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Ep 84 - Debugging

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey discuss debugging, troubleshooting, and try to help each other solve issues with code starting with issues with MYSQL and reaching out to discuss the challenge of waiting on builds to begin the debbugging process.

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
Live Show Starting Soon: cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755
Live Show Outro: ＭＩＬＬＥＮＮＩＡＬＳ by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/57150

Ep 83 - Difficulty In Games

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey discuss how game difficulty has evolved from allowing cheats, and mods, to making cheats to be cash shop additions.

Ep 82 - USA v Uteri

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 18:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey discuss the controversial ruling that came from the US Supreme Court that over turned Roe v Wade.

Ep 81 - Gwince Grills

Documentation Not Included — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey end up in the hot seat as guest "host" grills them with deep questions.

Special Guest: Dan Howarth.

Ep 80 - Winging It or Singing It

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey wing it and sing it about Map and Data Porn, Migrations, Plattie Jubes ... and a lot more!

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Ep 79 - Industry Pricing, Case Law, Retirement

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey discuss industry standards, law, case studies, retiring, game development, and Disco Elysium.

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Ep 78 - How do you define a hand?

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 30 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey, along with an adorable puppy, natter about Eurovision, mannequins, argue about what animals have hands, and do their best to answer live viewer oddball questions.

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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!

Ep 76 - Moving House

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 09 May 2022 16:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey discuss the challenges faced when buying and selling homes, but with a lot of absolutely crazy tangents.

TOPICS

Buying homes
Selling homes
Stamp duties
an insane amount of tangets.

Ep 75 - DIY & Nightmare Neighbours

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 02 May 2022 18:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey return for a more relaxed and laid back version of Documentation Not Included, this time with a discussion on DIY and dealing with neighbours.

TOPICS

Micro-diggers
DIY
Social Anxiety
Crazy things that have happened with neighbours
...and a lot of fantastic comments from our live watchers!

Quality Counts

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Chris is joined by Frank Ray to discuss quality in relation to software.

TOPICS

What is up with quality?
Seeing the big picture
The "Quality Wrap"
...and a lot more!

Special Guest: Frank Ray.

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!

More Scrum to Come

Documentation Not Included — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:45:00 +0000

Chris and Josey continue their journey into the world of Agile and Scrum.

TOPICS

Where to starts?
What are the benefits?
What are the drawbacks?
Can scrum exist without Agile?

It takes Scrum to know Scrum

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Chris and Josey talk about Scrum in an Agile way, whist Leaning on a fence under a Waterfall?

TOPICS

Ceremonies
- Daily Scrum
- Sprint
- Sprint planning
- Sprint review
- Sprint retrospective
Roles:
- Product Owner
- Scrum Master
- Development Team
- Cross-functional team
“Agile”
- Agile manifesto:
- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan

Hitting the Ground Running

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000

Chris and Josey discuss how to get back into the swing of projects after a long absence.

TOPICS

How to plan for project breaks
How to get back into projects
What happens when a global event impacts project scope
How to get involved in a project that is already running
...and so much more!

Striking a Balance

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Chris is joined by Nick Piegari to talk about how to balance learning - what should you do when you want to learn all the things at the same time? How do we deal with 'tech overload'?

TOPICS

Balancing between wanting to learn “all the things”
How to make progress
How to deal with being overwhelmed
Being pragmatic in your learning
Compartmentalising
Scheduling learning time

Special Guest: Nick Piegari.

Exposing Yourself

Documentation Not Included — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 13:00:00 +0100

Chris is joined by Nick Piegari from NicksMadScience to talk about how to get yourself out there and noticed as a developer in a saturated market.

TOPICS

What's wrong with traditional job hunting?
How to get noticed
Make an impact while enjoying yourself
Engagement strategies

Special Guest: Nick Piegari.

Hello World

Documentation Not Included — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 13:00:00 +0100

Chris is joined by Parul Singh to talk about what resources are out there to get into coding and development.

Topics

Why did you get started?
What do you wish you knew before you got started?
Methods of learning
...and more.

Special Guest: Parul Singh.

Mental Health Workplace Support

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Parul Singh, a mental health ambassador, joins Chris to talk about mental health in the workplace, it's impact on employees and employers, and how important it is to be aware of your own mental state.

