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Breaking the 20%

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Before computers were machines, they were women! For a span of two centuries the term "computer" was effectively interchangeable with a woman tasked with the role of a human calculator, adept at solving intricate mathematical problems. Then World War II started and men decided to build computers. Despite their zeal to build the machines, they had no interest in programming them, so they left the job to the women. Women, under the leadership of figures like Grace Hopper, played a pivotal role ...
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The Bike Shed

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On The Bike Shed, hosts Joël Quenneville and Stephanie Minn discuss development experiences and challenges at thoughtbot with Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and whatever else is drawing their attention, admiration, or ire this week.
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In this episode, we trace the rise of unchecked founder power in Silicon Valley, beginning in the summer of 2004, when Sean Parker taught Mark Zuckerberg how to secure venture capital funding without relinquishing control. It marked the end of “adult supervision” in tech and the beginning of a new era of aggressive, founder-led empires. We follow t…
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Στο καινούριο επεισόδιο του Breakroom, η Έλενα και ο Μιχάλης έχουν πολλά να πουν. Το Veo 3, το νέο εργαλείο της Google, υπόσχεται να αλλάξει τον τρόπο που δημιουργούμε βίντεο, μετατρέποντας περιγραφές σε σκηνές βγαλμένες από κινηματογραφική παραγωγή. Μιλάμε για το πώς λειτουργεί, τι σημαίνει για το μέλλον των δημιουργών, και αν τελικά ήρθε η ώρα να…
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Is AI going to help us build our own individual apps or are we years away from that happening, thoughts on Crunchydata being acquired, Elon vs Trump on Twitter, the annoying benefits of physical activity, the shocking amount of screen time on Dax's iPhone, video game addictions, and what it means for Anthropic to cut Windsurf's Claude access. Links…
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Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο του Breaking the 20%, ξετυλίγουμε την ιστορία της Elizabeth Holmes – από το Stanford και την ίδρυση της Theranos, μέχρι τη φυλακή. Πέρα από την απάτη και τις υποσχέσεις για επανάσταση στις αιματολογικές εξετάσεις, εξετάζουμε και κάτι βαθύτερο: τι σημαίνει να είσαι γυναίκα σε μια ανδροκρατούμενη Silicon Valley. Συγκρίνουμε την π…
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Dax is ditching OpenAI and ChatGPT, Adam's looking down, are jobs being lost to AI or are we just asking the wrong questions, the truth about VCs changing the world, Remix finally announces the thing, is NextJS the ASP.net of today, and how has tech and Twitter changed recently? Links: dax on X: “i should start renting my backyard for weddings" Int…
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Σε ένα επεισόδιο γεμάτο αλουμίνιο, τεχνητή νοημοσύνη και… λίγο δικαστικό δράμα, η Έλενα και ο Μιχάλης επιστρέφουν στο Breakroom για να σχολιάσουν τις πιο τρελές εξελίξεις του τεχνολογικού κόσμου: Η Apple λέει “όχι” στην επιστροφή του Fortnite, αλλά το δικαστήριο λέει… “ναι”. Ο Jony Ive αναλαμβάνει καθήκοντα στην OpenAI — και μαζί φανταζόμαστε έναν …
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Teej sits in for Adam to chat with Dax about OpenCode, Heex, building an auto-scaling gym how to fix your garden and your grass, chickens + kids + LEGO, and what the deal is between Prime and Sabrina Carpenter. Links: Phoenix.Component — Phoenix LiveView v1.0.12 Home Anthropic AI Code Editor TerminalDotShop Accessories Tomato Investment Trump Tours…
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Elaina Natario returns to talk with Joël about what makes good quality product design and the priorities that shape development. The pair discuss the importance of certain elements such as security and accessibility, maintaining certain standards throughout development, as well as judging the practical applications of prototypes within a project an…
