Three Devs and a Maybe
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJoin us each week as we discuss all things software development. Frequently joined by a far more intelligent guest on the show's topic, we by no means know everything, but love what we do. Topics range from daily developer life, PHP, frameworks, testing, good software design and our experiences using many other programming languages.
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164: Delving into Elixir with Keyvan Akbary
May 09, 2019 11:00 - 28.5 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Keyvan Akbary back on the show. We start off by discussing the job role he has taken since moving back to Madrid, and the importance of building autonomous teams. From here, we talk about the technology stack they are using at Cabify, highlighting some of the interesting features found in Elixir and Go. Finally, we touch upon Cabify’s infrastructure and deployment strategy, showcasing how awesome GitLab is along the way.
163: Building SaaS Products with Simon Bennett
April 18, 2019 18:35 - 20 MBIn this weeks episode we chat to Simon Bennett about his experience bootstrapping SaaS products. We start off with how he got into software development and highlight some of his previous/current business ventures. This leads us to highlight treating each failure as an experiment, and the danger (as a developer) of using a new product idea as a platform to learn new technology. From here, we discuss the success he has had from SnapShooter, his new product Automaily, and the unique challenges b...
162: PHP + JIT = GR8 with Joe Watkins
April 11, 2019 12:30 - 20.9 MBIn this weeks episode we have good friend of the show Joe Watkins back on to discuss the recent developments in PHP. We start off by highlighting how code is currently compiled and executed using the Zend VM, and distill how the recently approved JIT (for PHP 8) will change this. From here we mention the reasoning for going down this path now, the difference between I/O vs CPU bound code, and the use-cases where the JIT will improve performance. This leads us to the PHP compiler project Antho...
161: Exploring Bitcoin with Mattias Geniar
April 01, 2019 17:40 - 31 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Mattias Geniar back on the show to discuss his experiences delving into Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies. We start off by chatting about his introduction to Bitcoin, the ‘bear market’ of 2018 and how valuable the ‘Mastering Bitcoin’ book is to understanding its’ internals. From here we move on to the concept of ‘Code is Law’ and the implications of such an approach, the pros n’ cons of being a developer in this space, and how he stores his private keys (...
160: Serverless PHP using Bref with Matthieu Napoli and Neal Brooks
February 23, 2019 17:40 - 21.3 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have both Matthieu Napoli and Neal Brooks on the show to discuss all things Serverless PHP. We start off by discussing what drew Matthieu to Serverless, the creation of the Bref project and the technical challenges encountered with getting PHP to work within the Lambda environment. From here, we touch upon the reasons behind moving from the Serverless Framework to SAM (for the 0.3 release) and how Bref uses the new Lambda Layers and Runtime API. This lead...
159: PHP Test Tooling and RFC Roundup with Joe Watkins
January 08, 2019 18:45 - 22.7 MBIn this weeks episode we are joined by Joe Watkins for a long overdue catchup. We start off the show by discussing what Sandboxing is and the new Sandbox extension he has developed. From here, we touch upon test-doubles/mocking frameworks, the reasoning behind building uopz in the past, and now componere/mimus to aid in testing. This leads us on to highlight what test coverage is, the history of coverage tooling within PHP, and the new exciting pcov extension he has released. Finally, we do a...
158: Hexagonal Architecture (Ports and Adapters) with Matthias Noback
December 03, 2018 20:00 - 26 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Matthias Noback on the show to discuss software architecture design. We start off the show by highlighting why we should invest time in the architecture of our software, and what is meant by ‘layers’ of an application. This leads us to discuss what Hexagonal Architecture (Ports and Adapters) actually is, Infrastructure vs. Core (Domain, Application) and the Dependency Inversion Principle. From here we mention the different responsibilities Ports and ...
157: The Symfony Ecosystem with Nicolas Grekas
October 25, 2018 17:30 - 19.2 MBIn this week’s episode Edd and guest co-host Neal Brooks chat to Nicolas Grekas about all things Symfony. We start off discussion with how he got interested in programming, his introduction to Symfony, and his journey to now working on the code-base almost daily. This leads us on to talk about how he helped build the performance profiler Blackfire, and the importance of quantitative measurements whilst making performance improvements. From here we highlight managing pull requests, the social ...
