Maintainable

Technology Podcasts

Do you feel like you're hitting a wall with your existing software projects? Are you curious to hear how other people are navigating this? You're not alone. On the Maintainable Software Podcast, Robby speaks with seasoned practitioners who have...

Episodes

John Athayde: Maintaining the User Side of Software

Kristin Isaac: The Customer Doesn’t Care About Your Technical Debt

David Hayes: Boring Software, Clear Incentives, and Better Checklists

Diana Pfeil: Building Confidence in Probabilistic Systems

Chris Coyier: The Long Game of Maintaining CodePen

Sally Lait: Confidence Is the Real Metric

Rein Henrichs: The Real Work of Maintenance Happens Before You Touch the Code

Russ Olsen: The Hidden Cost of Forgetting Why the Code Looks Like That

Joel Oliveira: Predictability Is a Maintainability Feature

Lucas Roesler: The Fast Feedback Loop Advantage

Brittany Ellich: Using AI to Maintain Software, Not Rewrite It

Kent L Beck: You’re Ignoring Optionality… and Paying for It

Don MacKinnon: Why Simplicity Beats Cleverness in Software Design

Chris Zetter: Building a Database to Better Understand Maintainability

Denis Rechkunov: When Consistency Becomes a Culture

Nathan Ladd: Relentless Improvement and the Cost of Neglect

Taylor Otwell looks back on 14 years of building and maintaining Laravel. From four stars on GitHub to a full-fledged ecosystem, he shares what it takes to design software that lasts—and why simple often wins.

Sara Jackson: Why Resilience Is a Team Sport

Joel Chippindale: Why High-Quality Software Isn’t About Developer Skill Alone

Melanie Sumner: Why Continuous Accessibility Is a Strategic Advantage