Developer Tea

Developer Tea

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September 16, 2015Automation: Creating Higher Order Functionality and Building an Automatic Schedule
Today's episode is a short discussion on automation. We'll explore some helpful ways to look at automation that help make it more than simply scripting repeatable steps.
Zapier
IFTTT
Rails generator documentation
Gulp JS
Babel
James Clear
Focus (app)
Discussion on Useful Defaults
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Until next time,
Enjoy your tea
17 min
September 14, 2015Interview with Eric Elliott: On JavaScript, Writing, and Creating High Velocity Development Teams
In today's episode, I interview Eric Elliott. Eric is a JavaScript developer and author with a lot of knowledge to share! Be sure to check out JavaScript Scene to read Eric's writing.
One of Eric's personal site
@_ericelliott
How to build a High Velocity Development Team
Eric's High Velocity Development Team Course
Programming JavaScript Applications (book)
Learn JavaScript Universal App Development (book, in progress)
Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm! Check out Spec for a constant stream of valuable content for developers and designers!
57 min
September 11, 2015Subjective vs. Concrete Decisions
Today, I talk about a particular framework for making decisions. The framework presents a specific dichotomy between concreteness and subjectivity.
Types of decisions:
Essential decisions
Concrete input with subjective output
Subjective input with concrete output
Subjective input with subjective output
"Trivial" decisions
The paradox we have to deal with is that a lot of non-trivial outcomes come from decisions that fall on the subjective end of the scale. It is necessary for us to move these trivial and subjective decisions towards concrete if possible to funnel more energy into our decision making energy for subjective decisions.
Today's episode is sponsored by Spec.fm! Visit Spec.fm for more information about Developer Tea and podcasts and content for developers and designers.
19 min
September 09, 2015Listener Pubudu Asks How to Avoid Procrastination and Boredom, and Find Renewed Energy for Work
Today, I discuss listener Pubudu's questions about how to find energy and enjoyment in his work, and how to stop procrastinating.
Mentioned on the show:
@HealthyProg
The Healthy Programmer
Get Up and Code
Pomodoro Technique
Thorough discussion on Pomodoro from a programmer
Kent Beck Pomodoro proof
Many thanks to today's sponsor, Hired.com
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18 min
September 07, 2015Listener Question: Sahar asks, "How do I get more out of my day?"
In today's episode, I answer a question from listener Sahar.
Remote (37 Signals / Bsecamp
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
In this episode, I cover the concept of "The Minimum Viable Day" as well!
Today's Sponsor is: Digital Ocean
Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started on cloud hosting. Use the promo code "DEVELOPER TEA" at the checkout after you create your account to get a $10 credit!
If you enjoyed this episode and want to know when the latest episode has gone live, subscribe to the podcast, and be sure to check out other podcasts and content on the network that makes this podcast possible: Spec.fm.
Until next time,
Enjoy your tea
22 min
September 04, 2015The Messaging Paradigm: Building Programs Around the Concept of Messengers and Receivers
In today's episode we talk about a message passing paradigm for programming.
We'll discuss the concept of message passing as a lens for understanding everything we do in programming.
Avdi Grimm (@avdi)
Alan Kay's Email about Object Oriented Programming
Smalltalk
Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm - podcasts and content for designers and developers!
10 min
September 02, 2015Closures, Private & Methods
Today, we talk about closures and private object methods.
Spec.fm
Closures in JavaScript (Mozilla)
Private methods in Ruby (documentation)
Private :attr_accessor
Private members in Java
Closures: Elixir vs. Ruby vs. JavaScript
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11 min
August 31, 2015 The Best Tool vs. The Right Tool: Don't Forsake Personality When Picking Frameworks or Languages
In today's episode, I'll talk about choosing the best tool vs. choosing the right tool for a job. Stopping assumptions about faster being better or using a specific language for a specific project isn't easy.
We'll identify the difference between objective measures and subjective measures of a given language, and give you two challenges to help you evaluate your toolset.
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I hope you enjoyed this episode of Developer Tea and until next time,
Enjoy your tea
10 min
August 28, 2015 Decorator vs. Facade Patterns & Knowing When To Use Them
In today's episode I review decorator and facade patterns. I'll go over strengths, weaknesses, similarities and difference between decorator and facade patterns and give tips on determining when to use one or the other.
Today's Sponsor is: Digital Ocean
Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started on cloud hosting. Use the promo code "DEVELOPER TEA" at the checkout after you create your account to get a $10 credit!
If you enjoyed this episode and want to know when the latest episode has gone live, subscribe to the podcast, and be sure to check out other podcasts and content on the network that makes this podcast possible: Spec.fm.
Until next time,
Enjoy your tea
11 min
August 26, 2015 Listener Question: Simon asks, "How do I switch mindset from personal project to day job?"
Today's listener question is about working on side projects in the same space as your day job. Simon, who wrote into Developer Tea via email asks, "How do I transition from working on my side project in the morning, to working at my day job, in the same space?"
This episode, I review three red flag scenarios, and routines to help segment your day so you balance side project and day job effectively.
Useful Default Concepts
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22 min

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