156: Running Symfony on AWS Lambda with Neal Brooks
September 28, 2018 04:30 - 24.2 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to be joined by Neal Brooks, a fellow developer of Edd’s at MyBuilder. We start off by discussing how he got into programming, QBasic and video driver shenanigans. From here, we move on to introduce his SymfonyLive London talk ‘Running Symfony on AWS Lambda’. We highlight what drew him to Lambda, and the new tooling that is making it easier to run PHP and frameworks (such as Symfony) on it. This leads us to cover his demo application, and explore handling as...
155: Bridging the Security Gap with Scott Arciszewski
September 26, 2018 09:15 - 31.1 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to be joined by Scott Arciszewski to discuss all things Security. We start off by chatting about a recent talk he gave at DEF CON 25 and the importance of secure API design. From here we highlight Google Tink, misunderstandings of how PHP has changed over the years and what CVE’s are. This leads us on to delve into the tools and processes used within the reconnaissance phase of a security engagement. Finally, we briefly mention Quantum Computing and its impa...
154: Why all the Curly Braces? with Scott Wlaschin
August 30, 2018 13:30 - 31.7 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Scott Wlaschin back on the show to discuss his most recent talk ‘Four Languages from Forty Years Ago’. We start off by talking about why the 1970’s was such an influential decade for language design. This leads us on to highlight what a programming language fundamentally is, and explain the many different paradigms that are present. From here, we explain the issue with throwing out the design phase completely when building software, and the interesti...
153: The Mouse in the House
August 06, 2018 14:30 - 19 MBIn this weeks episode we start off discussion around testing in a Continuous Integration pipeline, and setting up a personal Bamboo CI system. We then move on to separating domain logic from the delivery, and how a Package-Bridge-Delivery split works. After a small mouse related intermission, we touch upon experiences building custom Babel plugins and testing using Jest, Travis CI and Docker. Finally, we highlight creating small CLI applications with Go, Serverless Offline and Logic-Gates/8-b...
152: New Jobs, Engagements and Marathons
July 13, 2018 17:30 - 28.4 MBIn this weeks episode Mick and Edd have a long overdue catchup! We start off the show by discussing Mick’s new job, the new stack he is using, and the benefits of working in a team. From here we highlight how his company uses Scrum (Sprints, Planning Poker and Story Points), handling event-sourced models with the introduction of GDPR, and logic within annotations. Finally, we touch upon Edd’s recent engagement and marathon, a new Serverless/React blog series he is working on, developing appli...
151: AWS, Golang and iOS Development with Alex Bilbie
July 03, 2018 17:00 - 32.2 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to be joined by Alex Bilbie to discuss all things AWS, Golang and iOS development. We start off the show by exploring how he got into programming, the stack he currently uses, and moving from a Monolith Laravel application to Golang microservices (deployed using ECS). From here, we move on to highlight his time developing the popular PHP OAuth 2.0 Server package, and how he first got interested in the AWS platform. We then discuss the power of composing serv...
150: PHP was not designed for that?! with Joe Watkins
June 15, 2018 17:00 - 23.2 MBIn this weeks episode we catch-up with Joe Watkins. We start off discussion with a recent blog post he wrote about the unhelpful ‘just because you can, doesn’t mean you should’ response he sees surrounding some of his PHP extensions. From here we move on to highlight a debugger you can ‘composer require’, reasons behind creating such a tool and how it works. This leads us on to mention some updates to uopz for PHP 7 support, a weak references RFC he has recently published and future plans for...
149: Software Design with Scott Wlaschin
June 04, 2018 17:30 - 36.8 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Scott Wlaschin back on the show to discuss design within software. We start off by highlighting leaky abstractions, adopted tool-chains and transpiling languages into JavaScript. From here we move on to talk about what makes ‘good code’, and how evaluating this is heavily reliant on the requirements and context you are in. Finally, we discuss how OO and FP software architectures differ, advantages of being explicit over implicit and information-hidin...
148: Site Reliability Engineering with Niall Murphy
May 05, 2018 10:10 - 32 MBIn this week’s episode we are lucky to be joined by Niall Murphy to discuss the discipline of Site Reliability Engineering. We start off by speaking about how he got into computing, how the SRE role came to be and what drew him to it. From here, we highlight the position of an SRE within a company/group, what SLA’s are, the positives of having 50% operations work caps and blameless postmortems. This leads us to talk about the reasoning behind striving for 100% uptime is actually detrimental t...
