Episode 17: This Show Is Terrible

<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomwatson/1431647/" title="Clothes dryer by Thom Watson"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/2/1431647_d51a6dff17_o.jpg" alt="Clothes dryer by Thom Watson" /></a></p> <p>This week on /dev/hell we talk about mentoring. Chris discusses his experiences taking a young up-and-comer under his wing, and we talk about the PHP Mentoring project. Then we babble about Aspen, an interesting, non-traditional Python web framework. Good and bad stuff in PHP gets knocked around again. Finally, Ed talks about fixing his dryer and yells at the audience.</p> <p>If you love freedom, you&rsquo;ll do these things:</p> <ul> <li>Check out our sponsors, <a href="http://www.engineyard.com/">Engine Yard</a> and <a href="https://wondernetwork.com/">WonderNetwork</a></li> <li>Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/dev_hell">here</a>.</li> <li>Rate us on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-hell/id489840699">here</a></li> </ul> <h3>Listen</h3> <iframe frameborder='0' height='200px' scrolling='no' seamless src='https://embed.simplecast.com/35274?color=f5f5f5' width='100%'></iframe> <p><a href="http://audio.simplecast.com/35274.mp3" rel="enclosure">Download now (MP3, 31.9MB, 1:16)</a></p> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://phpmentoring.org">PHP Mentoring</a></li> <li><a href="http://aspen.io/">Aspen.io</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.hermanradtke.com/blog/blog/php-the-good-parts">PHP: The Good Parts</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOLs4pAGOC8&amp;feature=player_embedded">Maytag Dryer Disassembly</a></li> </ul>