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In this episode, we honor Pride Month by sharing the extraordinary story of Lynn Conway. In the 1960s, while working at IBM, Lynn had a flash of insight that solved a critical problem: how to enable a supercomputer to execute multiple instructions simultaneously, even when dependent on prior instructions. Her invention, known as dynamic instruction…
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Dax has to work on his lighting, Adam's wondering if Dax ever gets stressed, an updated on OpenCode, the confusing AI models (still), DHH and Twitter fights, and OpenAI introduces Codex as the show ends. Links: Zack Kanter on X DHH on X DHH on Facebook-Free Business Linear DHH on Apple and Linux Typefully Minimal Theme for Twitter / X Julius Introd…
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Joël and Rémy draw inspiration from the stars as they discuss Rémy’s new open source Ruby gem, Astonoby. Rémy reveals the challenges he faced in taking on this project, the scientific translation work that went into making it accessible for everyone, as well as the key lessons he learnt from modelling the cosmos. — The Sponsor for this episode has …
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Σε ένα σουρεαλιστικό (και τεχνολογικά γεμάτο) επεισόδιο η Έλενα και ο Μιχάλης συζητούν και πάλι τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις από τον κόσμο της τεχνολογίας: Η Apple χάνει δικαστικά από την Epic και αναγκάζεται να ανοίξει το App Store — τι σημαίνει αυτό για τους developers, το Fortnite και το μέλλον των mobile πληρωμών; Ένα νέο προϊόν στον τομέα του AI ο…
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Joël strikes up a dialogue with fellow thoughtboter Elaina Natario about the various use cases of modals. Together they discuss their pros and cons, the dos and don’ts, their functionality and accessibility to the end user as well as the subtle differences you'll notice when compared to dialogs. — The Sponsor for this episode has been Judoscale - A…
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There's a new Pope and Dax (almost) knows him, new lighting, the fun of being a random at a wedding, AI is maybe going to save us or maybe not, and what techniques should we hang on to and what should we leave in the past? Links: Cursor - The AI Code Editor Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor Roo Code – Your AI-Powered De…
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Πριν τη FORTRAN και την COBOL, πριν ακόμη ο όρος “προγραμματισμός” γίνει καθημερινότητα, μια γυναίκα στην καρδιά της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης εφεύρε μια γλώσσα. Όχι μόνο μια γλώσσα προγραμματισμού υψηλού επιπέδου, αλλά μια ολόκληρη θεωρία για το πώς μπορούμε να μιλήσουμε στις μηχανές. Στο επεισόδιο αυτό, ανακαλύπτουμε τη συναρπαστική ζωή μιας γυναίκας που…
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Joël and Steve sit down to discuss the ins and outs of decomposition within their respective workflows and how they use it to their advantage when working on certain projects. Together they look at working with vertical slices over other decomposition methods, when and how to break down code as efficiently as possible, and Joël lays out his three k…
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Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο, η Έλενα και ο Μιχάλης ρίχνουν μια χιουμοριστική αλλά και αιχμηρή ματιά σε όσα συμβαίνουν στον κόσμο της τεχνολογία — από το ChatGPT που διαβάζει το φλιτζάνι του καφέ μέχρι τα πιο πρόσφατα AI δράματα. Τι έγινε τελικά με το TikTok ban; Γιατί η Apple και η Meta πρέπει να πληρώσουν εκατομμύρια στην Ε.Ε.; Μπορεί το ChatGPT να φέρει…
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Joël talks with fellow thoughtboter Sara about the different ways developers can help one another across the various stages of an app’s lifecycle. They highlight the importance of utilising notes early on to clarify your work for others who may need it later down the line, how tooling can aid with this at all stages of development, and what lessons…
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Why hasn't Adam gotten the humanoid robot servant he's been promised, the current state of AI programming, what happened in Miami, renting a yacht and buying a drone, recording a song in a studio, and where in the world should Adam and Dax move? Links: React Miami Supabase | The Open Source Firebase Alternative DJI Mini 4 Pro - Mini to the Max - DJ…
