Dan Sheetz & Matt Stauffer: The Tighten Manifesto

Ben Holmen (CTO at The Boutique Hub) joins us this week to talk all about what it was like to build Hubventory with the TALL stack (and Tighten).

Shawn Jones (Staff Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about mentoring and why it matters for everybody - even (or maybe even especially) developers.

Jeanne Henry (Senior Project Manager at Tighten) and Molly Fisher (Project Manager at Tighten) join us this week to talk about why meetings don't have to suck - and what you should look for in a good meeting.

Jamison Valenta (a Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to dive deep into legacy apps - what to do if you've inherited one, how to know when to upgrade them, and a lot more.

To learn more about how you could start updating your legacy app, check out Jamison's blog post https://tighten.com/blog/catching-up-laravel.

Tony Messias (a programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about Hotwire & Turbo Laravel - what it is, why he thinks it's interesting, how it works, and more.

Aaron Francis (our first outside guest!) joins us this week to talk all about his amazing package Torchlight - what it is, how it works, and what's coming next.

For this upcoming season we're switching things up a bit with a new co-host and maybe even some special guests...

Dan Sheetz & Matt Stauffer (Managing Director & Technical Director, respectively) join us this week for the last episode of season 3 to talk all about the Tighten Manifesto - how it was created, what it aims to achieve, how to live up to it, and more.  

Recorded live at Tighten's 2022 Onsite in Gatlinburg, TN.

Sara Bine (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about YAGNI aka 'You Aren't Gonna Need It': what it is, why it's so important for anybody who's building software, and more.

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, Operations & Content Manager at Tighten, returns to the show this week to talk about why you are not your job, the difference between your work and your job, and a lot more.