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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 http://omhs.ca/ Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork and Grumpy Learning Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3) Links and Notes Nexus TSA Pre-check E-passport map of LAX php[cruise] 2016

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 gave at OSBridge in Portland. Do these things! Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork and Grumpy Learning Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3) Links and Notes Noelle on Twitter Noelle polished up her developer skills at HackBright She works on the New Relic APM product It’s pretty awesome that New Relic provides opportunities for people to transition into different types of jobs Ed’s local newspaper talked about his work on OSMI Chris had a great time at PHP Southcoast He also got to hangout with 1300 fellow co-workers in London Perl 5’s super-chill release manager Open Source Bridge Find out what conferences are accepting papers at The CFP Report

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 talked about her own experiences creating a different kind of developer relations team at Dream Factory. Along the way we found out how much better Chris handled jet lag at the same Australian conference Jessica was at and how thankful she is her husband pays zero attention to Twitter. Do these things! Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3) Links and Notes Jessica on Twitter Her employer Dream Factory Jessica and Ed really enjoy AirBnB while Chris is a dedicated “sharing economy” hater. Meet the new middleman, same as the old middleman The famous “no regerts” tattoo The Car Wars game from Steve Jackson Games Read the crazy story of when Steve Jackson Games got a visit from the U.S. Secret Service Baseball Stars Canadian hip-hop band Dream Warriors Don Rickles Gap Jumpers Ian Banks “The Culture” series Univeral Basic Income Uber’s plan to have driverless cars

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 is making the smart move of relocating with her Kanuckistanian husband to Toronto. Do these things! Check out our sponsors Backup Pro, Roave and WonderNetwork Get 50% off Backup Pro’s services by using the promo code ‘devhell’ Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3) Links and Notes Tracy on Twitter She works at DreamFactory Her wedding startup 500 Startups Accelerator Be sure to read the source at Reportive.com Docker The drive-in theatre near Chris Tracy went to Cal Poly for Computer Science but quickly switched Zed Shaw’s Learn Python The Hard Way Tracy’s Hello Web App books Both Chris and Tracy know Amy Hoy Ed’s series of tweets about a self-absorbed programmer giving up on Rails

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 jobs. Do these things! Check out our sponsors Backup Pro, Roave and WonderNetwork Get 50% off Backup Pro’s services by using the promo code devhell Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 89.6MB, 1:34:39) Links and Notes Tools we use: Languages: Ed: PHP, JavaScript, Python Chris: Python with a side of PHP Editors: PHPStorm* Sublime Text Nano Marked editor for previewing Markdown documents Atom Vim Libraries and tools Vue.js HTTPie Ed did not like Webpack py.test Chris just got into the private beta for Docker Paw HTTP client for OS-X Things we wanted to use but never got into it Ed: I bought multiple ruby and rails books Chris: Node, Emacs, step-through debuggers

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 survey and then have a very long discussion about the events surrounding LambdaConf 2016. Do these things! Check out our sponsors Backup Pro, Roave and WonderNetwork Get 50% off Backup Pro’s services by using the promo code ‘devhell’ Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 89.4MB, 1:34:09) Links and Notes Please fill out the OSMI survey LambdaConf organizer’s explanations Brendan Eich resigning as Mozilla CEO after 9 days Body Count’s “Cop Killer” controversy Ed spoke at The Combine Ed will be speaking at Kalamazoo X Chris spent 27 hours flying each way to speak at PHP Austrailia Conference

