https://simplecast.com It Depends A podcast by Clear Function. Clear Function is a group of happy engineers based in Memphis, TN. We partner with visionaries to bring their ideas to life. For more information, check out our website. © 2016-2017 Clear Function en Fri, 1 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 22:48:11 +0000 http://www.clearfunction.com/podcast It Depends https://cdn.simplecast.com/images/38908dc2-2ddf-4886-aa95-3d06f18c9126/ed62990c-ce03-451e-81a5-75f06abfffa6/3000x3000/1473192128-artwork.jpg?&aid=rss_feed http://www.clearfunction.com/podcast episodic A podcast by Clear Function. Clear Function is a group of happy engineers based in Memphis, TN. We partner with visionaries to bring their ideas to life. For more information, check out our website. Clear Function no https://feeds.simplecast.com/sX5Fmgi8 technology, agency, web, .NET, C#, developers Colin Neller podcast@clearfunction.com e8bb2488-8d27-4456-b667-c96d9a8e748a 40: Continuous Delivery ##Things Mentioned

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]]> 39: Switching Between Projects Clear Function 00:32:57 no full 39 8ffec3f4-246f-4c14-9465-74ffbdfd96ff 38: Moving Beyond Mockups to Reality ##Things Mentioned

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]]> 38: Moving Beyond Mockups to Reality Clear Function 00:31:27 no full 38 075e03b8-d01a-43f6-8852-ebc9f1e584b8 37: Avoid Re-work with Low-fidelity Mockups ##Things Mentioned

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]]> 37: Avoid Re-work with Low-fidelity Mockups Clear Function 00:24:25 no full 37 c593ee39-95e5-412f-85c0-c71bc66a0328 36: Balancing Code and Meetings On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the nature of doing development work that is not strictly writing code all the time. They try to find the appropriate balance between time spent coding and time spent in meetings. This topic includes some great tips on how to do meetings efficiently and effectively. There's even a rousing few minutes about what defines a meeting.

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]]> Fri, 2 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/95a25db2-d56b2225 On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the nature of doing development work that is not strictly writing code all the time. They try to find the appropriate balance between time spent coding and time spent in meetings. This topic includes some great tips on how to do meetings efficiently and effectively. There's even a rousing few minutes about what defines a meeting.

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]]> 36: Balancing Code and Meetings Clear Function 00:37:29 On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the nature of doing development work that is not strictly writing code all the time. They try to find the appropriate balance between time spent coding and time spent in meetings. This topic includes some great tips on how to do meetings efficiently and effectively. There's even a rousing few minutes about what defines a meeting. On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the nature of doing development work that is not strictly writing code all the time. They try to find the appropriate balance between time spent coding and time spent in meetings. This topic includes some great tips on how to do meetings efficiently and effectively. There's even a rousing few minutes about what defines a meeting. web, value, meetings, programming, discussion, purpose, engineering, coding, code, communication, engineer, developer, business, meaning, meeting, development, application no full 36 73847fab-ca88-40fe-a0ed-4f25cc12244d 35: Alexa & Voice Development On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Ben discuss all the recent hype around your favorite voice assistant speakers. They talk through the reasons for current spikes in popularity of voice speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. Most importantly, the engineers discuss how to develop for and take advantage of these new and exciting platforms.

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]]> Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/01ff114b-43273814 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Ben discuss all the recent hype around your favorite voice assistant speakers. They talk through the reasons for current spikes in popularity of voice speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. Most importantly, the engineers discuss how to develop for and take advantage of these new and exciting platforms.

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]]> 35: Alexa & Voice Development Clear Function 00:29:18 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Ben discuss all the recent hype around your favorite voice assistant speakers. They talk through the reasons for current spikes in popularity of voice speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. Most importantly, the engineers discuss how to develop for and take advantage of these new and exciting platforms. On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Ben discuss all the recent hype around your favorite voice assistant speakers. They talk through the reasons for current spikes in popularity of voice speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. Most importantly, the engineers discuss how to develop for and take advantage of these new and exciting platforms. voice, application, programming, amazon, developer, apple, google, siri, cortana, assistant, microsoft, development, alexa no full 35 ddaacaea-7ced-42e5-abb1-4eb3fef632d3 34: How to Present at Tech Conferences On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Brian, and Ben discuss the necessary steps toward becoming a presenter at a tech conference. This includes selecting a conference, choosing a topic, crafting an abstract, mastering the topic, preparing a slide deck, and giving the presentation. Listen in for specific presentation tips and tricks!

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]]> Fri, 5 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/cd93f005-091708b1 On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Brian, and Ben discuss the necessary steps toward becoming a presenter at a tech conference. This includes selecting a conference, choosing a topic, crafting an abstract, mastering the topic, preparing a slide deck, and giving the presentation. Listen in for specific presentation tips and tricks!

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]]> 34: How to Present at Tech Conferences Clear Function 00:41:29 On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Brian, and Ben discuss the necessary steps toward becoming a presenter at a tech conference. This includes selecting a conference, choosing a topic, crafting an abstract, mastering the topic, preparing a slide deck, and giving the presentation. Listen in for specific presentation tips and tricks! On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Brian, and Ben discuss the necessary steps toward becoming a presenter at a tech conference. This includes selecting a conference, choosing a topic, crafting an abstract, mastering the topic, preparing a slide deck, and giving the presentation. Listen in for specific presentation tips and tricks! codestock, coding, ruby, microsoft, application, development, build, conference, web, technology, code, conferences, dotnet, tech, technical, programming, developer no full 34 11cfae5c-aeb0-4764-a860-5539081d54d5 33: How and When to Invest in R&D On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian talk about research and development and its place in an agency. In addition to defining R&D, they discuss how to manage and spend research time well. This conversation also includes more on how to keep up with articles and technologies, which is expanded from a previous episode, namely It Depends 10: Should I learn this new technology?.

