask, what’s new in your world? Our past hosts look back at their time on the show, their favourite moments whil...

499: BikeTube ShedTacular!

April 28, 2026 9:00am 48 min

Take a trip through Joël and Aji’s YouTube recommended list as they go over the media that has inspired their work the most over the course of their careers. Our hosts highlight different creators that feature regularly...

498: Season 2 Recap

March 17, 2026 9:00am 37 min

Our hosts come together to wrap up season 2 and share some of their highlights along the way. Our trio expand and recap on some key topics covered over the last few months, Sally and Joël provide updates on their work w...

497: Diagrams we love

March 10, 2026 9:00am 41 min

Aji and Joël get into a flow as they discuss the different diagrams that help guide their thought processes when working. Together they compare their go to diagrams and why they find them so useful, the different analysi...

496: Test suite performance

March 03, 2026 9:00am 43 min

Joël and Sally cover all the bases as they look at improving their test suite performances times. Our hosts lay out some spicy takes on various different test suites, comparing the key differences across the different f...

495: A shortcut to years of experience

February 24, 2026 9:00am 34 min

Sally and Aji flick through thoughtbot’s guide to best practices in a bid to brush up on their coding habits. Our hosts discuss key ideas from the guides that stand out to them the most, why they’re considered to be go...

494: Primitive Obsession

February 17, 2026 9:00am 40 min

Joël and Sally examine the simpler components of programming and why using basic data structures may not always be the best approach to solving a problem. Our hosts cover all the telltale signs and symptoms of primitive ...

493: Suspenders with Steve Polito

February 10, 2026 9:00am 41 min

Joël talks with guest thoughtbotter Steve Polito about his recent work rewriting Suspenders, an old thoughtbot gem from the 2000s. Steve discusses his role on the rewrite and the steps he took in optimising it for modern...

492: Defining value within your team

February 03, 2026 9:00am 32 min

Sally and Aji assess some common metrics for success when working a project and how they may not always provide the clearest picture of how things are going. Together they discuss how to communicate effectively with st...

491: Influences that shaped our thinking

January 27, 2026 9:00am 40 min

Joël and Aji reference their personal bibliographies as they compare the different influences that have shaped their programmer world view. Our hosts discuss their most influential programming material, from books, talk...

490: Large Language Misadventure

January 20, 2026 9:00am 41 min

Our hosts discuss the pros of AI and where they find the tool genuinely useful, it’s limitations, downsides and where it’s causing harm, the differences between bad AI code and human code, before asking the question of w...

489: What makes a codebase welcoming

January 13, 2026 2:00am 39 min

Joël and Sally tidy up the place as they discuss the different ways a new codebase and team can feel welcoming to them. Together they break down the things that help them ingrate into a new project more easily, explain ...

488: The Playful Portland Programming Paradigm

January 06, 2026 2:00am 30 min

Aji and Joël talk all things hackerthons and why taking the time to have a little having fun with your work every now and then is important for developers. Our hosts reflect on their shared experience at a previous Rails...

487: ActiveModel custom attributes

December 30, 2025 2:00am 37 min

Joël contributes some thoughts on working with custom attributes as he follows up on last week’s discussion about ActiveModels with Sally. Joël breaks down how he transforms various strings and objects when working with ...

486: ActiveModel Everywhere

December 23, 2025 2:00am 27 min

Aji and Sally join forces to discuss the different ways they utilise active models in their workflows. Aji describes a new system for working with active models they’ve been using recently, Sally recalls a project where...

485: HTTP Basic Auth

December 16, 2025 2:00am 40 min

Joël and Aji kick off a new season by discussing the best use cases for HTTP basic auth and talking all things security. The pair ask when and why you would use basic auth over standard HTTPS, it’s pros, cons and vulnerab...

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