About this episode
Jason Swett interviews Adam Dawkins about building internal tools and managing code quality and technical debt.
In this episode I talk with Adam Dawkins, CTO of Dragon Drop, about building internal tools using Ruby on Rails, the challenges of growing codebases, and how to effectively manage design and technical debt. We explore abstractions, code quality, and the philosophy behind good testing practices. Links: - Dragon Drop - adamdawkins.com - Adam Dawkins on LinkedIn - Nonsense Monthly
People in this episode
Host: Jason Swett
Guest: Adam Dawkins
Topics covered
- internal tools
- Ruby on Rails
- codebases
- design debt
- technical debt
- code quality
- testing practices
Keywords
- Ruby on Rails
- internal tools
- code quality
- design debt
- technical debt
- testing practices
- abstractions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Dragon Drop, adamdawkins.com, LinkedIn, Nonsense Monthly
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