Developers love QA right? ...right? Anthony Keenan joins Chris and Josey to look at what QA is, isn't, who should be doing it and who shouldn't. At no point do we have disagreements about this topic...what side do you fall on? TOPICS What is QA? Difference between TDD, BDD, QA What processes are involved? Should developers be involved in QA? ...and more! MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attr...
May 16, 2019•1 hr
Chris and Pat are joined by Mark Walsh, a start-up focussed lead developer to talk about tech debt and how to handle it. TOPICS What is tech debt? Why is it called “debt”? When is tech debt acceptable? Types of tech debt Managing tech debt Working with tech lead that makes bad decisions Dealing with the fallout - commercially and practically MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Nonco...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Chris and Pat are joined by Josh Thorman, a student with a keen interest in server virtualization. TOPICS What is virtualization? Why is it useful? * Cost saving * Resource management * Monitoring * DR * Backups * Ease of maintenance What kind of virtualization tools are available? MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasra...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Paul Verbeek-Mast joins the DNI team as we dig in to developer communities and events, their impact, how they have changed over the years, and how to get involved. TOPICS What goes into organising conferences and meetups? Inclusivity ...and more! LINKS https://twitter.com/MatthewGerstman/status/1110363827655376897?s=09 MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license....
Apr 11, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Patryk's back and boy does he have some opinions on BIG vs small companies, especially in the game development industry! 4 TOPICS Job Stability Game Development Teams Development speed and more! MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar ...
Apr 04, 2019•57 min
I want to be BIG! Chris and Josey, with the text based Patryk, dig into the difference found in working for large and small companies! TOPICS The Differences (processes, policies) The Similarities (overdoing it, many hats; wear them all) What can they learn from each other. MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/...
Mar 28, 2019•54 min
We've all seen it, the US vs THEM mentality. Be it bean-counters, juniors, sysadmins, developers, and others. Dan Howarth joins us this episode to discuss who US and THEM are, is separation bad, the effects of this mentality, and what we can all do to just get along! TOPICS Who is US? Who is THEM? What causes this rift? How do we get past it? Rants, and more! MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons...
Mar 21, 2019•1 hr 9 min
The mysterious infrastructure admin "Gareth" appears to discuss the challenges of working in a 24/7 profession. TOPICS The Evolution to the IT Job The 24/7 Cycle On Call (good, bad, other) MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar Live S...
Mar 14, 2019•1 hr
Chris & Josey are joined by Gordon Johnston from Lineup Ninja to talk about Postgres, GraphQL, Firebase, and the world of data storage. Interspersed with the tech talk, are moments of developers ranting about their frustrations-- A normal show it seems. TOPICS Brief explanation of Postgres and GraphQL for nontechies A review of some of the pros and cons REST to give some context as why GraphQL arose. An introduction to GraphQL, it’s advantages and why we chose to move to a GraphQL solution f...
Mar 07, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Chris and Josey discuss the good and bad sides of being an indispensable IT worker, be it developer, devops, sysadmin, or other, and whether or not it is by choice or by circumstance. TOPICS The Bad Side of being Indispensable The Good Side Confidence helps, right? Being forced into being indispensable When to cut your losses LINKS https://www.xonitek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dunning-Kruger-Effect.jpg https://www.forbes.com/sites/markmurphy/2017/01/24/the-dunning-kruger-effect-shows-why-so...
Feb 28, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Thornton Phillis joins us to discuss Docker, Containerisation, and more. TOPICS Docker Kubernetes Docker Swarm Docker File LINKS https://www.docker.com/ https://hub.docker.com/ MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar Live Show Starting...
Feb 21, 2019•1 hr
Anthony Keenan joins us to discuss (rant about) the developer interview process. TOPICS Practical / Technical / Art Tests Pair Programming Interview Difference between the Freelance and Permanant inteview process Asking the right questions Time Wasting for Interviewers and Interviewees Code Reviews / Refactor Test The interview process that steals your answers MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Common...
