These episodes feature guest chefs
Category: Guest Episodes
Episode #602
Module Builder Pattern – Part 2
Join guest Chris Salzberg as he demonstrates how to implement a foundational Ruby metaprogramming technique: the Module Builder pattern.
Episode #601
Module Builder Pattern – Part 1
Love it or hate it, metaprogramming is an undeniable part of Ruby programming lore and culture. In part one of two, join guest chef Chriz Salzberg in exploring how how …
Episode #600
Git Storytelling – Part 3
Sometimes, we realize that something was just a little bit wrong in that last commit. Brooke Kuhlmann joins us one more time to demonstrate the git amend command. You'll see …
Episode #599
Git Storytelling – Part 2
Guest chef Brooke Kuhlmann is back, to demonstrate how we can use git's fixup and rebase to rewrite our git history into a more coherent narrative before it's shared with …
Episode #598
Git Storytelling – Part 1
Join guest chef Brooke Kuhlmann to see how git's interactive rebasing feature can help us tell better stories about our code changes. And learn some handy git aliases along the …
Episode #596
Partial Function Application
If you've ever read about functional programming, you might have run across the concept of "currying". But what is currying, exactly, and how does it help us? Join guest chef …
Episode #594
Test Substitute
Join guest chef Nathan Ladd to learn about a third way between full-stack and mocked-out isolation testing: test substitutes that are maintained alongside a production API.
Episode #586
Don’t Use Greater-Than
You know there are some programming language features you're just not supposed to use: goto. Global variables. The greater-than operator. Wait, the greater-than operator?! Find out why, in this guest …
Episode #582
Why GraphQL?
Join guest chef Nat Budin to see how a traditional RESTful API can lead to an inefficient client/server conversation. You'll see what a GraphQL alternative looks like, and then get …