On this weeks episode we are lucky to finally be in the same room recording the podcast in person, apologies for the low volume. We start off discussion with the Drobo, BeyondRAID, how hard giving estimates is, ‘bad’ code and impostor syndrome. Following on from this is a brief history behind the Mozilla name and Netscape, along with how bullish Microsoft was in the 90’s. This leads us on to talk about TDD coding katas, the current state of testing in JavaScript and Android fragmentation. Finall...
Oct 03, 2015•1 hr 6 min
In this episode we are lucky to be joined by good friend of the show Joe Watkins. We start off the podcast discussing the recent major release of pthreads (version 3) and the differences found compared to version 2. This moves us on to touch upon the design decisions made due to changes between PHP 5 and 7, providing a good API to the user, volatility and immutability considerations and installing extensions within PHP 7. We finally bring up the progress being made in moving over other extension...
Sep 17, 2015•56 min
This week we start off discussion with the topic of CSRF and Session hijacking. We then move on to the recently released screencasts we did with Joe Watkins, and how interesting Edd found recording them. Following this we discuss ReactJS, the Flux architecture, handling error-logging on the front-end and the JavaScript source-maps. We wrap up the show with the emphasis of removing jQuery, how hard following a single source of truth is and ‘dangerous’ design patterns.
Sep 14, 2015•58 min
This week we are very lucky to be joined by fellow podcaster and host of Functional Geekery - Steven Proctor. We start off discussion with how he got into programming from a young age, and how a 100 dollar experiment turned into the Functional Geekery podcast we know today. This moves us on to chat about Erlang/OTP and how the Actor model is used to provide such a robust language infrastructure. Finally, we speak about how fundamental principles out-weigh concrete implementation knowledge and Pr...
Jul 27, 2015•1 hr 10 min
This week we are joined by Jordi Boggiano, Composer (Dependency Manager for PHP) lead and Symfony2 core developer. We begin discussion with how he got into software development, touching on his involvement with Symfony2 before its official release. This topic leads us on to chat about why Composer was developed and how much it has grown in popularity. Jordi then discusses some of the changes he would make if he had the chance, along with what the Toran Proxy is. Finally, we discuss Composer perf...
Jul 05, 2015•54 min
This week we are very lucky to be joined by long-time listener of the show Jimmy Burrell. We start of discussion with interesting use-cases for monkey-patching in PHP and your responsibility to written code. From this we move on to chat about HostSignalz, touching on Jimmy’s experience developing within Visual Studio and the Windows platform. Jimmy then discusses his journey into software development and how he stays up-to-date with the latest technologies. Finally, we announce the winner of the...
Jun 30, 2015•54 min
This week we are very lucky to be joined by fellow podcaster and host of Full Stack Radio - Adam Wathan. We begin discussion with his reasons behind starting a podcast, experience being a solo-host and the secret to great podcast recordings. We then move on to how he got into programming at high school - with reflection on that if he had been using a Windows machine at college, he would most likely be a .NET developer by now. As both Edd and Adam work remotely at this time, the topic of remote p...
Jun 16, 2015•1 hr 11 min
This week we are lucky to have good friend of Edd’s, Jason Marden on the show. We start of discussion with how he got into programming (hacking on Flash games) and how we met at University studying for a Computer Science degree. Moving on from this, we touch upon being introduced to Java as a first language, the presence of UML/SOAP in the real world and the importance of a white-board. Finally, we wrap up the show with chat about Test Doubles, how his work provisions their AWS setup and advice ...
Jun 09, 2015•55 min
This week on a early Sunday morning recording, we start off podcast discussion with A/B testing and Google Analytics/Experiments. We then move on to touch upon distributing PHP console applications within PHAR’s, application security and Google’s recent IO conference. Following this we bring up a couple of small projects Edd is currently working on, relating to Morse Code and Colour detection algorithms. Finally, we wrap up the show by discussing the current Space Beer Cave competition that is s...
May 31, 2015•1 hr
In this weeks show we are lucky to have good friend of the podcast, Justin DeLucia back on. Although he is sadly only able to stay around for half the episode, we are able to touch upon some very interesting topics in this time. Initially starting off with discussion on baby sleeping patterns, we move on to the role of the designer and how it is slowly changing. We follow this up with Justin’s thoughts on animation within web design, and the trends he sees forming in 2015. This leads us on to br...
