Episode 86: Necromantic Spies and Imagined Corporate Friends

YOUR 2016 PHP PODCAST OF THE YEAR from simpleprogrammer.com


Welcome to the very first episode of 2017! We’re back after a
nice break for the holidays and ready to get back to being
insightful and unfiltered.


In this episode we talked about the concept of “programming as
craft” with Chris and Ed having a great discussion about what
should follow after the phrase “programmers need to learn
empathy.”


Ed also released some music, and is donating all the proceeds to
OSMI. Chris was sad that he did not get the opportunity to
re-record the vocal tracks from some of Ed’s older material in
his own signature vocal style.


Chris also talked (not so briefly) about the new laptop he bought
and the security measures he decided to take with it.
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Links and Notes

Kent Beck’s tweet about programmers and empathy

Ed recommended a book on non-violent communication

Ed’s music stylings as Dead Agent

Chris bought a Satechi Slim Type-C Multi-Port Adapter and one
of the Apple USB-A-to-C adapters for his YubiKey

Can Single User Mode get around FileVault?

Prey can help protect your laptop if it gets stolen

Chris blogged about his new laptop and setup

Both Ed and Chris have had great success with recommendations
provided by The Wirecutter