Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots
A podcast about the design, development, and business of great software. Each week thoughtbot is joined by the people who build and nurture the products we love.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 602
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
142: The Power of Play (Justin Gitlin)
Ben talks with Justin Gitlin on changing the experience of a social media platform, as well as shaping game dev to art (and vice versa).
141: Don't Say No to Anything (Georgia Dow)
Ben sits down with therapist/writer/podcaster/speaker/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Georgia Dow to discuss the value of new experiences, the advantages of private mentorship, and living life to its fu…
140: Don't Believe Everything That You Think (Sir John Hargrave)
Ben talks to Sir John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower, about his new book Mind Hacking on the power of reprogramming one's thoughts to maintain new habits, and innovations to the traditional publishing…
139: Learning Oriented Culture (Mike Brittain)
Ben talks to Mike Brittain, VP of Engineering at Etsy, on interacting with the development community, strides in diversity practices, the pros/cons of an open office, and the difficulties in transiti…
138: Overloading the Home Row (Craig Andera)
Ben talks to Craig Andera, developer at Cognitect, on his latest 20% time project, how Clojure gets made, and driving immutability into a database.
137: The Haskell Renaissance (Pat Brisbin)
Ben talks with Pat Brisbin on his new book, and the future of Haskell at thoughtbot.
136: I Think it Was the Altitude (Ben Orenstein)
Chad officially welcomes Ben back to the podcast, discuses the employer/employee ideology that can facilitate a successful sabbatical, and reveals some exclusives on the future of thoughtbot.
135: Planning For Change (Ben Arent)
Chad talks with Ben Arent, product manager at Rackspace, on the pros/cons of app acquisition, as well as their favorite Sass tools.
134: Growing to Meteor (Paul Dowman)
Chad talks with Paul Dowman, founder of OK GROW!, on replacing Rails with Meteor, and how martial arts has made him a better developer.
133: The DNA of Music (Matt Aimonetti)
Chad talks with Matt Aimonetti, co-founder of Splice, on remote worker strategies, fundraising, and his vision for the future of digital musical collaboration.
132: Story Tellers (Adarsh Pandit, Kyle Fiedler)
Chad talks with fellow thoughtbotters Adarsh Pandit and Kyle Fiedler on the pros and cons of stories, story points, and job stories.
131: The Human-Computer Interaction Umbrella (Irene Ros)
Chad talks with Irene Ros, data visualization practice lead at Bocoup, about her pursuit of making data visualization function in a social context.
130: Counting all the F-Words (Joanne Cheng)
Chad & developer Joanne Cheng break down thoughtbot's statistical year in review!
- Data by Design (Giant Robots ep 112)
- thoughtbot 2014 Report
- Feltron Reports
- "The Weight of Rain"- Jonathan Corum
- cs…
129: The Engineering of Payments (Ian Logan)
Chad talks with Ian Logan, an Engineering Manager at Airbnb, on the challenges, ideology, implementation, and future of their payments system.
128: To Attract and Retain (Dan Croak)
Chad talks with thoughtbot CMO Dan Croak about our content marketing strategy, managing the flow of new media, and the origin of our growth team.
127: Merging Worlds (Meng To)
Jeff Smith talks to Meng To, author of Design + Code about the blurring line between developers and designers, learning tools to better communicate, and the difficulties of planing a world-wide works…
126: Log In to Your Space (Zach Dunn)
Chad talks to Zach Dunn, CPO of Robin, about the future of smart spaces, working with family, and when to shift your company's scope.
125: Rebooting (Adarsh Pandit)
Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director & host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired our newest show.
124: Maintaining Your Legacy (Scott Ford)
Chad talks to Scott Ford, founder & COO of Corgibytes, about the business of software remodeling/retrofitting, and finding value and beauty in old code.
123: Don't Call It a Codecation (Chris Hunt)
Ben & Chris Hunt catch up on their latest conference talks, podcasts, and things accomplished on their recent coding retreat.