TOPICS

Are there negative connotations to mental health?
How does mental health impact employers?
When should you bring up mental health?
...and a whole lot more

Special Guest: Parul Singh.

Links:

Docker Disaster

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey use Docker for every day work, but is it all it can be or should be? What troubles have they run into and what suggestions do they have? Listen to find out!

TOPICS

Their first experience with Docker was wonderful, right?
What is Docker and why containerization?
What is a Dockerfile?
What is docker-compose?
Are they the same?
Docker services, networks, volumes, containers, images
How do you pick docker-compose versions?
....and so much more!

Angular Testing (Sorta!)

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0100

Shai Reznik joins Chris and Josey to chat about TDD in Angular. At least that was the intent! We do cover TDD, but do we get to TDD for Angular? Well....

TOPICS

What are the benefits of TDD?
How do you justify ROI for implimenting testing
Where is the best place to start?
...and a lot more

Special Guest: Shai Reznik.

Preventing High Pressure Burnout

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0100

Parul Singh joins Chris and Josey to tackle how to handle burnout and personal mental health in high-stress jobs. What starts as a look at burnout turns into a discussion covering company expectations, the pandemic, self imposed goals, and a lot more.

TOPICS

What is burnout?
Is stress bad?
How to handle mental health issues in a work environment
How do company expectations help, or hinder, burnout
...and a lot more

Special Guest: Parul Singh.

Links:

Diversity & Inclusion | Meetup — Join our Manhattan Partners and our 4 panelists for our first part of our Diversity and Inclusion Series on the 13th of August from 12-1pm. **This is a virtual event**
The Stress Solution: The 4 Steps to Reset Your Body, Mind, Relationships & Purpose: Amazon.co.uk: Chatterjee, Dr Rangan: 9780241317945: Books

git mv master main

Documentation Not Included — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:00:00 +0100

GitHub's renaming master branch to main. Chris and Josey discuss the choice, other potentially charged terms in the IT world, the history of the words, and explore options.

TOPICS

Why change the core branch name?
What implications does this have on the IT world?
Is it too far, not far enough?
Is there something to be learned from this?

Links:

Scheduling the One Man Band

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:00:00 +0100

Anthony Keenan rejoins Chris to discuss how to schedule work as a one-man band, having made the jump into self-employment.

TOPICS

Managing multiple clients
Overbooking work
Managing time
Estimating
Scheduling
Working “overtime” to meet client’s demands
Importance of an SoW / scope
Expectation management
Saying “no”, but keeping client’s happy

Special Guest: Anthony Keenan.

Artificial (Un)Intelligence

Documentation Not Included — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:00:00 +0100

Zain Daniyal rejoins Chris to discuss the finer points of AI, specifically, what it's not that good at.

TOPICS

What can AI do well?
What can’t it do?
Where does it fail?
Why does it fail?
How we might overcome its limitations?
AI at scale - problems and limitations

LINKS
https://www.starlink.com/
http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/

Special Guest: Zain Daniyal.

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:

There's No Accounting for COVID

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000

Simon Young joins Chris and Josey again, this time to look at what impact CoronaVirus is having on taxes, accounting, and end of year accounts for business here in the UK. How has SSP changed? What is CBLIS? A very full episode of helpful information for everyone running a business; small, large, and even the self employed here in the UK.

TOPICS

End of year accounting is coming, how is it being impacted by this pandemic?
What changes have happened to statutory sick pay (SSP)?
When is VAT due?
What is the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBLIS)?
...and a whole lot more!

Special Guest: Simon Young.

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!

Migration Mumbles Pt. 2

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:00:00 +0000

In part 1, we discussed code migrations. This time Chris and Josey discuss other types of migrations including ALM, Infrastructure, and more.

TOPICS

Why do migrations happen?
Who is impacted?
What is the first step?
What types of migrations are there?
...and so much more

Bashing Bothersome Bugs & Chasing Chunks of Cash

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Chris and Josey discuss bug bounty programs, actions to take if randomly stumbling upon a security vulnerability, reporting pros/cons, and a lot more. Is the answer really black and white, or is it all grey?

