Every episode of the Cynical Developer podcast

What does it really mean to be a senior developer? James explores the disconnect between titles and actual skills in the industry.

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?

Welcome back to The Cynical Developer! In this episode, James introduces Season 2 and discusses what's coming up in the new season.

In this episode we talk about JetBrains Space, with Valerie Andrianova

In this episode we talk about Code Reviews with Jordan Ambra

In This episode we talk with Lee Mallon about the Developer Life cycle

In this episode we talk with Nigel Cannings about Deep fakes... or do we... is this even us, are you even you?

In this returning episode we introduce a returning guest Matt Yonkovit, about the changes happening in the Open Source sphere

In this episode of the Cynical Developer, I wanted to pause for a thought