Developer Tea

Take a moment to take a few breaths. That's what we're talking about in today's episode, taking a moment to appreciate the time you live in and how far you've come as a person and a developer. Today's episode is sponsored by Stack Overflow for Teams! . I bet if you've experienced a bug or problem in your job, you've used Stack Overflow as a go-to resource to find an answer to your problem. Now you...

Becoming a great developer comes with practice and observation. Today, we're going to talk about developing long-term learning habits of developers and ways that you can evaluate the health of your learning environments. Thanks to today's Sponsor: SkySilk Create simple virtual private servers in seconds at www. SkySilk.com. Choose from over 40 Linux OS Distros and Software Applications for fast, s...

How do you write beautiful code? This is an age-old question for developers and in today's episode, we're going to talk about different techniques to come out of a coding session feeling confident and happy with your work. Thanks to today's Sponsor: Bitrise If you're looking for an automatic platform and configuration detection, to build, test & deploy in minutes check out Bitrise . They've go...

Perhaps you've faced the problem where something works perfecting fine on your device but broken for someone else. Today, we're talking about ways to signal yourself when you're in these situations through inductive and deductive reasoning. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE...

Have you ever tried to understand what a 4th dimension would feel like? In today's episode, we're going to be talking about gaining new perspectives and why it's so hard. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to https://spec.fm/lino...

What is your most memorable de-bugging session? Today, we're talking about fixing our losses by reframing the situation. Thanks to today's Sponsor: Bitrise If you're looking for an automatic platform and configuration detection, to build, test & deploy in minutes check out Bitrise . They've got an open source library of 170+ integrations, and the best part there's no scripting needed! Run the...

If you've ever lived in a dorm room, then you've probably heard of the furniture company: IKEA. Its affordable furniture that comes unassembled and building furniture gives you a feeling of accomplishment or frustration depending on how well the furniture was packaged or instructions written. In today's episode, we'll be drawing comparisons with IKEA furniture assembly and the value of good techni...

It's not an easy task to describe what you do as a software developer to a non-technical person. A blanket description is to tell non-technical people that we "solve problems". That's what we're talking about in today's episode and we'll explore different strategies to solve problems we face as developers. ###Today's episode is sponsored by Stackoverflow for Teams . I bet if you've exper...

Take a moment to think about the tools you use to do your development work? What text editor are you using? Which web browser are you defaulting to? In today's episode, we're talking about tools that you could be using or already are using and intentions we can put in place to make them better. Thanks to today's Sponsor: Bitrise If you're looking for an automatic platform and configuration detecti...

What is your plan for today? Where are you going to go and what people are you going to interact with? A lot of the decisions we make become automatic. That's what we're talking about today with Max Hawkins . Max was also on NPR's Invisibilia podcast and we reference his episode a few times in this part 2 of our conversation with Max as well as the part 1 episode. Today's episode is sponsored by L...

What is your plan for today? Where are you going to go and what people are you going to interact with? A lot of the decisions we make become automatic. That's what we're talking about today with Max Hawkins . Max was also on NPR's Invisibilia podcast and we reference his episode a few times in this part 1 interview as well as the part 2 of our conversation, coming out on Wednesday. Today's episode...

What is on your mind? Today we are talking about ways we can inspect our default state of mind. Thanks to today's Sponsor: Bitrise If you're looking for an automatic platform and configuration detection, to build, test & deploy in minutes check out Bitrise . They've got an open source library of 170+ integrations, and the best part there's no scripting needed! Run the same config locally with...

Think about the last 5....20 and 100 days. If you're like most people then most of those days had one thing in common that you can draw a line between and say you repeated. Today, we're talking about the daily things that we have control over, how we cultivate habit and how we can change our habits. ####Get in touch If you have questions about today's episode, want to start a conversation about to...

If you've ever known a small child, then you've probably noticed that when they get hurt, they react by running to an adult for consolation. We'd like to think that we grow out of this as adults, but we need to be taught to manage a situation. Today, we're talking about the concept of being a tattletale and knowing when it's helpful and when it's hurtful. ####Get in touch If you have questions abo...

The episode wraps up our week of practical applications. In today's episode, we're talking about why we don't pick up a new tool, keep our documentation up to date, and why we're not following New Year's resolutions. More broadly put, we're talking about habits. Thanks to today's Sponsor: Bitrise If you're looking for an automatic platform and configuration detection, to build, test & deploy i...

This week we're talking about practical things and today we're talking about 3 psychological realities that can help you connect better with your coworkers. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to https://spec.fm/linode and use the...

This week we're going to get very practical. Today we're talking about identifying code smells (very common ones) and a few ways to fix them. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to https://spec.fm/linode and use the code DEVELOPER...

What do great learners have in common? In today's episode we're talking about are the common factors of successful people and what we can learn from their experiences. Thanks to today's Sponsor: Bitrise If you're looking for an automatic platform and configuration detection, to build, test & deploy in minutes check out Bitrise . They've got an open source library of 170+ integrations, and the...

Do you know what makes you happy? In today's episode we're talking about what it means to be happy and how to connect to our happiness when it changes from moment to moment Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to https://spec.fm/li...

What does it mean to write good code? In today's episode we're answering this question with the use of a heuristic: Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to https://spec.fm/linode and use the code DEVELOPERTEA2018 at checkout. ####G...

Biases are going to change the way you view statistics. In today's episode we're talking about different ways you can work around your biases. Today's Episode is Brought To You By: WooCommerce WooCommerce is an open source eCommerce solution, built on WordPress. With WooCommerce you can sell physical products, digital downloads, subscriptions, memberships, services, and tickets - plus offer flexib...

Today we're talking about ways that we exacerbate ways of seeing things clearly. More specifically we're determining how to uncover truth as it relates to our surroundings, or inspection. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to htt...

We've established that statistics are useful and more relevant in our day-to-day work life, but how do statistics effect our personal selves? In Today's episode we're talking about what statistics mean for our personal selves and how we make our decisions. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's...

What makes discussions about statistics sound cold? In today's episode we're breaking down the etymology of statistics, how it's evolved over the years and how we can make better decisions based on real statistics. Today's Episode is Brought To You By: WooCommerce WooCommerce is an open source eCommerce solution, built on WordPress. With WooCommerce you can sell physical products, digital download...

How is it that we know the right things to do but often don't do them? In today's episode we'll be discussing internal operations that are so clearly correct but sometimes we fail to do it. Today's episode is sponsored by Linode . In 2018, Linode is joining forces with Developer Tea listeners by offering you $20 of credit - that's 4 months of FREE service on the 1GB tier - for free! Head over to h...