Developer Tea

In today's episode, I had a chance to talk with Cap Watkins, the VP of Design at Buzzfeed, about quite a few things - most importantly, collaboration. @cap Cap Watkins's blog "Low-cal calzone zone" React, and CSS in your JS @developertea "I have still not used the Digital Crown to scroll on the Apple Watch since the first day." Basecamp Hello Web App Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm! Head over to Spec.fm for tons of amazing content, created specifically for developers and designers looking to take their career to the next level. Don't forget to subscribe, and leave a review in iTunes!

In today's episode, we're talking about ways to avoid false dichotomies. Decisive "The Infinite Toolset" - article about why we shouldn't switch toolsets too often. @DeveloperTea Spec.fm Many thanks to today's sponsor, Hired.com Visit hired.com/developertea today and you could receive 5 or more job offers each week!

Today's episode is a short discussion on automation. We'll explore some helpful ways to look at automation that help make it more than simply scripting repeatable steps. Zapier IFTTT Rails generator documentation Gulp JS Babel James Clear Focus (app) Discussion on Useful Defaults 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! If you enjoyed this episode and want to know when the latest episode has gone live, subscribe to the podcast, and be sure to check out other podcasts and content on the network that makes this podcast possible: Spec.fm. Until next time, Enjoy your tea

In today's episode, I interview Eric Elliott. Eric is a JavaScript developer and author with a lot of knowledge to share! Be sure to check out JavaScript Scene to read Eric's writing. One of Eric's personal site @_ericelliott How to build a High Velocity Development Team Eric's High Velocity Development Team Course Programming JavaScript Applications (book) Learn JavaScript Universal App Development (book, in progress) Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm! Check out Spec for a constant stream of valuable content for developers and designers!

Today, I talk about a particular framework for making decisions. The framework presents a specific dichotomy between concreteness and subjectivity. Types of decisions: Essential decisions Concrete input with subjective output Subjective input with concrete output Subjective input with subjective output "Trivial" decisions The paradox we have to deal with is that a lot of non-trivial outcomes come from decisions that fall on the subjective end of the scale. It is necessary for us to move these trivial and subjective decisions towards concrete if possible to funnel more energy into our decision making energy for subjective decisions. Today's episode is sponsored by Spec.fm! Visit Spec.fm for more information about Developer Tea and podcasts and content for developers and designers.

Today, I discuss listener Pubudu's questions about how to find energy and enjoyment in his work, and how to stop procrastinating. Mentioned on the show: @HealthyProg The Healthy Programmer Get Up and Code Pomodoro Technique Thorough discussion on Pomodoro from a programmer Kent Beck Pomodoro proof Many thanks to today's sponsor, Hired.com Visit hired.com/developertea today and you could receive 5 or more job offers each week!

In today's episode, I answer a question from listener Sahar. Remote (37 Signals / Bsecamp The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod In this episode, I cover the concept of "The Minimum Viable Day" as well! Today's Sponsor is: 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! If you enjoyed this episode and want to know when the latest episode has gone live, subscribe to the podcast, and be sure to check out other podcasts and content on the network that makes this podcast possible: Spec.fm. Until next time, Enjoy your tea

In today's episode we talk about a message passing paradigm for programming. We'll discuss the concept of message passing as a lens for understanding everything we do in programming. Avdi Grimm (@avdi) Alan Kay's Email about Object Oriented Programming Smalltalk Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm - podcasts and content for designers and developers!

Today, we talk about closures and private object methods. Spec.fm Closures in JavaScript (Mozilla) Private methods in Ruby (documentation) Private :attr_accessor Private members in Java Closures: Elixir vs. Ruby vs. JavaScript Today's episode is brought to you by Spec.fm - brand new podcasts and content for developers and designers!

In today's episode, I'll talk about choosing the best tool vs. choosing the right tool for a job. Stopping assumptions about faster being better or using a specific language for a specific project isn't easy. We'll identify the difference between objective measures and subjective measures of a given language, and give you two challenges to help you evaluate your toolset. If you have a particular question you'd like me to answer or you'd like to get more involved in the developer community check out our Slack channel: spec.fm/slack. If you enjoyed this episode make sure you check out our network Spec.fm and if you're an iOS developer, be sure to check out our latest addition to the network: Little Bites of Cocoa and subscribe to keep up with Developer Tea and the rest of the spec.fm community. I hope you enjoyed this episode of Developer Tea and until next time, Enjoy your tea