TOPICS

What is a bug bounty program
When and how should you report discovered potential attack vectors or security vulnerabilities
Mental and moral exercises discussing the potential pros/cons of reporting or not
Is the answer to handling a report really a black and white issue? Or is it more grey?
...and so much more!

Links:

We found 6 critical PayPal vulnerabilities - and PayPal punished us for it | CyberNews

How to Win Work & Influence Clients

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Chris and Josey tackle the topic of running your own IT company in a time where the industry is influenced by challenges like IR35 and working from home.

Is there a difference between finding clients as a contractor or service provider?
How do you find clients?
Where is the line drawn between helping and hiring?
How important is follow ups?
...and much more!

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.

2020

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 09:00:00 +0000

The first show of 2020 is all about us! Chris and Josey share news about what is coming in the new year and some information about a rebrand.

TOPICS

What are our goals?
What is DNI Stream?
What is Documentation Not Included?
What is Development Now Included?
What is Developers Natter Internally?
...and some more exciting news!

Links:

I ARE THIRTY FIVE

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000

In a special 2 hour episode, Chris and Josey are joined by Jamie from the donetcoreshow to discuss one of the biggest topics we've tried to avoid this year; IR35. What is it? Does it impact freelancers? Contractors? What happens when the gloves come off and the team has their say?

TOPICS

What is IR35?
Who is impacted by it?
How do you know if you are caught, or not?
What impact is this having right now on contractors and freelancers in the IT world?
...and a whole lot more. After all this is a special 2 hour episode!

Special Guest: Jamie Taylor.

Startups - The Reality Gap

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Joe Atkinson and Gordon Johnston from Lineup Ninja join Josey and Chris to talk about the reality gap that startups run into when launching.

TOPICS

From idea to startup formation: what, when, why?
Working with accelerators
Working with the first clients / customers
The benefits and challenges of co-founding
...and so much more!

Special Guests: Gordon Johnston and Joe Atkinson.

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.

Contract Lense: Schedule 1

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Chris and Josey add Schedule 1 to their contract podcast. What should you NOT include in your contracts? Vacations? Job Titles? Bananas? What is IR35? Did we really go there this episode? Listen in to find out!

TOPICS

What should you NOT include in your contract?
Should contracts be different for permament employees and contractors?
What types of contractors are there?
...and even more questions from our live audience!

Contract Lens

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Our Freelance / Contractor series continues as we turn our eyes to contracts. Chris and Josey get down into the nitty gritty about what a contract is, what should be in it, and what should not, and of course, remind you that they are not lawyers.

WE ARE NOT SOLICITORS / LAWYERS! Nothing we say should be construed as legal advice, and we take no responsibility for any actions you take regarding the examples, opinions and advice we provide here. Always consult a solicitor regarding your contracts, and know that you and / or your company are fully responsible for any contract terms you agree to. Our podcast is provided as-is, and is based on how we choose to run our own companies. DO NOT LISTEN TO US.

TOPICS

Why are contracts important?
Who should provide the contract? Agency, client, you?
As a freelancer / consultant, what should a contract contain?

Milestone One

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 07:00:00 +0100

Documentation Not Included is now older, though perhaps not wiser. Chris and Josey discuss the past year and reveal secrets about the upcoming future!
TOPICS

The Past
The Present
The Future

Impersonating Developers

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0100

Gordon joins Chris again, this time as A Time To Change Champion, to look at impostor syndrome and more!

TOPICS

What is impostor syndrome?
What can cause it?
How can you work with, or deal with it?

Special Guest: Gordon Johnston.

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:

Proprietary Tools: Stagnation or Growth

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Bjørn Reiten joins Chris and Josey to discuss working with prprietary tools. Can they stay on topic or will the desire to dig into PLC programming take over the show?

TOPICS

Working with proprietary tools
Working with standards
...and anything else would be telling!

Special Guest: Bjørn Reiten.

Links:

JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AIR VEHICLE C++ CODING STANDARDS FOR THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM — The intent of this document is to provide direction and guidance to C++ programmers that will enable them to employ good programming style and proven programming practices leading to safe, reliable, testable, and maintainable code. Consequently, the rules contained in this document are required for Air Vehicle C++ development1 and recommended for non-Air Vehicle C++ development.