147: Proof of Everything with Jay Smith
April 30, 2018 14:45 - 30.5 MBIn this week’s episode we are lucky to have Jay Smith back on the show to talk all things cryptocurrency. We start off the podcast by briefly recapping what’s been happening within the space since we last spoke. This leads us to discuss the Lighting Network running on the Bitcoin Mainnet, CryptoKitties, ERC-721 tokens and Ethereum Casper. From here we chat about Proof of Work, the environmental impacts of the protocol and how Proof of Stake differs. Finally, we chat about Web3, experiences us...
146: EconoNAS and HTPC System Builds with Brian Moses
April 11, 2018 17:30 - 32 MBIn this weeks episode we are joined again by Brian Moses to discuss several of his recent system builds. We start off the show delving into his recent EconoNAS, highlighting the goals behind the build and how he goes about selecting the hardware parts. We then discuss his experience using White-label HDD’s for the first time. From here, we move on to discuss his HTPC - again highlighting the goals and the experience of live-streaming the build. This leads us on to highlight the AMD Ryzen Thre...
145: The Power of Composition with Scott Wlaschin
March 13, 2018 09:30 - 40.4 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Scott Wlaschin back on the show. We start of discussion by highlighting his most recent talk on composition and some useful analogies to Lego, Brio and Unix. From here we move on to investigate function and type composition, the difference between a paradigm shift compared to simply a syntax one and the advantages of an opinionated language. This leads us on to mention how within application design pushing the side-effects to the edge and keeping the...
144: Build, Provision and Deploy in the Cloud with Thijs Feryn
February 14, 2018 06:15 - 21.5 MBIn this weeks episode we are joined by Thijs Feryn to discuss his upcoming PHP UK conference talk. We start of the show highlighting what drew him to a Tech. evangelist role, bridging the gap between code/infrastructure and the ideas behind ‘Infrastructure as Code’. From here we move on to discuss system and infrastructure provisioning automation tools such Ansible and Terraform. This leads on to adding Packer into the mix, moving towards immutable infrastructure, testing these automation too...
143: Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption with Scott Arciszewski
February 06, 2018 18:00 - 31.2 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to be joined again by Scott Arciszewski. We start off the show by discussing the difference between Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption, what Authenticated Encryption is and how secret-keys are exchanged using Diffie-Hellman. From here, we move on to highlight how Elliptic-curve cryptography works, what DNSCrypt is and why prime numbers are so important in cryptography. Finally, we touch upon multi-factor authentication, how one time passwords work, SMS vuln...
142: Domain Modeling Made Functional with Scott Wlaschin
January 30, 2018 09:25 - 40.3 MBIn this weeks episode we chat to Scott Wlaschin about his new book ‘Domain Modeling Made Functional’. We start off the show discussing how the book came to be, the process of writing a book and melding the worlds of Domain Modeling/Functional Programing. This leads us on to highlight what Domain Driven Design is, the importance of communication and the difference between the solution/problem space to garner a shared model. Finally, we touch upon some of the common patterns that come out of mo...
141: Web Application Security, Part 2 with Scott Arciszewski
January 19, 2018 14:15 - 31.8 MBIn this weeks episode we continue our discussion with Scott Arciszewski about all things Security and Cryptography. We start off the show by highlighting what a SQL injection attack is and the differences between (emulated) prepared statements. This leads us on to look into how to securely handle file uploads, what a reverse shell is and how to defend yourself against XSS/CSRF attacks. From here we touch upon the recent inclusion of libsodium into PHP, why mcrypt should be avoided, and the si...
140: Web Application Security, Part 1 with Scott Arciszewski
January 18, 2018 09:30 - 25.4 MBIn this weeks episode we chat with Scott Arciszewski about all things Security and Cryptography. We start off the show by explaining how he got interested in this field of work, correcting PHP security related answers on Stack Overflow and why he focuses on PHP security. From here, we move on to highlight what the OWASP Top Ten is, how you can distill many security principles into data/code seperation and what is involved in a software audit. This leads us on to discuss what HTTPS actually is...
