Chris Sebok
Co-Host of Documentation Not Included
Every development team needs a giant-dwarf, and Chris provides this service to us free of charge. He's been involved in web site and app development since the inception of the internet, and today manages his own software consultancy - covering everything from DevOps to Technical Architecture. He's also got a better beard than you.
Chris Sebok has hosted 84 Episodes.
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Agents: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
August 29th, 2019 | 58 mins 18 secs
consultant, developers, freelancer, recruiters
Chris uses agents and recruiters. Josey has not used them, and only seen the ugly side from others. This week, Cameron MacGrain from HarveyNash joins the team to help peel back the layers on working with agents and recuiters as developer consultants and freelancers. Can we keep IR35 out of the discussion?
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Team Culture
August 23rd, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
culture, dev, diversity, management, teams
Sam Strauss joins Chris and Josey bringing new insight to what is team culture, how to form it, and most importantly, how to survive it!
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Migration Mumbles
August 15th, 2019 | 59 mins 25 secs
code, dev, migration
Mark Walsh joins Josey and Chris to discuss the "joys" found in doing a code migration. It's all fun and games right?
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%&$@$!! Contractors - They Took Our Jaaaaabs!
August 8th, 2019 | 58 mins 43 secs
company growth, contractor, dev, freelance
Chris is joined by one of our regular guests, Anthony Keenan, to discuss the employee's perspective on contractors, freelancers, and more. Can Chris keep the topic of IR35 out of the discussion? Listen in to find out!
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"Working" From Home
August 1st, 2019 | 56 mins 48 secs
contractors, freelancers, working from home
Chris and Josey debate the pros and cons of being contractors and freelancers who work from home. After all, it's all fun and games right?
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Scope it up, Furball!
July 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
dev, project management, scope creep
Can Chris and Josey prevent scope creep during their episode on scope creep?
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Oi! Freelancer! You're Fired! Part Two
July 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 4 mins
company growth, contractor, dev, fired, freelance
Chris and Josey continue their discussion about being fired as contractors/freelancers/company. This time, it's all about how to handle it and use it to better yourself, your company, and your relationships with your clients...and yes, we even mean the ones who fired you.
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In the Black: Freelancer Financials
July 4th, 2019 | 1 hr 6 mins
accounting, financials, freelance, ir35, sole trader
The team have a real accountant join them this week. Chris finds himself shocked about regulations. Josey explains the dangers of relying on word of mouth. And our guest, Simon Young proves that accountants do indeed have a sense of humor...and so much more!
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Python: The Second Language
June 27th, 2019 | 59 mins 55 secs
c#, dev, languages, programming, python
Owain Williams livesd and breathes C# in his work and as an Umbraco MVP. So what made him want to look at Python? The DNIStream team looks at what it is like to learn a second programming language, and even get into a debate about the very definition of the term "language".
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Oi! Freelancer! You're Fired!
June 20th, 2019 | 59 mins 21 secs
contractor, fired, freelance
Josey and Chris both found themselves on the freelance/contractor chopping block this past month. With the experience still fresh in both their minds, they explore various reasons a company/freelancer/contractor can find themselves removed from a contract early and reveal just what they think about being fired. Listen to us roar!
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Freelance Fun - A Primer
May 30th, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
contract, dev, freelance
Chris and Josey start the Freelance version of Documentation Not Included with a Primer on topics they will discuss including contracting, freelancing, and managed services.
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Weird Dev Stories II
May 23rd, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
dev, horrorstories, stories
Anthony join Chris and Josey again, this time to share strange and funny stories from the dev and tech world. Bit thanks to our listens who sent in their own horror stories!
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Enforced QA
May 16th, 2019 | 59 mins 31 secs
dev, qa, testing
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?
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(Tech) Debt Consolidation
April 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
coding, development, tech debt
Chris and Pat are joined by Mark Walsh, a start-up focussed lead developer to talk about tech debt and how to handle it.
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Breaking into Virtualisation
April 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 3 mins
education, hardware, virtualization
Chris and Pat are joined by Josh Thorman, a student with a keen interest in server virtualization
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Dev Communities & Events
April 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
community, dev, events, inclusivity
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.