Jan 17, 2019•1 hr 13 min
The team start the year discussing security in the IT world and development and the impact they have on each other. TOPICS Have you ever been apart of the response team for a compromise? Sharing tools internally as a company? Password Management Why you should always use a different password on every site. Security Apathy / Fatigue ...and so much more! LINKS XKCD's Password Comic: http://xkcd.com/936/ A look at how XKCD's password comic is a bit out of date due to password crackers being onto th...
Jan 10, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Gareth “Gazimoff” Harmer joins the team to talk about interchangeable lessons for enterprise and game development. TOPICS What game development can learn from enterprise dev and vice versa Scope / Resources Crunch / Professional Working Development Teams Project Management ...and more! LINKS Gareth's Mastodon for Game Players: https://mmorpg.social/about MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attr...
Dec 20, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Hamid Shojaee joins the DNI team to discuss taking an SaaS idea and turning it into a profitable idea. TOPICS Measuring the value of an idea Use investors, Go Alone? Does it matter if my idea is better than my competitors? User adoption Pricing Models ...a whole lot more! LINKS Josey's Favourite Book for Users: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019 http://www.hamidshojaee.com/ MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofis...
Dec 13, 2018•1 hr 13 min
With Josey off sick, Chris and Patryk explore the good, bad, and ugly about Virtual Reality. TOPICS Current Applications for VR What's holding VR back Fears and Issues with VR MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar Live Show Starting ...
Dec 06, 2018•1 hr 8 min
Bradley McAvoy-James joins us to discuss lessons learned from Fallout 76 and more... TOPICS Fallout 76 Dev Crunch Game Dev Horror Stories RTFMs LINKS Our host Patryk's game on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/987000/Shadow_Uprising/ MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia...
Nov 29, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Weird Dev Stories from our hosts, listeners, and other devs we know! TOPICS Stories told (in no particular order) The Hacked Mouse FIMAS Catastrophe The Hashing Condundrum The Story of Vanishing Lights The Tale of CSV Woe Never Give PR a Cloud Platform Physical Timeout Hacking The Case of 43 Cases Trip Down the Ego Rabbit Hole Testing a Tester's Patience Copy / Paste Pensioner The mysterious 12 MB patch LINKS The Solid Vertical Bar vs The Broken Bar MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro...
Nov 22, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Anthony Nardozza joins us to look at how to disseminate player feedback vs player data. TOPICS The difference between player feedback and player data Analytics Surveys What you should pay attention to. LINKS Total War Rome Reviews on Steam MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia E...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr 11 min
Anthony Keenan joins to turn back time and discuss old school programming, burnout, and trains. TOPICS Programming before the internet Different ways of learning programming and coding Burnout cause How to tackle burnout CV / Resume Driven Development LINKS I like trains MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/504...
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 1 min
We are joined by Ed, a support monkey, who gives us insight into how we can improve the relationship between support and development. TOPICS Pet Peaves of Enterprise Support Documentation, is it really needed? ITIL Framework ...a lot more! LINKS ITIL Framework MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John...
Nov 01, 2018•1 hr 10 min
The Art of Team Leadership with Sam Strauss from RealVNC. First rule of Lead Dev... you're not herding cats! The second rule, ninjas beware. TOPICS What really is a Lead Dev role? Is the term right? Where does it fit in a community Encouragement, Guidance, Mentorship and more Getting the most out of your team Psychology LINKS TedEd - Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_WVY-E MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of...
Oct 25, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Jay Cano joins the DNI team to discuss all things JavaScript. TOPICS Geocities Catchphrases JavaScript is old Backbone JQuery Framework Fatigue / JavaScript Fatigue React JavaScript Framework Barrier to Entry Security PHP is still relevant? TypeScript Express, Node, Hapi LINKS Plotist MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texa...
Oct 18, 2018•1 hr 7 min
Meet Josey, Chris, and Patryk as they take you through their past, present, and future in development (and beards). Our first show is considered our "Minimum Viable Product" - no guests, no fancy intros and --more likely than not-- tons of technical issues. TOPICS Introductions Documentation Not Need Right? The Icebreaker Question The Hosts Past/Present/Future R.T.F.M. - Acronyms should DIAF? Developers cast spells! The variations of ERP! Show Close! LINKS Chris suggestions browser game https://...
Oct 11, 2018•1 hr 15 min
