103: Code Quality and Balancing TDD - a podcast by Ben Orenstein and Derrick Reimer

Ben’s been adding variety to work by biking to breakfast and the beach, while working in-between during his stay on Martha’s Vineyard. He’s feeling lucky to work remotely, and still be able to connect with co-founders!
Derrick enjoys a change of scenery from time-to-time during workdays, especially to kickstart his blood flow during an afternoon lull or breaking point.Today’s Topics Include:
Writing code is like riding a bike: Tuple moving forward with adding single sign-onCaring about Code Quality: Ben’s higher level tests prove more valuable, less coupled
Evolution of Testing: Derrick’s progress from test-driven development (TTD) to practical testing for StaticKit’s structure and featuresDevise Deal Breaker: Digested passwords in Tuple database wouldn’t need to be reset
Pair programming proves powerful in preventing mistakes and being blockedMarketer? Developer? Sales? Ben’s possible future role and responsibilities with Tuple
Hockeystick Metrics: First-paying StaticKit customer leads to 200% growth increaseContent Marketing: Using Tailwind CSS with Next.js spikes StaticKit sign ups
Self-serve Engine: Easily upgrade and deploy StaticKit from sandbox to live modePrioritize Priorities: Ben encourages Derrick to focus on forms for StaticKit
AoP Podcast: Is fanbase willing to pay for extra-special content? Share ideas with Ben and Derrick via TwitterLinks and resources:
Art of Product on Twitter (https://twitter.com/artofproductpod)Derrick Reimer (http://www.derrickreimer.com) Website
Derrick Reimer on Twitter (https://twitter.com/derrickreimer)Ben Orenstein (http://www.benorenstein.com/) Website
Ben Orenstein on Twitter (https://twitter.com/r00k?lang=en)Tuple (https://tuple.app/)
Tuple’s Pair Programming Guide (https://tuple.app/pair-programming-guide)StaticKit (https://www.statickit.com/)
Using Tailwind CSS with Next.js (https://statickit.com/guides/next-js-tailwind) Level (https://level.app/)
AoP Episode 22: Finishing the Year Strong (https://artofproductpodcast.com/episode-22)Tailwind CSS (https://tailwindcss.com/)
Next.js (https://nextjs.org/)Rob Walling (https://robwalling.com/)
Drip (https://www.drip.com/)Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) (https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com)
Ruby on Rails (https://rubyonrails.org)Thoughtbot (https://thoughtbot.com)
RubyGems (https://rubygems.org)Devise (https://github.com/plataformatec/devise)
DigitalOcean (https://www.digitalocean.com/)JSON (https://www.json.org/)

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