
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... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 228 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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What does it take to keep a product healthy after more than 15 years of continuous evolution?
In this episode, Robby Russell talks with Chris Coyier, co-founder of CodePen, about the long game of maintaining software. Chris shares how CodePen has ev... more
Sally Lait joins Robby Russell on Maintainable to explore software maintainability through a different lens… not just code quality, but how teams work together over time.
Sally is a fractional technology leader and advisor with more than two decades... more
Software maintenance is often framed as a technical problem. Refactoring code, fixing bugs, or upgrading dependencies. In this conversation, Robby Russell talks with Rein Henrichs about a different lens, one centered on understanding.
Rein is a Prin... more
Software doesn’t become hard to maintain only because the code is messy. It often becomes hard to maintain because the reasoning behind it disappears.
In this episode of Maintainable, Robby Russell talks with Russ Olsen about trade-offs, legacy syst... more
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Love this show. Each episode has something they've experienced which maps to my own experience in long-running codebases.
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The host's ability to draw out detailed and meaningful conversations with each guest is awesome. This podcast is a must-listen for anyone keen on improving their knowledge in software.
Absolutely my favorite podcast. Robby does a great job covering the breadth of the industry and getting different insights and perspectives about what it takes to ensure a codebase can survive the test of time, employee turnover, industry changes, and so much more.
It’s refreshing to get insights that balance technical idealism with the reality that building software is messy work done by imperfect humans who also have goals outside of writing that next line of code.
Listened to a few episodes so far, and there are substantial nuggets in each episode. Loving it!
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A practical, practitioner-focused series exploring what it takes to keep software systems healthy over the long term. Episodes center on maintainability, legibility, and reliability across codebases, teams, and organizations, with guests ranging from engineers and leaders to authors and consultants. Topics frequently include managing technical debt, architectural decisions, testing discipline, incident response, and building collaborative cultures that sustain long-lived systems. Noteworthy elements include a strong emphasis on real-world storytelling, incremental improvements over flashy rewrites, and actionable guidance that attendees can apply to their own projects or teams.
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Recent guests on Maintainable include:
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4. Joel Oliveira
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