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Impatient Programming: an invite for YAGNI listeners . This is a free guide to how Stephen’s team at Zar builds software with coding agents. It reworks Extreme Programming’s rules for working with agents and includes...
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YAGNI
Hosted by Matt Swanson · technology · EN
About this Podcast:
You Ain't Gonna Need It, the podcast where we look at software practices and tools and ask: "do we need it?"
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What is YAGNI about?
You Ain't Gonna Need It, the podcast where we look at software practices and tools and ask: "do we need it?"
Who hosts YAGNI?
YAGNI is hosted by Matt Swanson. The show has published 19 episodes to date.
What has YAGNI covered recently?
Recent episodes include "I need a software foreman w/ Stephen Margheim" (12 October 2026, 56 minutes), "Retiring from programming w/ Justin Searls" (2 October 2026, 82 minutes), and "Retiring from programming w/ Justin Searls" (2 October 2026, 82 minutes).
How often does YAGNI publish?
YAGNI publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 19 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on YAGNI?
Booking probability for YAGNI is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. YAGNI requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. YAGNI's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch YAGNI?
The strongest fits for YAGNI are IT Services & Software Development. YAGNI has a technology audience.
About the host
Matt Swanson hosts YAGNI, a technology podcast with 19 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 2, 20261h 22mS3
Matt just got back from Rails World, where DHH's keynote left a lot of people thinking Rails was over. Justin Searls of Breaking Change , who gave his own retirement talk at Rails World two years ago, joins him to sort...
- Oct 2, 20261h 22mS3
<p>Matt just got back from Rails World, where DHH's keynote left a lot of people thinking Rails was over. Justin Searls of Breaking Change, who gave his own retirement talk at Rails World two years ago, joins him to...
Episode #4
Irrefutable proof w/ Thorsten Ball
Oct 2, 202658 minS3Thorsten Ball, who works on Amp , doesn't like the term "software factory." He'd rather be in a workshop, a garden or a "primordial soup" of throwaway tools. He and Matt talk about custom tools you build in minutes and...
Episode #4
Irrefutable proof w/ Thorsten Ball
Oct 2, 202658 minS3<p>Thorsten Ball, who works on Amp, doesn't like the term "software factory." He'd rather be in a workshop, a garden or a "primordial soup" of throwaway tools. He and Matt talk about custom tools you build in minutes...
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- Oct 1, 20261h 3mS3
John Nunemaker runs Fireside , Flipper and Box Out. He used to think of himself as a craftsman, until last December, when he found out that what he really loves is shipping. Now he reads the data models and queries but...
- Oct 1, 20261h 3mS3
<p>John Nunemaker runs Fireside, Flipper and Box Out. He used to think of himself as a craftsman, until last December, when he found out that what he really loves is shipping. Now he reads the data models and queries...
Episode #2
LLM junk food w/ Justin Duke
Oct 1, 202659 minS3Justin Duke, who runs Buttondown, calls himself a "radical LLM centrist." About two-thirds of Buttondown's merged code comes from LLMs, but he still pushes back on the most extreme software factory takes. He and Matt...
Episode #2
LLM junk food w/ Justin Duke
Oct 1, 202659 minS3<p>Justin Duke, who runs Buttondown, calls himself a "radical LLM centrist." About two-thirds of Buttondown's merged code comes from LLMs, but he still pushes back on the most extreme software factory takes. He and Matt...
Episode #1
Infinite plausible PRs w/ Nate Berkopec
Sep 30, 202653 minS3Back in February, Nate said that coding workflows built around adding more human-in-the-loop steps were a dead end, and that the end state is the "dark factory," where humans aren't allowed on the floor. Six months...
Episode #1
Infinite plausible PRs w/ Nate Berkopec
Sep 30, 202653 minS3<p>Back in February, Nate said that coding workflows built around adding more human-in-the-loop steps were a dead end, and that the end state is the "dark factory," where humans aren't allowed on the floor. Six months...
- Sep 30, 20261 minS3
<p>Software used to be something you sat down and wrote.<br>Line by line. <br>Decision by decision.</p><p><br></p><p>The work lived in the hands of the person at the keyboard.</p><p><br></p><p>That world doesn’t really...
- Sep 30, 20261 minS3
Software used to be something you sat down and wrote. Line by line. Decision by decision. The work lived in the hands of the person at the keyboard. That world doesn’t really exist anymore. Everything is changing: who...
Episode #6
Programming Books w/ Aaron Francis
Dec 5, 202349 minS2<p>Matt and Aaron talk about programming books and try to answer the question "do we need them?"</p>This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you...
Episode #6
Programming Books w/ Aaron Francis
Dec 5, 202349 minS2Matt and Aaron talk about programming books and try to answer the question "do we need them?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need...
Episode #5
Redis w/ Nate Berkopec
Nov 28, 202343 minS2<p>Matt and Nate talk about Redis and try to answer the question "do we need it?"</p>This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature...
Episode #5
Redis w/ Nate Berkopec
Nov 28, 202343 minS2Matt and Nate talk about Redis and try to answer the question "do we need it?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need feature flags...
Episode #4
Service Objects w/ Jason Swett
Nov 21, 20232 minS2<p>Matt and Jason talk about Service Objects and try to answer the question "do we need them?"</p>This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you...
Episode #4
Service Objects w/ Jason Swett
Nov 21, 20232 minS2Matt and Jason talk about Service Objects and try to answer the question "do we need them?" This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you need...
Episode #3
Testing w/ Josh Pigford
Nov 14, 202344 minS2<p>Matt and Josh talk about automated testing and try to answer the question "do we need them?"</p>This season of YAGNI was made possible by our friends at Flipper Cloud - Are big launches stressing you out? Then you...
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