May 21, 2015•59 min
In this weeks two developer podcast, we start off discussion with Edd’s recent holiday to America - including experiences driving, Carousel and Instagram. We then move on to chat about ‘Space Beer Cave’, Fraser’s recently released game for the Android platform. Built using Phaser and CocoonJS we touch upon how the game was initially built in a single day, along with the process of getting it uploaded to the Google Play store. Finally, we talk about how Fraser is able to balance freelance and ful...
May 13, 2015•54 min
Originally recorded early February but only now being released (blame Edd), we are lucky to have Joe Watkins on the show again. The show starts off with payment gateway woes, Joey Essex ‘bants’ and Joe’s experience researching into Vitess. We then discuss how Joe works on improving a large, mature code-base in his day job - enjoying brown-field projects as the code has already been proven in production. Finally, we bring up the topic of working remote, discussing the pros n’ cons with two very d...
May 08, 2015•56 min
Hey folks! Sod’s law but just as we were getting into our stride recording this week the technology failed us! Thankfully we managed to ramble a sufficient amount before this happened. Finally the 4 of us all were online to together so lot’s to catch up on i.e. Mike’s fascinating computer animation module, Fraser’s React.JS workshop among other usual ramblings. It also looks like we may have Adam from the popular web podcast ‘Full Stack Radio’ joining us soon which we all look forward to. So wit...
Apr 19, 2015•49 min
This episode we are fortunate enough to have Phil Sturgeon back on the show. Originally recorded on the 11th Feb and only now being released (blame Edd), the show starts of with a comparison between Phil and Fraser’s snowboarding injuries. We then move on to discuss standing desks, Sunshine PHP, American weather, and conference experiences. Following this DDD (Development Driven Development…) is touched upon, along with a look at the current stack Phil is using at work. Finally we chat about the...
Apr 15, 2015•58 min
Hey folks, Edd, Lew and Fraser are back this evening for a good ol’ web/anything else catchup. We begin with our usual catch up, Lew discusses his CMS migration to Laravel and also the discussion to make it more API based. Edd then talks about some new caching mechanisms he has been using recently and Fraser rounds off by discussing the difficulties with making a gaming app and how tough it is working with the infinite platforms available. We also announce some exciting news regarding a live sho...
Apr 12, 2015•1 hr 6 min
We’re back folks. It’s been a few weeks since we last recorded and thanks to you all that enquired as to ‘where we were?’ Lew, Mike and Edd got together this week for a long overdue catch up. Turns out, we’ve all been up to quite a lot. Mike is winding down towards the end of his University course, Lew has been a learning machine during quieter times at work and Edd has been extremely busy with mainly Swift projects. We chat about the various things we have been doing and things ahead. Lew then ...
Mar 29, 2015•1 hr
This week we are very lucky to have Edd’s work college and good friend Keyvan Akbary on the show. We start off discussing how Google Maps lied to him on his train journey down from London to the ‘Garden of England’ Kent. This moves us on to talk about the exciting new greenfield project he is currently working on - following a DDD approach, comprehensive test suite and TDD. After this we back track a few steps and chat about how he got into computing and subsequently programming - through a high...
Feb 11, 2015•1 hr 7 min
With Mick and Fraser off conquering a half-marathon, Edd n’ Lew decide to instead stay inside and do a little lite gaming, followed by a podcast. Discussion starts off with recapping Lew’s Photoshop exploration and how it is good as a developer to know what is graphically possible. We then move on to discuss large Symfony 2 project architectures, creating agnostic packages, and not tying yourself into solving every problem with the selected frameworks patterns. This leads us to touch upon some f...
Feb 04, 2015•55 min
This week we have a three developer podcast with discussion on a host of topics. We kick off with how Fraser has enjoyed building his first bonus slot game, written entirely in JavaScript and HTML5. Preprocessors are a huge part of the JavaScript ecosystem at this time, with so many to choose from we discuss a couple of the more popular ones. This leads on to Photoshop discussion, ReactJS, the cool features present in ES6 and how you can use them today with transpilers. Following this we move on...
Jan 28, 2015•1 hr 4 min
This week we are lucky to be joined by Joe Watkins, for a general catch-up on a host of PHP-related topics. We start the show off talking about his newly created blog and what drew him to start writing. Following this, we touch upon his first proposed talk on ‘Parallel PHP’ - hoping to resolve some of the confusion around concurrent terminology and patterns. We then mention his experience looking at YouTube Vitess (for MySQL scaling), and the pros and cons of the team deciding to use Go. His wor...
