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Emily Bache on software quality, technical excellence, and driving change

In this episode of Distributed, host Jack Hannah speaks with Emily Bache, a technical coach and the creator of Samman Coaching, about her work helping teams improve their development practices. Emily shares her experiences with test-driven development and refactoring, and explains how these practices can transform both code quality and team dynamics. Highlights: The impact of test-driven development on software quality How to introduce new practices in a resistant environment Why collaborative coding, like ensemble programming, accelerates team growth The role of leadership in creating a culture of continuous learning and quality In this episode, we cover: (00:00) – Kicking things off with Emily Bache (01:25) – First experience with extreme programming in 2000 (02:28) – Struggling to get a new team on board with XP (04:03) – Why TDD transformed Emily’s coding approach (05:22) – Becoming a full-time technical coach and YouTuber (06:48) – Defining what a technical coach actually does (07:21) – Inside a high-performing architecture team’s microservices shift (09:04) – Can siloed experts still outperform collaborative teams? (14:42) – Simple tactics to nudge your team toward better practices (20:57) – Ensemble programming explained: many minds, one keyboard (24:45) – Why refactoring skills matter in the age of AI assistants References Approval Tests (https://approvaltests.com/) and the weekly Approval Tests Ensemble (https://github.com/approvals/Approval...) ChatGPT & Copilot are NOT Refactoring Tools (   • ChatGPT & Copilot are NOT Refactoring Tools  ) Where to connect further: Connect with Emily Bache on LinkedIn (  / emilybache  ) and Samman Technical Coaching Society (https://sammancoaching.org/) Follow Tuple (https://x.com/tuple) Want to hear more? Check out distributed.fm (http://distributed.fm) Connect with Jack Hannah (  / jack-hannah  )