The Best Tool vs. The Right Tool: Don't Forsake Personality When Picking Frameworks or Languages
In today's episode, I'll talk about choosing the best tool vs. choosing the right tool for a job. Stopping assumptions about faster being better or using a specific language for a specific project isn...
31 Aug 20159min
Decorator vs. Facade Patterns & Knowing When To Use Them
In today's episode I review decorator and facade patterns. I'll go over strengths, weaknesses, similarities and difference between decorator and facade patterns and give tips on determining when to us...
28 Aug 201510min
Listener Question: Simon asks, "How do I switch mindset from personal project to day job?"
Today's listener question is about working on side projects in the same space as your day job. Simon, who wrote into Developer Tea via email asks, "How do I transition from working on my side project ...
26 Aug 201521min
Rejecting the DRY Principle
Today's episode is about repeating yourself, and knowing when to repeat yourself and when not to. This episode was inspired by Sandy Metz. One of Sandy's teachings is to repeat yourself until you unde...
24 Aug 201513min
Time vs. Value: Billing for Features
Today I'm going to be sharing the simple perspective shift that helped me understand how valuable programming is. In this episode, I'll go over how to shift your thinking from time in relation to mon...
21 Aug 201510min
The Twelve-Factor App, Part 2: Dependencies & Config
In today's episode we to continue or discussion on The Twelve-Factor App. Specifically reviewing the importance of dependencies and config. In this episode we'll go over manifest files, node modules, ...
19 Aug 201513min
The Twelve-Factor App, Part 1: Codebase
This week, I'm going to go dig into a few of Heroku's Twelve-Factor Application Model. Today's episode will be focused around codebase also known as a repository. We'll talk about understanding codeba...
17 Aug 201514min
Mutable States, Refactory Tips & Reasonable Code Techniques
In today's episode I'll dig into mutable states and go over two things you can do to get away from relying on external states so you can read and test methods. Be sure to check out Sandy Metz's 2015 ...
15 Aug 201511min