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]]> Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/ee38c39b-32b21775 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian talk about research and development and its place in an agency. In addition to defining R&D, they discuss how to manage and spend research time well. This conversation also includes more on how to keep up with articles and technologies, which is expanded from a previous episode, namely It Depends 10: Should I learn this new technology?.

##Things Mentioned

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]]> 33: How and When to Invest in R&D Clear Function 00:31:05 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian talk about research and development and its place in an agency. In addition to defining R&D, they discuss how to manage and spend research time well. This conversation also includes more on how to keep up with articles and technologies, which is expanded from a previous episode, namely "10: Should I Learn this New Technology?". On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian talk about research and development and its place in an agency. In addition to defining R&D, they discuss how to manage and spend research time well. This conversation also includes more on how to keep up with articles and technologies, which is expanded from a previous episode, namely "10: Should I Learn this New Technology?". sharing, engineering, continuous, software, development, web, application, learning, developer, research, improvement, knowledge, program, engineer no full 33 64fa1978-d65a-4cfc-923c-f8ab19e2544b 32: DevOps: Scaling Out or Scaling Up?: On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo embark on the final episode in our DevOps series. Specifically, the topic is scaling to handle additional load for a site in production. Do you handle the traffic by buying more servers or by growing existing servers?

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]]> Fri, 8 Dec 2017 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/0889bf0c-db108f1b On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo embark on the final episode in our DevOps series. Specifically, the topic is scaling to handle additional load for a site in production. Do you handle the traffic by buying more servers or by growing existing servers?

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]]> 32: DevOps: Scaling Out or Scaling Up?: Clear Function 00:30:34 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo embark on the final episode in our DevOps series. Specifically, the topic is scaling to handle additional load for a site in production. Do you handle the traffic by buying more servers or by growing existing servers? On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo embark on the final episode in our DevOps series. Specifically, the topic is scaling to handle additional load for a site in production. Do you handle the traffic by buying more servers or by growing existing servers? developer, code, networking, operations, google, linux, development, devops, servers, cloud, coding, programming, amazon, scaling no full 32 85ed3e5b-74a3-4114-b75a-528ff6363f74 31: Chatbot Skills with Daniel Pritchett On this episode, our very own chatbot expert, Daniel Pritchett, joins Mo and Ben to discuss chat as a service. While there is a lot of hype around chatbots recently, these engineers decode chat as a platform and engage in all kinds of fun along the way. Listen in to hear about the implicit increases in efficiency, knowledge sharing, and time savings that can come with chatbots. Also, look out for Daniel’s talk at Southeast Ruby in October and his upcoming book!

##Things Mentioned

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]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/96df4cd6-c5083672 On this episode, our very own chatbot expert, Daniel Pritchett, joins Mo and Ben to discuss chat as a service. While there is a lot of hype around chatbots recently, these engineers decode chat as a platform and engage in all kinds of fun along the way. Listen in to hear about the implicit increases in efficiency, knowledge sharing, and time savings that can come with chatbots. Also, look out for Daniel’s talk at Southeast Ruby in October and his upcoming book!

##Things Mentioned

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]]> 31: Chatbot Skills with Daniel Pritchett Clear Function 00:32:21 On this episode, our very own chatbot expert, Daniel Pritchett, joins Mo and Ben to discuss chat as a service. While there is a lot of hype around chatbots recently, these engineers decode chat as a platform and engage in all kinds of fun along the way. Listen in to hear about the implicit increases in efficiency, knowledge sharing, and time savings that can come with chatbots. Also, look out for Daniel’s talk at Southeast Ruby in October and his upcoming book! On this episode, our very own chatbot expert, Daniel Pritchett, joins Mo and Ben to discuss chat as a service. While there is a lot of hype around chatbots recently, these engineers decode chat as a platform and engage in all kinds of fun along the way. Listen in to hear about the implicit increases in efficiency, knowledge sharing, and time savings that can come with chatbots. Also, look out for Daniel’s talk at Southeast Ruby in October and his upcoming book! ai, chat, bot, facebook, development, developer, bots, heroku, elvis, artificial intelligence, memtech, device, slackbot, programming, chatbot, chatops, ifttt, github, mobile, skill, micro, messenger, siri, amazon, eliza, hubot, alexa, turing test no full 31 adc0278b-0d9a-411f-8804-b8271255bfd8 30: Application Hosting with DevOps in "The Cloud" On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the cloud and application hosting. The conversation includes services such as Heroku, Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Listen in to hear about how developers make the decision to use platform as a service or infrastructure as a service to manage and host their applications.

##Things Mentioned

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]]> Fri, 8 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/ed71d195-ed71d195 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the cloud and application hosting. The conversation includes services such as Heroku, Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Listen in to hear about how developers make the decision to use platform as a service or infrastructure as a service to manage and host their applications.

