617: Lexxy, Basecamp, and the Joy of Building with Jorge Marubia

Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots · Aug 6, 2026 · 52m

Will is back in the host seat this week to chat to Jorge Marubia, Principal Programmer at 37signals, about his previous experience using Lexxy and Basecamp.

In this episode, Jorge goes into depth about BaseCamp 5, how his team got through a memory leaking situation after its launch, and Lexxy being open source, before diving into the question on everyone’s lips recently - what his thoughts are on AI and how it will affect Junior Developers.

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