Runtime Rundown - JavaScript and Web Development
by Joe Boyle and Evan Cooper
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Web development, JavaScript, careers. Each week starts with an article and and ends with good news.
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- Should Managers Still Code With Mike Crittenden · 54 min · Season 4 Episode 9In this very special 100th episode we bring in seasoned manager and old friend Mike "Critter" Crittenden and ask him - "Should Managers Still Code?". Critter is a senior manager…
- Just Chatting · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 8We get back into the swing of things with an informal chat mostly about the existential crises of no longer being frontend devs. We dive into topics like the current AI agent…
- Giving a Bleep About Design · 1 h 6 minAnother guest! In this episode, we cover Cap Watkins' "The Sliding Scale of Giving A F*ck" with designer Daniel Casey. This episode is all about a framework of how engineering…
- The Aspirin Paradox · 47 minIn this episode we cover "Locked doors, headaches, and intellectual need" by Max Kreminski. This article outlines the concept of problem-solution ordering issues and how they are…
- Neurodiversity & Tech With Shea Belsky · 48 minWe have another guest! This time it's Shea Belsky - host of Autistic Techie, former CTO of Mentra, and long time friend of the show. We dive into how TypeScript can empower…
- Everyday Coaching with Aaron Bieber · 1 h 3 minIn this special guest episode, we bring on the definitive best Bieber in the world. Aaron Bieber is a both seasoned technologist and excellent career coach. We talk about the art…
- Changing Our Minds On Software Development · 37 minIn this episode we cover "Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry" by Chris Kiehl. This is a fun one where we riff on things we still…
- Building Complex Software · 41 min · Season 4 Episode 2In this episode we cover "How To Write Complex Software" by Grant Slatton. If you've ever struggled wondering how to approach a big problem, this one's for you. We go over a…
- The One About Performance Reviews · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 1We're back! After almost 3 months of paternity leave, Runtime Rundown is kicking off our 4th season with everyone's favorite topic - performance reviews. We're just getting back…
- Should We Rewrite Our JavaScript Tooling? · 46 minIn this episode we cover "Why I'm skeptical of rewriting javascript tools in faster languages" by Nolan Lawson. This is an interesting intersection between tech problems and…
- Pair Programming · 34 minIn this episode, we cover "Pair Programming" written by the inimitable Matt Hamlin. We talk about what pair programming is, why you might do it, and when you maybe shouldn't. In…
- You Don't Need to Be That Good · 49 minIn this episode we cover "The T Shaped Engineer" by Alex Kondov, and make a few references to Adam Savage's video How to Ask for a Job (Without Asking). As usual we go off on…
- Using AI For Code Reviews · 53 minIn this episode we dive into another awesome article from Abi Noda, Using AI to encourage best practices in the code review process. This article covers a recent research paper…
- Dogfooding · 44 minIn this week's episode we cover "Using your own product is a superpower" on the PostHog engineering blog. Using your own software, AKA "dogfooding", is one of those topics thrown…
- We're Speed-running a Side Business · 44 minIn this follow-up to our Speed-running Projects episode, we talk about our ongoing effort to speed-run building a SaaS business from the ground up! We cover what we're building…
- The One About Vim · 41 minGet ready for a knock-drown, drag-out brawl! Just kidding. Joe and I calmly debate the merits of Vim vs No Vim development and Joe nearly converts me.
- The Listener Question Special · 42 minIn this special episode of Runtime Rundown, we tackle a bunch of listener questions from the one and only Matt H. He's been dropping wisdom-bombs all over our suggestion and…
- Docs as Code · 42 minIn this episode we cover "Docs-as-code, a brief introduction" by Ezinne Anne Emilia. We talk about what "docs-as-code" means, why we love it, and how to get started. No matter…
- Speedrunning Projects · 29 minThis week we read and discuss How to Build Anything Extremely Quickly by an author known only as dnbt777 on the Learn How to Learn blog. The premise is simple, and you probably…
- Data Informed, Not Data Dogma · 39 minIn this episode, we dive into "Why data-driven product decisions are hard (sometimes impossible)" by Andrew Chen. This piece leans heavily towards Product Management and is…
