Twenty Percent Time

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.

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

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.

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.

Kristin Collins (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us for her second time on the show, and this time she's talking about conference talks:  why you should consider doing them, how to get started, and a lot more.

Tammy Robinson (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about self care: what it is, why it’s important for developers, and how to take the first step towards a better self care practice.

Links:

• tammyrobinson.me

Andrew Morgan (Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to tell us all about why you should be training your keyboard, how to get started, and a lot more.

• https://tighten.co/blog/how-to-train-your-keyboard/ 

Kristin Collins (Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about some of her favorite tools & apps to use as a developer, from the everyday favorites to the surprise ones you might not have known you ever needed.

Links for this episode:

• colormind.io
• Whimsical
• Avocode
• Shift
• PhpStorm
• Laravel Shift
• Samuel L Jackson Ipsum

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo (Ops & Content Manager at Tighten) and Anna Shevlin (Operations Coordinator at Tighten) join us this week to talk about on-sites for distributed companies - why they're important, how to make a virtual on-site work in the era of COVID, and a lot more.

Zuzana Kunckova (a Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to dive deep into Larabelles - how she got the idea for it, what’s coming next, what it’s like to build a community, and a lot more.

Links for this episode:

• Larabelles
• Support Larabelles on GitHub
• Larabelles on Twitter
• Zuzana on Twitter

Rissa Jackson (an Apprentice Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about life as an apprentice/junior developer, tips for getting that first job as a junior developer, and a lot more.

Links for this episode:

• https://www.choosefi.com/how-to-negotiate-salary/
• https://www.choosefi.com/negotiate-your-salary-with-tori-dunlap/
• LeetCode
• Glue Work: Blog & Video
• Rissa on Instagram
• Rissa on Twitter

Keith Damiani (Principal Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about Jigsaw (what it does, what’s coming next, etc.) and what it’s like to manage an open source project at Tighten.

Links for this week's show:

• Jigsaw
• Built With Jigsaw
• Keith Damiani on Twitter
• Jigsaw on GitHub

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo (Ops & Content Manager at Tighten) returns to the show for the final episode of Season 2 to talk to Dave Hicking (Production Manager at Tighten) about shaping your role at an agency, the concept of 'tours of duty', and more.

Andrew Morgan (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all things organization - why it's important for devs (and all of us, really) to stay organized, how he does it, and a lot more.