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The Bike Shed

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On The Bike Shed, hosts Derek Prior, Sean Griffin, Amanda Hill, and guests discuss their development experience and challenges with Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and whatever else is drawing thei...

The Bike Shed Podcast Guide

Listen to The Bike Shed, a Technology podcast by thoughtbot. Stream 499 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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499: BikeTube ShedTacular!

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...

48:43Apr 28, 2026

498: Season 2 Recap

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 c...

37:23Mar 17, 2026

497: Diagrams we love

Aji and Joël get into a flow as they discuss the different diagrams that help guide their thought processes when working. Together they comp...

41:46Mar 10, 2026

496: Test suite performance

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 vari...

43:37Mar 3, 2026

495: A shortcut to years of experience

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 fr...

34:13Feb 24, 2026

494: Primitive Obsession

Joël and Sally examine the simpler components of programming and why using basic data structures may not always be the best approach to solv...

40:41Feb 17, 2026

493: Suspenders with Steve Polito

Joël talks with guest thoughtbotter Steve Polito about his recent work rewriting Suspenders, an old thoughtbot gem from the 2000s. Steve dis...

41:30Feb 10, 2026

492: Defining value within your team

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...

32:52Feb 3, 2026

491: Influences that shaped our thinking

Joël and Aji reference their personal bibliographies as they compare the different influences that have shaped their programmer world view....

40:16Jan 27, 2026

490: Large Language Misadventure

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...

41:04Jan 20, 2026

489: What makes a codebase welcoming

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...

39:13Jan 13, 2026

487: ActiveModel custom attributes

Joël contributes some thoughts on working with custom attributes as he follows up on last week’s discussion about ActiveModels with Sally. J...

37:28Dec 30, 2025

486: ActiveModel Everywhere

Aji and Sally join forces to discuss the different ways they utilise active models in their workflows. Aji describes a new system for workin...

27:11Dec 23, 2025

485: HTTP Basic Auth

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 an...

40:49Dec 16, 2025

484: The Season 1 Recap

Our Bike Shed trio check back in with one another to follow up on some topics that caught their attention over the course of season 1. Sally...

36:15Nov 25, 2025

483: Comparing notes on note-taking

Joël and Sally compare various note taking styles as they set out to find which ones work best for them. The pair break down the different w...

38:57Nov 19, 2025

482: Labels for our job

Joël and Sally analyse their job titles as they try to figure out exactly which borrowed labels best define their work at thoughtbot. Togeth...

43:51Nov 11, 2025

481: Dev Horror Stories

Joël and Sally grab a flashlight to share some scary dev stories with each other to celebrate spooky season. Sally tales the tale of the mis...

43:22Nov 4, 2025

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