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Short notes time: In this episode, Chris and Ed talk about conferences we always wanted to go to, and languages & tools we’d thought we’d hate and turned out to like. Then Ed waxes on the Open Recipes project. Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 29.5MB, 1:05:27) Links and Notes PHP Matsuri PyCon OSCON StrangeLoop NAMM Summer CES (Nintendo JACKIN' Sony) LambdaJam Aspen – Discussion of on Episode 17 No-Framework Framework by Rasmus Lerdorf Eloquent JavaScript – original HTML version JavaScript: The Good Parts Open Recipes schema.org

In our action-packed 30th episode Ed and Chris discussed their experiences with JavaScript testing tools, specifically how certain tools push you towards specific refactoring patterns. Chris talked about the successful launch of his latest book on using PHPUnit and got into some honest talk about revenue and how the product development course helped him make this book do 4 times the launch day revenue of his previous one. Ed discussed his plans to talk about mental illness on the conference circuit this year. Please help out by donating to the campaign! Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 25.2MB, 55:13) Links and Notes Mocha Sinon.JS Jasmine and Jasmine-node QUnit The Grumpy Programmer’s PHPUnit Cookbook 30x500 LoneStar PHP Open Sourcing Mental Illness Require.JS PhantomJS Zombie.js Karma “It’s pronounced ‘jif’” Chris' new favourite thought leader Async JavaScript made the jump from Leanpub to bigger publisher DadBoner

Being totally out of ideas, we turned things over to our legions of fans who joined us on IRC. Lots of interesting questions, and people learned what Ed thought was horseshit. Special thanks to Joel Clermont for killing the show with this joke: Q: “What’s the difference between a junior and senior developer?” A: “$40k” If you’re interested in sponsoring Development Hell, let us know! Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 38.5MB, 1:25:55) Links and Notes Sublime Text 2 Vim Emacs Eclipse BBEdit HomeSite HTMLKit SubEthaEdit TextMate Has PHP reached it’s limit? Yahoo! calls all remote workers home. Is there a hidden motive behind it Liberal vs. conservative programmers Thoughts on the male gaze Chris feels this essay shows a lack of understanding about collaboration Estimating projects using the metric system Should the PHP core team care what users of the language want

You can blame Chris’s tomfoolery for how crappy he sounds, because his computer pooped all over himself and he had to call in on his iPhone. Nevertheless, we were able to discuss in detail the smuggling of mass-produced pastries of the Twinkie and Tastykake varieties. We also get framework security in the context of recent Rails vulnerabilities, and how PHP developers seem to have a heightened awareness of potential vulnerabilities. Ed’s details his experiences starting a local user group, and then discusses his efforts to speak at developer/tech conferences about his struggles with mental illness. As always, thank you to our awesome sponsor Wonder Network for providing bandwidth for our live stream. If you’re interested in sponsoring Development Hell, let us know! Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 29.3MB, 1:03:38) Links and Notes Twinkie the Kid is Alive and Well and Living in Canada Tastykake Ruby on Rails JSON Processor YAML Deserialization Code Execution Bleach GLOSSY Meetup Site Open Sourcing Mental Illness blog post Open Sourcing Depression talk proposal for Open Source Bridge

This episode marks a return, both for special guest Selena Deckelmann, and our special hand-made artisan podcasting. Know that this episode was made with locally-sourced bytes, harvested with care and respect for the Earth. We talk with Selena about working at Mozilla, her switch to Linux on the desktop, and how marketing is weightier than merit in determining a product’s success. This episode’s super-special sponsor is EasyBib! They are looking for junior and senior PHP devs to work on their awesome academic web app. Check out the job description and email stuff to [email protected]. As always, thank you to our awesome sponsors at Engine Yard and Wonder Network for providing cashmoney and bandwidth for our live stream, respectively. Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 33.2MB, 1:14:08) Links and Notes Selena Deckelmann XHGui Ed’s old gig at Purdue Homebrew MacPorts Fink Vagrant Standards, Soapboxes, and Shamans Bitkeeper Wikipedia page with history of usage on Linux kernel dev The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications Deadwood’s Favorite Word How Big Corporations Play The Open Source Game Henrik Ingo on Twitter Actual Facebook Graph Searches Yii Framework Selena’s curry recipe

