Jonathan Cutrell

Developer Tea

Developer Tea exists to help driven developers connect to their ultimate purpose and excel at their work so that they can positively impact the people they influence. With over 17 million downloads to date, Developer Tea is a short podcast hosted by Jonathan Cutrell, engineering leader with over 15 years of industry experience. We hope you'll take the topics from this podcast and continue the conversation, either online or in person with your peers. Email: developertea@gmail.com

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Jonathan Cutrell

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Technology

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www.developertea.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Part Two: Interview with Sam Lambert (@isamlambert) 23.03.2016

In today's episode, I interview Sam Lambert, Director of Systems at GitHub . Mentioned or relevant to today's episode GitHub @isamlambert Hubot Slack (chat) Hubot plugins ChatOps: How GitHub Manages MySQL Hubot: The Hubber that never sleeps. Whiteboard GitHub Pull Request "DBA" - DataBase Administrator Today's episode is sponsored by Rollbar . With Rollbar, you get the context, insights...

Part One: Interview with Sam Lambert (@isamlambert) 21.03.2016

In today's episode, I interview Sam Lambert, Director of Systems at GitHub . Mentioned or relevant to today's episode GitHub.com Sam Lambert Example of a Systems Engineer job at GitHub (they're hiring!) Jonathan on GitHub Git (not GitHub) Subversion Mercurial (another SCM) git-svn Telemetry GitHub pull requests GitHub issues "Human Development" (Interview with Ernie Miller) Today's episo...

Listener Question: Simon Asks About Assimilating into A New Company Culture 18.03.2016

In today's episode, I answer a question from listener Simon about assimilating into a new culture. Simon's previous question (Developer Tea) Shivering (Wikipedia) Today's episode is sponsored by Linode ! Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code DeveloperTea20 at checkout for a $20 credit towards your cloud hosting account! Thanks again to Linode for your support of Developer Tea. And l...

Part Two: Interview with Kalid Azad @betterexplained 16.03.2016

In today's episode, I interview Kalid Azad, writer and teacher, and creator of BetterExplained.com. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode BetterExplained.com ADEPT method First part of this interview (Developer Tea) Imaginary Numbers (BetterExplained.com) Unity3d "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." "Your teacup is full." (Story about monk and...

Part One: Interview with Kalid Azad (@betterexplained) 14.03.2016

Mentioned on today's episode @betterexplained (Kalid on Twitter) War of Art ("Story of the Potter") Do The Work (Pressfield) Adam Savage's podcast, Untested BetterExplained.com @jeffrey_way Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to Hired now! If you get a job through this special link,...

Crafting The Interview Process 11.03.2016

Crafting a Better Interview Process We surprisingly have no relevant non-sponsor links today, but take some time instead to think about and refine your interviewing process. You'll be surprised how much you will learn! Today's episode is sponsored by Linode ! Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use the code DeveloperTea20 at checkout for a $20 credit towards your cloud hosting account! Thanks...

Part Two: Interview with Rachel Smith 09.03.2016

In today's episode, I talk with Rachel Smith, a JavaScript developer currently working at CodePen! Mentioned or relevant to today's episode: CodePen @RachSmithTweets rachsmith on CodePen RachSmith.com Rachel's posts on Physics WebGL Quote (mentioned Edison in the episode, but actually this quote misattributed to Einstein ) Learning to Learn (Developer Tea episode) React (JavaScript framework) YDKJ...

Part One: Interview with Rachel Smith 07.03.2016

In today's episode, I talk with Rachel Smith, a JavaScript developer currently working at CodePen! Mentioned or relevant to today's episode: CodePen @RachSmithTweets rachsmith on CodePen Web Animation API RachSmith.com Rachel's CodePen posts (blog) w3c mailing list ActiveTheory About CodePen (includes team bios) Trello Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are looking for a job as a d...

Part Two: Interview With Kenneth Reitz (@kennethreitz) 04.03.2016

In today's episode, I interview Kenneth Reitz, Python product owner at Heroku! Mentioned or Relevant: Kenneth Reitz @kennethreitz Python requests records Coding for Humans (Developer Tea episode) Remap caps lock Vim Emacs Evil (extensible vi layer) for Emacs Sublime Text Atom.io tmux Redmine Pycharm Emmet Emmet Vim Zen Coding -> Emmet Sparkup Djembe Ben Orenstein on Developer Tea Today's episod...

Part One: Interview With Kenneth Reitz (@kennethreitz) 02.03.2016

In today's episode, I interview Kenneth Reitz, Python product owner at Heroku! Mentioned or Relevant: Kenneth Reitz @kennethreitz Python requests records MS Paint SlashWear Malware Museum Netapp Readability Heroku PyCon Django net/http (Ruby) MomentJS Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to Hi...

Episode 200! 29.02.2016

Today's episode is the 200th episode of Developer Tea! In this episode, I skip the stats, and instead share with you some of the things I've learned along the way of building this podcast since last January. Spec Slack Community Medium Blogspot Developer Tea on iTunes Podcasts front page! Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean ! Use the code DeveloperTea at checkout to get one month of a 1G...

Thinking Hats 26.02.2016

Edward de Bono Edward de Bono's thinking hats Developer Tea is proudly supported by Dev Bootcamp, the original immersive coding program that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers. Head over to devbootcamp.com/developertea to learn more. And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show! Click here to review Developer Tea in iTunes.

