Developing Fatigue
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSoftware development podcast with a focus on the human side of programming
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Episodes
Training
August 18, 2021 12:07 - 18 minutes - 41.4 MBIn this episode Kris and Toran discuss what to expect from a paid conference training. References ElixirConf 2021 Training The Overstory Pragmatic Studio LiveView Pro Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Self Preservation
May 04, 2021 10:47 - 25 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode Kris and Toran discuss an article titled "The dispassionate developer" and the controversy around staying sharp in the software industry. References Vim Clutch The dispassionate developer Tailwind CSS Windy Obsidian Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Identity
April 02, 2021 11:29 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this episode Kris and Toran discuss decorators, programmer identity and the value of hobby projects. References EmberJS Babel decorators Elixir Spartan Trifecta Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Retreat
March 01, 2021 12:41 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBIn this episode Kris and Toran discuss React Native, push notifications and the value of a team retreat. References React Native Expo Expo Push Notifications Elixir Wizards Phoenix LiveView Drag and Drop Akira The Don Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Growth
February 11, 2021 17:17 - 18 minutes - 13.2 MBIn the season 3 kickoff Kris and Toran discuss growth during the long gap between seasons. References Knowledge Work 3.0 Stencil Web Components Tailwind 2.0 See you at the top Read to lead Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Take Home
February 08, 2020 00:45 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBIn the season 2 finale Kris, Brandon and Toran discuss the pros and cons of the controversial take home assignment. References Take Home Force Push Toran's Take Home Blinkist What's Best Next TypeScript Decorators Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Stuck
January 21, 2020 15:23 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBIn this episode Toran and Brandon discuss why software engineers get stuck, how they persist and the potential downsides of relentless problem solving. References Rubber duck debugging Amazon ECS Docker and iptables Focusrite Scarlett Solo Splendor Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Trends
January 07, 2020 23:18 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBIn this episode Toran and Kris discuss various trends in software development. In particular, we cover thick client development, the rise of javascript and atomic css frameworks. References Frontside podcast with Kris Dreaming in Code Shaping, betting, and building podcast AJAX Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Success
December 24, 2019 13:06 - 22 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode Toran and Brandon discuss what it takes to be successful in tech. We cover hard skills and soft skills alike in search of useful career advice for both JR and SR engineers. References Impostor Syndrome Gary Bernhardt Growth Mindset Walking Skeleton Why Elixir? Throughput Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Digital Minimalism
December 10, 2019 23:14 - 19 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode Kris and Toran chat about digital minimalism inspired by the book from Cal Newport. We talk about social media and the role silence plays in the attention economy. References Digital Minimalism Digital Minimalism ebook on blinkist Visible Spartan Race Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Trust
November 27, 2019 16:31 - 30 minutes - 35.2 MBThis week Kris and Brandon talk about building trust across teams. Their discussion includes a handful of personal stories on the subject including when they felt trusted, frustrated and everything in between. References Ruby on Rails Postmortem Enneagram Impostor Syndrome aws Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Reputation
November 11, 2019 02:28 - 18 minutes - 21.1 MBBrandon and Kris attempt to console Toran as he wrestles with the idea that his reputation might be on the line as he makes the transition into gaming software development. References Monkey Patching Extreme Programming (XP) Test First DevOps How to Lead When You're Not in Charge Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue
Lightning Talks
October 28, 2019 16:20 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MBKris and Toran discuss lightning talks, the tradeoffs associated with remote work and 1 minute praisings. They also touch on work ethic and finding focus time while remaining connected. References Testing Multi-Node Phoenix @ElixirConf F3 Nation The acceptance testing burden The New One Minute Manager Impostor Syndrome How to Win Friends & Influence People Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingfat...
New Gigs
October 13, 2019 12:39 - 36 minutes - 34 MBWe kick off season 2 with a discussion about the career transition both Kris and Toran made in early 2019. We also hear from Brandon about training up new hires, the force multiplier effect and embracing challenges from less experienced engineers. References MacBook Pro Key Bindings for VSCode Lonestar Elixir Vue.js Elm Enneagram GNU Debugger Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] o...
Code Review
September 17, 2018 11:57 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBHow do you do a code review and provide feedback in a non threatening way? How do you receive code review feedback? What is the point of code reviews? Listen to Kris, Toran, and Brandon cover these questions in how to give and receive code reviews to level up your team. References Code Review Creating a pull request 20% of code lives > 5 years ember-a11y graphQL workshop Bullet Journal Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello?...