Jan 21, 2015•1 hr 6 min
It is the first show of the new year! In this weeks episode we first reflect on how our holiday breaks went, and what happened to Edd’s face?! Fraser’s move up to Greenwich is next discussed, including how useful the taxi app ‘Uber’ is. We then move on to talk about Mick’s experiences compiling Apache and PHP from source, along with CodeIgniter’s decision to maintain 5.2 support. This leads on to conversation about the upcoming PHP UK Conference, along with tuning queries for the database query ...
Jan 14, 2015•1 hr
In this weeks episode Mick and Edd reflect on their busy years. We first discuss how work has wrapped up for the new year, and how subtle design changes result in huge benefits. Following this, we compare our personal experiences with product and agency work - chatting about the different programming design mindsets and work-flows used in each case. This leads on to the well-timed appreciation for the work of Martin Fowler, Uncle Bob and Greg Young - inc. valuable tests, the importance of a name...
Dec 31, 2014•58 min
It is two days before Christmas but that will not stop us from recording a new episode. This week we discuss Frasers gambling hot-streak at Ascot, Micks move and how horrible Martinis are. We then move on to how Fraser is getting on in his new job up in London and Micks University presentation on Fuzzy Logic. This leads us on to how ‘unrandom’ humans are, and professional Rock-Paper-Scissors tournaments. Finally, Edd brings up some interesting talks by Greg Young (on EventStore) and Rich Hickey ...
Dec 23, 2014•42 min
In our 51st podcast we temporarily revert to a midweek recording of the show. This essentially means we were all a bit tired and delirious, leading to some fantastic randomness, none more than Lew’s ‘different’ introduction to the show. We will let you be judges of that! Following our usual discussion of how things are panning out in our working week, we then move on to discuss some of the interesting security issues cropping up on Michael’s university course. Also, Fraser has landed an exciting...
Dec 09, 2014•1 hr 5 min
This week we celebrate the 50th episode of the podcast in style, by… not even remembering it is the 50th episode till half way through (whoops). We start off discussion with our differing views on working from home, web unicorns and running shoes. Leading on from this, we bring up a couple of news topics that have been making the rounds in the PHP world recently - along with a proposed Unix command-line series that Mick is keen to do. We then move on to some of the great feedback we have receive...
Nov 20, 2014•56 min
This week we have yet another episode with the full podcast crew. Discussion starts off with the journey down to help Michael in his new house, along with the must buy book ‘Boundaries in Dating’. We then switch topics onto how Edd is getting on using Swift, followed by the benefits of Semantic Versioning and Promises. Responsive design then gets a mention - as we look into how the Guardian were able to decrease their responsive payload sizes. Finally, we finish off with our thoughts on OSX Yose...
Nov 11, 2014•1 hr 11 min
Two weeks in the making, we are finally back with another podcast instalment. This week we touch upon the Unix philosophy, client drama, and shiny new MacBook Pros. We then move on to discuss the security concerns that have arisen from the introduction of contactless payment systems. Leading on from this we talk about the YubiKey and how it can be used to provide two-factor authentication, for services such as LastPass. Finally, we close with how ‘tombstoning’ your code trumps the dreaded commen...
Nov 05, 2014•1 hr 5 min
This week we are lucky to have Frank de Jonge (of Flysystem fame) on the show. Discussion starts off with an update on the latest Snapchat security vulnerability, and if there is any real point in the service to begin with. We then move on to chat about how Frank got into software development and his method for handling freelance work, by way of meeting his own expectations. This leads on to talk about Flysystem, how the package came about and its’ addition to ‘The League of Extraordinary Packag...
Oct 15, 2014•1 hr 8 min
This week we start off the discussion with our bad pronunciation of PHP libraries. We then move on to highlight the stress of wrapping up freelance projects - with clients constantly requesting changes (mission creep). Finally, we chat about Google Web Designer and the new Alan Turing movie (The Imitation Game).
Oct 09, 2014•34 min
This week we are lucky to have Sachin Ishmael on the show, who is currently on a work-placement year at ExtraDigital - studying for a BSc ‘Multimedia Technology and Design’ at the University of Kent. Discussion starts off with how much Edd enjoyed his first conference experience (SymfonyLive London), followed by Michael’s decision to lean towards using Data URIs instead of sprites (reducing HTTP requests). We then move on to chat with Sachin about what it is like to be a student in 2014, and his...
Oct 01, 2014•1 hr 26 min
