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 episode, Chris went to the bathroom for some quiet time. When he came back Ed had asked dedicated grumpy-Canadian hater Amanda Folson to join this episode to talk a bit about the life of a developer evangelist, Greg LeMonde, the Battle for PHP CoC, how Composer...
Jan 20, 2016
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 Chris. We also got to continue to show how immature the three of us are with our constant giggling and inappropriate comments due to the innuendo-laden episode number. When we weren’t giggling we did talk about Liz’s studies into the psychology of open source communities and her work h...
Dec 23, 2015
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 office is constructed out of old CD’s . Along the way we talked about ways to discuss AOL with your millenial, her close personal relationship with the “You’ve Got Mail” Guy , and how to sell tampons using caching and firehoses. Ed also shared his latest updates about OSMI . Naturally the...
Dec 23, 2015
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 the say command in OS X utter profane phrases. 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, 72.5MB, 1:35:53) Links and N...
Oct 27, 2015
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 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, 51.1MB, 55:41) Links and Notes PNWPHP Conference Jeremy Lindblom The Seattle Underground Thomas Aquina...
Oct 07, 2015
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 PayPal stories. 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, 77.2MB, 1:28:12 ) Links and Notes Derick Bailey Watch...
Sep 18, 2015
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 farming, bald eagles and beavers, how Joe secretly controls NomadPHP MC, NomadJS, and MemphisPHP, whether you’re supposed to drink Magners over ice, and how great Chris Cornutt is. We talked about more stuff but I got tired of writing things down. Do these things! Check out our spons...
Aug 15, 2015
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 re-learning how to teach people. 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, 70.1MB, 1:20:05 ) Links and Notes Mondelēz International Neo4j Cl...
Aug 09, 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 personal skills, and had a great Q&A session with the audience. Note that the audio quality isn’t quite up to our usual standards here. Recording live can be hard — sorry about the background noise! New Sponsors! We have two new sponsors for this...
Jun 05, 2015
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 all the time), what devs should know about devops, Nginx vs. Apache vs. Your Mom, and old tech that keeps on keeping on. Also an update of Gary Hockin’s ongoing embezzlement campaign. Did you know STICKERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE? BUY SOME NOW AT devhell.info/shop !!!! ...
May 22, 2015
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 presenter experience? We also throw Paul Reinheimer under the bus. Did you know STICKERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE? BUY SOME NOW AT devhell.info/shop !!!! Do these things! Check out our sponsors : Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Listen Downlo...
May 09, 2015
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 MAME cabinet, and we chat some about home theater PC stuff with XBMC and Plex. If you’re into hardware stuff, you’re gonna looooooove it. Did you know STICKERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE? BUY SOME NOW AT devhell.info/shop !!!! Do these things! Check out our sponsors : R...
Apr 15, 2015
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 discuss Chris' new book The Grumpy Little Book of Hack , and Ed’s experience technical editing Modern PHP by Josh Lockhart. Then we get into a boring discussion about marketing. Plus we have STICKERS ! Did you know STICKERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE? BUY SOME NOW AT devhell.in...
Apr 05, 2015
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), and what the PHP community could be doing better to prevent contributor burnout. Also I guess we talked about baby animals…? Also STICKERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! BUY SOME NOW AT devhell.info/shop !!!! Do these things! Check out our sponsors : R...
Mar 02, 2015
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 automation. Also Ed bought a new TV and wrote some music once. Do these things! Check out our sponsors : Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 46.8MB, 1:05:09) Links and Notes Kickstarter for PNWPHP Jeremy on Twitter...
Feb 16, 2015
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 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 stuff once too. Do these things! Check out our sponsors...
Jan 29, 2015
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 stuff once too. Do these things! Check out our sponsors : Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 44.4MB, 1:01:52) Links and Notes BMW Bluetooth Kits webOS Spaz project HP Touchpad HP/Palm acquisition LuneOS OpenCFP...
Jan 28, 2015
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 off in public, whether async features should be built into PHP, and the appropriate ways to encourage people to use current versions of PHP. Then Chris gets mad. Please now! Check out our sponsors : Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Listen ...
Jan 13, 2015
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 local user groups started. Then It really goes off the rails with a discussion of the awesomeness of Dragon Age: Inquistion, and what happens to games and other services that rely on Internet connectivity. Correction: It looks like Ultima Online and Phantasy Star Online are s...
Dec 18, 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 organizing conferences and generally being awesome. Enjoy! Do these things! Check out our sponsors : Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 52.1MB, 59:35) Links and Notes TrueNorthPHP...