The first episode of 2013 find Chris and Ed talking about the tragedy of Aaron Swartzs' suicide, both in the context of governmental power and mental illness. We also talk about Ed’s favorite (and only tolerable) Apple-related podcast ending. Finally, Ed rambles about SASS, a superset of CSS3 that makes writing CSS less painful. We have a new sponsor! EasyBib is looking for junior and senior PHP devs to work on their awesome academic web app. Check out the job description and email stuff to [email protected]. As always, thank you to our awesome sponsors at Engine Yard and Wonder Network for providing cashmoney and bandwidth for our live stream, respectively. Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 29MB, 1:02:33) Links and Notes Lincoln Park Chicago Appl store Linkin Park’s Mysterious Cyberstalker Aaron Swartz How to Get a Job Like Mine. “I followed these rules. And here I am today, with a dozen projects on my plate and my stress level through the roof once again.” Jacob Applebaum (IOError) Centre for Addiction and Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness Hypercritical podcast Mike Wilner SASS SMACSS – Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS

It has now been 25 times that Ed and Chris have fired up Skype and talked to each other and some friends, old and new, about whatever the hell they felt like talking about. They would keep doing this even if nobody else listened, because developer misery loves company. Thank you to everyone who has been listening to us work out our own issues with the technologies that help shovel money into our bank accounts. In this episode Ed talked about his experiences at CodeConnex, Chris tried to goad Ed into further ranting and arguments about the latest round of push-backs against the microframework manifesto and people crying about other people crying about dependencies in their code. The show then ended with Ed speaking about the very real challenge of creating awesome infinite scrolling experiences, which made Chris realize he is better off learning Javascript just to use Node and avoid the mess that is the DOM. As always, thank you to our awesome sponsors at Engine Yard and Wonder Network for providing cashmoney and bandwidth for our live stream, respectively. Listen Download now (MP3, 34MB, 1:15:58) Links and Notes Where Is It Up API CodeConnex PHP Mentoring Aura Framework Pretty much anything Paul Motherfucking Jones has written about programming Air BnB’s infinite scrolling library Palm’s Mojo widget library HP’s Enyo list widgets SlickGrid Ember Table

Special guest Matt Turland joins us for episode 24, and tells us how much of an asshole Chris is in real life. We also talk a lot about team development processes, including ramping up new hires, documenting processes, and workflow tools. Lots of super smart stuff that we’re usually too lazy to do. If you’re the corncob on our picnic plate, you’ll do these things: Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork and Engine Yard Rate us on iTunes here Follow us on Twitter here. Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 36.4MB, 1:20:31) Links and Notes Matthew Turland Phergie IRC bot Members Only jackets Synacor Catalyst Framework Service-oriented architecture on Wikipedia Varnish Fred George — Micro Service Architecture talk, Programmer Anarchy talk Scaling With Swagger

Well crap. Episode 23 had a bad edit screwup in it, and the last 30m was basically unlistenable. This has been corrected below and at the original URL. For notes and comments, see the original post. Listen Download now (MP3, 40.1MB, 1:30:00)

UPDATE Nov 28 2012: We fixed a bad error in the original audio file. Please re-download to get the corrected file Episode 23 is packed chock-full of awesome guests. We talk about the controversy around the cancellation of BritRuby, and the larger issues of diversity and inclusiveness at tech conferences, with Ashe Dryden and Reg Braithwaite. We also get into the goofiness of Star Trek and the wonder of railroad games. If you’re the soul in the software, you’ll do these things: Check out our sponsors WonderNetwork and Engine Yard Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Like us on Facebook here Listen Download now (MP3, 40.1MB, 1:30:00) Links and Notes Ashe Dryden Reg Braithwaite BritRuby 2013 site (screen cap of Google cache) True North PHP Billy Martin’s Technique for Managing his Manager United Colors of Benetton “Girls” as a non-gendered term Ticket to Ride on iOS Carcassonne Empire Builder Coffeescript Ristretto