Maintainable Podcast
1) Sara Jackson: Why Resilience Is a Team Sport
What happens when you treat resilience as a shared responsibility across your team, not just an infrastructure concern? Sara Jackson unpacks the value of documentation, application-layer chaos experim...Show More
2) Joel Chippindale: Why High-Quality Software Isn’t About Developer Skill Alone
Is high-quality code really just about developer skill? According to CTO coach Joel Chippindale, the key to maintainable software often lies in the conversations you have before writing a single line ...Show More
3) Melanie Sumner: Why Continuous Accessibility Is a Strategic Advantage
What if accessibility wasn’t a checklist—but an integrated part of your development workflow? Melanie Sumner shares how her team at HashiCorp is building with purpose and why continuous accessibility ...Show More
4) Joe Masilotti: Simplify Your Stack, Ship Mobile Sooner
Consultant Joe Masilotti shares why most mobile apps don’t need to be fully native, how he helps Rails developers simplify their stack, and what it means to be a respectful guest in someone else’s cod...Show More
5) Freedom Dumlao: What 70 Java Services Taught Me About Focus
Freedom Dumlao made the rare decision to rebuild a microservices platform as a monolith. In this episode, he shares why—and how it made his team more effective. Plus, we talk Java, Rails, AI, and how ...Show More
6) Mercedes Bernard: Friendly Code Welcomes Everyone In
Mercedes Bernard believes that friendly code is the truest measure of maintainability. She shares how teams can reduce friction, make small architectural wins, and advocate for technical debt investme...Show More
7) Evan Phoenix: The Why of the One Line
What if trying to “future-proof” your code is actually making it harder to maintain? Evan Phoenix shares how a well-intentioned monolith split went sideways—and why clarity and confidence matter more ...Show More
8) Chris Salvato: Building Developer Paradise by Sitting in the Problem Space
Senior Staff Engineer Chris Salvato believes that understanding real bottlenecks starts with focusing on the problem space. Instead of rushing in to fix legacy code, he listens—deeply—to the people be...Show More
9) Heimir Thor Sverrisson: Architecture First, Tech Debt Second
Sustainable software starts with sustainable architecture. Heimir Thor Sverrisson joins Robby to discuss why poor architectural decisions make maintenance a losing battle, how technical debt should be...Show More
10) Noémi Ványi: Only Fix Problems That Are Actually Problems
Not every messy piece of code needs a refactor. Noémi Ványi joins Robby to discuss how to decide when technical debt is worth paying down, why developer autonomy matters, and how intuition plays a key...Show More