Part Two: Interview w/ Jason Snell 24.02.2016

In today's episode I have the pleasure of being joined by Jason Snell! Jason Snell @jsnell sixcolors.com snellworld.com snellworld.com Part One of the interview with Jason Snell Marco Arment Randy Ubillos on Twitter - "spent 20 years as chief architect for a number of Apple video and photo products" GitHub f.lux Productivity discussion : [5k iMac]http://www.apple.com/imac/() SmartDesk iP...

Part One: Interview w/ Jason Snell 22.02.2016

In today's episode I have the pleasure of being joined by Jason Snell! Jason Snell @jsnell sixcolors.com snellworld.com snellworld.com Mentioned or relevant to today's episode MacWorld PC World Upgrade Verge Re/code Buzzfeed NYT TechHive Inverted pyramid of journalism CNET review of the 2015 MacBook Hackintosh MSI Wind Notebook And lastly... Please take a moment and subscribe and review the show!...

Client Relationships: Meeting Preparation Tips 19.02.2016

In today's episode, we're going to discuss a few tips for preparing for a client meeting. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode Previous episode about client relationships Developer Tea is proudly supported by Dev Bootcamp, the original immersive coding program that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers. Head over to devbootcamp.com/developertea to learn more. And lastly... Please...

Part Two: Interview with David Hemphill 17.02.2016

In today's episode, I interview designer and developer David Hemphill. Mentioned in Today's Episode DavidHemphill.com @DavidHemphill Musicbed Beard.css Pushsilver BubbleCMS OOCSS Solid (Buzzfeed) "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Atomic Class" Noel Gallagher Bootstrap SMACSS BEM Perl REBL Laravel Vue.js Today's episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean ! Use the code DeveloperTea...

Part One: Interview with David Hemphill 15.02.2016

In today's episode, I interview designer and developer David Hemphill. Mentioned in Today's Episode DavidHemphill.com @DavidHemphill Musicbed Beard.css Pushsilver BubbleCMS Vim Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com ! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to Hired now! If you get a job through this special link, you'll receive a $2,00...

Building and Maintaining Client Relationships: Active Listening 12.02.2016

In today's episode, we're talking about a fundamental skill for building client relationships: active listening. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode User stories Developer Tea is proudly supported by Dev Bootcamp, the original immersive coding program that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers. Head over to devbootcamp.com/developertea to learn more. And lastly... Please take a...

Part Two: Simon St. Laurent 10.02.2016

In today's episode, I'll be talking with Simon St. Laurent, senior editor at O'Reilly and veteran web developer. Mentioned on or relevant to today's episode: "5 ways web apps and sites are the same–and different" Phonegap Actionscript Rails Model-View-Controller Backbone.js Angular.js Imageoptim Opera Mini Razr VR Fluent Conference Douglas Crockford JavaScript: The Good Parts Two-factor...

Part One: Simon St. Laurent 08.02.2016

In today's episode, I'll be talking with Simon St. Laurent, senior editor at O'Reilly and veteran web developer. HyperCard @simonstl (Simon on Twitter) O'Reilly React Angular Crockford's JavaScript the Good Parts ES6 Babel "ES2015" jQuery "Greenfield project" OpenGL D3.js Isomorphic Development (in Ruby) - Developer Tea interview with Ryan Stout NodeJS NWJS Nodebots Tessel Perl...

Turbulence 05.02.2016

In today's episode, I talk about turbulence, and a new approach to responding to difficulties you encounter. Mentioned or relevant to today's episode Separation of concerns TEDx Article about design with constraint Developer Tea is proudly supported by Dev Bootcamp, the original immersive coding program that transforms beginners into full-stack web developers. Head over to devbootcamp.com/develope...

Part 2: Una Kravets (@Una) 03.02.2016

In today's episode, I interview Una Kravets, developer at IBM and prolific open source advocate. Mentioned or Relevant on Today's Episode @Una Una's site/blog Una's GitHub Goals Agile Manifesto You Might Not Need JS You Might Not Need jQuery Getting Things Done ("GTD") "Estimating Sandwiches" - Developer Tea episode Spec Slack Community React JS Redux Flux Rebecca Murphey @rmur...

Part 1: Una Kravets (@Una) 01.02.2016

In today's episode, I interview Una Kravets, developer at IBM and prolific open source advocate. Toolsday Podcast @Una Una's site/blog BEMCSS Atomic Design Dev Tea Episode about Pattern Libraries Bluemix "Classy CSS" CSSGram Instagram CSS Blend Mode spec My article on blend modes article on Web Design Tuts Art the Web (arttheweb.com) f.lux on Desktop f.lux on iPhone iOS Preview Media Que...

Crucial Steps for Interview Preparation 29.01.2016

In today's episode, we will discuss the sunk cost fallacy and 3 traps that lead to the sunk cost fallacy that you should avoid. Mentioned Or Relevant To Today's Episode Hired.com (Disclaimer: Hired is a sponsor of this show, but did not sponsor this episode.) Culture and Connecting to Our Work with Pamela Vickers Today's episode is sponsored by Linode ! Head over to Linode.com/developertea or use...

Part 2 - Rachel Nabors (@rachelnabors) 27.01.2016

In today’s episode, I interview Rachel Nabors, front-end developer, animator, speaker, and writer. Today's episode is sponsored by Hired.com! If you are looking for a job as a developer or a designer and don't know where to start, head over to http://www.hired.com/developertea now! If you get a job through this special link, you'll receive a $2,000 bonus - that's twice the normal bonus provided by...

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