The Cynical Developer

James takes a cynical look at the current state of software development in 2026. What's working, what's broken, and what needs to change?

Welcome back to The Cynical Developer! In this episode, James introduces Season 2 and discusses what's coming up in the new season.

In this episode we talk about JetBrains Space, with Valerie Andrianova.   Contacting Valerie Andrianova Website: https://www.jetbrains.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/va_leriya LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-andrianova-1172031a/ Blog: https://blog.jetbrains.com/author/valerie-andrianova/ Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )

In this episode we talk about Code Reviews with Jordan Ambra   Contacting Jordan Ambra   Website: https://www.serenity.software Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanambra LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanambra/   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )

In This episode we talk with Lee Mallon about the Developer Life cycle   Contacting Lee Mallon   Website: http://www.rarely.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/leemallon LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/leemallon   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )   Music used during guest introduction - "Action Time" by Muz Station Productions ( https://assetstore.unity.com/p...

In this episode we talk with Nigel Cannings about Deep fakes... or do we... is this even us, are you even you? Contacting Nigel Cannings Website: http://www.dointelligentvoicewonky.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/intelligentvox LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelcannings Sponsor This episode is sponsored by https://configcat.com/ Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-softwa...

In this returning episode we introduce a returning guest Matt Yonkovit, who was on the show back in November 2019, on episode 127 about Automation leading us astray! Matt is back to talk to us about the changes happening in the Open Source sphere... Register for Percona Live Online 2021 today for FREE! - https://www.percona.com/live/conferences Contacting Matt Yonkovit Website: http://www.dowonky....

In this episode we talk about PayPal with Drew Angell   Contacting Drew Angell Twitter: https://twitter.com/angelleye LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akangell/   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )

In this episode with talk about Spring with Laurentiu Spilca   Contacting Laurentiu Spilca Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurspilca LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren%C5%A3iu-spilc%C4%83-01a931107/ Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/laurentiuspilca   Get Laurentiu's book on Spring Spring Security in Action: https://www.manning.com/books/spring-security-in-action?query=Laurentiu%20Spilca&utm_s...

In this episode we talk about Svelte with Mark Volkmann.     Contacting Mark Volkmann Website: https://mvolkmann.github.io/ Blog: https://mvolkmann.github.io/blog/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-volkmann-28466/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mark_volkmann   Get Mark#s book on Svelte and Sapper Svelte and Sapper in Action: https://www.manning.com/books/svelte-and-sapper-in-action   Episod...

In this episode we talk to Benjamin Harding about the fact that being a developer is more the coding.     Contacting Benjamin Harding Website: http://benharding.co.nz/ Github: https://github.com/BenjaminHarding LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-harding-10aa2360/   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )

In this episode we talk to Sam Schutte about leadership for developers.   Contacting Sam Schutte Website: https://samuelschutte.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/unstoppablesoft   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )

In this episode we talk about some truths that new developers should be aware of with Dan Moore.   Contacting Dan Moore Website: https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatrickMcFadin   Get the book USA: https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484260739 Rest of the World: https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781484260739 DISCOUNT CODES FOR THE BOOK GiveMeMoore08 - good through Aug 3...

In this episode we talk about Cassandra 4.0 with Patrick McFadin.   Contacting Patrick McFadin Website: https://cassandra.apache.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatrickMcFadin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-mcfadin-53a8046/ Datastax: https://www.datastax.com/   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )

In this episode we talking about Microservices with Christian Horsdal WIN A COPY OF MICROSERVICES IN .NET 2nd EDITION To win a copy enter the draw here: https://cynical.dev/microservices2ndedition   Contacting Christian Horsdal Website: https://www.horsdal-consult.dk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/chr_horsdal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianhorsdal Book: https://www.manning.com/books...

In this episode we talking about developer estimates with Aaron Upright   Contacting Aaron Upright Website: https://www.zenhub.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronupright/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ImAaronUpright Contacting Zen Hub LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/4820421/admin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZenHubHQ   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-sof...

In this episode we talking about authoring books for developers with Philip Keily   Contact Philip Keily Twitter: https://twitter.com/philip_kiely YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvt-DiQlQTpdVDcpPa4EjLA Website: https://philipkiely.com/   Episode Editing by - RJJ Software Ltd ( https://rjj-software.co.uk/ )

In this episode we talk about Augmented Reality with Connell Gauld   Contact Connell Gauld LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connell-gauld-95a56b7b   Contact Zapper Website: https://www.zappar.com/ Blog: https://www.zappar.com/blog Twitter: https://twitter.com/zapparapp YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zappartv LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zappar/   Episode Editing by - RJJ...

In this episode we talk about dashboards and grafana with Raj Dutt.   Contact Raj Dutt LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radutt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nopzor Blog: https://grafana.com/author/raj/   Contact Grafana Grafana: https://grafana.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grafana/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/grafana LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grafana-labs/ GitHub:...

In this episode we talk about OpenStack with Tytus Kurek   Contact Tytus Kurek LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkurek/   Contact Canonical Website: https://canonical.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/canonical

In this episode we talk about Software and the Apocolypse, with Ian Reynolds   Contact Ian Reynolds Website: https://www.zibtek.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/just_solve LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianjhreynolds/ Github: https://github.com/IanReynolds-Zibtek

In this episode we speak with Todd Gardner about Modern Development for Modern Developers   Contact Todd Gardner Website: https://todd.mn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/toddhgardner LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/clifford-agius Github: https://github.com/toddhgardner   Contact TrackJs Website: https://https://trackjs.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/trackjs   Contact Request Metrics Website:...

In this episode we talk about Pilots, Prothetics and Programming with Cliff Agius, this is part 2 of 2 Find part one here: Episode 137 - Piloting .Net Prosthetics pt.1   Contact Clifford Agius Website: https://www.cliffordagius.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CliffordAgius LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/clifford-agius Github: https://github.com/CliffAgius

In this episode we talk about Pilots, Prothetics and Programming with Cliff Agius, this is part 1 of 2     Contact Clifford Agius Website: https://www.cliffordagius.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CliffordAgius LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/clifford-agius Github: https://github.com/CliffAgius

In this episode we're join by two guests, Zac Braddy and Jamie Taylor to discuss what developers goals, and what we're doing in the next 12 months or more.   Contact Jamie Taylor Website: https://www.gaprogman.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dotNetCoreShow LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jamie-taylor-57602959 GitHub: https://github.com/gaprogman Blog: https://dotnetcore.gaprogman.com   Cont...