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MaintainableJoel Chippindale: Why High-Quality Software Isn’t About Developer Skill AloneCTO coach Joel Chippindale joins Robby to share what he's learned over two decades of building and leading software teams. Joel argues that maintainability has less to do with “clean code” and more to do with how teams communicate, prioritize, and make progress visible. Drawing on his time at Unmade and his current coaching practice, Joel outlines practical ways teams can build trust, navigate brittle systems, and stop letting technical debt conversations get lost in translation.Episode Highlights[00:01:10] A Working Definition of MaintainabilityJoel explains why “software that’s easy to keep changing” is the gold s...2025-07-0156 min