/dev/hell by Chris Hartjes and Ed Finkler
Last Updated: March 18, 2026
Two angry web developers complain about life in development hell
Episode 100: The Final Rant
Episode 99: Can I Keep Flexing (Extended Mix)
Episode 98: No Hair, Don't Care
Episode 97: Hot For Teacher
Episode 96: Chimps and Snakes and Boots
Episode 95: That Took Longer Than We Expected
Episode 94: Shaking Off The Rust
Episode 93: 40 Attendees Enter, None Leave
Episode 92: JSON and The Argonauts
Episode 91: Check the police blotter in Mountain View
Episode 90: Same As It Ever Was
Episode 89: Selling Out Never Felt So Good
Episode 88: Ocho Ocho
Episode 87: Asking Questions Down Under
Episode 86: Necromantic Spies and Imagined Corporate Friends
Episode 85: Brand Dilution As A Source Of Happiness
Episode 84: Whiny Feedback Loops
Episode 83: Sasquatch Uses PHP
Episode 82: Open 24 Hours, Just Not All In One Day
Episode 81: It Feels Good To Be A D-List Internet Superstar
Episode 80: Lifestyles of the Moderately Privileged and Internet Famous
Episode 79: Unlikely Hero Fails to Press Mute
Episode 78: Who Leaves Velveeta and No Beer In A Fridge?
Episode 77: Escaping To The Canadian Hellscape
Episode 76: No, YOU'RE A Tool
Episode 75: Together But Alone
Episode 74: raise MentalHealthError
Episode 73: Old Guys Last Longer
Episode 72: Hermits and Horses
Episode 71: Bespoke Tokens
Episode 70: Anti-Canuckite Leanings
Episode 69: A Festivus Miracle, Part 2
Episode 68: A Festivus Miracle, Part 1
Episode 67: Working for the Weekend
Episode 66: Aquinas on Customer Service
Episode 65: Entrepremurder
Episode 64: Dogs Using iPads
Episode 63: Made in Ontario
Episode 62: Talmudic Maxims for the Unwashed Masses (phptek 2015)
Episode 61: Double Vision
Episode 60: Welcome to the Shotgun Shack
Episode 59: Ultimate Hardware Modz
Episode 58: I Have A Mouth Problem
Episode 57: 57 Flavors of Hell
Episode 56: Targeting the Amber Monochrome Market
Episode 55 REDUX: The Erotic Possibilities of the Holodeck
Episode 55: The Erotic Possibilities of the Holodeck
Episode 54: Phil is Still Wrong
Episode 53: Let's Get This Thing Over With
Episode 52: True North PHP 2014
Episode 51: Strange Loops for Serial Killers
Episode 50: The Airing of Grievances
Episode 49: Rogue Transmorpher
Episode 48: Old As Dirt
Episode 47: NOT THE BEES
Episode 46: php[tek] 2014
Episode 45: Single Quotes for Web Scale
Episode 44: Gorf Fever
Episode 43: Erotic Art The Right Way
Episode 42: Hacking Difficult People
Episode 41: Let Me Wet My Beak
Episode 40: Poly Life Mentoring
Episode 39: Animal Style
Episode 38: Dark Secret Branding
Episode 37: Jets vs Sharks
Episode 36: Maybe PHP Isn't As Lame As We Thought
Episode 35: Summer of Funksanity
Episode 34: Is Sara Pissed?
Episode 33: Pol Pot-level Sucks
Episode 31: Feline Tooth Extraction
Episode 30: It's Episode 30, you guys
Episode 29: Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Episode 28: Canadian Twinkie Smuggler
Episode 27: Artisan Database Administration
Episode 26: Sassy!
Episode 25: Quarter Century
Episode 24: Members Only
Episode 23 redux
Well crap. Episode 23 had a bad edit screwup in it, and the last 30m was basically unlistenable. This has been corrected below and at the original URL. For notes and comments, see the original post.
Episode 23: The Bozo Brush
Episode 22: Object-Oriented Home Renovation
Episode 21: The Grace Hopper Rape Whistle
Episode 20: Chris Hartjes's Kitchen Nightmare
Episode 19: Almost An Apology
Episode 18: Pull Requests Welcome
Episode 17: This Show Is Terrible
Episode 16: Foam Cowboy Hats
Episode 15: Whack Job Central
Episode 14: The PHP Guy Is Sulking
Episode 13: #tek12 or something. I don't know
Episode 12: Irish Eyes Are Always Smiling
Episode 11: From Gas Station Attendant to Java Developer
Episode 10: Looks Like A Lot Of White Dudes
Episode 9: I Was Really Into Bigfoot When I Was A Kid
Episode 8: Fry Guy, Cleanup in Aisle App
Episode 7: You Have Entered A Pants-free Workzone
Episode 6: I Do Not Code With My Vagina
Episode 5: The Hammer That is PHP
In our fifth episode we speak to our first ever guest Brian Moon, ancient PHP elder of dealnews and someone who has probably forgotten more about PHP than our two hosts will ever know. Chris admires his stamina for staying with the same employer for 14 years and counting.
Episode 4: The Cool Kids Club
Update: Our first posting of this episode had a glitch in it around 14:50. It should be fixed now. If you already have the episode, you should re-download it.
Episode 3: Beatings Will Continue Until Test Coverage Improves
Fresh off our holiday break, we’re back with our longest show yet. We talk about Chris' new book The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications, including his experiences self-publishing with Leanpub. Chris also explains how he fears no precipitation on his excursions to the Codemash conference in Ohio. Then Ed talks about the thought process that lead to his latest shit-stirring blog post “The MicroPHP Manifesto.” Ed may or may not begin crying openly. Finally, we discuss when it might be necessary to trash your existing application and rewrite it.
Episode 2: Talking Chris Down
Doing something the second time is always the toughest, but we somehow managed
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