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Part 2: Ben Lesh on Reactive Programming at Netflix, Massive Data, and the Threadsafe Future

Ben Lesh is a senior UI engineer at Netflix, where he works on projects that use reactive programming in JavaScript to manage massive amounts of data. Ben talks with me about a variety of topics, focusing on reactive programming and data stream processing. Ben also gives his advice to you, whether you are a young developer or well into your career. Make sure you Tweet at Ben at https://twitter.com/benlesh and thank him for coming on the show! Today's episode is sponsored by DigitalOcean. Go to https://digitalocean.com to get started, and use the promo code "DeveloperTea" on the billing page after you create your account to get a $10 credit!

Published: 4/17/2015
Length: ~40m
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Part 1: Ben Lesh on Reactive Programming at Netflix, Massive Data, and the Threadsafe Future

Ben Lesh is a senior UI engineer at Netflix, where he works on projects that use reactive programming in JavaScript to manage massive amounts of data. Ben talks with me about a variety of topics, focusing on reactive programming and data stream processing. Ben also gives his advice to you, whether you are a young developer or well into your career. Make sure you Tweet at Ben at https://twitter.com/benlesh and thank him for coming on the show!

Published: 4/15/2015
Length: ~22m
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How We Spend Our Days, How We Spend Our Lives, and One Way To Get a Better Grasp On Time

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. But how can we get a better grasp on time? In this episode, I share a simple tip that exploits our brain's natural tendency to take shortcuts to help you better experience time and avoid the feeling of "time flying by" faster than you'd like. Today's episode is sponsored by OneMonth.com - go to http://onemonth.com/developertea to get 25% off your first month!

Published: 4/14/2015
Length: ~9m
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Taking Best Practices and Advice with a Grain of Salt

In this episode, we talk about "best practices" and advice, and what you should do with those things in your day to day life. Today's episode sponsored by Intuit! Head over to http://intuit.me/DevTea to get started!

Published: 4/13/2015
Length: ~9m
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Ernie Miller and Human Development, Part Two (at Ancient City Ruby)

I had the pleasure of attending Ancient City Ruby and interviewing a few folks while I was there. Ernie Miller was a speaker at ACR, and also sat down with me to talk about agile, humane development, and the implications of technically oriented people making a track switch to management. Thanks, Ernie! Don't forget to follow @erniemiller on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed hearing him on @DeveloperTea! Today's episode is sponsored by Intuit Developer. Get started developing applications for millions of business already using Quickbooks at http://intuit.me/DevTea today!

Published: 4/10/2015
Length: ~20m
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Estimating Sandwiches: Why the Gut Doesn't Work, and How Small Is Better

This episode is all about estimation, and how important it is to focus on estimating small things, and understand the implications of scale on your estimations. This episode is sponsored by Digital Ocean, cloud SSD hosting that you can deploy in just 55 seconds. Use the code "DeveloperTea" to get $10 off today at http://digitalocean.com - plans start at just $5/month!

Published: 4/9/2015
Length: ~9m
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Ernie Miller and Human Development, Part One (at Ancient City Ruby)

I had the pleasure of attending Ancient City Ruby and interviewing a few folks while I was there. Ernie Miller was a speaker at ACR, and also sat down with me to talk about agile, humane development, and the implications of technically oriented people making a track switch to management. Thanks, Ernie! Don't forget to follow @erniemiller on Twitter and let him know you enjoyed hearing him on @DeveloperTea!

Published: 4/8/2015
Length: ~18m
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Inspiration Episode #6: 4 Tips for Starting from Ground Zero, and Celebrating 500k listens!

In today's episode, I'm ecstatic to announce 500k unique listens! That's half of a million, if you didn't already pick up on that. I'm looking forward to the 1 million mark with all of you! I also discuss a few tips for starting from ground zero. Thank you for your support! If you'd like to give back to Developer Tea, head over to http://developertea.com/donate - every donation is a huge help to making this show a reality 4 days a week!

Published: 4/6/2015
Length: ~8m
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32: Rebecca Murphey on Scoutfiles, Hardware Hacking, and Chickens

Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 4/3/2015
Length: ~35m
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32: Rebecca Murphey on Third-party JavaScript Distribution at BazaarVoice

Today I interview Rebecca Murphey, one of the JavaScript community's most memorable voices and a genuine, kind person. Rebecca has been doing JavaScript for quite a few years, and you might know her from yayQuery and other jQuery-related things, her work at Bocoup, or her writing on rmurphey.com. Rebecca now works at BazaarVoice. In this interview, we discuss a myriad of things, including the difficulties of writing third-party JavaScript, working with hardware, and her open source efforts on Scoutfile. Thank you for listening! Remember, you can support the show by going to https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 4/2/2015
Length: ~31m
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Special News Episode: Spartan, ES8, and Apple Watch Retro

In today's episode, I share some (insider) news with you that I think you'll find to be exciting.

Published: 4/1/2015
Length: ~11m
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31: Listener Question from Jessica - "What exactly is a full-stack developer anyway?"

In today's episode, listener Jessica asks what a full stack developer is.

Published: 3/30/2015
Length: ~12m
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30: Dan Denney, Part Two: Sending 1,000,000 HTML Emails for Code School and Memories from Front-End Design Conference

Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email and Dan's experience with Front End Design Conference. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com.

Published: 3/27/2015
Length: ~13m
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Inspiration Episode #5: Software Is Not a Printing Press

In today's inspiration episode, I talk about the non-permanence of our work, and how that empowers us to make faster decisions.

Published: 3/26/2015
Length: ~5m
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30: Dan Denney, Part One: Sending 1,000,000 HTML Emails for Code School and Memories from Front-End Design Conference

Dont forget, you can support the show by donating at https://developertea.com/donate. Dan Denney is a wealth of knowledge, and in today's episode, he's joined me to share some of that knowledge with you. Dan is an HTML email craftsman at Code School. On today's episode, we talk all about HTML email. Make sure you follow Dan on Twitter: @dandenney. Full show notes can be found at https://developertea.com

Published: 3/25/2015
Length: ~24m
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29: Listener Questions - Eric Asks How to Keep Up with Dev News, and When (and Why) Should I Get a Masters Degree

In this episode, I answer listener Eric's questions about how to keep up with the news, and when to get a masters degree. Further resources/links can be found at DeveloperTea.com!

Published: 3/23/2015
Length: ~19m
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28: Richard Schneeman, Part Two - How to Start Contributing to Open Source, and Testing Refrigerators

Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! (Show notes can be found at https://DeveloperTea.com)

Published: 3/20/2015
Length: ~38m
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28: Richard Schneeman, Part One - How to Start Contributing to Open Source, and Testing Refrigerators

Richard Schneeman, Ruby developer at Heroku and awesome guy, joins me for the longest episode to date. Follow Richard on Twitter, @schneems! (Show notes can be found at https://DeveloperTea.com)

Published: 3/18/2015
Length: ~28m
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Inspiration Episode #4: Learning Like Children through Play

Children learn at an incredible rate. They also play significantly more than the average adult. Many studies have shown the importance of play for children in the learning process - so the question is, why don't we practice "play" as adults? "Episode 4: Learning about Learning": http://developertea.com/episodes/6530 Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 3/17/2015
Length: ~8m
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27: Ensuring Professionalism - Rules I Practice

In this episode, I discuss some of my personal rules for maintaining a reputation of professionalism. Support Developer Tea: https://developertea.com/donate

Published: 3/16/2015
Length: ~15m
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