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PODCAST

Evil Geniuses

Meredith Edwards and Emmanuel Genard - Software Developers from Stride Cons

Every two weeks we break down solutions to code problems, talking about the decisions that got us where we are. We reveal our thinking and discuss trade-offs. Evil devs. Evil problems. Evil code.

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16. Meredith Farewell

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/12/12

This short episode of the podcast serves as a farewell to the one and only Meredith Edwards. Meredith has unfortunately recently acquired some angel wings and can no longer be an evil genius alongside Emmanuel! So today we are just wrapping up what the journey thus far has taught our two hosts and bidding Meredith a very fond farewell. We briefly look back at some of the key lessons we have covered so far as well as reminisce on the benefits of hosting the show. Tune in hear it all! Talking Points

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24:58

15. POO-ing in Durham, With Kirsten Nordine - Part 2

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/11/28

Welcome back to another episode of Evil Geniuses. Today on the show we welcome back Kirsten Nordine. The last time Kirsten was on the show was a little over a month ago and we talked a little bit about an open source contribution we’re working on but we also talked a lot about her experience going to a POOD Workshop by Sandi Metz in Durham, North Carolina. In today’s episode, we are talking all about Kirsten and the little vacation she took. Well, not necessarily a vacation but time away from

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20:49

14. How to Describe Tests

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/11/14

Welcome back to another episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast. We are coming at you with something new this week! This episode will be the first time that we are not talking about a code problem that we’ve solved because we are going to take a stand, and our stand is about testing. We are diving into the ins and outs of how you describe your test. Here at Evil Geniuses, we believe that the description of a test should describe business value not implementation. So stay tuned as we unpack the

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28:57

13. A First Example - Part 3

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/10/31

On this episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast, we continue our series on a first example of the video checkout system. To start off we recap some of the points from the first two parts and then move into the final stretch! We talk about the two main patterns that are present in this code, namely base charge for rental and extra charge for rental before getting into renaming decoupling and calculating a final cost. We add in some reminders about primitive obsession and take some handy lessons from the

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27:15

12. A First Example - Part 2

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/10/17

Welcome to another episode of Evil Geniuses. Last time we teased you but we’re back and this time we’re actually going to deliver the goods, no more click bait. We are working with a video checkout store type software where our classes are a movie, a rental, and a customer. We’ve given you insight into what our test look like and today we want to talk about the code that does tester testing. The theme of this discussion is you have to do two things. One, you have to introduce duplication in order to

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20:25

11. A First Example - Part 1

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/10/03

On today’s show, we embark on a new, evil adventure, one on which we hope you will join us! We’ll be looking at another refactoring problem and this will make up the first part of a short series of episodes dealing with this issue. Emmanuel lays out the topic, which takes the shape of a code used to run the rental of videos in an old style video store. During this week’s discussion, we deal with the first areas of the topic, looking at what Emmanuel’s work takes directly from Martin Fowler’s

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25:21

10. Tales from the Open Source Jungle and POO-ing in...

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/09/19

Today on the show, we welcome Kirsten Nordine of Stride and her faithful colleague, Scaredith, to reflect on their adventure into the open source jungle. Deciding on an open source project and what issue to tackle can be tricky, and in this episode, we find out exactly how Kirsten and Scaredith embarked on the Issue #572 quest: To “Add Ability to Cancel an Event or Mark It Canceled.”

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19:49

9. Lessons Learned

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/09/05

Today’s episode of Evil Geniuses is spent looking back on the lessons we have learned so far in this series. Through all of the evil problems and scary paths we’ve had to walk, there have been some invaluable takeaways that we have been able to share with our listeners.

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22:30

8. Video Service Refactor - Part 3

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/08/22

On today’s episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast, we are carrying on the evil journey in video service refactoring. If you have not yet checked out part one and two from this series we suggest that you listen through those to get yourself up to speed. Otherwise, the nasty, dangerous code might get completely out of hand! In this episode, we compare Martin Fowler’s technique for refactoring with Emmanuel’s and break down each step and difference.

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30:28

7. Video Service Refactor - Part 2

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/08/08

On today’s episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast we are delving deeper into the video service we started last time around. Part two means twice as evil and twice as malevolent! Emmanuel and Meredith are taking you down the dark tunnel and hopefully out the other side into the daylight with this continued exploration of refactoring a video service from Youtube.

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29:15

6. Video Service Refactor - Part 1

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/07/25

On today’s Evil Geniuses Podcast we are delving deeper into the scary and unknown world of refactoring. You know we deal with evil code over here at the evil headquarters and this week is no exception. Meredith and Emmanuel are looking at a particular Youtube API problem and our hosts unpack it all for your listening pleasure.

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27:02

5. Tic Tac Toe - Part 3

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/07/11

Welcome back to the Evil Geniuses Podcast, where we’re talking evil code, evil programming and all things evil! Today we complete our series on Tic Tac Toe, so if you have not listened to the first two parts on this topic go back and get all that evil stuff out the way before continuing down this dark tunnel. Emmanuel and Meredith are finishing up on how they approached this relatively simple, yet still immensely evil task and giving you all the scary secrets that come along with it.

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37:05

4. Tic Tac Toe - Part 2

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/06/27

On today’s episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast, we continue with our exposé on tic tac toe. Our hosts will go further down the dark tunnel they entered last week and hopefully see the light at the end. Meredith hands the torch over to Emmanuel at the beginning of the show to shed some light on how he approached the problems with this evil code.

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47:16

3. Tic Tac Toe - Part 1

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/06/13

Welcome back to the Evil Geniuses podcast! Today we will be looking at another set of problems with nasty and evil code. Meredith and Emmanuel will be going through an exercise in which Meredith was working with the game tic tac toe!

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30:17

2. Validations

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/05/30

In our first proper episode of the Evil Geniuses Podcast we have a look at the very evil topic of validations! Meredith and Emmanuel will be getting down and dirty with this super dark and scary topic so we hope you are ready.

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1. Welcome to Our New Podcast - Evil Geniuses

Evil Geniuses ·

2018/05/28

Welcome to our new podcast series brought to you by Stride Consulting in New York! We are the Evil Geniuses and in the forthcoming episodes, we will be diving into all those terrible and troublesome parts of your coding life. Pulling apart all the mistakes, nightmares and calming any worry you might have. We will be looking at areas such as refactoring, validations and everything in between. So, make sure you subscribe, connect with us and stay tuned for more!

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