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301 - Bekki Freeman, Staff Software Engineer at Caribou and Co-Organizer of Rocky Mountain Ruby

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Jan 2, 2026
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Summary

In this episode I talk with Becky Freeman, staff engineer at Caribou and co-organizer of Rocky Mountain Ruby, about legacy code, refactoring long-running applications, and the psychological skills required to get team buy-in for technical improvements. Links: Bekki Freeman on LinkedInRocky Mountain RubyCaribouNonsense Monthly