Twenty Percent Time
Tighten Co., Dave Hicking · Dave Hicking
Show overview
Twenty Percent Time has been publishing since 2017, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 70 episodes. That works out to roughly 55 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence, with the show now in its 4th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 30 min and 56 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Technology show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 3.5 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2017, with 24 episodes published. Published by Dave Hicking.
From the publisher
Twenty Percent Time is a podcast for programmers, designers, business owners, & more from the good folks at Tighten. Hosted by Dave Hicking and Zuzana Kunckova.
Latest Episodes
View all 70 episodesS4 Ep 6Ben Holmen: Building With The TALL Stack (and Tighten)
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).
S4 Ep 5Shawn Jones: Why Mentoring Matters
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.
S4 Ep 4Jeanne Henry & Molly Fisher: Meetings Don't Have To Suck
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.
S4 Ep 3Jamison Valenta: Legacy Web Apps
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.
S4 Ep 2Tony Messias: Turbo 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.
S4 Ep 1Aaron Francis: Torchlight
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.
Welcome to Season 4!
For this upcoming season we're switching things up a bit with a new co-host and maybe even some special guests...
S3 Ep 11Dan Sheetz & Matt Stauffer: The Tighten Manifesto
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.
S3 Ep 10Sara Bine: You Aren't Gonna Need It (YAGNI)
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.
S3 Ep 9Marje Holmstrom-Sabo: You Are Not Your Job
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.
S3 Ep 8Kristin Collins: Why You Should Speak at Conferences
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.
S3 Ep 7Tammy Robinson: Self Care for Programmers
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
S3 Ep 6Andrew Morgan: Train Your Keyboard
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/
S3 Ep 5Kristin Collins: My Favorite Dev Tools
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
S3 Ep 4Marje Holmstrom-Sabo & Anna Shevlin: All About On-sites for Distributed Companies
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.
S3 Ep 3Zuzana Kunckova: Larabelles
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
S3 Ep 2Rissa Jackson: Life as a Junior Developer
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
S3 Ep 1Keith Damiani: Jigsaw
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
S2 Ep 10Dave Hicking: Shaping Your Role
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.
S2 Ep 9Andrew Morgan: Staying Organized
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.