The Bike Shed

On this week's episode, Steph and Chris respond to a listener question about how to know if we're improving as developers. They discuss the heuristics they think about when it comes to improving, how they've helped the teams they've worked with plan for and measure their growth, and some specific tips for improving. Rails Autoscale (https://railsautoscale.com/) Rubular regex playground (https://rubular.com/) The Pragmatic Programmer (https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/) Go Ahead, Make a Mess by Sandi Metz (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi3DClfGuqQ) Confident Code - Avdi Grimm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8J0j2xJFgQ) Therapeutic Refactoring - Katrina Owen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4dlF0kcThQ) Refactoring, Good to Great - Ben Orenstein (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC-pQPq0acs) Transcript CHRIS: There's something intriguing about the fact that we're having this conversation, but the thing that's recorded just starts at this arbitrary point in ti