228 - Chris Coyier: The Long Game of Maintaining CodePen
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 overcome the technical and cultural problems often associated with software development.
Our guests will share stories in each episode and outline tangible, real-world approaches to software challenges. In turn, you'll uncover new ways of thinking about how to improve your software project's maintainability.
228 - Chris Coyier: The Long Game of Maintaining CodePen
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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 overcome the technical and cultural problems often associated with software development.
Our guests will share stories in each episode and outline tangible, real-world approaches to software challenges. In turn, you'll uncover new ways of thinking about how to improve your software project's maintainability.
Episodes
228-
Chris Coyier: The Long Game of Maintaining CodePen
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026
227-
Sally Lait: Confidence Is the Real Metric
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Tue, 5 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000
226-
Rein Henrichs: The Real Work of Maintenance Happens Before You Touch the Code
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Tue, 14 Apr 2026
225-
Russ Olsen: The Hidden Cost of Forgetting Why the Code Looks Like That
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Tue, 31 Mar 2026
224-
Joel Oliveira: Predictability Is a Maintainability Feature
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Tue, 17 Mar 2026
223-
Lucas Roesler: The Fast Feedback Loop Advantage
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Tue, 3 Feb 2026 08:00:00 +0000
222-
Brittany Ellich: Using AI to Maintain Software, Not Rewrite It
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Wed, 21 Jan 2026
221-
Kent L Beck: You’re Ignoring Optionality… and Paying for It
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Tue, 9 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000
220-
Don MacKinnon: Why Simplicity Beats Cleverness in Software Design
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Tue, 2 Dec 2025 08:00:00 +0000
219-
Chris Zetter: Building a Database to Better Understand Maintainability
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Tue, 18 Nov 2025
218-
Denis Rechkunov: When Consistency Becomes a Culture
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Tue, 28 Oct 2025
217-
Nathan Ladd: Relentless Improvement and the Cost of Neglect
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Tue, 14 Oct 2025
216-
Taylor Otwell: What 14 Years of Laravel Taught Me About Maintainability
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Tue, 26 Aug 2025
215-
Sara Jackson: Why Resilience Is a Team Sport
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Tue, 22 Jul 2025
214-
Joel Chippindale: Why High-Quality Software Isn’t About Developer Skill Alone
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Tue, 1 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000
213-
Melanie Sumner: Why Continuous Accessibility Is a Strategic Advantage
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Tue, 10 Jun 2025
212-
Joe Masilotti: Simplify Your Stack, Ship Mobile Sooner
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Tue, 20 May 2025
211-
Freedom Dumlao: What 70 Java Services Taught Me About Focus
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Tue, 22 Apr 2025
210-
Mercedes Bernard: Friendly Code Welcomes Everyone In
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Tue, 8 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000
209-
Evan Phoenix: The Why of the One Line
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Tue, 1 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0000
208-
Chris Salvato: Building Developer Paradise by Sitting in the Problem Space
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Tue, 25 Mar 2025
207-
Heimir Thor Sverrisson: Architecture First, Tech Debt Second
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Tue, 18 Mar 2025
206-
Noémi Ványi: Only Fix Problems That Are Actually Problems
Listened
Tue, 11 Mar 2025
205-
Julia López: Code Tells a Story—Even the White Spaces
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Tue, 25 Feb 2025
204-
Marty Haught: Rethinking Technical Debt—Is It Really Just Drift?
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Tue, 18 Feb 2025
203-
Mike Bowers - From ISAM to JSON—Navigating 40+ Years of Database Evolution
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Tue, 11 Feb 2025
202-
Lorna Mitchell: Writing Documentation Engineers Will Actually Read
Listened
Tue, 28 Jan 2025
201-
Carola Lilienthal: Tackling Technical Debt with Patterns and Domain Knowledge
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Tue, 21 Jan 2025
200-
Joel Hawksley: The Hidden Costs of Frontend Complexity
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Tue, 14 Jan 2025
199-
Austin Story: Making Software Easier to Change, Remove, and Evolve
Listened
Tue, 10 Dec 2024
198-
Dan Moore: Building Developer-Friendly Authentication Solutions
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Tue, 3 Dec 2024 08:00:00 +0000
197-
Tom Johnson: From Auto-Documentation to Better Collaboration
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Tue, 26 Nov 2024
196-
Gulcin Yildirim Jelinek: Maintaining Postgres for Modern Workloads
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Tue, 19 Nov 2024
195-
Justine Gehring: Refactoring Software at Scale with AI
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Tue, 12 Nov 2024
194-
Katerina Skroumpelou: Bridging Engineering and Advocacy for Scalable Software
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Tue, 5 Nov 2024 08:00:00 +0000
193-
Moriel Schottlender: The Challenges of Modernizing MediaWiki's Monolith
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Tue, 22 Oct 2024
192-
Kate Holterhoff: From Front-End Engineering to Developer Advocacy
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Tue, 15 Oct 2024
191-
Alan Ridlehoover: Building Robust Systems Through Behavior-Centric Testing
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Tue, 8 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000
190-
April Wensel: Navigating Legacy Code with Compassion
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Tue, 1 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000
189-
Saron Yitbarek: The Balance Between Maintainable Code and Multiple Streams of Income
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Tue, 24 Sep 2024
188-
Lutz Hühnken: Crafting Resilient Systems with Event-Driven Design
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Tue, 10 Sep 2024
187-
Noel Rappin: Reviving the Pickaxe— A Journey through Ruby's Legacy
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Tue, 3 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000
186-
Cassidy Williams: Navigating the Career Jungle Gym in Tech
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Tue, 27 Aug 2024
185-
Obie Fernandez: Pioneering AI in Ruby on Rails Development
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Tue, 20 Aug 2024
184-
Tekin Süleyman: Balancing Complexity and Team Size
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Tue, 13 Aug 2024
183-
Ryosuke Iwanaga: The Benefits of Cell-Based Architecture
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Thu, 8 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000
182-
Julia Ferraioli - Capturing Untold Open Source Stories
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Tue, 30 Jul 2024
181-
Tanmai Gopal: Unlocking the Potential of Unified APIs
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Tue, 23 Jul 2024
180-
James Socol: Building Social Capital in Engineering Teams
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Tue, 16 Jul 2024
179-
Paola Ducolin: Building Trust and Communication in Engineering Teams