##Things Mentioned

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]]> 30: Application Hosting with DevOps in "The Cloud" Clear Function 00:26:55 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the cloud and application hosting. The conversation includes services such as Heroku, Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Listen in to hear about how developers make the decision to use platform as a service or infrastructure as a service to manage and host their applications. On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the cloud and application hosting. The conversation includes services such as Heroku, Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Listen in to hear about how developers make the decision to use platform as a service or infrastructure as a service to manage and host their applications. azure, service, heroku, platform, devops, kubernetes, infrastructure, app, hosting, application, terraform, amazon, operations, web, aws, development no full 30 99b366dc-ea01-422c-8a1d-2f278fd386ea 29: Using Docker and Ansible to Win at DevOps On this episode, Ben, Jesse, Keith, and Mo discuss configuration management and continuous deployment. Using technologies like Docker and Ansible can identify and provide dependencies for applications. Learn how to fight for consistency across development and production environments with containers.

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]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/dd9a8b28-dd9a8b28 On this episode, Ben, Jesse, Keith, and Mo discuss configuration management and continuous deployment. Using technologies like Docker and Ansible can identify and provide dependencies for applications. Learn how to fight for consistency across development and production environments with containers.

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]]> 29: Using Docker and Ansible to Win at DevOps Clear Function 00:28:50 On this episode, Ben, Jesse, Keith, and Mo discuss configuration management and continuous deployment. Using technologies like Docker and Ansible can identify and provide dependencies for applications. Learn how to fight for consistency across development and production environments with containers. On this episode, Ben, Jesse, Keith, and Mo discuss configuration management and continuous deployment. Using technologies like Docker and Ansible can identify and provide dependencies for applications. Learn how to fight for consistency across development and production environments with containers. programming, continuous, software, application, web, configuration, development, engineer, deployment, developer, management, docker, ansible, engineering, container, servers, server no full 29 53e964c7-e52d-4e67-802e-54e4b5305d18 28: The How, When, & Why of DevOps On this episode, Ben, Mo, Jesse, and Daniel cover continuous integration & delivery, monitoring, logging, and more. Do today’s developers all need to learn some DevOps? What are the tradeoffs in targeting platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, or the traditional ‘bare metal’ deployment?

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]]> Fri, 11 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/28-afbbc4d7 On this episode, Ben, Mo, Jesse, and Daniel cover continuous integration & delivery, monitoring, logging, and more. Do today’s developers all need to learn some DevOps? What are the tradeoffs in targeting platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, or the traditional ‘bare metal’ deployment?

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]]> 28: The How, When, & Why of DevOps Clear Function 00:29:37 On this episode, Ben, Mo, Jesse, and Daniel cover continuous integration & delivery, monitoring, logging, and more. Do today’s developers all need to learn some DevOps? What are the tradeoffs in targeting platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, or the traditional ‘bare metal’ deployment? On this episode, Ben, Mo, Jesse, and Daniel cover continuous integration & delivery, monitoring, logging, and more. Do today’s developers all need to learn some DevOps? What are the tradeoffs in targeting platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, or the traditional ‘bare metal’ deployment? cloud, logging, server, devops, azure, continuous, administration, integration, monitoring, developer, heroku, system, development, aws, sysadmin, programming, operations, delivery no full 28 c54691b6-a879-429e-8197-e2f2c2debc78 27: When to Google, When to Ask for Help On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Keith, and Brian discuss the balance between using a search engine and asking co-workers for help. When you have a tricky problem to solve, either of these tactics will include some significant trade offs. The team explains when and how to Google to be effective in programming.

##Things Mentioned

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]]> Fri, 28 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/27-339ae0c6 On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Keith, and Brian discuss the balance between using a search engine and asking co-workers for help. When you have a tricky problem to solve, either of these tactics will include some significant trade offs. The team explains when and how to Google to be effective in programming.

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]]> 27: When to Google, When to Ask for Help Clear Function 00:30:04 On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Keith, and Brian discuss the balance between using a search engine and asking co-workers for help. When you have a tricky problem to solve, either of these tactics will include some significant trade offs. The team explains when and how to Google to be effective in programming. On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Keith, and Brian discuss the balance between using a search engine and asking co-workers for help. When you have a tricky problem to solve, either of these tactics will include some significant trade offs. The team explains when and how to Google to be effective in programming. search, ask jeeves, duck duck go, google, knowledge, bing, search engine, help, reference, development, sharing, programming, coding no full 27 4461aa36-78a7-49e1-815f-9042cb0eb543 26: Pair Programming On this episode, Ben, Jesse, and Daniel discuss pair programming. With the strategy of pairing comes significant benefits to productivity, code quality, rubber ducking, and knowledge sharing. Listen in for helpful tips about tooling and managing differing team strengths and energy levels.

##Things Mentioned

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]]> Fri, 14 Jul 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/26-d5ebc518 On this episode, Ben, Jesse, and Daniel discuss pair programming. With the strategy of pairing comes significant benefits to productivity, code quality, rubber ducking, and knowledge sharing. Listen in for helpful tips about tooling and managing differing team strengths and energy levels.

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]]> 26: Pair Programming Clear Function 00:28:32 On this episode, Ben, Jesse, and Daniel discuss pair programming. With the strategy of pairing comes significant benefits to productivity, code quality, rubber ducking, and knowledge sharing. Listen in for helpful tips about tooling and managing differing team strengths and energy levels. On this episode, Ben, Jesse, and Daniel discuss pair programming. With the strategy of pairing comes significant benefits to productivity, code quality, rubber ducking, and knowledge sharing. Listen in for helpful tips about tooling and managing differing team strengths and energy levels. application, web, code, pair, coding, development, program, programming, software, pairing no full 26 23f3e156-5b71-4e2a-b794-ad1801d5b47d 25: How to Win at Tech Conferences On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Ben, and Daniel discuss the continuous improvement topic of tech conferences. They discuss how to choose a conference, the most helpful aspects of a conference, and how to attend conferences well. Perhaps most importantly, the group explains how to take full advantage of the conference by sharing knowledge with the whole team.