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 and some major life changes as a result. Normally we’re a comedy podcast that focusses on technology, but issues surrounding mental health are very important to us. We’re extremely grateful that Kenneth came on and was very open about what happened to him. We hope you enjoy what was a great, open, freewheeling discussion about how the symptoms of some mental illnesses appear beneficial from the outside. Do these things! Check out our sponsors Backup Pro, Roave and WonderNetwork Get 50% off Backup Pro’s services by using the promo code ‘devhell’ Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 97.2MB, 1:43:49) Links and Notes Kenneth on Twitter Requests Python HTTP library Heroku Kenneth’s post about his mental health event Bipolar Disorder Haldol Lithium (not the framework) The Hypomanic Edge Kanye West car accident 2016 Mental Health in Tech Survey Python support on Heroku David Zuelke Prison Architect SimCity franchise Football Manager Dungeon Keeper II Bejwelled Skylines Tiny Bird Louisville Arcade Expo Gold farming Video of Bo Jackson from Tecmo Bowl MAME cabinets Kenneth Reitz’s Music

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 Issue, and helped trigger Chris in to an epic rant. Chris also hopes that Cal has not noticed he hadn’t finished that thing he was supposed to do for him yet. It will be done really soon! We’ll be giving away 4 free tickets to the Day Camp 4 Developers on Modern PHP on April 22, 2016! Sign up for our mailing list now to enter the drawing! Don’t forget about our special offer for listeners! Get 50% off Backup Pro’s CMS plugins by using the promo code devhell! And get trials of Backup Pro for ExpressionEngine 2, ExpressionEngine 3, Craft, WordPress, PrestaShop, and Concrete5! Do these things! Check out our sponsors Backup Pro, Roave and WonderNetwork Get 50% off Backup Pro’s services by using the promo code devhell Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 59.9MB, 1:23:23) Links and Notes One of Sean Connery’s finest scenes Chris' favourite movie Guy who harpooned the FedEx pilots NomadPHP Day Camp 4 Developers Box Lunch Josh Holmes Josh Lockhart Josh’s Lockhart’s Modern PHP Book The SlimPHP microframework Lorna Jane’s website Rob Allen (who took a very popular picture of Chris) New Zealand developer Chris Pitt Aaron Piotrowski Icicle Sara Golemon The 12th Man I can’t wait to use HHJVM Patrick McKenzie MailChimp’s thought-provoking post about the future of Mandrill Amazon SES Mailgun SendGrid SparkPost Feedbin Feedly

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 he prefers the hermetic lifestyle. Along the way Chris and Jason also managed to beat a dead horse for a few minutes. Special offer for listeners! Get 50% off Backup Pro’s CMS plugins by using the promo code devhell! And get trials of Backup Pro for ExpressionEngine 2, ExpressionEngine 3, Craft, WordPress, PrestaShop, and Concrete5! Also! Listeners can get a 50% discount on Jason Myers' book Essential SQLAlchemy, 2nd Edition! Discount will show when you add it to your cart. Go buy it now! Do these things! Check out our sponsors Backup Pro and WonderNetwork Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 68.4MB, 1:35:57) Links and Notes Jason on Twitter Jason’s book on SQLAlchemy PyTennessee Nodevember PyGotham PyOhio Adam Culp’s write-up about SunshinePHP and CoC violations Maus PHP Conference Australia The Combine Kalamazoo X OSMIHelp

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 the three folks behind WonderNetworks to join us. Paul Reinheimer and Gemma Anible came on (and even did video via Skype so they could tell when we were getting bored) and talked about how WonderNetworks got started, Paul and Gemma’s preferred development style and Paul seemed determined (as he always is) to tweak Chris. Corrections and Updates From Episode 70 – Chris was wrong about the French legal system From Episode 70 – Chris was wrong about who played the creature in “The Thing From Another World” Do these things! Check out our sponsors Roave and WonderNetwork Buy stickers at devhell.info/shop Follow us on Twitter here Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 68.5MB, 1:35:12) Links and Notes Paul on Twitter Gemma on Twitter WonderProxy Where’s It Up Space leggings Ziggy Stardust The TDD study from Gemma’s talk Phalcon web framework BulletPHP web framework Slim 3 web framework Trailblazer Ruby on Rails architecture PHP-GTK Elizabeth Marie Smith on Twitter How Chris looks like Lobot during Skype chats How few followers Ed has on Twitter The Go programming language How Ed personifies a level of explaining things “Is it Graph scale?”