139: Mobile Internet isn't Cheap! with Joe Watkins
December 22, 2017 15:50 - 23.7 MBIn this episode we catch up with Joe Watkins to discuss all things PHP. We start off discussion with his recent move to Spain, the pain of getting a good Internet connection and PHP TestFest. This leads us on to highlight some recent work he is doing with adding PHP bindings to Bicoin’s Secp256k1 library and a Generic Traits idea. From here we touch upon the additions that made it into PHP 7.2 and some that have already been accepted for 7.3. Finally, we get Joe’s opinion on a couple of RFC’s...
138: Everything Serverless with Andy Raines
December 20, 2017 10:45 - 35.7 MBIn this weeks episode we chat to Andy Raines about all things Serverless. We start off by discussing what Serverless actually means, advantages of using such a model, design constraints it employs and how it scales. From here we touch upon the history of how we got to the compute/infrastructure we use today: from on-premise servers, IaaS, PaaS and FaaS/BaaS. This leads us on to highlight the 12-factor app methodology, how immutability has vast benefits in many contexts and how FaaS platforms ...
137: Putting all your Fish in one Basket
December 16, 2017 15:00 - 25.3 MBIn this weeks episode Mick and Edd first touch upon the many new services/features that have been released at AWS re:Invent. We then move on to discuss Serverless architecture, Server architectural patterns, Amazon Cognito and security/encryption that is available within Amazon Web Services. This leads us on to highlight the impact of relying on a single company for all your compute/infrastructure needs and ‘putting all your fish in one basket’. Finally, Mick tells us what Santa might be brin...
136: Delving into Cryptocurrencies with Jay Smith
December 05, 2017 12:00 - 33.8 MBIn this episode we are lucky to have cryptocurrency proponent and trader Jay Smith on the show. We start off by talking about how he got introduced to cryptocurrencies and trading, highlighting what trading actually is, and the two different schools of thought (fundamental vs. technical analysis). From here we move on to chat about how innovations such as Bitcoin are changing the way we view money/bank, the underlying technologies that make it possible (Blockchain), and the game-theory/incent...
135: Let's AWS Everything!
November 18, 2017 10:15 - 27.5 MBIn this week’s episode Edd and Mick catch-up after another long hiatus (sorry about that). We start off by discussing principles mentioned in the Clean Coder book, gaining confidence in code by way of tests, and Elon Musk’s dream of putting a person on Mars. Leading on from this, Edd talks about his continued venture into the internals of Bitcoin, Hardware wallets, ASIC mining USB sticks and Merkle Trees. We then highlight MyBuilder’s recent switch from dedicated servers to the AWS stack, hig...
134: The Agile Approach to Bitcoin
August 25, 2017 07:45 - 24.4 MBAfter a month ‘off the airwaves’, Mick and Edd are back to delve into several topics that have been keeping them interested. We start off by going down the Cryptocurrency rabbit-hole, highlighting the internal technologies that make up Bitcoin and its practical use-cases. Edd’s ramblings touch upon Satoshi, Cypherpunks, Merkle trees, Consensus algorithms, Hard forks, Segregated witness, Mining, Peta-hashes and much more… Once Edd (finally) lets Mick talk, we move on to chat about a book Mick ...
133: RFC Showdown, Round 2 with Joe Watkins
July 16, 2017 09:50 - 19.6 MBIn this weeks episode we catch up with Joe Watkins discussing all things PHP. We start off the discussion with how his role as release-manager is going for PHP 7.1, highlighting how Security bugs are defined and handled within internals. Following this we chat about several RFC’s that are under-discussion (Retry Keyword, UUID) and accepted (Libsodium, Object Typehint) for the next release. Finally, we mention a recent small extension Joe has been working on to provide user verified types with...
132: Caching using Varnish with Mattias Geniar
July 02, 2017 17:40 - 37.2 MBIn this weeks episode we discuss the Varnish ‘HTTP accelerator’ with Mattias Geniar. We start off the show with the problem Varnish is trying to solve, how it decides to cache content and the power within its’ request/response life-cycle. We then move on to highlight testing strategies, tools to gain insight into your Varnish instance and cache invalidation options (Purging vs. Banning). Finally, we touch upon Edge Side Includes, Mattias’s own podcast and his new DNS Spy product.
