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Episode 113 - PHP.net compromised, Flexbox in your future?
November 04, 2013

The PHP.net website was compromised, but we don't yet know what the exploit was.  No actual code or binaries were affected; the site was just serving up javascript malware. Healtcare.gov is still a mess, but are there lessons we can learn about project

Episode 112 - Facebook CSRF, KnockoutJS 3
October 29, 2013

I think I'm missing something about apigility.org - help me figure it out.  Facebook's team fixes CSRF exploit in 2 hours.  Is Rails' CookieStore broken by default, or working just fine?  KnockoutJS 3 was released - upgrade/change notes are here for yo

Episode 111 - 8 years and counting
July 03, 2013

So... this is the 8 year anniversary of webdevradio - what's changed in the last 8 years?  Lots!  What's the same?  Lots!  I go in to a bit more detail than that... :) Some recent news as well... Rails 4 released PHP 5.5 released Modern.IE - downl

Episode 110: Azure hits 1 billion, RubyFlux compiler, Laracasts and more
May 23, 2013

OK, in no particular order: RubyFlux (article I originally found) TechEmpower round 5 Where is .NET headed? Web Components: Polymer Project and X-Tags LaraCasts  

Episode 109: Typescript and a bit more…
April 16, 2013

Heading off to Russia for a bit - if there's anything you think I should see when I'm there, let me know :) Saw a good presentation on TypeScript recently, which has piqued my interest - hopefully it piques yours as well.   This blog post from techempow

Episode 108: New Ruby, Regex and my Framework Security Rant(tm)
February 25, 2013

Ruby 2 was just released, and the new 'refinements' feature presents some interesting challenges for JRuby and just about anyone wanting to read Ruby code.  Brief chat about the regex security affecting Rails back in January, but more broadly speaking, w

Episode 107: Testing Talk with Paul Merrill
February 11, 2013

I got a chance to chat with Paul about some of his experiences as a testing consultant, recommended tools, war stories and more.  Have a listen :) Paul is with Beaufort Fairmont, a testing consulting firm in North Carolina.

Episode 106: Freelancing interview with Matchist.com founders
January 04, 2013

I got a chance to speak with Stella Feyman and Tim Jahn about their new service Matchist, which serves as a matchmaking service focused on the needs of freelancers. Forgive the slight hiss on my audio - I could not determine the source. Matchist :: Free

Episode 105: Font tools, design thoughts, parallel deployment, and my Florida road trip
December 15, 2012

Hello all from sunny Florida :) Recently discovered jquery validation plugin only 6 years too late, and have found some tools that work in conjunction with it, including Pajama, a PHP library. Also have some links to font combination articles and tools

Episode 104: A few infrastructure services and version control
November 14, 2012

I've found a couple of neat infrastructure services recently and hope you find them interesting and useful. Also... what's the deal with solo developers not using version control? freelancepath :: new community for web freelancers uptano