Rein Henrichs
Co-Host of Greater Than Code
Rein is a strange sort of software developer who spends more time thinking about systems made with people than systems made with computers. He believes that most technical problems are really people problems, and that people problems can be solved by listening, caring, and empowering others. Talking about himself in the third person makes him uncomfortable, but he is working on it. He also wrote a database in Haskell once, so he has that going for him, which is nice.
Rein Henrichs has hosted 104 Episodes.
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069: Identity Is An Arrow with Avdi Grimm
February 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
In this episode, Avdi Grimm talks about the pursuit of living a fixed life, achieving stasis, and becoming a visible person in tech while encouraging and inspiring others.
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067: Tech in Transition with Ashanti-Mutinta
February 14th, 2018 | 50 mins 16 secs
In this episode, Ashanti-Mutinta joins the panel to talk about finding safe online community networks, perspectives on blocking and real name policies, and transitioning in while working in tech.
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065: Radical Design with Marian Petre and André van der Hoek
January 31st, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
In this episode, Marian Petre and André van der Hoek join the show to talk about their book, “Software Design Decoded: 66 Ways Experts Think”. They explore the ideas of the democratization of software development, problem solving, and radical design.
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063: The Distribution of Brilliance and Opportunity with Rehema Wachira
January 17th, 2018 | 1 hr 57 secs
In this episode, Rehema Wachira joins us to talk about being a software developer in Nairobi, Kenya, creating a Culture of Saving, diversity of thought, and how technology empowers people.
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060: Coping with Complexity with Kent Beck
December 27th, 2017 | 43 mins 2 secs
Kent Beck talks about metaphors in software development, writing tests, complexity partitioning, and changing culture versus code.
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057: Everything is UI with Christina Morillo
December 6th, 2017 | 52 mins 53 secs
Christina Morillo talks about automation processes: discovery and reconnaissance, multitasking and context switching, and being kind to your busy self.
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054: Code Hospitality with Nadia Odunayo
November 8th, 2017 | 57 mins 44 secs
Nadia Odunayo talks about the idea of "code hospitality": What you can do to be a good host, asking questions rather than passing judgement, and using READMEs to give context.
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050: Open Source Anarchism with Steve Klabnik
October 11th, 2017 | 1 hr 3 mins
Steve Klabnik talks open source governance, succession planning, and organizing groups of people in a non-authoritarian way.
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049: Technology For the Greater Good with Reyn Aubrey
October 4th, 2017 | 56 mins 5 secs
We are joined by 19-year-old entrepreneur Reyn Aubrey to talk about building technology for the greater good, his startup PocketChange, habitizing donation, analyzing and collecting charity data, and anarchist organizing principles.
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043: The Accessibility of Board Games with Mischa Lewis-Norelle and James Edward Gray
August 16th, 2017 | 1 hr 57 secs
In this episode, James Edward Gray and Mischa Lewis-Norelle join us to talk about the accessibility of board games, talk about the various different kind of games and particular challenges of each category,
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042: @CallbackWomen and Organizing Conferences for Diversity and Inclusion with Carina C. Zona
August 9th, 2017 | 1 hr 11 mins
In this episode, Carina C. Zona joins us to talk about making a difference with her organization, @CallbackWomen, why diversity and inclusion is so important to have at conferences, and sending signals and/or indicators that encourage people to apply to speak at your conference.
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Episode 038: Category Theory for Normal Humans with Dr. Eugenia Cheng
July 5th, 2017 | 1 hr 9 mins
Dr. Eugenia Cheng joins us to talk about math, and even more specifically, category theory. Then we talk about changing the terminology around gender to focus on character traits instead.
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Episode 036: Metaphors and Microservices with Matt Stine
June 7th, 2017 | 1 hr 14 mins
Matt Stine joins us for a conversation that starts out about consulting and morphs into a meta-conversation about rigorous communication, ubiquitous language, metaphors, and microservices.
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Episode 035: Behind the Scenes at npm with Laurie Voss
May 31st, 2017 | 1 hr 3 mins
Laurie Voss joins us to talk about what goes on behind the scenes at npm, including setting workplace culture, technical hiring, and organizing engineers.
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Episode 033: Mental Illness with Greg Baugues
May 17th, 2017 | 49 mins 47 secs
Greg Baugues talks about how mental illness affected his life and early career as a software developer. Collectively, we discuss stigma, shame, fear, our personal experiences, and individual coping mechanisms.
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Episode 032: Curation vs Algorithms: Who Is Writing Our History? with Amy Unger
May 10th, 2017 | 55 mins 10 secs
Amy Unger joins us to talk about accessing and preserving history, categorizing information, and digital vs human curation.