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]]> Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/25-aa84a54c On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Ben, and Daniel discuss the continuous improvement topic of tech conferences. They discuss how to choose a conference, the most helpful aspects of a conference, and how to attend conferences well. Perhaps most importantly, the group explains how to take full advantage of the conference by sharing knowledge with the whole team.

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]]> 25: How to Win at Tech Conferences Clear Function 00:31:26 On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Ben, and Daniel discuss the continuous improvement topic of tech conferences. They discuss how to choose a conference, the most helpful aspects of a conference, and how to attend conferences well. Perhaps most importantly, the group explains how to take full advantage of the conference by sharing knowledge with the whole team. On this episode, Jesse, Mo, Ben, and Daniel discuss the continuous improvement topic of tech conferences. They discuss how to choose a conference, the most helpful aspects of a conference, and how to attend conferences well. Perhaps most importantly, the group explains how to take full advantage of the conference by sharing knowledge with the whole team. tech, conference, conferences, programming, technology, engineering, software, developer, development, coding no full 25 639a6e44-3fb4-435a-bbaf-bb0e153110de 24: Should You Change Code for Tests? On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss three important questions regarding the priority of testing when writing code. Could you change your code for tests? Would you change your code for tests? Should you change your code for tests? Listen in to hear about how testing is a first-order concern in writing good code.

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]]> Fri, 16 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/24-d8115491 On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss three important questions regarding the priority of testing when writing code. Could you change your code for tests? Would you change your code for tests? Should you change your code for tests? Listen in to hear about how testing is a first-order concern in writing good code.

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]]> 24: Should You Change Code for Tests? Clear Function 00:28:31 On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss three important questions regarding the priority of testing when writing code. Could you change your code for tests? Would you change your code for tests? Should you change your code for tests? Listen in to hear about how testing is a first-order concern in writing good code. On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse discuss three important questions regarding the priority of testing when writing code. Could you change your code for tests? Would you change your code for tests? Should you change your code for tests? Listen in to hear about how testing is a first-order concern in writing good code. development, coding, writing, testing, tests, test-driven, test, programming no full 24 30fbf370-4f8a-41ed-8f1d-0a8f04356bd2 23: Software Testing & Test-Driven Development On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian discuss software testing. From types of tests to tooling for testing, learn how tests can help you make better software in less time with reproducible, regression-preventing tests. And finally, the debate about test-driven development is rekindled again!

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]]> Fri, 2 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/23-f73a3213 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian discuss software testing. From types of tests to tooling for testing, learn how tests can help you make better software in less time with reproducible, regression-preventing tests. And finally, the debate about test-driven development is rekindled again!

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]]> 23: Software Testing & Test-Driven Development Clear Function 00:32:49 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian discuss software testing. From types of tests to tooling for testing, learn how tests can help you make better software in less time with reproducible, regression-preventing tests. And finally, the debate about test-driven development is rekindled again! On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Brian discuss software testing. From types of tests to tooling for testing, learn how tests can help you make better software in less time with reproducible, regression-preventing tests. And finally, the debate about test-driven development is rekindled again! development, tests, test, test-driven, .net, inversion, driven, testing, ruby, development, software, of, integration, programming, regression, control, unit, test, tdd, ioc no full 23 e3dcda38-91f8-4476-9371-e95d168a0ae3 22: The Art of Debugging On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Jesse debug all the problems. They address making and questioning assumptions as a programmer, how to debug different types of errors, and the best tooling in various operating systems. Listen in to hear about test journals, buddy debugging, rubber ducking, and much more!

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]]> Fri, 19 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/22-7f60358e On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Jesse debug all the problems. They address making and questioning assumptions as a programmer, how to debug different types of errors, and the best tooling in various operating systems. Listen in to hear about test journals, buddy debugging, rubber ducking, and much more!

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]]> 22: The Art of Debugging Clear Function 00:47:35 On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Jesse debug all the problems. They address making and questioning assumptions as a programmer, how to debug different types of errors, and the best tooling in various operating systems. Listen in to hear about test journals, buddy debugging, rubber ducking, and much more! On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Jesse debug all the problems. They address making and questioning assumptions as a programmer, how to debug different types of errors, and the best tooling in various operating systems. Listen in to hear about test journals, buddy debugging, rubber ducking, and much more! testing, breakpoint, developer, debug, debugging, development, web, software, programming, art no full 22 e9f0215b-3bbf-4cec-a80c-d647e2692332 21: The Secret to Success in Team Projects On this episode, Daniel, Stephen, Ben, and Colin go beyond engineering practices to talk about another important part of the life of the developer. We call it leadership, but it involves all kinds of soft skills as well as individual ownership of practices, products, and projects. In large part, this episode reveals our "secret sauce" in team projects.