Workplace Agility

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

Mark Walsh is back, and this time it's all about Agile methodologies. What is it? Is anyone truely using it? Did you know there is an Agile Manifesto? That and more this episode!

TOPICS

Agile Manifesto
Can companies be truely 100% Agile?
What is Kanban? Scrum? Scrumban? Kanum?
...and so much more!

Special Guest: Mark Walsh.

Links:

Agile Alliance — Agile Alliance is a nonprofit member organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of Agile Software Development as outlined in the Agile Manifesto. We have supported and served the Agile community since 2001.

The Art of Networking

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0100

It's all about the Art of Networking, and no, we’re not talking about computers, LANs, and WANs. This show is all about about human - or business - networking. Is it worth it? A waste of time and/or money? Sarah Phipps joins Chris and Josey this week to discuss all things involving human networking.

TOPICS

Different types of networking
The costs, both in time and money
Do we need to network?
Should employees of larger companies network (question from our live audience)
How to get started
....and more!

Special Guest: Sarah Phipps.

Agents: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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?

TOPICS

How can agents help?
Should you let them change your CV or resume?
Tips on getting the most out of having an agent or recruiter.
The RTFM
...and more!

Special Guest: Cameron MacGrain.

Team Culture

Documentation Not Included — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:00:00 +0100

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!

TOPICS

What is team culture?
How to form a positive team culture...
Managerial styles (being macro/micro)
How to survive team culture
...and more!

LINKS
...coming soon

Special Guest: Sam Strauss.

Migration Mumbles

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Mark Walsh joins Josey and Chris to discuss the "joys" found in doing a code migration. It's all fun and games right?

TOPICS

Why would a code migration be needed?
What challenges are there?
Is it pure lunacy?
...and more?

LINKS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lB74Zg3QSw: Legacy Code: Big Rewrite or Progressive Rejuvenation? - Uberto Barbini | #LeadDevLondon 2018

Special Guest: Mark Walsh.

Links:

Legacy Code: Big Rewrite or Progressive Rejuvenation? - Uberto Barbini | #LeadDevLondon 2018

%&$@$!! Contractors - They Took Our Jaaaaabs!

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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!

TOPICS

Freelancer? Contractor? Just what are they?
Company policies on interactions with these wraithlike individuals
Maybe IR35? Maybe not?
Saying no... it's more than just a word. It defines roles
...and so much more

Special Guest: Anthony Keenan.

"Working" From Home

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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?

TOPICS

Can you really get more work done?
Can clients trust you?
Is your work depriortised compaired to those on site?
Is it for everyone?
...and so much more

Scope it up, Furball!

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Can Chris and Josey prevent scope creep during their episode on scope creep?

TOPICS

What is Scope Creep?
What causes it?
How to handle it as a project manager
How to handle it as someone with no control of the project itself
Other strange tales from the world of project management...

Oi! Freelancer! You're Fired! Part Two

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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.

TOPICS

Recap of Part 1
Client intereaction
Perspective
Personal Reflections
Lessons Learned and more!

In the Black: Freelancer Financials

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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!

TOPICS

When should you register a company
IR35
How to get good accounting advice
Questions to ask your accountant
....and more.

Special Guest: Simon Young.

Python: The Second Language

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Owain Williams has lived and breathed C#. 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".

TOPICS

What is the definition of language?
Why python?
What is special about it?
The real pros about having more than one language in your toolkit
...and more!

LINKS
Pragmatic Programmer Beta (20th Anniversary edition)

Python Tutorial for Beginners - Mosh Hamedani

Python Crash Course 2nd Edition

Git Repo of Owain's code

Python by Socratica

Special Guest: Owain Williams.

Oi! Freelancer! You're Fired!

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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!

TOPICS

Project Shifts
Budget Cuts
Is the word "Fired" evil?
..and more!

Freelance Fun - A Primer

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 30 May 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Chris and Josey start the Freelance version of Documentation Not Included with a Primer on topics that will discussed.

TOPICS

To certify, or not to certify
Clients
Finances
Legals
..and oh so much more!