Nov 30, 2014
We’re joined for Episode 51 by Margaret Staples , backend programmer extraordinaire on Brunelleschi: Age of Architects . She shares her experiences doing indie game dev, traveling to the Strangeloop conference, and meeting geeks celebs. We also talk about serial killers and Ed’s new job (obviously). This is our first episode released in stereo. The file size is larger, but man does it sound better. If you have any issues with playback, let us know . Big thanks to our new sponsor Offload.io! ! It...
Oct 10, 2014
EPISODE FITTY!!!!! Learn the INSIDE SCOOP on THE ORIGINS OF DEVELOPMENT HELL! EXCLUSIVE BEHIND the SCENES ACCESS!!! WE SUMMARIZE HOW CRAPPY ALL THE EPISODES ARE!!! Also how Chris' DNS got haxxored. Big thanks to our new sponsor PancakeApp! If you do freelance work, it’s an awesome tool that saves you tons of time. Check out our sponsors : PancakeApp and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 53.5MB, 1:54:03) Links and Notes We basically didn’t ...
Sep 09, 2014
Our guest this week is Beth Tucker Long , the editor of PHP Architect magazine and respected PHP language trainer. We talk about her role as editor of the top PHP Magazine in the world, her experiences teaching people to code, the best PHP books for beginners, her awesome upcoming MadisonPHP conference , and XBox Kinect paranoia. Check out our sponsors : Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Sign up for our mailing list here Listen Download now (MP3, 25.6MB, ...
Aug 04, 2014
Our guest this week is Elizabeth Smith , PHP internals veteran and guru of PHP on Windows (she says “I wish every company was as good at giving back to open source as Microsoft” ). We talk about being Old as Dirt in relation to a blog post Ed made last week , how to mentor up and coming developers, and the history of PHP on Windows. Also, check out this special offer from Watch Me Code . You can get 35% OFF as subcription to their awesome JavaScript screencasts as a Development Hell listener by ...
Jul 11, 2014
This time around we are blessed by the presence of Eryn O'Neil , Tech Lead at Clockwork . We talk about the importance of UX for programmers, getting started speaking at conferences, and BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEES BEE...
Jun 28, 2014
php[tek] was once again upon us, so we did our annual live show! Special guest Paul Reinheimer of WonderNetwork joins us for much frivolity! Also check out our new sponsor Watch Me Code . You can get 35% OFF as a Development Hell listener by going to watchmecode.net/devhell . Check out our sponsors , Watch Me Code , Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Sign up for our mailing list here Listen Download now (MP3, 27.1MB, 1:00:53) Links and Notes Paul Reinheime...
Jun 05, 2014
This week is all about PERSONAL BRANDING and WEB SCALE with special guest Steve Corona. We talk about Steve’s book Scaling PHP . We also reminisce about the old days of Twitter API dev, until Steve humiliates Ed by not knowing what Spaz was. Check out our sponsors , New Relic , Engine Yard and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Sign up for our mailing list here Listen Download now (MP3, 26.7MB, 56:30) Links and Notes Steve Corona on Twitter Scaling PHP Steve’s web s...
May 28, 2014
This weeks brings us a new guest and a new sponsor! Paddy Foran is an old friend of Chris and Ed’s who makes his first appearance on the show, talking about the Go programming language, software architecture, open source projects, and his new book “Your API is Bad.” We also welcome new sponsor Roave! Check out our sponsors , Roave , Engine Yard and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Sign up for our mailing list here Listen Download now (MP3, 30.5MB, 1:05:53) Links a...
May 04, 2014
Our latest episode features someone who we’re been trying to get on for a while: Josh Lockhart , the developer of the Slim Framework for PHP and the founder of the PHP The Right Way project. We also have a new sponsor in Nude New Relic! Check out our sponsors , New Relic , Engine Yard and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Sign up for our mailing list here Listen Download now (MP3, 31.4MB, 1:09:06) Links and Notes Josh Lockhart Slim Framework Limonade Fat Free Frame...
Apr 13, 2014
For episode 42 we are blessed by the wonderful and talented Laura Thomson , Senior Engineering Manager at Mozilla. Laura drops science on managing engineers, Minimum Viable Bureaucracy, HHVM and Hack, and her mid-Atlantic coast accent. This is a must-listen for folks who manage tech teams . Check out our sponsors, Engine Yard and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here . Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 34.5MB, 1:17:38) Links and Notes RCS PHP and MySQL Web Development (5th Editi...
Mar 24, 2014