##Things Mentioned

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]]> Fri, 5 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/21-739a4b4a On this episode, Daniel, Stephen, Ben, and Colin go beyond engineering practices to talk about another important part of the life of the developer. We call it leadership, but it involves all kinds of soft skills as well as individual ownership of practices, products, and projects. In large part, this episode reveals our "secret sauce" in team projects.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 21: The Secret to Success in Team Projects Clear Function 00:40:46 On this episode, Daniel, Stephen, Ben, and Colin go beyond engineering practices to talk about another important part of the life of the developer. We call it leadership, but it involves all kinds of soft skills as well as individual ownership of practices, products, and projects. In large part, this episode reveals our "secret sauce" in team projects. On this episode, Daniel, Stephen, Ben, and Colin go beyond engineering practices to talk about another important part of the life of the developer. We call it leadership, but it involves all kinds of soft skills as well as individual ownership of practices, products, and projects. In large part, this episode reveals our "secret sauce" in team projects. success, engineering, web, software, leadership, ownership, soft, skills, development, projects, teams no full 21 dcc30aa7-2723-4f4f-91ca-2c81dff7de07 20: Fostering a Positive Work Culture On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Stephen, and Ben discuss cultivating healthy work culture. Our work includes not only what we do, but also how we do it. For developers, this means work is not just writing code. How do we foster a positive work culture? Listen in to find out.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/20-a36d1c42 On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Stephen, and Ben discuss cultivating healthy work culture. Our work includes not only what we do, but also how we do it. For developers, this means work is not just writing code. How do we foster a positive work culture? Listen in to find out.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 20: Fostering a Positive Work Culture Clear Function 00:38:31 On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Stephen, and Ben discuss cultivating healthy work culture. Our work includes not only what we do, but also how we do it. For developers, this means work is not just writing code. How do we foster a positive work culture? Listen in to find out. On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Stephen, and Ben discuss cultivating healthy work culture. Our work includes not only what we do, but also how we do it. For developers, this means work is not just writing code. How do we foster a positive work culture? Listen in to find out. personal development, growth, chat, work, chatbot, programming, code review, development, investment, bot, culture no full 20 bed0e9ed-2ba6-48e9-a182-439ed62669cb 19: Customer-First Service and Support for Product Teams On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Stephen discuss the important and often diverse tasks of supporting people using software products. The conversation includes getting feature requests, bug reports, and questions about how best to use the product. The team even dialogues over a specific, recent feature request from a customer via Twitter. Also, what role does empathy play in customer support? Listen in to learn how we manage priorities in a customer-first product business.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 7 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/19-fc618978 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Stephen discuss the important and often diverse tasks of supporting people using software products. The conversation includes getting feature requests, bug reports, and questions about how best to use the product. The team even dialogues over a specific, recent feature request from a customer via Twitter. Also, what role does empathy play in customer support? Listen in to learn how we manage priorities in a customer-first product business.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 19: Customer-First Service and Support for Product Teams Clear Function 00:40:11 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Stephen discuss the important and often diverse tasks of supporting people using software products. The conversation includes getting feature requests, bug reports, and questions about how best to use the product. The team even dialogues over a specific, recent feature request from a customer via Twitter. Also, what role does empathy play in customer support? Listen in to learn how we manage priorities in a customer-first product business. On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Stephen discuss the important and often diverse tasks of supporting people using software products. The conversation includes getting feature requests, bug reports, and questions about how best to use the product. The team even dialogues over a specific, recent feature request from a customer via Twitter. Also, what role does empathy play in customer support? Listen in to learn how we manage priorities in a customer-first product business. customer, application, rails, development, saas, web, service, project, software, product, support, empathy, as a service, ruby no full 19 c6d755c5-a3c6-47ea-b5ce-0d4438ae102a 18: Why and How We Review Code as a Team On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Brian discuss the importance of reviewing code. What are some good tools for the code review process? How early is too early to get feedback on your code? Listen in to here answers to these questions and more. And, we introduce the "It Depends" bell on this one!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/18-f89f147e On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Brian discuss the importance of reviewing code. What are some good tools for the code review process? How early is too early to get feedback on your code? Listen in to here answers to these questions and more. And, we introduce the "It Depends" bell on this one!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 18: Why and How We Review Code as a Team Clear Function 00:40:34 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Brian discuss the importance of reviewing code. What are some good tools for the code review process? How early is too early to get feedback on your code? Listen in to here answers to these questions and more. And, we introduce the "It Depends" bell on this one! On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Brian discuss the importance of reviewing code. What are some good tools for the code review process? How early is too early to get feedback on your code? Listen in to here answers to these questions and more. And, we introduce the "It Depends" bell on this one! program, engineer, programming, coding, developing, engineering, code review, review, software, code, review, testing, developer, pull request no full 18 b0fe6399-45ef-47be-82ed-0220c7d0f4c1 17: Diving into Unfamiliar Code On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Brian, and Mo give some pro tips on how to handle large, existing codebases which may be very unfamiliar to a new developer. These four engineers speak from personal experience on projects where ground must be covered quickly. This episode is largely a response to a listener's question via Twitter! Thanks to Jimmy Turner for listening and writing in.