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/dev/hell episodes:

• 06.01.2020

  Episode 100: The Final Rant

  Hello friends. We have reached the end of the podcast. At least 100 times Ed and I got together to talk about our thoughts, mostly about technical things, sometimes it was funny, sometimes it was serious. But people change and...

  
• 01.26.2020

  Episode 99: Can I Keep Flexing (Extended Mix)

  Ed: “Who do you think was our best guest over the years?” Chris (without hesitating): “Paul Reinheimer” Friend-of-the-podcast Paul Reinheimer has know Ed and Chris for many years and has shared many wonderful stories about himself and his side-gig-turned-primary-gig WonderNetwork...

  
• 10.26.2019

  Episode 98: No Hair, Don't Care

  This was recorded way too long ago. We even lost the episode notes that had been so carefully curated. What do you want from us?!? BLINK TWICE IF YOU WANT MORE EPISODES. Do these things! Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow...

  
• 04.07.2019

  Episode 97: Hot For Teacher

  As we slouch along towards episode 100, we do something we normally don’t do and have a guest on to try and sell a book they’ve written. This time out we spoke with Dane Hillard, who is in the process...

  
• 01.24.2019

  Episode 96: Chimps and Snakes and Boots

  Ed and Chris started talking to each other again over a series of tubes, with the end result being another episode of the podcast. This time around we discussed some weirdness we had been noticing with our episode announcement mailing...

  
• 01.02.2019

  Episode 95: That Took Longer Than We Expected

  It did, in fact, take longer than six months. This was recorded on June 20, 2018. Still here. Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork, OSMI, and Grumpy Learning Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes...

  
• 11.20.2017

  Episode 94: Shaking Off The Rust

  It’s been a while since our last episode, but this time Chris and Ed go together in the same room down in Pawnee, Indiana to record an episode. Between Ed making faces at Chris while recording and Chris' totally messing...

  
• 08.25.2017

  Episode 93: 40 Attendees Enter, None Leave

  Chris has finally moved his vast grumpy empire to it’s new location, so it was time to record an episode and get their hands on that sweet, sweet Patreon money. In this scintillating episode we talk about deliberate change in...

  
• 06.28.2017

  Episode 92: JSON and The Argonauts

  “…and that’s why this podcast is rated M for mature” Chris and Ed talk about their thoughts on what might have to change once you become “internet famous” and a reminder that even if you have made mistakes in the...

  
• 05.29.2017

  Episode 91: Check the police blotter in Mountain View

  Chris and Ed do an extremely rare daytime recording of the show on the American Memorial Day holiday. But why is a Canadian not working on an American Holiday? You’ll have to tune in to find out why along with...

  
• 05.20.2017

  Episode 90: Same As It Ever Was

  Chris and Ed talk about Ed’s new laptop and his decision to transition to do OSMI full-time. They also talked about their new Patreon that’s helping them find sponsors for the podcast. Do these things! Support us via our Patreon...

  
• 03.28.2017

  Episode 89: Selling Out Never Felt So Good

  Chris and Ed decided to push themselves out of their comfort zone and talked to Laravel community superstar Matt Stauffer. We talked about Matt’s experience writing a book for a major publish (with an animal on the cover and everything),...

  
• 02.22.2017

  Episode 88: Ocho Ocho

  A short-ish episode this time out where our Dynamic Duo went guestless and talked about their recent conference experiences in Salt Lake City, Antwerp, and Miami. Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork, OSMI, and Grumpy Learning Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow...

  
• 01.24.2017

  Episode 87: Asking Questions Down Under

  This time out we asked our listeners to submit some questions because we are tired of winning so much and wanted to let others get in on it. Along the way Ed talked about a recent computer-related purchase he made...

  
• 01.11.2017

  Episode 86: Necromantic Spies and Imagined Corporate Friends

  YOUR 2016 PHP PODCAST OF THE YEAR from simpleprogrammer.com Welcome to the very first episode of 2017! We’re back after a nice break for the holidays and ready to get back to being insightful and unfiltered. In this episode we...

  
• 12.18.2016

  Episode 85: Brand Dilution As A Source Of Happiness

  Welcome to our end-of-year episode! It has been probably the most gratifying year in a long time for both Chris and Ed. Chris' work at Mozilla has really changed his perspective on the value of the open web and his...

  
• 10.22.2016

  Episode 84: Whiny Feedback Loops

  Chris and Ed record a very quick show to talk about Ed’s latest conference adventure, the launch of some new stuff from OSMI, and Chris talks about feedback loops, hoodies that don’t fit, and the end of TrueNorthPHP. Do these...

