Documentation Not Included - Episodes Tagged with “Development”

Ep 77 - Code Reviews, Electrical Installations, Search Engines

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 16 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey return to the show's roots to discuss developing search engines, discuss code reviews (and how to not do them), and electrical installations!

MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY
Snazzy Intro: On Top of the World by texasradiofish (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/texasradiofish/50478 Ft: John Fletcher, Patricia Edwards, ElRon XChile, Speck, alexplaysguitar
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The Forever Game

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Chris and Josey discuss maintenance, upgrades, and more. It's the never ending life cycle of development in our world.

TOPICS

Software packages
Hardware changes
Updating code
...and a whole lot of frustration covered in this week's episode!

The Importance of Being Online

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0100

Andy Morrel is back! This time we're talking about how important being online is during this time. As a bonus, we talk about the wonderful event put on by the Live Coders team on Twitch as well!

TOPICS

Having events during a lock down
Planning
Why it's important
The trouble with streaming protocols
...and more!

Special Guest: Andy Morrell.

Links:

Live Coders Twitch Team!

Tech & The Peter Principle

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Paul Aldred-Bann joins Chris to look into the Peter Principle in relation to tech. What is it? What impact does it have on the tech industry? Do contractors have to deal with it? And a lot more!

TOPICS

What is the Peter Principle?
Leadership and Management
How to do a good job as a contractor when the Peter Principle is in effect?
What makes a good manager?
...and a lot more!

Special Guest: Paul Aldred-Bann.

Links:

Artificial Intelligence: A Primer

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 07:00:00 +0100

Zain Daniyal joins Chris and Josey to help explain Artificial Intelligence. We know it's not about Skynet, so what exactly is happening in the field of AI? And just what are white boxes? Learn about that and more in this episode.

TOPICS

What is Aritifical Intelligence?
What is Machine Learning?
How do black boxes work?
What are white boxes?
Measures and weights?
And so much more...

Special Guest: Zain Daniyal.

Links:

Staying Sane When Working Remotely

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Many of us are working from home due to forced isolation. While this seems like an ideal solution to help with social distancing, there are real concerns for the safety and sanity of those who are not familiar with concept. In this episode, Chris is joined by Cameron, to look at options, concepts, and ideas on how to stay sane.

TOPICS

Avoiding Overworking
Isolation
Mental Health
Communication
Employers and Employees intentions
Family impact
...and more.

Special Guest: Cameron MacGrain.

Dependency Hell

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 03:00:00 +0000

Phil Nash joins Chris and Josey again, this time to look at working with code dependencies in svn, git, and discuss various package managers. The trio depend on puns, dad jokes, and more to figure out once and for all how to handle dependency hell.

TOPICS

Binaries vs source code references
DLL Hell
C++ and Package Managers
Migrations between source control
Package Managers
Diamond Dependency Problem
...and so much more!

Special Guest: Phil Nash.

Links:

Introduction - The Cargo Book — Cargo is the Rust package manager
What is ABI, and What Should WG21 Do About It?
C/C++ Open Source Package Manager — The open source, decentralized and multi-platform package manager to create and share all your native binaries.
vcpkg — Vcpkg helps you manage C and C++ libraries on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
build2 | C++ Build Toolchain — build2 is an open source (MIT), cross-platform build toolchain for developing and packaging C and C++ code.
Buckaroo - The C++ Package Manager — Buckaroo is a package manager for C/C++
pip · PyPI — pip is the package installer for Python.
Phil Nash's website: Level of Indirection
Homepage - My Old Dutch — Pancakes!

Driving Development One Test at a Time

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Phil Nash joins Chris and Josey to discuss test driven development. What is it? What is the difference between BDD and TDD? Are there other xDDs? What does Fractal have to do with it? Tune in to find out!

TOPICS

What is TDD?
Is there a difference between test driven development and test driven design?
What is BDD?
What are some benefits?
Is it worth it?
...and a whole lot more!

Special Guest: Phil Nash.

Links:

Arnaud Bailly - On Test-Driven Development — Great read on TDD.
Working Effectively with Legacy Code: Amazon.co.uk: Michael Feathers: 8601400968741: Books — Excellent book on working with legacy code. Recommended by Phil Nash
Approval Tests
cpp.chat : home — Phil Nash's C++ podcast.

How I Learned To Stay Relevant and Love the Code

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 05:15:00 +0000

Andy Morrell joins Chris and Josey this week to discuss how to stay relevant as a developer. Is the answer learning by osmosis? Ancient blood rituals? Listen to find out!

TOPICS

Whether permie or freelance, stagnation happens. How to avoid it.
Learning lessons
Taking on new technologies and frameworks
How your type of job, and work culture, can impact your ability to stay relevant
...and so much more!

Special Guest: Andy Morrell.

12 Configuration Blues

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Chris is joined by Steve Collins to talk about the wonderful world of configuration files. What wonders do they hold? How many configuration files does it take to setup an application? How to handle secure connection information across environments? And is it really worth it?

TOPICS

How many configuration files does it take to setup an application?
And is it really worth it?
How to store passwords? Private API keys?
Configurations across environments (local, dev, staging, prod, etc)... ...and more!

Special Guest: Steve Collins.

The Modern Web: Full Stack Frameworks vs Site Generators

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0100

TOPICS

Full Stack Website Development
Static Site Generators
Content Management Systems

ABOUT OUR GUEST
Jamie Taylor is a .Net Developer that hosts his own podcast that focusses on everything .Net Core. Check him out below:

Twitter: @dotnetcore.show
.Net Core Show: https://dotnetcore.show/
Personal Website: https://about.me/thejamietaylor
Company Website: https://rjj-software.co.uk/

Special Guest: Jamie Taylor.

Links:

(Tech) Debt Consolidation

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Chris and Pat are joined by Mark Walsh, a start-up focussed lead developer to talk about tech debt and how to handle it.

TOPICS

What is tech debt?
Why is it called “debt”?
When is tech debt acceptable?
Types of tech debt
Managing tech debt
Working with tech lead that makes bad decisions
Dealing with the fallout - commercially and practically

Special Guest: Mark Walsh.

Have App Idea, ???, Profit!

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Hamid Shojaee joins the DNI team to discuss taking an SaaS idea and turning it into a profitable idea.

TOPICS

Measuring the value of an idea
Use investors, Go Alone?
Does it matter if my idea is better than my competitors?
User adoption
Pricing Models
...a whole lot more!

LINKS
Josey's Favourite Book for Users: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Badass-Making-Awesome-Kathy-Sierra/dp/1491919019
http://www.hamidshojaee.com/

Special Guest: Hamid Shojaee.

Weird Dev Stories

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Weird Dev Stories from our hosts, listeners, and other devs we know!

TOPICS
Stories told (in no particular order)

The Hacked Mouse
FIMAS Catastrophe
The Hashing Condundrum
The Story of Vanishing Lights
The Tale of CSV Woe
Never Give PR a Cloud Platform
Physical Timeout Hacking
The Case of 43 Cases
Trip Down the Ego Rabbit Hole
Testing a Tester's Patience
Copy / Paste Pensioner
The mysterious 12 MB patch

LINKS
The Solid Vertical Bar vs The Broken Bar