The HEALTHY DEVELOPER YouTube channel and podcast

A show that exposes the dark side of working on software teams - but offers hope and tools to rise above it.

Learn hard-won lessons from the biggest "aha!" moments I've had (and stupid mistakes I've made 😳) in my 25 year career.
Hear behind-the-scenes stories about how people treat each other on real software projects - and how I dealt with it.
Join me for interviews with special guests where we discuss topics related to having a healthy tech career.

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Episodes

July 15, 2017 | 23:29

A/B software development to find what customers value. Relying on planning up front based on customer feedback and research just isn’t competitive!

July 14, 2017 | 32:18

To achieve continuous delivery consider “infrastructure as code” technologies like chef, puppet, ansible, docker and the like.

July 13, 2017 | 30:32

The more configuration settings your application has, the more important management is so you can release your software properly.

July 11, 2017 | 12:27

To release software to your customers, you’ll need several development environments. They allow a team to make changes without disrupting customers.

July 10, 2017 | 21:12

There’s so much confusion in the market around Continuous Delivery. How does it relate to Agile Development? How does it relate to DevOps?

July 8, 2017 | 21:25

Since software development is “knowledge work”, it benefits from the creative ideas and experiences individuals bring to each problem.