Show Archive

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

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?

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!

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.

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

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

Jamie Taylor joins Chris and Josey to discuss the best approach to modern website development. Are full stack frameworks better than static site generators? Are CMS's more appropriate?

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?

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!

Networking. Worth it? A waste of time and/or money? Sarah Phipps joins Chris and Josey this week to discuss all things involving human networking.

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?

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!

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

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!

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?

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

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.

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!

Owain Williams livesd and breathes C# in his work and as an Umbraco MVP. 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".

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!

Chris and Josey start the Freelance version of Documentation Not Included with a Primer on topics they will discuss including contracting, freelancing, and managed services.

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!

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?

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

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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; you know, a normal gathering of developers.

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.

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

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

The team start talk about security in the IT world and development and discuss the impact they have on each other.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sam Strauss from RealVNC joins us to discuss the differences between Lead Dev, Software Lead, and ninjas more.

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.

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