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In this episode of Breaking the 20%, we crack open the archives of early computing magazines from the 1960s and 70s — a time when keypunch girls were IN, lipstickless coders were OUT, and “dumb blondes” were considered the ideal user interface. Join us as we explore the casual sexism, absurd hiring practices, and thinly veiled innuendo that shaped …
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Start taking notes in this episode as Joël and Valerie discuss the different ways in which they structure their note taking systems to improve their workflows. Together they cover the best ways to get started with serious note taking, how to best map out your thoughts so they make the most sense when you come back round to them, as well as examinin…
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Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο, γνωρίζουμε την απίστευτη ζωή της Dame Stephanie Shirley — της γυναίκας που υπέγραφε ως “Steve” για να την πάρουν στα σοβαρά στη βιομηχανία της τεχνολογίας. Από παιδί πρόσφυγας με το Kindertransport, σε ιδρύτρια της πρώτης remote εταιρείας λογισμικού στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, η Shirley άνοιξε τον δρόμο για τις γυναίκες στην τεχνολο…
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Joël and thoughtbot colleague Sally Hall set out to find an answer to the question, what exactly are the differences between paper data structures and digitals ones? They compare the different ways humans store and access data, from rolodexs to the dewey decimal system, browsing a system vs searching it, and how the digital age has changed the way …
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Prepping for React Miami while Adam tries not to catch the plague, where are the tariffs at this week, moving off Astro, building docs in MCP, financial literacy is underrated, using Claude in AWS or Google Cloud, and why aren't more people playing to win? Oh and a 👼 🎉 Links: Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing React M…
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Από την άφιξη του Apple Intelligence (που o Μιχάλης δεν μπορεί ακόμα να αποκτήσει), μέχρι το άγχος των chatbots και την αδυναμία τους να σχεδιάσουν σωστά ένα ρολόι… όλα χωράνε στο πιο “Ghibli-style” επεισόδιο του Breakroom. Ο Μιχάλης και η Έλενα σχολιάζουν το νέο image generator του ChatGPT, τις πρόσφατες εξαγορές στον tech κόσμο (η Google αγοράσε …
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Joël and fellow thoughtboter Aji Slater examine the unfamiliar world of Typescript and various ways of working within it’s system. They lay out the pros and cons of Typescript over other environments such as Ruby and Elm and discuss their experience of adopting LLM partners to assist in their workflows. Using ChatGPT and Claude to verify code and t…
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Adam's excited about Termai, they debate whether they're in the prime or twilight of their careers, what even is CoPilot and Microsoft's AI approach, Dax's plans for building the SSTPhone, what's happening with young men, and what's happening with tariffs—and are they related? (No.) Links: Kujtim (@h_kujtim) / X Kujtim on X: “Working on something r…
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From the lab to the laptop — meet Sevgi Chavushoglu, a biomedical scientist who completely changed the course of her life after joining a web development bootcamp. In this inspiring episode, we talk about: ✨ Making a career switch without a CS degree 🚀 How a bootcamp gave her the skills to break into tech 💪🏼 Changing jobs when your role isn't meeti…
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Terminal's launch week was also a bad week for CEOs, prepping for ReactMiami, Adam unintentionally pokes Replit, thoughts on the new AI image models, and Dax updates Adam on the world news he missed while travelling. Links: OpenAI ChatGPT Users Are Creating Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images OpenAI adopts rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI mod…
