Happy Dev Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/happy-dev Happy Dev is a compelling interview podcast that explores mental health issues within the software development community. Hosted by James Brooks and John Wyles, the podcast features in-depth discussions with industry experts, offering insights and sharing experiences on mental well-being in tech. © James Brooks 3b69a549-f1bc-5c90-939a-2c68fb5d3761 yes Support this podcast on Patreon James Brooks Episode 0 en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:36:19 +0100 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:10:34 +0000 https://www.happydev.fm https://img.transistorcdn.com/zWooVtYnKLs2kK__6oXCuQS0o2HKkRt5YLY5VoMjTTw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUwMzcvMTU3ODQ3/Mjc0NC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg Happy Dev https://www.happydev.fm episodic James Brooks Happy Dev is a compelling interview podcast that explores mental health issues within the software development community. Hosted by James Brooks and John Wyles, the podcast features in-depth discussions with industry experts, offering insights and sharing experiences on mental well-being in tech. Happy Dev is a compelling interview podcast that explores mental health issues within the software development community. technology, software development, health, mental health James Brooks No No John Wyles 2 2 2 2 John Wyles full d993a6c4-05ac-4783-bfaa-b8a75e002f4a https://www.happydev.fm/s2/2 In this episode James Brooks interviews John Wyles, our new co-host .

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Imposterble - John's app to help people work with their Imposter Syndrome
John Wyles on Twitter

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Imposterble - John's app to help people work with their Imposter Syndrome
John Wyles on Twitter

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:15:00 +0100 James Brooks James Brooks 2796 In this episode James Brooks interviews John Wyles, our new co-host .

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Imposterble - John's app to help people work with their Imposter Syndrome
John Wyles on Twitter

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks John Wyles James Brooks 2 2 1 1 James Brooks full 59c2a997-d3be-406b-ae6b-45132e7ba2e8 https://www.happydev.fm/s2/1 💛 Happy Dev is finally back with Season 2! 💛

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In this episode we introduce John Wyles, our new co-host and John interviews James Brooks.

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:04:21 +0100 James Brooks James Brooks 2314 💛 Happy Dev is finally back with Season 2! 💛

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:00:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 2966 This week I speak to a good friend of mine, Alex Bowers. We discuss Alex's stammer and how that has impacted his mental health and both his personal and professional life. This week I speak to a good friend of mine, Alex Bowers. We discuss Alex's stammer and how that has impacted his mental health and both his personal and professional life. technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Alex Bowers Freek Van der Herten 1 1 7 7 Freek Van der Herten full 904ba20d-7b92-4c7d-8e5c-c5d3944e2221 https://www.happydev.fm/s1/7 Freek Van der Herten on Twitter - https://twitter.com/freekmurze

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 21:05:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 2768 This week I speak with Freek Van der Herten of open source PHP fame at Spatie. We talk about making open source a culture, time management, turning off distractions and more! This episode contains a couple of expletives! This week I speak with Freek Van der Herten of open source PHP fame at Spatie. We talk about making open source a culture, time management, turning off distractions and more! This episode contains a couple of expletives! technology, software development, health, mental health Yes James Brooks Freek Van der Herten Caleb Porzio 1 1 6 6 Caleb Porzio full 7fe34d4e-9c24-49ab-b09a-0e8b0483f041 https://www.happydev.fm/s1/6 Caleb Porzio on Twitter - https://twitter.com/calebporzio

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:20:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 2637 I speak to Caleb Porzio. We discuss dealing with general anxiety, Caleb's life-crippling phobia, the struggles of having many passion projects, conquering public speaking and more! I speak to Caleb Porzio. We discuss dealing with general anxiety, Caleb's life-crippling phobia, the struggles of having many passion projects, conquering public speaking and more! technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Caleb Porzio Jason McCreary 1 1 5 5 Jason McCreary full cbac0490-8ead-4ff8-91a8-baf3376430cc https://www.happydev.fm/s1/5 Jason McCreary on Twitter - https://twitter.com/gonedark