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:30:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/17-949328b6 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Brian, and Mo give some pro tips on how to handle large, existing codebases which may be very unfamiliar to a new developer. These four engineers speak from personal experience on projects where ground must be covered quickly. This episode is largely a response to a listener's question via Twitter! Thanks to Jimmy Turner for listening and writing in.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 17: Diving into Unfamiliar Code Clear Function 00:38:15 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Brian, and Mo give some pro tips on how to handle large, existing codebases which may be very unfamiliar to a new developer. These four engineers speak from personal experience on projects where ground must be covered quickly. This episode is largely a response to a listener's question via Twitter! Thanks to Jimmy Turner for listening and writing in. On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Brian, and Mo give some pro tips on how to handle large, existing codebases which may be very unfamiliar to a new developer. These four engineers speak from personal experience on projects where ground must be covered quickly. This episode is largely a response to a listener's question via Twitter! Thanks to Jimmy Turner for listening and writing in. .net, how to, programming, development, codebase, large, success, coding, unfamiliar, pro tips, developer, succeed no full 17 73d207b0-f4fb-49e0-9a9c-b44d892a40e8 16: How to Write Code that Doesn't Smell On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Ben discuss the importance of writing good code. Hear four engineers talk specifically and technically about this topic. The conversation includes the infamous "code smell" concept as well as many other things that go beyond the linter in writing code.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/16-76b955bb On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Ben discuss the importance of writing good code. Hear four engineers talk specifically and technically about this topic. The conversation includes the infamous "code smell" concept as well as many other things that go beyond the linter in writing code.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 16: How to Write Code that Doesn't Smell Clear Function 00:39:23 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Ben discuss the importance of writing good code. Hear four engineers talk specifically and technically about this topic. The conversation includes the infamous "code smell" concept as well as many other things that go beyond the linter in writing code. On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, Mo, and Ben discuss the importance of writing good code. Hear four engineers talk specifically and technically about this topic. The conversation includes the infamous "code smell" concept as well as many other things that go beyond the linter in writing code. rails, code, engineering, coding, good, programming, software, development, better, ruby, write, best no full 16 4c803db9-bfd8-4861-aaa7-cb7e795c129c 15: The Trouble with Estimating On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the tricky job of estimating work. Though the task can be difficult, it is absolutely essential to software engineering for the benefit of others. Listen to the group work through various elements of estimating from what is involved, how to do it, and what do to when you get it wrong.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Sat, 11 Feb 2017 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/15-fa9ed82b On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the tricky job of estimating work. Though the task can be difficult, it is absolutely essential to software engineering for the benefit of others. Listen to the group work through various elements of estimating from what is involved, how to do it, and what do to when you get it wrong.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 15: The Trouble with Estimating Clear Function 00:40:19 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the tricky job of estimating work. Though the task can be difficult, it is absolutely essential to software engineering for the benefit of others. Listen to the group work through various elements of estimating from what is involved, how to do it, and what do to when you get it wrong. On this episode, Ben, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss the tricky job of estimating work. Though the task can be difficult, it is absolutely essential to software engineering for the benefit of others. Listen to the group work through various elements of estimating from what is involved, how to do it, and what do to when you get it wrong. engineering, developer, development, hours, stories, time, agile, estimates, estimate, estimating, work, fibonacci, software no full 15 3ceb74a8-aff8-4417-a30b-b0afdd9c95c6 14: Mentoring Aspiring Coders On this episode, Daniel, Brian, and Keith discuss the nuances of starting out as a new programmer, particularly as an adult. They talk through different resources and strategies which will be helpful given various backgrounds. How do you get started programming? Which language should you start with and at what kind of company will you thrive? Do you have friends who ask you these questions and more? Listen in and find out!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/14-e2910f8c On this episode, Daniel, Brian, and Keith discuss the nuances of starting out as a new programmer, particularly as an adult. They talk through different resources and strategies which will be helpful given various backgrounds. How do you get started programming? Which language should you start with and at what kind of company will you thrive? Do you have friends who ask you these questions and more? Listen in and find out!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 14: Mentoring Aspiring Coders Clear Function 00:40:36 On this episode, Daniel, Brian, and Keith discuss the nuances of starting out as a new programmer, particularly as an adult. They talk through different resources and strategies which will be helpful given various backgrounds. How do you get started programming? Which language should you start with and at what kind of company will you thrive? Do you have friends who ask you these questions and more? Listen in and find out! On this episode, Daniel, Brian, and Keith discuss the nuances of starting out as a new programmer, particularly as an adult. They talk through different resources and strategies which will be helpful given various backgrounds. How do you get started programming? Which language should you start with and at what kind of company will you thrive? Do you have friends who ask you these questions and more? Listen in and find out! learning, rails, technology, engineering, software, development, coding, ruby, dotnet, .net, programming no full 14 5296ad8d-0a84-4d40-8124-c231885755d7 13: Building Robust and Supportable Systems On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Mo, and Jesse talk about building robust and supportable production systems. It's a timely topic near the holidays because some new issues can arise during year change. Listen in for some helpful pro tips and work smarter for your future self and colleagues.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2017 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/13-ed1ac215 On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Mo, and Jesse talk about building robust and supportable production systems. It's a timely topic near the holidays because some new issues can arise during year change. Listen in for some helpful pro tips and work smarter for your future self and colleagues.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