131: Servers, Upgrades and a little Cryptocurrency
June 15, 2017 11:15 - 28.3 MBIn this weeks episode we start off by discussing Edd’s recent Server build, touching upon the hardware specifications, OS/ZFS-pool choices and monitoring configuration. We then move on to highlight the value in splitting up computational intensive tasks into queued jobs, defensive programming in JavaScript and handling querying ever increasing data-sets. Finally, we talk about keeping on-top of Software/Dependency upgrades, moving over to platforms such as AWS and Ethereum.
130: Cyber Security with Colin Hardy
June 06, 2017 08:00 - 32.1 MBOn this weeks show we are joined by Colin Hardy to discuss all things Cyber Security. We start off by explaining what got him interested in this branch of computing, highlight what Cyber Security is, and define some of the common terminology. From here, we move on to discuss how he analyses Malware samples (using Automated, Behavioural and Static means) and the diagnostic tooling present. Finally, we mention some high-profile attacks (Stuxnet, WannaCry), motives behind creating such Malware a...
129: The Applied Mathematics of Programming with Liam McLennan
May 19, 2017 18:00 - 24 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Liam McLennan on the show. We start off discussion with his Math background, how he got into programming and how it can be seen as Applied Mathematics. From here we move on to highlight his experiences whilst consulting, what it entailed, and the importance of ‘tact’. This leads us on to look into what drew him to Functional programming, F# and creating Pluralsight courses. Finally, we delve into the different areas of the Nokia Ringtone Composer Emu...
128: Catching up with Mr. Hart
May 17, 2017 14:45 - 26.7 MBIn this weeks episode we are joined by fellow co-host Fraser Hart. We start off by discussing what he has been upto since his last podcast appearance - ranging from completing an Ironman, to promotions at work. From here we highlight how he balances development with his new project managerial role, how his company has started to adopt React/Redux and moving over to Webpack 2. Finally, we delve into the different server stacks we are using, and how the KISS design-principle plays a key-role.
127: More Server Talk with Brian Moses
April 20, 2017 19:20 - 28.6 MBIn this weeks episode we are again lucky to be joined by Brian Moses, to continue our discussion on building your own home server. We start off by highlighting what ECC memory is and its’ value in a home server setup. Following this, we chat about looking into the second-hand market for hardware components - as an option to find a good deal. This leads us on to discuss overclocking hardware, threads vs. cores within a CPU and what Hyper-threading actually is. Finally, we mention some differen...
126: 19th January 2038: The End of Time
April 06, 2017 17:35 - 21.5 MBIn this weeks episode we start off the podcast with discussion around Timezones, Daylight saving time and how the Year 2038 will be an interesting one. We then move on to highlight the results of our recent PHPStorm Twitter poll, End-to-end encryption and Hot Picks is back! (at least for one show). Finally, we highlight the differences between Software/Hardware video-decoding and some interesting PHP function aliases.
125: Building a Server with Brian Moses
March 31, 2017 07:25 - 24.6 MBIn this weeks episode we are joined by Brian Moses to discuss all things server development. We start off the show by highlighting how he got into computers and what drew him to blogging about DIY NAS builds. From here we touch upon the key areas of consideration when deciding on hardware (Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Storage) for a server. Finally, we discuss the concept of RAID, the FreeNAS operating system and how he performs burn-in testing on recently built systems. Note: apologies for some o...
124: The Tale of State and Behaviour, Part 2 with Scott Wlaschin
March 28, 2017 13:00 - 20.3 MBIn this weeks show we follow on from our previous episode’s discussion with Scott Wlaschin. We delve into separating out the client from the behaviour and state, initially highlighting the Batch Command approach. From here, we move on to discuss the Actor Modal, Event Sourcing and Functional Reactive Programming solutions. Finally we touch upon handling the behavioural dependencies, followed by creating an Interpreter and Capability-based implementations.
123: The Tale of State and Behaviour, Part 1 with Scott Wlaschin
March 23, 2017 19:50 - 33.9 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to be joined by Scott Wlaschin again, to discuss his recent ‘Thirteen ways of looking at a turtle’ talk. We start off discussion highlighting the value of solving a known problem in many different ways and the inspiration behind the talk. This leads us on to chat about the Object-oriented and Abstract Mutable/Immutable Data Model solutions, mentioning each ones merits as a way to solve the problem. We then move on to highlight the State, Either and Async Mon...
