Developer Tea

Jonathan Cutrell
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Nov 23, 2015 • 20min

Listener Question: Mark asks, "What's Happening to the Ruby Developer Community?"

What's happening to the Ruby community? Is it flailing, or doing just fine? Some evidence and simple logic says both are possible. Let's explore it a bit further in today's episode! Mentioned in today's episode: Ruby Ruby on Rails GitHub GitHut.info JavaScript CSS NodeJS PHP WordPress Laravel Java Android Python GitHub blog post about language popularity Avdi Grimm's discussion about the Soul of Software Jeff Atwood explains "Why Ruby" for Discourse Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to begin your journey! The special link for a doubled bonus is https://hired.com/developertea. And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes.
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Nov 20, 2015 • 42min

Makers Versus Menders with Andrea Goulet (@andreagoulet)

Today I talk with Andrea Goulet about software "makers and menders." Andrea is the CEO of CorgiBytes. Listen in if you are interested in refactoring and green field projects, and the difference between the two! Mentioned on today's show: @andreagoulet on Twitter CorgiBytes @CorgiBytes on Twitter Makers versus Menders Scott on Twitter (@mscottford) GitHub Refactoring to Patterns (Martin Fowler) Michael Feathers Arlo Belshee's process for naming things "Practical Refactoring" video (~2 hours) Slack .Net Webforms Exercism "Adopting a growth mindset" - Carol Dweck Ted Talk Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean! Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started on cloud hosting. Use the promo code DEVELOPER TEA at the checkout after you create your account to get a $10 credit! Follow @DeveloperTea on Twitter | Leave a rating and review for Developer Tea on iTunes | Join Spec's Slack community for free
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Nov 18, 2015 • 12min

Thinking Small

In today's episode, we talk about solving small problems. I'll give you a few tips for scoping your problems down to be smaller. Mentioned on today's show Think Like a Freak (book) Freakonomics Radio (podcast) Spec.fm Click here to leave a review of Developer Tea on iTunes! Today's episode is sponsored by Linode! Get root access on super-fast linux cloud servers in just a few minutes! Use the code DeveloperTea10 to get $10 off on your new account.
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Nov 16, 2015 • 13min

Focus, Fear, and Missing Out: Picking Tools Without Anxiety

In today's episode, we talk about FoMO (the fear of missing out) as it relates to deciding what tools to use. Mentioned on today's episode: FoMO ratemyfomo.com Aziz Ansari (comedian, actor) discusses FoMO News article about YouTube upload volume (from back in 2010) The growth of languages on GitHub Today's episode is sponsored by Linode! Get root access on super-fast linux cloud servers in just a few minutes! Use the code DeveloperTea10 to get $10 off on your new account.
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Nov 13, 2015 • 19min

The Frontend at Whiteboard

In today's episode I talk about some of the front-end tools we use at Whiteboard. Join Spec on Slack: http://spec.fm/slack Mentioned on today's episode: Bower Node NPM Gulp Grunt Composer Typekit Fonts.com CDNJS Handlebars Cloudflare Digital Ocean Linode WP Engine Heroku JavaScript.com Babel ES6 / ES2015 jQuery Zepto React JSX Underscore.js Slick.js Handlebars D3.js Polyfills Request animation frame Sass (SCSS) Launchframe SCSS-lint Bootstrap 4 Alpha BEM CSS Octicon Fontawesome Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to begin your journey! The special link for a doubled bonus is https://hired.com/developertea. And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to open Developer Tea in iTunes.
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Nov 11, 2015 • 20min

How To Make Small Things A Big Deal, Plus: Celebrating 2 Million Listens!

Thank you for helping Developer Tea make it to 2 million listens! This is a major milestone for the show. Not many external resources were mentioned on today's episode, but I'd love to invite you to leave a review on iTunes! Leave a review for Developer Tea on iTunes now. Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean! Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started on cloud hosting. Use the promo code DEVELOPER TEA at the checkout after you create your account to get a $10 credit! Follow @DeveloperTea on Twitter | Leave a rating and review for Developer Tea on iTunes | Join Spec's Slack community for free
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Nov 9, 2015 • 19min

Getting The Most Out Of A Conference

Today, we talk about participating in conferences, both as a speaker and as an attendee. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: 2015 CSS Dev Conf Speaking.io (speaking resources for beginners) SassConf SassSummit - Use the discount code "CUTRELL" to get 20% off! Attend online from anywhere in the world. Leave a review for Developer Tea on iTunes! Join the Spec Slack community today Today's episode is sponsored by Linode! Get root access on super-fast linux cloud servers in just a few minutes! Use the code DeveloperTea10 to get $10 off on your new account.
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Nov 6, 2015 • 12min

Code Without Fear

Code without fear! Happy late Halloween, everyone. :) Mentioned on the show or otherwise relevant: Leave it Better Than You Found It (Developer Tea episode) How Thoughtbot Tests Rails Applications "What is a Side Effect" Flux Architecture Today's sponsor is Linode! Linode is focused on making their servers ultra-fast. Run containers or your own Git server, with full root access. Linode offers hourly billing with a monthly cap on all plans and add-on services. Head over to http://linode.com/developertea and use the code DeveloperTea10 to get a $10 credit today!
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Nov 4, 2015 • 16min

Listener Question: Sean asks, "Where Can I Find Well Written Code?"

Sean asked me where to find well written code in Slack. (You can join us by going to http://spec.fm/slack) @fat's article on Medium's CSS Chris Coyier's article on Codepen's CSS GitHub's CSS IRC jQuery IRC Trending repos on GitHub Microsoft on GitHub Google on GitHub NASA on GitHub SassConf SassSummit Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are a developer or a designer looking for a job, Hired is a fantastic place to begin your journey! The special link for a doubled bonus is https://hired.com/developertea. Lastly: Be sure to rate and review Developer Tea on iTunes!
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Nov 2, 2015 • 19min

How do I manage a project that feels too big for one person to handle?

Today I talk about managing projects that seem relatively large for one person (or a small team) to manage. Mentioned on today's show: Spec Slack channel Sean Washington (from Does Not Compute) Agile Kanban GTD GitHub Issues Trello Simplenote Imgix - disclaimer: Imgix has sponsored the show before, but this episode was not sponsored. Not mentioned, but relevant: "Happy Path" on Wikipedia "Testing beyond the happy path" Sandi Metz's Rules for Developers The Checklist Manifesto (book) Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean! Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started on cloud hosting. Use the promo code DEVELOPER TEA at the checkout after you create your account to get a $10 credit! Follow @DeveloperTea on Twitter | Leave a rating and review for Developer Tea on iTunes | Join Spec's Slack community for free

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