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]]> 13: Building Robust and Supportable Systems Clear Function 00:39:17 On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Mo, and Jesse talk about building robust and supportable production systems. It's a timely topic near the holidays because some new issues can arise during year change. Listen in for some helpful pro tips and work smarter for your future self and colleagues. On this episode, Daniel, Brian, Mo, and Jesse talk about building robust and supportable production systems. It's a timely topic near the holidays because some new issues can arise during year change. Listen in for some helpful pro tips and work smarter for your future self and colleagues. systems, software, programming, admin, support, engineering, developer no full 13 dcb5f7d7-42e3-43a2-b33e-dc75f41de9f4 12: So You Think You Can Code On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse talk about what to expect when you're expecting to code. Listen in as they identify and discuss many of the essential, non-programming aspects of developer jobs. Topics include communication, source control, working with non-technical people, continual improvement, and more! If you are currently coding, wanting to code, or striving to be better at coding, this episode is for you.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Mon, 2 Jan 2017 03:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/12-3799bcba On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse talk about what to expect when you're expecting to code. Listen in as they identify and discuss many of the essential, non-programming aspects of developer jobs. Topics include communication, source control, working with non-technical people, continual improvement, and more! If you are currently coding, wanting to code, or striving to be better at coding, this episode is for you.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 12: So You Think You Can Code Clear Function 00:40:58 On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse talk about what to expect when you're expecting to code. Listen in as they identify and discuss many of the essential, non-programming aspects of developer jobs. Topics include communication, source control, working with non-technical people, continual improvement, and more! If you are currently coding, wanting to code, or striving to be better at coding, this episode is for you. On this episode, Ben, Mo, Daniel, and Jesse talk about what to expect when you're expecting to code. Listen in as they identify and discuss many of the essential, non-programming aspects of developer jobs. Topics include communication, source control, working with non-technical people, continual improvement, and more! If you are currently coding, wanting to code, or striving to be better at coding, this episode is for you. programming, coding, expecting, communication, developer, continual improvement, expect, source control, computers, documentation no full 12 454b5bcf-7239-4f21-bfdf-d0802a264fd3 11: Empowering High Velocity Engineering Teams through Better Tooling On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the tooling necessary to write better code. They dig in to engineering best practices regarding code quality and build tools. Join them to find out how to equip your team!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/11-624d4591 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the tooling necessary to write better code. They dig in to engineering best practices regarding code quality and build tools. Join them to find out how to equip your team!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 11: Empowering High Velocity Engineering Teams through Better Tooling Clear Function 00:40:40 On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the tooling necessary to write better code. They dig in to engineering best practices regarding code quality and build tools. Join them to find out how to equip your team! On this episode, Ben, Daniel, and Jesse discuss the tooling necessary to write better code. They dig in to engineering best practices regarding code quality and build tools. Join them to find out how to equip your team! good, teams, engineering, better, software, quality, projects, coding, tooling, code, programming, best, development, build, equipping, tools no full 11 a273b62e-4967-4ea0-99c5-8b4c07e8b94b 10: Should I Learn this New Technology? On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Brian discuss the when and how of learning new technologies. From programming languages to tooling, these engineers help you make the tough decisions about spending your precious time learning new things. Join them as they try to find the balance!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 2 Dec 2016 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/10-39867e9b On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Brian discuss the when and how of learning new technologies. From programming languages to tooling, these engineers help you make the tough decisions about spending your precious time learning new things. Join them as they try to find the balance!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 10: Should I Learn this New Technology? Clear Function 00:41:20 On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Brian discuss the when and how of learning new technologies. From programming languages to tooling, these engineers help you make the tough decisions about spending your precious time learning new things. Join them as they try to find the balance! On this episode, Daniel, Mo, and Brian discuss the when and how of learning new technologies. From programming languages to tooling, these engineers help you make the tough decisions about spending your precious time learning new things. Join them as they try to find the balance! language, rails, net, programming, new, development, software, application, technology, learning, microsoft, ruby, engineering no full 10 c5248f77-2f82-42e2-8e72-dfe1cfcb6f6e 9: Why We Manage Projects with Scrum On this episode, Ben, Stephen, and Brian discuss scrum and agile project management methodologies. How can you run projects to get work done correctly and quickly? Listen in to find out why you should use scrum to run your projects!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2016 13:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/9-78aa1305 On this episode, Ben, Stephen, and Brian discuss scrum and agile project management methodologies. How can you run projects to get work done correctly and quickly? Listen in to find out why you should use scrum to run your projects!

