Twenty Percent Time

Ben Holmen (CTO at The Boutique Hub) joins us this week to talk all about what it was like to build Hubventory with the TALL stack (and Tighten).

Shawn Jones (Staff Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about mentoring and why it matters for everybody - even (or maybe even especially) developers.

Jeanne Henry (Senior Project Manager at Tighten) and Molly Fisher (Project Manager at Tighten) join us this week to talk about why meetings don't have to suck - and what you should look for in a good meeting.

Jamison Valenta (a Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to dive deep into legacy apps - what to do if you've inherited one, how to know when to upgrade them, and a lot more.To learn more about how you could start updating your legacy app, check out Jamison's blog post https://tighten.com/blog/catching-up-laravel.

Tony Messias (a programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about Hotwire & Turbo Laravel - what it is, why he thinks it's interesting, how it works, and more.

Aaron Francis (our first outside guest!) joins us this week to talk all about his amazing package Torchlight - what it is, how it works, and what's coming next. 

For this upcoming season we're switching things up a bit with a new co-host and maybe even some special guests...

Dan Sheetz & Matt Stauffer (Managing Director & Technical Director, respectively) join us this week for the last episode of season 3 to talk all about the Tighten Manifesto - how it was created, what it aims to achieve, how to live up to it, and more.  Recorded live at Tighten's 2022 Onsite in Gatlinburg, TN.

Sara Bine (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about YAGNI aka 'You Aren't Gonna Need It': what it is, why it's so important for anybody who's building software, and more.

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, Operations & Content Manager at Tighten, returns to the show this week to talk about why you are not your job, the difference between your work and your job, and a lot more.

Kristin Collins (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us for her second time on the show, and this time she's talking about conference talks:  why you should consider doing them, how to get started, and a lot more.

Tammy Robinson (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about self care: what it is, why it’s important for developers, and how to take the first step towards a better self care practice.Links:tammyrobinson.me

Andrew Morgan (Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to tell us all about why you should be training your keyboard, how to get started, and a lot more.https://tighten.co/blog/how-to-train-your-keyboard/ 

Kristin Collins (Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about some of her favorite tools & apps to use as a developer, from the everyday favorites to the surprise ones you might not have known you ever needed.Links for this episode:colormind.ioWhimsicalAvocodeShiftPhpStormLaravel ShiftSamuel L Jackson Ipsum

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo (Ops & Content Manager at Tighten) and Anna Shevlin (Operations Coordinator at Tighten) join us this week to talk about on-sites for distributed companies - why they're important, how to make a virtual on-site work in the era of COVID, and a lot more.

Zuzana Kunckova (a Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to dive deep into Larabelles - how she got the idea for it, what’s coming next, what it’s like to build a community, and a lot more.Links for this episode:LarabellesSupport Larabelles on GitHubLarabelles on TwitterZuzana on Twitter

Rissa Jackson (an Apprentice Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about life as an apprentice/junior developer, tips for getting that first job as a junior developer, and a lot more.Links for this episode:https://www.choosefi.com/how-to-negotiate-salary/https://www.choosefi.com/negotiate-your-salary-with-tori-dunlap/LeetCodeGlue Work: Blog & VideoRissa on InstagramRissa on Twitter

Keith Damiani (Principal Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all about Jigsaw (what it does, what’s coming next, etc.) and what it’s like to manage an open source project at Tighten.Links for this week's show:JigsawBuilt With JigsawKeith Damiani on TwitterJigsaw on GitHub

Marje Holmstrom-Sabo (Ops & Content Manager at Tighten) returns to the show for the final episode of Season 2 to talk to Dave Hicking (Production Manager at Tighten) about shaping your role at an agency, the concept of 'tours of duty', and more.

Andrew Morgan (a Lead Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk all things organization - why it's important for devs (and all of us, really) to stay organized, how he does it, and a lot more.

Dan Sheetz (Tighten's CEO) joins us this week for a chat about exactly what goes into making a good client/agency relationship, diving into topics like trust, transparency, understanding which problem to solve, and a lot more.

Cenitoria Melton (a Programmer at Tighten) joins us this week to talk about something most of us have encountered before, whether in our personal or professional life: imposter syndrome.

We're joined this week by Jake Bathman (a Programmer at Tighten) to talk all about what it's like to build apps & bots for Slack: why they're useful, what it's like to build one, and a lot more.

We're joined by John Bonaccorsi (one of Tighten's Lead Programmers) to talk about the pros and cons (spoiler: there aren't too many cons) of using class-based model factories in Laravel.To learn more about class-based model factories, check out https://tighten.co/blog/tidy-up-your-tests-with-class-based-model-factories/

We're joined by Marje Holmstrom-Sabo, Tighten's Operations Manager, to talk about what it's like to create a welcoming culture for new vs. existing employees at a completely remote company.

We're joined by Jose Soto to talk about why he uses Docker for local development, what problems it solves, and a lot more.

Sara Bine, a Lead Programmer at Tighten, stops by Twenty Percent Time to talk about what it's like to build an app with NativeScript-Vue.Want to read Sara's blog post about NativeScript-Vue?  Head to https://tighten.co/blog/intro-to-mobile-app-development-with-nativescript-vue.

Tighten is relaunching Twenty Percent Time and we're starting Season 2 by talking with our CTO Matt Stauffer about all things hiring: when & why Tighten decides to hire, what we look for, what we wish people knew when applying, and more.

Today we ask the big question on every PHP developer's mind. We weigh out the pros and cons of the language, things we like and dislike, and ultimately, what keeps us coming back.

We talk about some big changes and some other fun stuff like LiveView in Laravel.

We talk about so many things: From how best to pass status messages when you page contains multiple forms, to why switch/case hacking is the way of the future.

Strap in kids. Three topic and almost 2 hours of sweet sweet content. - Daniel's new keyboard - Caleb wants to just make a second route - CONDITIONALS?????

What we're thankful for.

Caleb is at VueConf in Toronto, so we recorded a quick one from the show floor. Audio is a bit lower quality than normal, but it's worth it.

We talk sleight of hand, woodworking, our new language, and dealing with non-user users. So put on your headphones and grab your tech deck... we got some twenty percent timin' to do!

The initial mix of this episode accidentally contained an ODB song over the first 3 minutes. Please re-download if you aren't trying to shimmy shimmy ya. We bang through a bunch of topics before finally settling on a really good idea for an open source project. Laravel Sticker Contest Laravel Nova Packages

We run through a plethora of mini topics ranging from Embedded CSS in emails to the giant fear about your codebase. Thanks to @andymswick for editing this episode!

Daniel and I chill out at the Tighten Headquarters in Chicago after Laracon. We have some followup on my talk, and a bunch of other goodies.

We come back from several very busy weeks and talk about test fixtures.

We talk about whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the strings and errors of outrageous microservices.

We recorded an episode when we were together in Texas for Tighten onsite but it was trash so we didn't put it out. Hopefully you like this totally non-trash episode where we get deep into composed properties and how to build an onboarding wizard, as well as a super nerdy segment where we just speak a bunch of Vim keybindings out loud.

FINALLY we have a good fundamental disagreement. Daniel is very right because he writes the shownotes. Caleb is horribly wrong.

After a longer-than-anticipated hiatus, we ramble our way to universal truth.

We talk sardines, horizon, machine learning, dusk strategies, snapshot testing, and testing VS Code extensions - it's just a good time...

Caleb wants a microdecisions framework and ventures into the wild woods of philosophy to discover the Truth®.

Our attempt to make a wishlist for new PHPUnit features devolves into yet another discussion of VS Code.