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 01 Jan 2020 09:10:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 1868 This episode I speak to Jason McCreary. JMac has been a developer for twenty years and in that time has created many projects including Shift, authored BaseCode - for practises on improving the code you write. He also produces the video course, Confident Laravel. We discuss working handling stresses when writing code, YAGNI, identifying burn out and more! This episode I speak to Jason McCreary. JMac has been a developer for twenty years and in that time has created many projects including Shift, authored BaseCode - for practises on improving the code you write. He also produces the video course, Confide technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Jason McCreary Happy Birthday Robin 1 1 Happy Birthday Robin bonus 8b31236e-e742-4cc9-80b3-8a56b879f7d8 https://www.happydev.fm/episodes/happy-birthday-robin 🇬🇧 UK: 111 (Option 2)
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🇨🇭 Switzerland: 143
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🇨🇦 Canada: 911

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 43 Happy Birthday to my brother, Robin. See the show notes for support numbers. Happy Birthday to my brother, Robin. See the show notes for support numbers. technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Jess Archer 1 1 4 4 Jess Archer full 2c1176d5-3c6a-4f92-a27e-afcf757c80fe https://www.happydev.fm/s1/4 Jess Archer on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessarchercodes

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 2291 This episode I speak to Jess Archer. Jess has worked with PHP and Javascript professionally for the last 15 years and is currently working as a contractor. We discuss being a woman in tech, imposter syndrome, how being public about your mental health can affect employment opportunities and more. This episode I speak to Jess Archer. Jess has worked with PHP and Javascript professionally for the last 15 years and is currently working as a contractor. We discuss being a woman in tech, imposter syndrome, how being public about your mental healt technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Jess Archer Mohamed Said 1 1 3 3 Mohamed Said full 09cf15ed-08ed-4bdc-94d4-374c479a88f0 https://www.happydev.fm/s1/3 Mohamed Said on Twitter - https://twitter.com/themsaid

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:00:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 1590 Mohamed Said is a developer at Laravel, husband, father, cyclist, runner, free-diver and blogger. In today's episode, Mohamed tells his story. We discuss how mental health is perceived in Egypt, working alone, not reading the news and more! Mohamed Said is a developer at Laravel, husband, father, cyclist, runner, free-diver and blogger. In today's episode, Mohamed tells his story. We discuss how mental health is perceived in Egypt, working alone, not reading the news and more! technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Mohamed Said Matt Stauffer 1 1 2 2 Matt Stauffer full 4820146c-105e-4c9d-8b48-e6009311feb4 https://www.happydev.fm/s1/2 Matt Stauffer on Twitter - https://twitter.com/stauffermatt

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:00:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 2370 This week I’m speaking to Matt Stauffer. Matt is a partner at the web agency Tighten, developer, teacher, podcaster and author. Matt and I speak about his experiences with anxiety and depression, being a great employer and other things! This week I’m speaking to Matt Stauffer. Matt is a partner at the web agency Tighten, developer, teacher, podcaster and author. Matt and I speak about his experiences with anxiety and depression, being a great employer and other things! technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Matt Stauffer Dries Vints 1 1 1 1 Dries Vints full 56cb1cad-80c8-4ddd-bb91-11da315d5a5c https://www.happydev.fm/s1/1 You can find more of Dries at https://twitter.com/driesvints and https://driesvints.com.

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★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ ]]> Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:30:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 1756 In our first episode I speak to Dries Vints, a software developer at Laravel. Alongside his day job, Dries is a blogger, speaker, meetup and conference organiser, podcaster and has recently announced Eventy, a new project he’s working on. In our first episode I speak to Dries Vints, a software developer at Laravel. Alongside his day job, Dries is a blogger, speaker, meetup and conference organiser, podcaster and has recently announced Eventy, a new project he’s working on. technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks Dries Vints Episode 0 1 1 Episode 0 trailer d151f161-3006-4ef2-b928-e2fa6ead4f88 https://www.happydev.fm/episodes/episode-0 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:00:00 +0000 James Brooks James Brooks 105 An introductory episode to the Happy Dev podcast with your host, James Brooks. An introductory episode to the Happy Dev podcast with your host, James Brooks. technology, software development, health, mental health No James Brooks