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Refactored

by Chris Tonkinson, Frank Koehl

A casual, ongoing conversation between two technology leaders with Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.

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Episodes

  1. 165: Counting Is Hard

    Wherein the guys time travel but Chris can't clone a repo.

  2. 164: Vibe Check: Messrs. Dunning and Kruger Would Like a Word

    Wherein the guys autocomplete on steroids.

  3. 163: It's Always Permissions (Or DNS)

    Wherein the guys hate all databases.

  4. 161: Web3: Basically Just DocuSign?

    Wherein the guys tap to pay for their sins.

  5. 160: The Great DeepSeek Bake-Off

    Wherein silk shirts and sushi are just great.

  6. 159: Duck, Duck, Debug!

    Wherein Chris has a benchy and Frank is stuck in the 90's.

  7. 158: It IS Called 'Work'

    Wherein the guys explore the depths of existential dread.

  8. 157: No Longer Rupted

    Wherein the guys have been prompt engineering episodes since 1842.

  9. 156: WP Press Word Engine

    Wherein the guys build a time machine to wage war on sprints.

  10. 155: Architectural Outages

    Wherein the guys just put the fries in the bag.

  11. 154: Touching Grass: A Privilege

    Wherein the guys argue whether to improve every day, or burn it all down.

  12. 153: Clicking Up the Wrong Tree

    Wherein the guys plot to overthrow HR after talking about hip thrustage.

  13. 152: A Framework of Fear

    Wherein the chatbots get a bit snacky.

  14. 151: Horse Massacre

    Wherein Frank visits the bakery while Chris loves a game no one's ever heard of.

  15. 150: Octo-Kimono

    Wherein AWS gaslights Chris and Frank goes all Japanophile.

  16. 149: WP Engine SHALL NOT Pass

    Wherein Chris is Thanos and Frank sees forks in our future.

  17. 148: DevOps: The Third Silo

    Wherein the guys think wheelwrights are making a comeback!

  18. 147: Pro Consoles: Nothing to See Here

    Wherein Chris gives 0.1% and Frank goes full boomer desktop.

  19. 146: Procedural Justice

    Wherein Frank goes full Enya and Chris can't build a single boat.

  20. 145: Skibidi Rollbacks

    Wherein Frank owns Roblox and Chris hates SMS spam.

  21. 144: Ethics in 4K

    Wherein Frank's setup fails and Chris ponders jewel theivery.

  22. 143: 21 Parameter Salute

    Wherein Frank dreams of Israeli space lasers and Chris ponders flat earth trolls.

  23. 142: Certified Paranoia Engineer

    Wherein Chris spreads cookies while Frank spreads fake news.

  24. 141: Gone Fishin' for BSODs

    Wherein Frank goes fishing for analogies and Chris tangles the lines.

  25. 140: Streaming Interviews

    Wherein Frank upgrades his Potato while Chris can quit Factorio any time he wants. Really.

  26. 139: Independently Procrastinating

    Wherein Chris is a chatty Cathy with OpenAI, and Frank buils a patio to avoid his kids.

  27. 138: Perplexfully Agile

    Wherein Frank bans water and Chris missed the black Nazi thing.

  28. 137: Job Search: The Next Generation

    Wherein Frank fumes while Chris gatekeeps.

  29. 136: Ball-Curious Coffee Badging

    Wherein Frank's Google search fails and Chris blmaes the French.

  30. 135: Fiber Fiasco

    Wherein Frank explains config management while Chris prepares to go postal.

  31. 134: Standard Issue Hostility

    Wherein Frank wants you to stick to your guns.

  32. 133: Helldevins 2: The Electric Intelligoo

    Wherein Chris spirals about consoles and Frank loves punchcards.

  33. 132: SCANdelous Tanks

    Wherein Chris is pro-dictator and Frank is pro-losing.

  34. 131: Supply Chain Shenanigans

    Wherein many bugs make all eyes shallow... or something...

  35. 130: Jesus 2.0

    Wherein Frank's eyes bleed while Chris has people breathe into his mouth.

  36. 129: World of WarCAP

    Wherein Chris hates Postgres and Frank gets a new aura.

  37. 128: Jobs Destroyed or Prevented

    Wherein David Spader fights Sam Altman.

  38. 127: Gandalf on a T-Rex

    Wherein Chris does calculus and Frank has a bone to pick.

  39. 126: Self-Promoting Class Suits

    Wherein Chris is the boy who cried wolf and Frank doles out mad karma.

  40. 125: If It Ain't AI, We Don't Want None

    Wherein the guys have a young Harrson Ford on the show!

  41. 124: Friction Ain't Free

    Wherein the guys find it difficult to cancel the upcoming XBox X Æ A-12.

  42. 123: You're a Mercenary

    Wherein Chris takes a break and Frank has a better advent calendar.

  43. 122: Russ Hashimoto Gained a B

    Wherein the guys defend HCL.... or do they?

  44. 121: Mungers Three Rules

    Wherein the guys TOTALLY own a bunch of BRK-A...

  45. 120: Business Development Dark Patterns

    Wherein Chris buys baking soda and Frank can't have PIP.

  46. 119: Avoid Cyber Bikeshedding

    Wherein no one actually pair programs, bruh

  47. 118: Self-Hosting: It Sucks

    Wherein verily I say unto you, yaks will be shaved.

  48. 117: Security Is a Group Exercise

    Wherein Chris failed Geometry.

  49. 116: You Aren't the Customer

    Wherein the guys design by committee.

  50. 115: Deployment Schmeployment

    Wherein Chris admits to war crime and Frank is a science denier.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A casual, ongoing conversation between two technology leaders with Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.

HOSTED BY

Chris Tonkinson, Frank Koehl

Produced by Forgecrafted, LLC

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A casual, ongoing conversation between two technology leaders with Chris Tonkinson and Frank Koehl.

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