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The Cynical Developer
A UK based Technology and Software Developer Podcast that helps you to improve your development knowledge and career, through explaining the latest and greatest in development technology and providing you with what you need to succeed as a developer.
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Episode 17 - AI Won't Replace Developers — But It Will Replace Some Jobs
The AI replacement debate continues. James provides a nuanced take on which jobs are safe and which might be at risk.
Episode 16 - Observability Is Not Optional Anymore
In modern systems, observability is essential. James discusses why you can't afford to skip proper monitoring and tracing.
Episode 15 - Why Your Cloud Bill Keeps Going Up
Cloud costs spiral out of control for many organizations. James explores the common reasons and what you can do about it.
Episode 14 - APIs Are Products — Start Treating Them Like It
APIs are often an afterthought, but they're products that developers consume. James discusses why API design deserves more attention.
Episode 13 - The Death of "Clean Architecture" Dogma
Clean Architecture became a religion for some developers. James challenges the dogmatic adherence to architectural patterns.
Episode 12 - Monoliths Are Back (Because They Never Left)
The pendulum is swinging back to monoliths. James discusses why monolithic architectures are making a comeback and why they were never really a bad id...
Episode 11 - Event-Driven Everything — Do You Actually Need It?
Event-driven architecture is everywhere now. But is it always the right choice? James examines when to use it and when to avoid it.
Episode 10 - The Rise (and Abuse) of Serverless
Episode 9 - Microservices Were a Mistake (For Most Teams)
Episode 8 - Meetings Stink!
Too many meetings, too little work getting done. James rants about the meeting culture plaguing software teams.
Episode 7 - Technical Debt: Who Creates It and Who Pays
Technical debt accumulates in every codebase. James discusses who's responsible for creating it and who ultimately pays the price.
Episode 6 - Why most software estimates are fiction, not fact
Software estimates are notoriously unreliable. James explores why this is the case and what we can do about it.
Episode 5 - The Difference Between Busy Teams and Effective Teams
Being busy isn't the same as being effective. James discusses what separates truly productive teams from those just spinning their wheels.
Episode 4 - Is AI going to make us all 10x Developers?
Everyone's talking about AI making developers more productive. But what's the reality? James dives into the hype vs. reality of AI-assisted developmen...
Episode 3 - Agile Is Not the Problem — Leadership Is
Agile gets blamed for a lot of failures, but is Agile really the problem? James argues that leadership failures are often the real culprit.
Episode 2 - Why "Senior Developer" Doesn't Mean What You Think
What does it really mean to be a senior developer? James explores the disconnect between titles and actual skills in the industry.
Episode 1 - The State of Software in 2026: What's Actually Broken
James takes a cynical look at the current state of software development in 2026. What's working, what's broken, and what needs to change?
Episode 0 - We are back!
Welcome back to The Cynical Developer! In this episode, James introduces Season 2 and discusses what's coming up in the new season.
Episode 159 - JetBrains Space
In this episode we talk about JetBrains Space, with Valerie Andrianova.
Contacting Valerie Andrianova
Website: https://www.jetbrai...
Episode 158 - Code Reviews
In this episode we talk about Code Reviews with Jordan Ambra Contacting Jordan Ambra Website: https://www.serenity.software Twitter: https://twi...
Episode 157 - Developer Life Cycle
In This episode we talk with Lee Mallon about the Developer Life cycle Contacting Lee Mallon Website: http://www.rarely.io/ Twitter: https://twit...
Episode 156 - Deep Fakes
In this episode we talk with Nigel Cannings about Deep fakes... or do we... is this even us, are you even you?
Contacting Nigel Cannings
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Episode 155 - Changes in OSS
In this returning episode we introduce a returning guest Matt Yonkovit, who was on the show back in November 2019, on episode 127 about Automation lea...
Episode 154 - Pause for thought
In this episode of the Cynical Developer, I wanted to pause for a thought, and make an announcement about the show...
Contacting James S...
Episode 153 - PayPal
In this episode we talk about PayPal with Drew Angell
Contacting Drew Angell Twitter: https://twitter.com/angelleye LinkedIn: https://w...
Episode 152 - Spring Time
In this episode with talk about Spring with Laurentiu Spilca
Contacting Laurentiu Spilca Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurspilca Linked...
Episode 151 - Svelte
In this episode we talk about Svelte with Mark Volkmann.
Contacting Mark Volkmann Website: https://mvolkmann.github.io/ Blog: h...
Episode 150 - More than Coding
In this episode we talk to Benjamin Harding about the fact that being a developer is more the coding.
Contacting Benjamin Hardin...
Episode 149 - Leadership for developers
In this episode we talk to Sam Schutte about leadership for developers.
Contacting Sam Schutte Website: https://samuelschutte.com/ Twitt...
Episode 148 - Letters to a new dev
In this episode we talk about some truths that new developers should be aware of with Dan Moore.
Contacting Dan Moore Website: https://l...
Episode 147 - Cassandra 4.0
In this episode we talk about Cassandra 4.0 with Patrick McFadin.
Contacting Patrick McFadin Website: https://cassandra.apache.org/ Twi...
Episode 146 - Microservices
In this episode we talking about Microservices with Christian Horsdal
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Episode 145 - Developer Estimates
In this episode we talking about developer estimates with Aaron Upright
Contacting Aaron Upright Website: https://www.zenhub.com/ Linked...
Episode 144 - Writing for Developers
In this episode we talking about authoring books for developers with Philip Keily
Contact Philip Keily
Twitter: https://twitter.co...
Episode 143 - Augmented Reality
In this episode we talk about Augmented Reality with Connell Gauld
Contact Connell Gauld
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/con...
Episode 142 - Grafana
In this episode we talk about dashboards and grafana with Raj Dutt.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radutt/...
Episode 141 - OpenStack
In this episode we talk about OpenStack with Tytus Kurek
Contact Tytus Kurek
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tkurek/
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Episode 140 - Software and the Apocolypse
In this episode we talk about Software and the Apocolypse, with Ian Reynolds
Contact Ian Reynolds
Website: https://www.zibtek.com/...
Episode 139 - Modern Development for Mordern Developers
In this episode we speak with Todd Gardner about Modern Development for Modern Developers
Contact Todd Gardner
Website: https://to...
Episode 138 - Piloting .Net Prosthetics pt.2
In this episode we talk about Pilots, Prothetics and Programming with Cliff Agius, this is part 2 of 2
Find part one here: Episode 137 - Pilotin...