  
• 10.12.2016

  Episode 83: Sasquatch Uses PHP

  Pacific Northwest PHP co-organizer Tess Mero joins Ed and Chris to discuss her work organizing one of the newer regional conferences, Joomla, and what the hell does Cisco have to offer PHP developers. Do these things! Check out our sponsors...

  
• 09.09.2016

  Episode 82: Open 24 Hours, Just Not All In One Day

  In this scintillating episode Chris and Ed shift gears and talk about their own experiences working “in the open”. Chris is very fortunate that everything he does at Mozilla gets open-sourced while Ed talks about his experiences back when he...

  
• 08.28.2016

  Episode 81: It Feels Good To Be A D-List Internet Superstar

  This time around Chris and Ed attempt to shame you with their D-lister activities and ability to purchase things they want but don’t need. We cover PyOhio, the long-anticipated php|cruise, and some useful gadgets they’ve incorporated into their work flows....

  
• 08.02.2016

  Episode 80: Lifestyles of the Moderately Privileged and Internet Famous

  This episode, Chris remembers his feline companion and Office Manager who passed away recently. Then we get into an insanely long discussion of travel tips and horror stories. Do these things! If you liked the Office Manager, please donate to...

  
• 07.11.2016

  Episode 79: Unlikely Hero Fails to Press Mute

  This time out we spoke with Noelle Daley who shared her experiences at New Relic moving developer relations to being a developer via a programming bootcamp. We also discussed Ed’s latest round of work promoting OSMI and Noelle’s talk she...

  
• 06.08.2016

  Episode 78: Who Leaves Velveeta and No Beer In A Fridge?

  It’s rare that we have some folks who work for the same employer back-to-back on the show, but this time out we spoke with Jessica Rose. Jessica is Tracy Osborne’s boss (Tracy was on the show in Episode 77) and...

  
• 05.24.2016

  Episode 77: Escaping To The Canadian Hellscape

  On the 77th episode of you favourite comedy podcast about technology and aging programmers, Chris and Ed spoke with Tracy Osborn about her new job in developer relations, living the sweet rent-free life in the Bay Area and how she...

  
• 05.09.2016

  Episode 76: No, YOU'RE A Tool

  Photo by Sira Sara - CC BY 2.0 Chris and Ed sit down to talk about their recent travels to conference both near and far and to also discuss what tools and languages they have been using at their day...

  
• 04.15.2016

  Episode 75: Together But Alone

  We’re three-quarters of the way through to The End! In this episode it was just Ed and Chris talking about two issues that are very important to them. We go over the early results from Ed’s Open Sourcing Mental Illness...

  
• 03.25.2016

  Episode 74: raise MentalHealthError

  Photo by Kittenlive - CC BY-SA 3.0 In this episode we were extremely lucky to get Kenneth Reitz on the show to discuss his experiences when he had a mental health event that resulted in a stay in the hospital...

  
• 03.12.2016

  Episode 73: Old Guys Last Longer

  This time out we had PHP community icon Cal “Doesn’t Follow Chris On Twitter” Evans on to discuss the traveling minstrel show known as NomadPHP, the awesomeness of Day Camp 4 Developers, his thoughts on how Mailchimp handled The Mandrill...

  
• 02.26.2016

  Episode 72: Hermits and Horses

  Jason Myers came on the show to talk about his experiences running not one but TWO conferences in the Nashville, Tennessee area, along with how he ended up writing a book about a popular Python database abstraction tool, and why...

  
• 02.01.2016

  Episode 71: Bespoke Tokens

  We really do appreciate our sponsors so when we get a chance to thank them in a way other than our awesome ad reads, we do it! On this episode you get twice the guest because we invited two of...

  
• 01.20.2016

  Episode 70: Anti-Canuckite Leanings

  Welcome to a new year and hopefully a more frequent podcasting schedule of recording on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every month. Can your favourite old-but-lazy duo maintain such a punishing pace? During the discussions for topics for this...

  
• 12.23.2015

  Episode 69: A Festivus Miracle, Part 2

  After some airing of grievances and snarky emails, we managed to get our long- time personal friend Elizabeth Naramore to come on the show and talk about how she was scared for her life the first time she ever met...

  
• 12.23.2015

  Episode 68: A Festivus Miracle, Part 1

  In a great feat of strength we were lucky enough to have future Digital Prophet Samantha Quinones join us to talk about how she got involved with the PHP community and what it’s like to work for a company who’s...

  
• 10.27.2015

  Episode 67: Working for the Weekend

  Super special guest Gary Hockin of JetBrains, and previously dog wrangler at Roave, joins us for much fun discussion and blame-taking. We babble about Slack vs IRC, the dev evangelism life, software subscription models, and video games. Also we make...