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Σε έναν κόσμο όπου οι Big Tech "Καίσαρες" κυβερνούν τις ψηφιακές μας ζωές, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση αποφασίζει να αντεπιτεθεί. Από το Digital Markets Act και τις κατηγορίες σε Apple & Google, μέχρι το νέο φιλόδοξο fund που υπόσχεται να χτίσει την επόμενη ευρωπαϊκή Microsoft (αλλά μόνο αν είσαι κάτω των 25), τα πράγματα… αγριεύουν. Η Έλενα και ο Μιχάλης, ό…
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Πώς αφήνεις μια καριέρα που χρειάστηκε χρόνια σπουδών και αφοσίωσης για να ξεκινήσεις από την αρχή; Στο νέο επεισόδιο, μιλάμε με την Ελένη Καδή, που από κτηνίατρος έγινε προγραμματίστρια! 🎤💻 Μας μιλά για τη στιγμή που συνειδητοποίησε ότι ήθελε μια αλλαγή, τις προκλήσεις του να μπαίνεις στην τεχνολογία από άλλο κλάδο, την υποστήριξη από το περιβάλλο…
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Joël enlists the help of thoughtbot colleague Sally Hall as they dive into the complex world of time zones, daylight savings, measurements and coding. Together they discuss their struggles with daylight savings throwing off their recent project reporting, the constant struggles of writing for different time zones and why writing your own code is ne…
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Sam Lambert returns to chat about the launch of PlanetScale Metal, the importance of looking past averages, constraints of working with Amazon, how building good software is like building an airline, thoughts on the standard software dev playbooks, advice for younger developers, and reflections on killing the free tier at PlanetScale. Links: Sam La…
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Στο νέο επεισόδιο συζητούμε για τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στην τεχνολογία, με επίκεντρο το MWC 2025, τη μεγαλύτερη γιορτή του mobile tech. Από τα νέα AI features όπως το Gemini και οι AI agents, μέχρι τα πιο εντυπωσιακά hardware announcements όπως foldable phones, smart glasses και tablets με paper-like οθόνες, το MWC φέτος ήταν μια επίδειξη του μέλ…
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Adam's hooked on Claude Code, why the sudden panic over MCP (model context protocol), OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Claude, why is Sam Altman so annoying, do we believe in free will, and are we on the slow decline of America—and more importantly, will Dax have to learn a new language?! Links: Claude Code Overview - Anthropic Home - OpenAPI Initiative Work…
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Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο, και προς τιμή της Ημέρας της Γυναίκας, η Μαρία Στυλιανού συνομιλεί με τη Μαρία Λαού, μια γυναίκα που ξεκίνησε να γράφει κώδικα το 1980 στην Κύπρο! Πώς ήταν να είναι προγραμματίστρια χωρίς internet και email; Πώς έστελναν κώδικα στη Σαουδική Αραβία; Ποιες ήταν οι μεγαλύτερες τεχνολογικές αλλαγές που έζησε; Πως ισορρόπησε τη δου…
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Aaron Boodman joins us to chat about his tech journey from building Greasemonkey, working on Google Chrome, being obsessed with sync on the web, Replicache, to his new project, Zero. Links: The Expanse (novel series) - Wikipedia Zero Zero Bugs Greasemonkey - Wikipedia Linear – Plan and build products Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime SST M…
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Στο νέο επεισόδιο συζητούμε για τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στην τεχνολογία, με επίκεντρο τη μάχη της Ευρώπης να μπει στην κούρσα του AI. Από το AI Action Summit στο Παρίσι, όπου ο Macron επιχείρησε να προωθήσει τη Γαλλία ως τεχνολογικό ηγέτη, μέχρι την προκλητική στάση του JD Vance που είπε πως δεν είναι ώρα για νομοθεσίες αλλά ώρα για επιτάχυνση της…
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Joël turns to fellow thoughtboter Jimmy Thigpen as he looks to expand his knowledge about the wide world of Typescripts. Together they discuss the differences between Typescript and other common systems such as Elm and Javascript, how to best handle their edge cases and error flags, as well as the benefits of using Zod as your typescript library. —…
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Is the flu lasting longer this year, why is it so hard to keep up with conspiracy theories, Dax has an AI based social news app idea, what is really quantum computing, and Adam's trying to sort out the crazy world. Links: Tomorrow Jon Stewart On Vaccine Science And The Wuhan Lab Theory - YouTube Elon Musk’s startup rolls out new Grok-3 chatbot as A…