Weird Dev Stories II

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 23 May 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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!
TOPICS

Cat Litter is useful!
Dr Who?
Mt Sebok
Git what?
.. and much more!

Special Guest: Anthony Keenan.

Enforced QA

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 16 May 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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?

TOPICS

What is QA?
Difference between TDD, BDD, QA
What processes are involved?
Should developers be involved in QA?
...and more!

Special Guest: Anthony Keenan.

(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.

Breaking into Virtualisation

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Chris and Pat are joined by Josh Thorman, a student with a keen interest in server virtualization.

TOPICS

What is virtualization?
Why is it useful?
* Cost saving
* Resource management
* Monitoring
* DR
* Backups
* Ease of maintenance
What kind of virtualization tools are available?

Special Guest: Joshua Thorman.

Dev Communities & Events

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0100

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.

TOPICS

What goes into organising conferences and meetups?
Inclusivity
...and more!

LINKS

https://twitter.com/MatthewGerstman/status/1110363827655376897?s=09

Special Guest: Paul Verbeek-Mast.

BIG vs small Companies pt 2

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:00:00 +0100

Patryk's back and boy does he have some opinions on BIG vs small companies, especially in the game development industry! 4

TOPICS

Job Stability
Game Development
Teams
Development speed and more!

BIG vs small Companies

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 07:00:00 +0000

I want to be BIG! Chris and Josey, with the text based Patryk, dig into the difference found in working for large and small companies!

TOPICS

The Differences (processes, policies)
The Similarities (overdoing it, many hats; wear them all)
What can they learn from each other.

US vs THEM

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 19:00:00 +0000

We've all seen it, the US vs THEM mentality. Be it bean-counters, juniors, sysadmins, developers, and others. Dan Howarth joins us this episode to discuss who US and THEM are, is separation bad, the effects of this mentality, and what we can all do to just get along!

TOPICS

Who is US?
Who is THEM?
What causes this rift?
How do we get past it?
Rants, and more!

Special Guest: Dan Howarth.

The 24/7 Job

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:00:00 +0000

The mysterious infrastructure admin "Gareth" appears to discuss the challenges of working in a 24/7 profession.

TOPICS

The Evolution to the IT Job
The 24/7 Cycle
On Call (good, bad, other)

Special Guest: Gareth Kingston.

A Startup Stack - Postgres & GraphQL

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Chris & Josey are joined by Gordon Johnston from Lineup Ninja to talk about Postgres, GraphQL, Firebase, and the world of data storage. Interspersed with the tech talk, are moments of developers ranting about their frustrations-- A normal show it seems.

TOPICS

Brief explanation of Postgres and GraphQL for nontechies
A review of some of the pros and cons REST to give some context as why GraphQL arose.
An introduction to GraphQL, it’s advantages and why we chose to move to a GraphQL solution from Firebase.
A quick overview of Postgres and it’s advantages.
An overview of GraphQL/Postgres landscape (Hasura, Postgraphile, Prisma)

LINKS
GraphQL: https://graphql.org/
Open API - https://www.openapis.org/
Swagger - https://swagger.io/
AWS IAM - https://aws.amazon.com/iam/

Special Guest: Gordon Johnston.

(In)Dispensable Developer

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Chris and Josey discuss the good and bad sides of being an indispensable IT worker, be it developer, devops, sysadmin, or other, and whether or not it is by choice or by circumstance.

TOPICS

The Bad Side of being Indispensable
The Good Side
Confidence helps, right?
Being forced into being indispensable
When to cut your losses

LINKS

What a Big Docker You Have

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Thornton Phillis joins us to discuss Docker, Containerisation, and more.

TOPICS

Docker
Kubernetes
Docker Swarm
Docker File

LINKS

Special Guest: Thornton Phillis.

The Developer Interview Process, WTF?

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Anthony Keenan joins us to discuss (rant about) the developer interview process.

TOPICS

Practical / Technical / Art Tests
Pair Programming Interview
Difference between the Freelance and Permanant inteview process
Asking the right questions
Time Wasting for Interviewers and Interviewees
Code Reviews / Refactor Test
The interview process that steals your answers

Special Guest: Anthony Keenan.

Shifting Security

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:00:00 +0000

The team start the year discussing security in the IT world and development and the impact they have on each other.

