We discuss rubyday 2023, taking care of large applications, testing strategies for startups, and the dearth of practical literature around startups in general.

<ul>
<li><a href="https://2023.rubyday.it/" rel="nofollow">rubyday 2023</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pragprog.com/titles/ppmetr2/metaprogramming-ruby-2/" rel="nofollow">Metaprogramming Ruby 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby5/programming-ruby-3-2-5th-edition/" rel="nofollow">Programming Ruby</a> (Pickaxe book)</li>
<li><a href="https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/" rel="nofollow">Pragmatic Programmer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Shopify/packwerk" rel="nofollow">packwerk</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.worx4you.com/" rel="nofollow">Software Testing | worx4you Inc</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow">Scratch from MIT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.libgosu.org/" rel="nofollow">Gosu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/" rel="nofollow">PyGame Zero</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DieQuieckerbande" rel="nofollow">Guinea Pig YouTube channel</a></li>
</ul>

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Ask questions via our <a href="https://forms.gle/MW8qZFD7RLYriqKj8" rel="nofollow">anonymous feedback form</a>

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<li>You can reach us via email at <a href="mailto:hosts@expandingbeyond.it" rel="nofollow">hosts@expandingbeyond.it</a>.</li>
<li>You can follow us on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/podcast_eb" rel="nofollow">@podcast_eb</a>.</li>
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Where to find Monica on the internet:

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<li>Website: <a href="https://monicag.me/" rel="nofollow">monicag.me</a></li>
<li>Mastodon: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@nirnaeth@mastodon.online" rel="nofollow">@nirnaeth@mastodon.online</a></li>
<li>Github: <a href="https://github.com/nirnaeth" rel="nofollow">@nirnaeth</a></li>
<li>Blog: <a href="https://dev.to/nirnaeth" rel="nofollow">dev.to/nirnaeth</a></li>
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Where to find Urban on the internet:

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<li>Mastodon: <a href="https://masto.ai/@ujh" rel="nofollow">@ujh@masto.ai</a></li>
<li>Github: <a href="https://github.com/ujh/" rel="nofollow">@ujh</a></li>
<li>Blog: <a href="https://urbanhafner.com/" rel="nofollow">urbanhafner.com</a></li>
</ul>

The intro and outro music is <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Happy_Music/Our_Big_Adventure" rel="nofollow">Our Big Adventure</a> by <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes" rel="nofollow">Scott Holmes</a>. It&#39;s licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" rel="nofollow">Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)</a>.

Episode 53: I Am The Mother Of The Team

Monica and Urban discuss their work life as developers and development managers.