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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 Download now (MP3, 53.1MB, 1:14:00 ) Links and Notes Brooklyn Beta OSCON Open Source Bridge Roave Foundation

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: Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 50.5MB, 1:10:15 ) Links and Notes Arbi on Twitter Commodore Amiga Dreamcast Software modding XBox PS2 / region locking Kodi (was XBMC) Plex Xbox hack (with clock/dashboard) Raspberry Pi nmap OSMC Framemeister Upscaler Arcade VGA 5000 Ultimarc Xtension Classic Arcade Cocktail Cabinet

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.info/shop!!!! Do these things! Check out our sponsors: Build Better Software Bundle, Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 47.4MB, 1:05:49 ) Links and Notes CBTTool The Grumpy Little Book of Hack Modern PHP

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: Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 46.9MB, 1:05:13 ) Links and Notes Anthony Ferrara; on Twitter Video Toaster Hot Dog HTML editor Roave Foundation Andrea Faulds post to internals Current Scalar Type Hints RFC DoOcracy Stack Overflow PHP chat room Baby Platypus Baby Wombat

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 The PHP Bard on Twitter AWS SDK for PHP Amber monitors Ed’s music project Dead Agent Dead Agent – Retina EP

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 Matt Stauffer’s Five-Minute Geek Show

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 Download now (MP3, 75.8MB, 1:36:49) Links and Notes API Blueprint Apiary Dredd ReactPHP Hack’s Async stuff PyroCMS IRCmaxell’s blog bost on versions and his follow-up where he is TAKEN ABACK CodeIgniter 3.0 PHP-FIG

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 still up! Do these things! Check out our sponsors: Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 47.4MB, 1:06:13) Links and Notes Mobility scooters PHP-Nuke GLOSSY Toronto PHP Dragon Age: Inquisition Marvel Puzzle Quest Phantasy Star Online Ultima Online iWeb

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

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’s a great resurce for finding and sharing contracting work. Do these things! Check out our sponsors: Offload.io, Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 53.9MB, 1:15:42) Links and Notes Margaret Staples' blog Margaret on Twitter Brunelleschi: Age of Architects Project backing page Merchant Prince Trade Wars Wizardry Strangeloop Strange Love Rich Hickey/Clojure Ed Gein Beyond The Mat Speakers page at TrueNorthPHP Ed’s n

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 write any notes down because we wanted to keep it real. THIS SPACE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK

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, 54:58) Links and Notes Transmorphers Hurcules PHP Architect Madison PHP Conference Bill Cosby Snowball bit PHP and MySQL Web Development (Thomson/Welling) Larry Ullman’s books XBox One Kinetic That’s a paddlin'

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 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, 32.7MB, 1:10:24) Links and Notes Elizabeth Smith’s Website The Developer’s Dystopian Future My Lawn by Bob Martin LinuxBeard.com Cygwin PHP-GTK Windows being really good at concurrency Nelson Muntz laugh PHPMentoring.org Mentats

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 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. Check out our sponsors, New Relic, Roave and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Sign up for our mailing list here Listen Download now (MP3, 31.2MB, 1:06:42) Links and Notes Eryn O'Neil on Twitter Eryn would like to make a correction: “80-90% of

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 Reinheimer KISS at tek CoPilot Where’s It Up? REM statement BYTE magazine COMPUTE! Magazine Commodore C-64 VIC-20 Commodore Datasette XHProf and XHProfUI Poutine Quebec banning religious displays French signage laws in Quebec Greg Baugues’s talk at tek about hacking convos Black Books

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 site Life360 (now hiring in SF) Twitpic “Miracle on the hudson” plane crash Double vs single quotes in PHP Persistent DB connections in PHP Shared nothing architecture Horizontal vs. vertical scaling 12 Factor App Applescript CGI, more

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 and Notes Paddy Foran Go Drama Fever Your API is Bad 2cloud Paddy’s talk at this year’s php[tek] Paddy’s blog post about intro to Open Source Gorf

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 Framework Sinatra Flask Recess FW Guzzle Resty.php PHP The Right Way

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 Edition) Minimum Viable Bureaucracy: Video, Slides The Tyranny of Structurelessness Jeri Ellsworth leaving Steam Sara Golemon (is awesome) HHVM blog Hack for HHVM Coffeescript Go CodeIgniter seeking a new home

This week we’re joined by David Rogers, aka @al_the_x, to hear how he’s teaching PHP in college courses for brand-new progammers. We also talk about what possessed Ed to develop his own unit testing framework. Check out our sponsors, Engine Yard and WonderNetwork Follow us on Twitter here. Rate us on iTunes here Listen Download now (MP3, 36.2MB, 1:21:23) Links and Notes Fictive Kin Ruby on Rails developer course PyTennessee Article (promotional) on “the two week problem” Examples of in-class coding dojos from Valencia Valencia Digital Media on Github Intro to Programming with PHP Intro to Programming with JS Slim Framework Valitron FUnit Testify