Episode 48: Old As Dirt

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2633077972" title="Princes Lane looking south, The Rocks by Powerhouse Museum, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3153/2633077972_48eff41093_z.jpg?zz=1" width="640" height="444" alt="Princes Lane looking south, The Rocks"></a></p> <p>Our guest this week is <a href="http://emsmith.net/">Elizabeth Smith</a>, PHP internals veteran and guru of PHP on Windows (she says <strong>&ldquo;I wish every company was as good at giving back to open source as Microsoft&rdquo;</strong>). We talk about being Old as Dirt in relation to <a href="http://j.mp/devdystopia">a blog post Ed made last week</a>, how to mentor up and coming developers, and the history of PHP on Windows.</p> <p>Also, check out <a href="http://www.watchmecode.net/devhell?utm_source=devhell&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=sponsor">this <strong>special offer</strong> from <strong>Watch Me Code</strong></a>. You can get <strong><em>35% OFF</em></strong> as subcription to their awesome JavaScript screencasts as a Development Hell listener by going to <strong><a href="http://www.watchmecode.net/devhell?utm_source=devhell&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=sponsor">watchmecode.net/devhell</a></strong>.</p> <ul> <li>Check out our <strong>sponsors</strong>, <a href="http://www.watchmecode.net/devhell?utm_source=devhell&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=sponsor">Watch Me Code</a>, <a href="http://roave.com/">Roave</a> and <a href="https://wondernetwork.com/">WonderNetwork</a></li> <li>Follow us on <strong>Twitter</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/dev_hell">here</a>.</li> <li><strong>Rate us</strong> on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dev-hell/id489840699">here</a></li> <li>Sign up for our <strong>mailing list</strong> <a href="http://devhell.info/subscribe-email.html">here</a></li> </ul> <h3>Listen</h3> <iframe frameborder='0' height='200px' scrolling='no' seamless src='https://embed.simplecast.com/35308?color=f5f5f5' width='100%'></iframe> <p><a href="http://audio.simplecast.com/35308.mp3" rel="enclosure">Download now (MP3, 32.7MB, 1:10:24)</a></p> <h2>Links and Notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://emsmith.net/">Elizabeth Smith&rsquo;s Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://the-pastry-box-project.net/ed-finkler/2014-july-6">The Developer&rsquo;s Dystopian Future</a></li> <li><a href="http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2014/06/20/MyLawn.html">My Lawn by Bob Martin</a></li> <li><a href="http://linuxbeard.com/">LinuxBeard.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a></li> <li><a href="http://gtk.php.net/">PHP-GTK</a></li> <li><a href="https://speakerdeck.com/trent/parallelism-and-concurrency-with-python">Windows being really good at concurrency</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_4bLNM0axE">Nelson Muntz laugh</a></li> <li><a href="http://phpmentoring.org">PHPMentoring.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentat">Mentats</a></li> </ul>