You Ain't Gonna Need It, the podcast where we look at software practices and tools and ask: "do we need it?"

Episode List

Programming Books w/ Aaron Francis

Dec 5th, 2023 3:00 PM

Matt and Aaron talk about programming books and try to answer the question "do we need them?"This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioAaron Francis on Twitter // PlanetScaleMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.toAaron's shedAaron reading printed docs on the beachSQL Window FunctionsThe Pragmatic ProgrammerThe Timeless Way of BuildingCulture is StuckUse the Index, Luke!MySQL for Developers courseWhy do programmers use books as monitor stands?

Redis w/ Nate Berkopec

Nov 28th, 2023 3:00 PM

Matt and Nate talk about Redis and try to answer the question "do we need it?"This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioNate Berkopec on Twitter // SpeedshopMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to"Redis is not faster than your database""Your data fits in RAM"March of progressneo4jsidekiqACIDkredisWafris"Running Sidekiq...with a volatile eviction policy"Solid QueueSolid CacheThe open source gift exchangepuma/pumaThe Silver Rule

Service Objects w/ Jason Swett

Nov 21st, 2023 2:58 PM

Matt and Jason talk about Service Objects and try to answer the question "do we need them?"This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioJason Swett on Twitter // Code with JasonMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.toJason's Snail Mail newsletterBrevity is the soul of wit

Testing w/ Josh Pigford

Nov 14th, 2023 4:00 PM

Matt and Josh talk about automated testing and try to answer the question "do we need them?"This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioJosh Pigford on Twitter // DetangleMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.toWittgenstein's RulerWhy doesn't Stripe have a /mrr endpoint?GitHub Project Paper CutsBaremetricsMaybeLaser TweetsCedar & SailThe best restaurant in the worldKim Kardashian - Kimoji appCursor AI EditorStated vs Revealed preferences

GraphQL w/ Trevor Turk (Bonus: VCR)

Nov 7th, 2023 1:00 PM

Matt and Trevor talk about GraphQL and try to answer the question "do we need it?" (Bonus hot takes on VCR snapshot testing)This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioTrevor Turk on Twitter // Hello WeatherMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.toGraphQL: The DocumentaryGraphiQLn+1 problems in GraphQLBFF: Backend for FrontendGraph TheorySchema stitchingBonus: VCR

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