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This week Maria & Elena talk about Pam, a game developer whose life was turned upside down by a coordinated online harassment campaign. We start from Pam's humble beginnings, the creation of her groundbreaking game about mental health, and then talk about the intense wave of online abuse that followed false accusations from an ex-partner. While the…
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Joël talks with fellow thoughtboter Fritz Meissner about the thinking process behind his latest kata project and the vast world of coding problems. Fritz explains why he developed the noisy animals kata and how it helped to better understand and streamline his code, the best ways to break down conditionals and how to clean them up efficiently withi…
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Στο νέο επεισόδιο συζητούμε για τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στην τεχνολογία, με επίκεντρο την DeepSeek, την κινεζική AI startup που έχει προκαλέσει πανικό στη Silicon Valley. Από την ξαφνική άνοδο και το εντυπωσιακό open-source μοντέλο της, μέχρι τη χακαρισμένη βάση δεδομένων της, η DeepSeek είναι το καυτό θέμα της εβδομάδας. Πέρα από την Deepseek: Συ…
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What is happening with Musk and DOGE and government, who does the USA owe money to, o3-mini vs Google Flash vs avante thoughts, what does Dax watch instead of sports, Adam makes a case for why sports matter, and should Adam trust Marc Andreessen or Ben Horowitz? Links: OpenAI o3-mini | OpenAI Claude Gemini Flash - Google DeepMind GitHub - yetone/av…
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Ο Elon Musk έχει χτίσει μια τεχνολογική αυτοκρατορία, από τη SpaceX και την Tesla μέχρι τη Neuralink και την X (πρώην Twitter). Σε κάθε μια από αυτές τις εταιρίες υπάρχουν γυναίκες που έχουν θέσεις κλειδιά και τη δυνατότητα να παίξουν καθοριστικό ρόλο στην επιτυχία του. Αναλύουμε τι σημαίνει να συνεργάζεσαι με τον πιο αμφιλεγόμενο CEO της εποχής μα…
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Joël is joined by fellow thoughtboter Aji Slater as they discuss their previous experiences in designing content for workshops. Learn how to best structure your workshop for an audience, the benefits of a workshop over a talk and vice versa, as well as how to tackle the different hurdles your audience might face when working through your presentati…
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Dax is finally warming up in frigid Florida, AI isn't as dangerous as everyone thinks it is, DeepSeek is full of holes, Adam's concerned about techno signatures, and what does it mean to have AI first app development? Links: Lex Fridman Podcast Anthropic dax pranked by claude Granola Superhuman Email Productivity Dax’s Remote Dev Setup video Bare M…
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Στο νέο επεισόδιο του Breakroom, συζητούμε τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στον κόσμο της τεχνολογίας με τη γνωστή χαλαρή και διασκεδαστική διάθεση ενώ ο κόσμος γύρω μας (κυρίως οι Αμερικάνοι) έχουν πανικοβλήθει για το TikTok που χάνουν και για το DeepSeek που ταράζει τα νερά! Σε αυτό το επεισόδιο συζητάμε για: 1. TikTok Ban: Το TikTok βρίσκεται υπό απειλ…
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Adam discusses a bipolar diagnosis, do we want to be great people, therapy and therapists who help therapists with therapy, inauguration thoughts, the Stargate announcement, money invested in AI, and LinkedIn parenting quotes. Links: Peer Support: A Safe Space Richard Feynman DeepSeek Google Quantum AI Sponsor: Terminal now offers a monthly box cal…
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-kill dragon -WITH WHAT? YOUR BARE HANDS? -yes -CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE JUST VANQUISHED A DRAGON WITH YOUR BARE HANDS! (UNBELIEVABLE, ISN'T IT?) If you know this game, congratulations—you’re an OG! In this episode, we explore the origins of video games through the story of a cave and a computer game created by a man trying to stay connected to th…
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