Cross Functional Teams
September 07, 2018 13:22 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBKris, Toran, and Brandon discuss what a cross functional team is and how to get the most out of the team setup. They cover team composition strategies that improve the flow of work and how crossing boundaries can increase throughput. References Cross Functional Team Modern Agile Active Listening Docker Skin in the game No Silver Bullet Release Management F3 Nation Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at devel...
Consulting
August 31, 2018 11:50 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBThis week Toran and Brandon are interviewed by Kris as we learn more about consulting. We talk about the differences between consulting and contracting, why consultants/contractors tend to have a high hourly rate, some of the business and legal aspects of consulting, how to land that first consulting job and ultimately why they left consulting to return to full time employment. References Kris Van Houten on twitter Brandon Williams on twitter Toran Billups on twitter Do you have fe...
Remote Work
August 23, 2018 11:44 - 29 minutes - 41.6 MBThis week the trio diverges from the normal format as they do an interview style episode on the topic of remote work. Brandon dives right in with questions on how to do it well, what are the pros of working remote, why Kris and Toran like working remote and concludes with how to land that first remote developer job. References Kris Van Houten on twitter Brandon Williams on twitter Toran Billups on twitter Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic...
Retention
August 11, 2018 14:27 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBThis week we talk about retention and how companies can keep people in this industry as people are seemingly transient in their jobs. We discuss about some reasons that people might choose to move on in their career. We cover some signs that can help you know when it's time to look for a new job and how good leadership has a large impact on retaining top talent and a couple of ways that leaders can influence people to grow in their career at the company. References YouthCode Servant le...
Interviewing
August 02, 2018 13:50 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBIn our episode on interviewing, we converse about the good and bad interviews we have had (from the interviewee perspective). We then move on to what we look for when we're conducting interviews and some of the things we wish that people would change about the interview process (take home projects, whiteboards, and questions related to the theoretical part of computer science). We also cover how we prepare for interviews and answers we prepare for commonly asked questions. References The...
So Good They Can't Ignore You
July 26, 2018 14:05 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBOur hosts discuss yet another book by Cal Newport, "So Good They Can't Ignore You". In this book, Cal Newport challenges the idea of "follow your passion" for work that you should do by calling this the "Passion Hypothesis". Kris, Toran, and Brandon discuss this and the other major points of the book, Career Capital and Deliberate practice as they reflect on their career journeys thus far. They also dream about the future and how what they learned from this book could help level up in their ...
Learning
July 19, 2018 13:53 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBInspired by a blog post from earlier this year that stated learning is hard, we discuss our different styles of learning. We also discuss learning from the other side where we are helping other people to learn and how we teach and coach. We move on to explore the difference between “Just in time learning” vs “Just in case learning”? How the difference between these two can help people new to technology utilize these ways of learning to relieve the pressure of “keeping up”. References Ti...
Deep Work
July 12, 2018 11:11 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBIn this episode Brandon, Kris, and Toran chat about the topic of deep work inspired by the book “Deep Work” by Cal Newport. We talk about what distractions look like and how we can better engage in deep work to provide the most value to our teams and organizations. References Deep Work by Cal Newport The Model Health Show - Deep Work (podcast) Own the day, own your life Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developi...
Culture Shifting
July 05, 2018 12:29 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBWe discuss culture and define what it is and what it is not. How do we create, maintain, enhance the culture. We cover the concept of shared values and practical tips for working towards an awesome productive culture. Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter @developfatigue For a full transcript of the show visit our blog https://developingfatigue.fm/show/4/culture-shifting
Mentoring
June 26, 2018 23:44 - 30 minutes - 42.9 MBThis week we cover the different forms of mentorship where we have been the mentor and the mentee. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to mentoring. What does a successful mentoring session look like? The mentoring session is not a one way flow of information and both parties should be contributing to enhance the learning. References ember-cli-hot-loader Terraform Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Write us at developingf...
Career Paths
June 26, 2018 23:16 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MBIn this episode, we discuss how you progress through your career as a developer. Do you pursue path of developer to senior developer to manager? Is this the only way to “level up” in your career? We challenge this in your journey as a developer and what it means to be a “T” shaped person and how leveling up is not all about the hard skills. References Melanie Sumner Soft Skills (book by John Sonmez) 8 Part Accessibility Blog Series (by Kris) Let's Choose Kaizen Instead Of "The Rewr...
Origin
June 18, 2018 23:10 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBThis week we discuss the origin story of the podcast. Kris and Brandon share how they came to know Toran and what trouble has come of it since. Along the way, Toran genuinely highlights the unique characteristics of both Brandon and Kris that convinced him this trio had something special to offer. References Kris Van Houten on twitter Brandon Williams on twitter Toran Billups on twitter Do you have feedback about the show? Want to hear more about a specific topic or say hello? Writ...