Show Notes
The Bike Shed celebrates its 500th episode with hosts new and old as they reflect on the show’s history and ask, what’s new in your world?
Our past hosts look back at their time on the show, their favourite moments while hosting, what they took away from producing the Bike Shed, and what they might do today if they were still in the hosting chair.
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Your hosts for this special episode of The Bike Shed have been Joël Quenneville, Sally Hall and Aji Slater. Joining them have been our returning hosts Derek Prior, Sage Griffin, Stephanie Viccari, Chris Toomey and Stephanie Minn.
Listen back to some of our guest’s highlighted episodes
Bike Shed 14: An Acceptable Level of Hassle with David Heinemeier Hanson
Bike Shed 172: What I Believe About Software
Bike Shed 180: A Citizen of the Internet with John Resig
Bike Shed 302: Observability with Charity Majors
Bike Shed 325: Pranting
Bike Shed 404: Estimation
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