Robby Russell
Coffee with Developers - Robby Russell
#1about 4 minutes
Getting started in software development by solving problems
The journey into development began not with theory, but with a practical need to build a website for selling stickers, leading to incremental learning of Perl and PHP.
#2about 5 minutes
The origin story of the Oh My Zsh framework
Oh My Zsh was created to standardize shell configurations for coworkers, making pair programming more efficient and the command line less intimidating for new developers.
#3about 2 minutes
Curating a successful community-driven open source project
With over 93% of the code contributed by the community, the project's success relies on curating contributions rather than creating everything from scratch.
#4about 2 minutes
Improving developer experience for efficiency and well-being
The motivation for building better tooling was to improve personal developer experience during pairing, increase team efficiency, and reduce physical strain from typing.
#5about 7 minutes
The mission to maintain and improve legacy applications
Planet Argon's focus is on helping organizations with mature applications avoid costly rewrites by tackling technical debt and making incremental improvements.
#6about 3 minutes
Why developers struggle to prioritize maintenance work
Common challenges in legacy projects are often people problems, where developers feel they need permission to refactor, get their requests deprioritized, and eventually leave.
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