Expanding Beyond
Monica and Urban discuss their work life as developers and development managers.
Episodes
July 21, 2025 • 47 mins
We finally have the in depth discussion about LLMs, how we use them, and what we think they might evolve into. We also touch on starting to pay more and more for stuff.
Ask questions via our anonymous feedback form (https://forms.gle/MW8qZFD7RLYriqKj8) You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Blues...
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February 24, 2025 • 40 mins
It's side project time! Urban talks about moving a project from Heroku to fly.io and Monica starts volunteering her time to stay motivated.
Fountain Pen Companion (https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/)
FPC Github repository (https://github.com/ujh/fountainpencompanion/)
fly.io (fly.io)
LiteFS (https://fly.io/docs/litefs/)
Pgvector (https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector)
Vostel (https://vostel.de/)
Freetown Christiania (https://en.w...
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December 18, 2024 • 49 mins
Urban gets his AWS certificate and we discuss certifications in general and what they are good for. Especially in a B2B world. We also talk about project management and how no one seems to be in charge in a lot of places, as well as LLM generated code as yet another level of abstraction.
Roles and Responsibilities retro (https://retromat.org/en/?id=146)
Trillions by Robin Wigglesworth (https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b554727d-6...
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November 7, 2024 • 45 mins
In this episode we discuss meeting in person, thinking about architecture, and most importantly finding out the WHY for things.
Fundamentals of Software Architecture (https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Mark-Richards/dp/1492043451)
How to think like an architect (https://youtu.be/W7Krz__jJUg)
Architectural Katas (https://fundamentalsofsoftwarearchitecture.com/katas/)
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October 9, 2024 • 51 mins
In this episode we discuss LLMs, writing blog posts, running retros (in spreadsheets!), Shape Up and other processes. We end by asking YOU (the listener) to get back to us with what process you are using and if it works for you or not.
Using a LLM to fight spam (https://urbanhafner.com/2024/09/20/using-a-llm-to-fight-spam/)
Obie Fernandez: Pioneering AI in Ruby on Rails Development (https://maintainable.fm/episodes/obie-fernandez-p...
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September 19, 2024 • 37 mins
In this episode we talk about certifications and how they are somehow similar to hiring, cheating during interviews, and the pitfalls of employee surveys.
Goodhart’s law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law)
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August 19, 2024 • 48 mins
It's been a hot minute since the last episode and a lot has happened. Urban and Monica discuss their new jobs, getting fired, and of course LLMs!
https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/blog/10-new-pen-and-ink-suggestion-widget-now-with-ai (https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/blog/10-new-pen-and-ink-suggestion-widget-now-with-ai)
https://cursor.sh/ (https://cursor.sh/)
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November 3, 2023 • 52 mins
Urban tells about his new job, and how it's quite different than the previous one. Monica thinks about her future and what kind of job to do next.
Martijn Doolaard (https://www.youtube.com/@MartijnDoolaard) (renovating in the Italian Alps)
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September 14, 2023 • 45 mins
Urban is just chilling, but Monica is trying to help her team to be less scared about releasing to production and maybe ... maybe go back to being a developer ... at some point.
Cypress (https://www.cypress.io/)
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July 27, 2023 • 42 mins
Urban talks about resigning and what to do for the remaining time and how different notice periods can affect offboarding. Monica is looking for contractors (let her know where to look!) and thinks about the similarities and differences when working for small or big companies.
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July 10, 2023 • 47 mins
We discuss rubyday 2023, taking care of large applications, testing strategies for startups, and the dearth of practical literature around startups in general.
rubyday 2023 (https://2023.rubyday.it/)
Metaprogramming Ruby 2 (https://pragprog.com/titles/ppmetr2/metaprogramming-ruby-2/)
Programming Ruby (https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-2-5th-edition/) (Pickaxe book)
Pragmatic Programmer (https://pragprog.com/title...
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June 12, 2023 • 53 mins
Monica and Urban discuss what they've been up to in the last six months.
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOe_6vuaR_s)
Release It! by Michael Nygard (https://pragprog.com/titles/mnee2/release-it-second-edition/)
Engineering Management for the Rest of Us by Sarah Drasner (https://www.engmanagement.dev/)
An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson (https://press....
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December 20, 2022 • 41 mins
We are reminiscing about doing 49 episodes, as well as answer listener questions!
Ask questions via our anonymous feedback form (https://forms.gle/MW8qZFD7RLYriqKj8) You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Mastodon: @ni...
Ask questions via our anonymous feedback form (https://forms.gle/MW8qZFD7RLYriqKj8) You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Mastodon: @ni...
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November 29, 2022 • 36 mins
Urban's company got acquired and Monica quits her job!
You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Mastodon: @nirnaeth@mastodon.online (https://mastodon.social/@nirnaeth@mastodon.online) Github: @nirnaeth (https://github.com...
You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Mastodon: @nirnaeth@mastodon.online (https://mastodon.social/@nirnaeth@mastodon.online) Github: @nirnaeth (https://github.com...
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October 24, 2022 • 39 mins
Monica gets on her soapbox to complain about (the misuse of) user stories, rethinking processes in JIRA. We also discuss making decisions in big groups.
Job Stories Offer a Viable Alternative to User Stories (https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/job-stories-offer-a-viable-alternative-to-user-stories)
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October 7, 2022 • 50 mins
We discuss OKRs, release testing, and Urban's side project.
Urban’s side project
https://fpc.ink (https://fpc.ink)
Github project for future development (https://github.com/users/ujh/projects/2)
You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https...
You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https...
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August 10, 2022 • 47 mins
We discuss how successful side projects require the same to scale than actual companies, but on a smaller scale, what to do as a manager when your team suddenly has a project manager, as well as release testing.
Fountain Pen Companion (https://www.fountainpencompanion.com/)
Xray (https://www.getxray.app/test-management)
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You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow u...
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July 27, 2022 • 37 mins
We discuss Urban's appearances on other podcasts (that you should listen to!) as well as Monica handling layoffs from the point of view of a manager.
On the maintainable podcast with Robby Russel: https://www.maintainable.fm/episodes/urban-hafner-management-isnt-for-everyone
On the Code With Jason podcast: https://www.codewithjason.com/podcast/10785120-150-urban-hafner/
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June 1, 2022 • 45 mins
You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Twitter: @KFMolli (https://twitter.com/KFMolli) Github: @nirnaeth (https://github.com/nirnaeth) Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth (https://dev.to/nirnaeth) Where to find Urban on the internet:...
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May 4, 2022 • 47 mins
We discuss introducing OKRs and working on tech debt.
You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Twitter: @KFMolli (https://twitter.com/KFMolli) Github: @nirnaeth (https://github.com/nirnaeth) Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth (https:/...
You can reach us via email at hosts@expandingbeyond.it (mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it). You can follow us on Twitter at @podcast_eb (https://twitter.com/podcast_eb). Where to find Monica on the internet: Website: monicag.me (https://monicag.me/) Twitter: @KFMolli (https://twitter.com/KFMolli) Github: @nirnaeth (https://github.com/nirnaeth) Blog: dev.to/nirnaeth (https:/...
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