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 9: Why We Manage Projects with Scrum Clear Function 00:38:10 On this episode, Ben, Stephen, and Brian discuss scrum and agile project management methodologies. How can you run projects to get work done correctly and quickly? Listen in to find out why you should use scrum to run your projects! On this episode, Ben, Stephen, and Brian discuss scrum and agile project management methodologies. How can you run projects to get work done correctly and quickly? Listen in to find out why you should use scrum to run your projects! people, process, software, project, development, management, scrum, continuous, agile no full 9 57d18264-a170-4159-9bb2-811d417d25e1 8: How to Be the Best Client On this episode, Ben, Colin, Stephen, and Daniel discuss their clients. Although they did not actually name names, they did talk specifically and seriously about what makes a good client for an agency. Who do developers and project managers like to work with? Listen in and find out!


For more information, check out our website at [www.clearfunction.com][2].

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 4 Nov 2016 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/8-2a1907b3 On this episode, Ben, Colin, Stephen, and Daniel discuss their clients. Although they did not actually name names, they did talk specifically and seriously about what makes a good client for an agency. Who do developers and project managers like to work with? Listen in and find out!


For more information, check out our website at [www.clearfunction.com][2].

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 8: How to Be the Best Client Clear Function 00:36:16 On this episode, Ben, Colin, Stephen, and Daniel discuss their clients. Although they did not actually name names, they did talk specifically and seriously about what makes a good client for an agency. Who do developers and project managers like to work with? Listen in and find out! On this episode, Ben, Colin, Stephen, and Daniel discuss their clients. Although they did not actually name names, they did talk specifically and seriously about what makes a good client for an agency. Who do developers and project managers like to work with? Listen in and find out! engineering, developer, recruiting, project, manager, software, process no full 8 2f7c5bd7-ce9e-457d-9c65-bbb9a7bd990c 7: Open Source On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss open source software. What is it? How does it empower developers and engineering organizations? What can your business gain from leveraging and participating in the open source community? Additionally, they discuss some personal and professional experiences with open source.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/7-53c61b19 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss open source software. What is it? How does it empower developers and engineering organizations? What can your business gain from leveraging and participating in the open source community? Additionally, they discuss some personal and professional experiences with open source.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 7: Open Source Clear Function 00:46:35 On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss open source software. What is it? How does it empower developers and engineering organizations? What can your business gain from leveraging and participating in the open source community? Additionally, they discuss some personal and professional experiences with open source. On this episode, Daniel, Jesse, and Mo discuss open source software. What is it? How does it empower developers and engineering organizations? What can your business gain from leveraging and participating in the open source community? Additionally, they discuss some personal and professional experiences with open source. open, source, microsoft, developer, .net, engineering, software, code no full 7 d6086cf6-6f69-42e8-abb0-7f28e77d721b 6: Impostor Syndrome On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Jesse, and Ben discuss impostor syndrome – the fear of not knowing enough and being discovered as a fraud in the field. We hope this episode will be an encouragement to technical folks everywhere who may have dealt with this at one time or another.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 7 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/6-5815802d On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Jesse, and Ben discuss impostor syndrome – the fear of not knowing enough and being discovered as a fraud in the field. We hope this episode will be an encouragement to technical folks everywhere who may have dealt with this at one time or another.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 6: Impostor Syndrome Clear Function 00:36:41 On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Jesse, and Ben discuss impostor syndrome – the fear of not knowing enough and being discovered as a fraud in the field. We hope this episode will be an encouragement to technical folks everywhere who may have dealt with this at one time or another. On this episode, Daniel, Mo, Jesse, and Ben discuss impostor syndrome – the fear of not knowing enough and being discovered as a fraud in the field. We hope this episode will be an encouragement to technical folks everywhere who may have dealt with this at one time or another. developer, impostor, engineering, software, imposter, syndrome no full 6 4f6a377b-c219-43d0-96a9-06d7a8a6ea9e 5: Developer Health with Brad Montgomery In this episode, Jesse and Daniel sit down with developer and athlete Brad Montgomery to discuss staying healthy to enable a rewarding career. They give specific examples of incorporating nutrition, exercise, and ergonomics into your routine.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/5-8c5effdb In this episode, Jesse and Daniel sit down with developer and athlete Brad Montgomery to discuss staying healthy to enable a rewarding career. They give specific examples of incorporating nutrition, exercise, and ergonomics into your routine.

##Things Mentioned

For more information, check out our website at http://clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 5: Developer Health with Brad Montgomery Clear Function 00:38:49 On this episode, Jesse and Daniel sit down with developer and athlete Brad Montgomery to discuss staying healthy to enable a rewarding career. They give specific examples of incorporating nutrition, exercise, and ergonomics into your routine. On this episode, Jesse and Daniel sit down with developer and athlete Brad Montgomery to discuss staying healthy to enable a rewarding career. They give specific examples of incorporating nutrition, exercise, and ergonomics into your routine. ergonomics, developer, health, exercise, engineering, software, nutrition no full 5 ec8b5ecc-aa97-456e-b5e1-26fe9e14ece4 4: Remote Work On this episode, Stephen, Daniel, and Ben, talk about remote projects. Are there inherent pros and cons to doing remote work? What is the best way to overcome the challenges and take full advantage of the benefits?

For more information, check out our website at http://www.clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 22:03:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/4-bfb83fc7 On this episode, Stephen, Daniel, and Ben, talk about remote projects. Are there inherent pros and cons to doing remote work? What is the best way to overcome the challenges and take full advantage of the benefits?

For more information, check out our website at http://www.clearfunction.com.

Follow us on Twitter at @clearfunction.

]]> 4: Remote Work Clear Function 00:44:44 On this episode, Stephen, Daniel, and Ben, talk about remote projects. Are there inherent pros and cons to doing remote work? What is the best way to overcome the challenges and take full advantage of the benefits? On this episode, Stephen, Daniel, and Ben, talk about remote projects. Are there inherent pros and cons to doing remote work? What is the best way to overcome the challenges and take full advantage of the benefits? no full 4 7713a816-ddd6-46ec-999d-b6c3a3ee9f0e 3: Software Engineering Internships On this episode, Colin sits down with our intern, Keith, to talk about technical internships and how to be successful as an intern.

For more information, check out our website at http://www.clearfunction.com.

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]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 podcast@clearfunction.com (Clear Function) https://itdepends.simplecast.com/episodes/3-61277678 On this episode, Colin sits down with our intern, Keith, to talk about technical internships and how to be successful as an intern.

For more information, check out our website at http://www.clearfunction.com.

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]]> 3: Software Engineering Internships Clear Function 00:37:24 On this episode, Colin sits down with our intern, Keith, to talk about technical internships and how to be successful as an intern. On this episode, Colin sits down with our intern, Keith, to talk about technical internships and how to be successful as an intern. no full 3 1853d9bb-99ec-406b-a099-3bd6d4398876 2: Productivity & Communication On this episode, Stephen, Colin, and Mo discuss how they balance multiple projects, including
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