122: Carry on Coding
March 16, 2017 21:15 - 25.7 MBIn this weeks episode we start off discussion with experiences handling online payments, CRM export integration and highlight how PHPStorm can be a great SQL editor. We then move on to mention a service that allows you to easily manage browser polyfills, and Edd chats about his experience currently making a Nokia ringtone composer web application. Finally, we touch upon handling transactional email, depending on third-party services and using Continuation-passing style within JavaScript.
121: Developing Zencastr with Josh Nielsen
February 24, 2017 20:45 - 26.5 MBIn this weeks episode we are joined by the creator of Zencastr, Josh Nielsen. We start off discussion with how he got into programming and being hired as a ‘webmaster’ at the University he attended. From here, we move on to highlight the problem Zencastr is trying to solve, delving into some of the technical aspects and corners that were cut to focus on the primary solution. Finally, we mention the testing strategy in place, how it is changing as the product stabilises and what features are n...
120: Contributing to PHP with Joe Watkins
February 15, 2017 09:25 - 24.8 MBIn this weeks episode we chat to good friend of the show Joe Watkins. We start off discussion with his recent work on creating a compute-node, dual WAN setup and accepted PHP Serbia talk on contributing to PHP without being a ‘C wizard’. From here we move on to mention some of the areas (bug tracking system and QA) that could be improved with the help of new contributors within the PHP internals ecosystem. Finally, we highlight several recently proposed RFCs, his opinions on them and some wor...
119: Aha! Moments with Steven Proctor
February 09, 2017 13:30 - 34.5 MBIn this weeks episode we are lucky to have Steven Proctor back on the show. We start off discussion by congratulating him on 82 episodes of Functional Geekery, and the commitment it takes to do a podcast and not just ‘podfade’. From here we move on to highlight any commonalities he notices with people getting into FP, how he stays on-top of the latest advancements and how he finds the guests he wishes to speak to. This leads us on to compare learning functional concepts within a language you ...
118: API Ramblings with Phil Sturgeon
February 01, 2017 08:55 - 42.3 MBIn this weeks show we are joined by Phil Sturgeon to discuss all things API development. We start off by mentioning Phil’s new job at WeWork, Startup life/culture and switching between different development philosophies. We move on to highlight how he got into API development, the reasons behind writing the book “Build APIs You Won’t Hate” and a future video-series he has in the pipeline. This leads on to discuss common misconceptions of REST and RPC, API tooling available and the different d...
117: Managing Concurrency in Postgres with Bruce Momjian
January 24, 2017 09:30 - 45.3 MBFollowing on from our previous look at the Query planner - we are joined again by Bruce Momjian to extend this exploration into looking how Postgres manages concurrency. We start off by discussing some of the challenges and workarounds used in the past to handle concurrent access, particularly in the eyes of a database administrator. We then highlight the concept of MVCC, how it works from a high-level, how Postgres implements it and the clean-up considerations that are present. Finally, we m...
116: Programming Like Functions Matter with Jimmy Burrell and Scott Wlaschin
January 18, 2017 09:30 - 46.1 MBIn this weeks episode we are joined by Jimmy Burrell and Scott Wlaschin to discuss all things functional. We start off the show highlighting how Scott got into programming, the reasons why he is a big fan of Smalltalk, what he means by ‘Enterprise OO’ and being a Humanistic programmer. From here we discuss how he got into FP, how the paradigm came to being, what FP is to Scott and why you should consider it. Finally, we mention the differences between types in FP over langauges such as C, the...
115: Checking in with Lew and hearing about Blue n' Vue
January 10, 2017 09:25 - 30 MBIn this weeks episode we have a long overdue catch-up with Lew. We start off by discussing what he has been upto, and a certain four-legged addition to his family. From here we move on to chat about working on a product vs. working in an agency setting, picking your battles when refactoring and not being scared to make mistakes. Finally, we highlight how Edd has recently used personal Homebrew taps, using Android simulators for testing and Lew’s experience with Vue.js.