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The Giant Robots Smashing into Other Giant Robots podcast is a weekly technical podcast discussing development, design, and the business of software development.

Hosted by Ben Orenstein, who is joined each week by developers and designers from thoughtbot and beyond.

Episode #22

Your code looks nice today

Ben Orenstein is joined by Bryan Helmkamp, founder of Code Climate, hosted software metrics for Ruby apps. In this episode, recorded at RubyConf 2012, they discuss what code climate is, how Bryan considers it a small business not a startup, and what its like being a solo founder. They also discuss how code metrics can help you write and maintain better software, how it helps, and how it changes behavior. Finally they explore what the biggest surprise for him has been so far, some of his plans, and what success looks like for him.

Direct Download (11 MB, 23 minutes)

Notes & Links

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The Giant Robots Smashing into Other Giant Robots podcast is sponsored by thoughtbot, hosted by Ben Orenstein, edited by Edward Loveall, and produced by Chad Pytel.