About this episode
Aji and Joël talk all things hackerthons and why taking the time to have a little having fun with your work every now and then is important for developers.
Our hosts reflect on their shared experience at a previous RailsConf where they entered a mini hackerthon, why playing around in a creative sandbox is crucial to honing your skills as a dev, and how programming on the fly can teach you a lot about your own strengths and weaknesses.
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Read more about Joël’s entry in Rails Rumble, as well as their participation in the RailsConf 2022 mini Hackerthon.
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Your hosts for this episode have been thoughtbot’s own Joël Quenneville and Aji Slater.
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