TOPICS

Have you ever been apart of the response team for a compromise?
Sharing tools internally as a company?
Password Management
Why you should always use a different password on every site.
Security Apathy / Fatigue
...and so much more!

LINKS
XKCD's Password Comic: http://xkcd.com/936/
A look at how XKCD's password comic is a bit out of date due to password crackers being onto this trick: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/03/choosing_secure_1.html

Not Playing Around

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Gareth “Gazimoff” Harmer joins the team to talk about interchangeable lessons for enterprise and game development.

TOPICS

What game development can learn from enterprise dev and vice versa
Scope / Resources
Crunch / Professional Working Development
Teams
Project Management
...and more!

LINKS
Gareth's Mastodon for Game Players: https://mmorpg.social/about

Special Guest: Gareth Harmer.

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.

Virtual Reality: An Overview

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:00:00 +0000

With Josey off sick, Chris and Patryk explore the good, bad, and ugly about Virtual Reality.

TOPICS

Current Applications for VR
What's holding VR back
Fears and Issues with VR

Worldwide Game Design Video Game Theory

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Bradley McAvoy-James joins us to discuss lessons learned from Fallout 76 and more...

TOPICS

Fallout 76
Dev Crunch
Game Dev Horror Stories
RTFMs

LINKS
Our host Patryk's game on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/987000/Shadow_Uprising/

Special Guest: Bradley McAvoy-James.

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

Player Feedback vs Player Data

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Anthony Nardozza joins us to look at how to disseminate player feedback vs player data.

TOPICS

The difference between player feedback and player data
Analytics
Surveys
What you should pay attention to.

LINKS
Total War Rome Reviews on Steam

Special Guest: Anthony Nardozza.

Old School Development & Burnout

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000

Anthony Keenan joins to turn back time and discuss old school programming, burnout, and trains.

TOPICS

Programming before the internet
Different ways of learning programming and coding
Burnout cause
How to tackle burnout
CV / Resume Driven Development

LINKS
I like trains

Special Guest: Anthony Keenan.

Support and Dev: The Symbiotic Relationship

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:00:00 +0000

We are joined by Ed, a support monkey, who gives us insight into how we can improve the relationship between support and development.
TOPICS

Pet Peaves of Enterprise Support
Documentation, is it really needed?
ITIL Framework
...a lot more!

LINKS
ITIL Framework

Special Guest: Ed Orr.

The Art of Being a Lead Dev

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 19:00:00 +0100

The Art of Team Leadership with Sam Strauss from RealVNC. First rule of Lead Dev... you're not herding cats! The second rule, ninjas beware.

TOPICS

What really is a Lead Dev role? Is the term right?
Where does it fit in a community
Encouragement, Guidance, Mentorship and more
Getting the most out of your team
Psychology

LINKS
TedEd - Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_WVY-E

Special Guest: Sam Strauss.

Javascript

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:00:00 +0100

Jay Cano joins the DNI team to discuss all things JavaScript.

TOPICS

Geocities
Catchphrases
JavaScript is old
Backbone
JQuery
Framework Fatigue / JavaScript Fatigue
React
JavaScript Framework Barrier to Entry
Security
PHP is still relevant?
TypeScript
Express, Node, Hapi

LINKS
Plotist

Special Guest: Jay Cano.

The MVP

Documentation Not Included — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:00:00 +0100

Meet Josey, Chris, and Patryk as they take you through their past, present, and future in development (and beards).

Our first show is considered our "Minimum Viable Product" - no guests, no fancy intros and --more likely than not-- tons of technical issues.

TOPICS
Introductions
Documentation Not Need Right?
The Icebreaker Question
The Hosts Past/Present/Future
R.T.F.M. - Acronyms should DIAF? Developers cast spells! The variations of ERP!
Show Close!

LINKS
Chris suggestions browser game https://agar.io/
Patryk recommends book series Gotrek and Felix
Josey recommends getting involved with American MgGee's Alice Asylum: https://www.americanmcgee.com/

MUSIC FROM THE CCMIXTER COMMUNITY
Intro: cdk - Sunday by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/53755
Outro: ＭＩＬＬＥＮＮＩＡＬＳ by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/57150