  
• 10.07.2015

  Episode 66: Aquinas on Customer Service

  Episode 66 was recorded live right after the inaugural Pacific Northwest PHP Conference. We make fun of our sponsors, talk about smelly tests, Thomas Aquinas, remote pairing with juniors, and new stuff happening with OSMI. Do these things! Check out...

  
• 09.18.2015

  Episode 65: Entrepremurder

  Episode 65: slow roasted for sweet mesquite flavor! Derick Bailey of WatchMeCode fame joins us for an awesome discussion of the trials and tribulations of developer entrepreneurship. Derick talks about why Signal Leaf is going away, and we swap terrifying...

  
• 08.15.2015

  Episode 64: Dogs Using iPads

  We recorded this ep with special guest Joe Ferguson about a month ago, but all sorts of family stuff delayed the release of this and Episode 63 (which we just released last week). On this episode we talk canine gold...

  
• 08.09.2015

  Episode 63: Made in Ontario

  So we recorded this nearly two months ago, but some family stuff delayed the release of this and Episode 64 (coming very soon). On this episode we talk about large developers, cars, Ed learning Java against his will, and Chris...

  
• 06.05.2015

  Episode 62: Talmudic Maxims for the Unwashed Masses (phptek 2015)

  phptek 2015 featured an awesome live recording of Development Hell in front of a rowdy audience. Our special guest Yitzchok Willroth, aka coderabbi, drops Talmudic knowledge on us, and we have great discussions about “hard” and “soft” talks, tech vs...

  
• 05.22.2015

  Episode 61: Double Vision

  Two Chrises? God help us. Our guest this episode is Chris Fidao, creator of the ultra-successful and awesome Servers For Hackers web site and e-book. We talk about info products (because Chris has to talk about his money making schemes...

  
• 05.09.2015

  Episode 60: Welcome to the Shotgun Shack

  This week on Development Hell we brag about how awesome we are via discussion about conference prep as a speaker. How much crap should go on your slides? How do we change our talks for different audiences? What’s our worst...

  
• 04.15.2015

  Episode 59: Ultimate Hardware Modz

  We are joined by super special guest Arbi Arzoumani, PHP community vet and hardware modding expert. We talk about everything from the Amiga to the Raspberry Pi, with lots of console mods inbetween. Chris gets all excited about building a...

  
• 04.05.2015

  Episode 58: I Have A Mouth Problem

  So we kinda forgot we recorded this until a month after the fact. Whoops! This ep is all about side projects, kicking off with Chris and Ed talking about CBTTool, Ed’s electronic worksheet for folks with anxiety disorders. Then we...

  
• 03.02.2015

  Episode 57: 57 Flavors of Hell

  This episode we are joined by PHP whiz kid Anthony Ferrara to discuss recent happenings on PHP Internals, where a productive community member stepped away entirely. We discuss the merits of the proposals (particularly the controversial Scalar Type Hints RFC),...

  
• 02.16.2015

  Episode 56: Targeting the Amber Monochrome Market

  The PHP Bard himself, Jeremy Lindblom, joins us for much discussion of fun things, like how PHP is used inside Amazon, the upcoming Pacific Northwest PHP Conference (PNWPHP), and what it’s like to be a bard in the age of...

  
• 01.29.2015

  Episode 55 REDUX: The Erotic Possibilities of the Holodeck

  We’re republishing this episode to (hopefully) get the right episode out to listeners using feeds/podcasting tools. It was originally linked to Ep. 53’s audio, and some podcast aggregators may not get the updated version Everything old is new again! Sort...

  
• 01.28.2015

  Episode 55: The Erotic Possibilities of the Holodeck

  Everything old is new again! Sort of! We chatter about Chris' 1% car and how rough it is to upgrade. Then we babble about WebOS, LuneOS, and Ed’s experiences running the Spaz open source project. Chris made some open source...

  
• 01.13.2015

  Episode 54: Phil is Still Wrong

  Our latest episode was special in two ways: we recorded video of it, and it was a simulcast with our friends at the PHP Town Hall podcast. What great people! They’re still wrong, but that’s okay. We talk about mouthing...

  
• 12.18.2014

  Episode 53: Let's Get This Thing Over With

  Guest-less and listless, Chris and Ed slouch their way back to their studios. Chris talks about the time he tried to murder a disabled woman with his new luxury sedan, we discuss artisanal PHP-Nuke sites, and how we got our...

  
• 11.30.2014

  Episode 52: True North PHP 2014

  On a cold winter’s night in the far north, Chris and Ed recorded a podcast at the True North PHP 2014 hackathon event. It was loud and fun! We’re joined by special guest Ben Ramsey and others to talk about...