
The software industry has a short memory. It warps good ideas, quickly obfuscating their context and intent. Dead Code seeks to extract the good ideas from the chaos of modern software development.
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| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 62 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Technology | |||

In this episode, Jared is joined by Samir Talwar to talk about why “programming peaked” and how the developer experience has arguably regressed over the last 15 years—from losing powerful IDE refactoring workflows to the ways pull requests can turn i... more
Jared talks with Sabine Schmaltz, an OCaml Developer Advocate at Tarides, about how she went from learning Standard ML in a demanding university course to getting hired for an OCaml role despite only having written “Hello, World,” and what she’s buil... more
Jared interviews Steve Klabnik (Rust author and longtime OSS contributor) about JJ (Jujutsu), a newer version control system that can operate on Git repos via pluggable backends so you can adopt it locally without forcing teammates to switch, while g... more
In this episode, GitHub engineer Joel Hawksley breaks down the evolution of GitHub’s UI architecture—from Rails views to ViewComponent to React—and the tradeoffs behind each step. ViewComponent emerged as a practical, backwards-compatible way to elim... more
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Focus centers on software development practices, exploring topics like code health, programming methodologies, and innovative coding techniques. Episodes feature discussions on key challenges such as security vulnerabilities, the importance of collaboration in coding, and the psychological aspects of decision-making in software development. Unique concepts like 'riffing'—a playful, experimental approach to coding—are highlighted, along with critical narratives regarding organizational impacts on productivity and the evolution of programming practices in contemporary tech culture. The podcast stands out for its mix of technical insights and engaging storytelling, making it particularly relevant for software developers and tech professionals ... more
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Recent guests on Dead Code include:
1. Sabine Schmaltz
2. Steve Klabnik
3. Josh Vlk
4. David Bryant Copeland
5. Adam Tornhill
6. Matt Schwager
7. Kasper Timm Hansen
8. Justin Searls
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