Maintainable

Robby Russell

Do you feel like you're hitting a wall with your existing software projects? Are you curious to hear how other people are navigating this? You're not alone. On the Maintainable Software Podcast, Robby speaks with seasoned practitioners who have overcome the technical and cultural problems often associated with software development. Our guests will share stories in each episode and outline tangible, real-world approaches to software challenges. In turn, you'll uncover new ways of thinking about how to improve your software project's maintainability.

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Maintainable

Episodios

Lucas Roesler: The Fast Feedback Loop Advantage

Brittany Ellich: Using AI to Maintain Software, Not Rewrite It

Kent L Beck: You’re Ignoring Optionality… and Paying for It

Don MacKinnon: Why Simplicity Beats Cleverness in Software Design

Chris Zetter: Building a Database to Better Understand Maintainability

Denis Rechkunov: When Consistency Becomes a Culture

Nathan Ladd: Relentless Improvement and the Cost of Neglect

Taylor Otwell: What 14 Years of Laravel Taught Me About Maintainability

Sara Jackson: Why Resilience Is a Team Sport

Joel Chippindale: Why High-Quality Software Isn’t About Developer Skill Alone

Melanie Sumner: Why Continuous Accessibility Is a Strategic Advantage

Joe Masilotti: Simplify Your Stack, Ship Mobile Sooner

Freedom Dumlao: What 70 Java Services Taught Me About Focus

Mercedes Bernard: Friendly Code Welcomes Everyone In

Evan Phoenix: The Why of the One Line

Chris Salvato: Building Developer Paradise by Sitting in the Problem Space

Heimir Thor Sverrisson: Architecture First, Tech Debt Second

Noémi Ványi: Only Fix Problems That Are Actually Problems

Julia López: Code Tells a Story—Even the White Spaces

Marty Haught: Rethinking Technical Debt—Is It Really Just Drift?

Mike Bowers - From ISAM to JSON—Navigating 40+ Years of Database Evolution

Lorna Mitchell: Writing Documentation Engineers Will Actually Read

Carola Lilienthal: Tackling Technical Debt with Patterns and Domain Knowledge

Joel Hawksley: The Hidden Costs of Frontend Complexity

Austin Story: Making Software Easier to Change, Remove, and Evolve

Dan Moore: Building Developer-Friendly Authentication Solutions

Tom Johnson: From Auto-Documentation to Better Collaboration

Gulcin Yildirim Jelinek: Maintaining Postgres for Modern Workloads

Justine Gehring: Refactoring Software at Scale with AI

Katerina Skroumpelou: Bridging Engineering and Advocacy for Scalable Software

Moriel Schottlender: The Challenges of Modernizing MediaWiki's Monolith

Kate Holterhoff: From Front-End Engineering to Developer Advocacy

Alan Ridlehoover: Building Robust Systems Through Behavior-Centric Testing

April Wensel: Navigating Legacy Code with Compassion

Saron Yitbarek: The Balance Between Maintainable Code and Multiple Streams of Income

Lutz Hühnken: Crafting Resilient Systems with Event-Driven Design

Noel Rappin: Reviving the Pickaxe— A Journey through Ruby's Legacy

Cassidy Williams: Navigating the Career Jungle Gym in Tech

Obie Fernandez: Pioneering AI in Ruby on Rails Development

Tekin Süleyman: Balancing Complexity and Team Size

Ryosuke Iwanaga: The Benefits of Cell-Based Architecture

Julia Ferraioli - Capturing Untold Open Source Stories

Tanmai Gopal: Unlocking the Potential of Unified APIs

James Socol: Building Social Capital in Engineering Teams

Paola Ducolin: Building Trust and Communication in Engineering Teams

Robin Heinze - React Native and the Art of Flexibility

Scott Hanselman - The Fear Factor in Maintainable Software

Stig Brautaset: Understanding Alien Artifacts in Legacy Code

Brit Myers - Decoding Product vs. Technical Risk

Andrea Guarino - Leveraging Static Analysis for Better Code