The Five-Minute Geek Show
Matt Stauffer, unabashedly geeky, 5 minutes, twice a week. Frontend dev, backend dev, audio, design, podcasts--all fair game.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 115
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2020
55 | Sometimes More Features & Toys Makes It Worse
Sometimes More Features & Toys Makes It Worse
54 | Do You Need To "Protect" Clients & Developers From Each Other?
Do you need to "protect" clients & developers from each other? Why is it that, in most agencies, there's never any direct communication between developers and clients?
53 | The Ultimate Recipe For Success and #Winning
The Ultimate Recipe For Success and Winning is not what you might think. What really matters: doing good.
52 | You Don't Have the Luxury to Stagnate
You don't have the luxury to stagnate
51 | The Ideal Project Management Tool, and What I Use Now
The ideal project management tool, and what we use today at Tighten
50 | Why Communication is the Most Important Thing
Why Communication is the Most Important Thing
49 | When should an employer "force" employees to use a tool?
When should an employer "force" employees to use a tool?
I mentioned "forcing" my employees to use PHPStorm in a podcast recently. What was I talking about?
47 | All About Family (featuring special guest my 2-year-old son)
My son joins me for the best episode of all time.
46 | Decoupling all the Things with Queues - with Derick Bailey
WatchMeCode Javascript expert Derick Bailey joins us to talk about why queues are the answer to every web application problem, ever.
45 | When Generalizations and Stereotypes are Helpful vs. Hurtful
Sometimes our generalized understandings of groups of people are helpful, but more often then they're hurtful. How do we know which is which?
44 | How you should pick your tools
Many people's metrics on how to pick the tools they use is wrong. Don't be wrong.
43 | Stop Lying About Your Motivations
We often use some external situation or justification to cover up what we don't really want to talk about it, and it's damaging our mental health and our relationships. We have to stop.
42 | When Microservices and SPAs Aren't the Right Answer
Microservices are great. But not always.
Single-Page apps are great. But not always.
41 | Asking Good Questions About Your Product/Project
How I'm learning to ask good questions (which usually start with "Why").
40 | Finding Inspiration In Predictability (and in Being Unpredictable)
It can be hard to find inspiration in your work. Sometimes it helps to be predictable--and some times it helps to switch everything up.
39 | Planners vs. Cowboys in Product Design (An Ode to #AnnoyingQuestions)
38 | How to Make Remote Work Suck Less
Everyone's in love with remote work. So are we! But there are some big pains that come along with it.
37 | Start your own podcast in under 5 minutes, take two
Start your own podcast in under 5 minutes, take two
36 | Getting Started with Passive Income -- Interview with Wes Bos
Wes Bos of "Sublime Text Power User" and "Command Line Power User" gives a quick introduction to supplementing your income in a non-skeezy way using passive income.