YAGNI

Matt Swanson

You Ain't Gonna Need It, the podcast where we look at software practices and tools and ask: "do we need it?"

Episodes

  1. 12/05/2023

    Programming Books w/ Aaron Francis

    Matt and Aaron talk about programming books and try to answer the question "do we need them?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioAaron Francis on Twitter // PlanetScaleMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to Aaron's shedAaron reading printed docs on the beachSQL Window FunctionsThe Pragmatic ProgrammerThe Timeless Way of BuildingCulture is StuckUse the Index, Luke!MySQL for Developers courseWhy do programmers use books as monitor stands?

    49 min

  2. 11/28/2023

    Redis w/ Nate Berkopec

    Matt and Nate talk about Redis and try to answer the question "do we need it?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioNate Berkopec on Twitter // SpeedshopMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to "Redis is not faster than your database""Your data fits in RAM"March of progressneo4jsidekiqACIDkredisWafris"Running Sidekiq...with a volatile eviction policy"Solid QueueSolid CacheThe open source gift exchangepuma/pumaThe Silver Rule

    43 min

  3. 11/21/2023

    Service Objects w/ Jason Swett

    Matt and Jason talk about Service Objects and try to answer the question "do we need them?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioJason Swett on Twitter // Code with JasonMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to Jason's Snail Mail newsletterBrevity is the soul of wit

    2 min

  4. 11/14/2023

    Testing w/ Josh Pigford

    Matt and Josh talk about automated testing and try to answer the question "do we need them?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioJosh Pigford on Twitter // DetangleMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to Wittgenstein's RulerWhy doesn't Stripe have a /mrr endpoint?GitHub Project Paper CutsBaremetricsMaybeLaser TweetsCedar & SailThe best restaurant in the worldKim Kardashian - Kimoji appCursor AI EditorStated vs Revealed preferences

    44 min

  5. 11/07/2023

    GraphQL w/ Trevor Turk (Bonus: VCR)

    Matt and Trevor talk about GraphQL and try to answer the question "do we need it?" (Bonus hot takes on VCR snapshot testing) This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags!Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free atflippercloud.ioTrevor Turk on Twitter // Hello WeatherMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to GraphQL: The DocumentaryGraphiQLn+1 problems in GraphQLBFF: Backend for FrontendGraph TheorySchema stitching Bonus: VCR

    54 min

  6. 11/01/2023

    Friday Deploys w/ Charity Majors

    Matt and Charity talk about Friday Deploys and try to answer the question "do we need them?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags! Flipper Cloud helps your team deploy the code now and then roll out features when you’re good and ready. Get started for free at flippercloud.ioCharity Majors on Twitter // honeycomb.ioMatt Swanson on Twitter // arrows.to Friday deploy freezes are exactly like murdering puppiesCoaching treeFrequency Reduces Difficulty (Martin Fowler)Payoff space vs consistency spaceBlame-aware postmortemDORA metrics

    51 min

  7. SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Do we still need this podcast?

    YAGNI

    2 min

  8. 11/21/2022

    RSpec w/ Justin Searls

    Justin Searls on TwitterMatt Swanson on Twitter ArrowsTest Double Justin's "What do you like about RSpec" thread (2016)Dan North BDDNate Berkopec "Reading rspec documentation like..." tweetCorey Haines: Fast Rails TestsKent Beck: "I get paid for code that works, not for tests..."Nick Quaranto's minitest CLI wrapperMocktail gemtest_data gem

    51 min

  9. 11/14/2022

    Small user stories w/ Dave Copeland

    Dave Copeland on TwitterMatt Swanson on Twitter ArrowsMood Health Taylorism / Scientific managementGoogle DORA Report"Agile" on TikTokThe Joel Test“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin

    52 min

  10. 11/07/2022

    Staging servers w/ Justin Duke

    Justin Duke on TwitterMatt Swanson on Twitter ArrowsButtondown Accidental AirBnB "test" notificationThe Pragmatic Programmer"SICP" book"We dont use a staging server" HN threadChecklist ManifestoIQ Bell Curve / Midwit - Know Your Meme

    46 min

  11. 11/01/2022

    Detailed commit messages w/ Chris Toomey

    Chris Toomey on TwitterMatt Swanson on Twitter ArrowsSagewell Financial Write Good Commit Messages by Blaming OthersThe seven rules of a good git commit messageDavid Hemphill - WIPHot OnesRussian Roulette and expected value

    53 min

  12. SEASON 1, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

    WTF is YAGNI?

    Everything has to start somewhere. Why not here?

    3 min

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Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
4 Ratings

About

You Ain't Gonna Need It, the podcast where we look at software practices and tools and ask: "do we need it?"

Information

  • Creator
    Matt Swanson
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Matt Swanson
  • Show Website
    YAGNI