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Back from Being Back

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 3:30


Back in October, after a year and a half without podcasting, I recorded an episode called "I'm Back." I felt ready — more energy, more time, the kids settling in. Then almost two months went by without another episode.So what happened? Family life happened. Our second kid is nine months old and still a terrible sleeper. Between work, home, and trying to squeeze in some sports, there's barely room for side projects, blog posts, or podcasts.But I'm not gone either. I'm motivated, I want to share things — there's so much happening with AI, with dev life, with everything. I just can't promise consistency right now. What I can say: I have a better workflow now for recording episodes (more on that soon), and I have plenty of thoughts to share.So am I back? Not really. Am I gone? Definitely not. Somewhere in between. Let's see where it goes.

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Does Being Good at Something Actually Matter?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 4:17


I had this moment where I felt really proud about my progress in bouldering. I was crushing hard problems, feeling strong. But then a thought crept in: if someone else put in the same hours, they'd probably be just as good. Maybe even better.So is it even an achievement? Is being good at something just about finding where your talent lies and putting in the time? And if everyone can theoretically do that... does it matter?I talked about this with my wife and went down a bit of a rabbit hole — talent vs. effort, comparing yourself to others vs. your past self, and why feeling good about what you've done should be enough.

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#55 Do I Really Not Have Time?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 8:58


I often said to others or myself that I don't have time of this or that. I mean, I have a job, wife and two kids, obviously I don't have time. But how true is that. Is this an excuse? Let's find out.

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#54 I'm Back

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 2:20


I'm back. Kind of. Let's see where I will go from here, but this is a start.

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#53 I'm Coming Home

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2024 6:33


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- My Learning Platform https://learn.christoph-rumpel.com

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#52 I Was Wrong

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 8:34


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- My Learning Platform https://learn.christoph-rumpel.com

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#51 1 Job + 1 Job = 3 Jobs

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024 3:47


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- My Learning Platform https://learn.christoph-rumpel.com

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#50 - This Is NOT My Time (Or Is It?)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 3:57


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com

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#49 - Why I Sold My Baby

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 6:38


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com

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#48 Keyboards

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 14:13


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- PEST Driven Laravel TDD Course https://pestdrivenlaravel.com- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#47 My 3 New Projects

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 4:10


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#46 Dreams vs Stability

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 5:55


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#45 My Two Main Business Rules

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 8:26


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#44 Do I Need To Be A Rockstar Developer?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 5:32


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- PEST Driven Laravel TDD Course https://pestdrivenlaravel.com- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#43 What I Have Been Up To Lately (the NOT so short version)

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 9:52


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#42 Why Was Laracon India So Special?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 4:58


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Laracon India https://laracon.in- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#41 The Platform Effect Is Not Good Enough

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 6:01


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- My learning platform https://learn.christoph-rumpel.com- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#40 The Platform Effect

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 2:36


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- My learning platform https://learn.christoph-rumpel.com- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#39 A Good Coding Day

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 5:38


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#38 Plans For The Second Half Of 2022

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 4:08


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#37 My Business Year 2022 So Far

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 9:18


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Writing Readable PHP https://writing-readable-php.com - Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#36 How I Recover

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 12:20


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#35 I'm Back But Different

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 3:13


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- My Coding Year 2021 Blog Post https://christoph-rumpel.com/2021/12/my-coding-year-2021- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#34 Do We Get SUPER-PHP?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 14:47


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Twitter discussion about static analysis tools and future https://twitter.com/christophrumpel/status/1506556440911228928- Generics in PHP https://stitcher.io/blog/generics-in-php-video- PHP Internals discussion on Generics https://externals.io/message/111875- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#33 The Laravel Documentary

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 5:53


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Laravel Origins Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=127ng7botO4- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#32 When We Were Young

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 8:46


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- When We Were Young Festival https://www.whenwewereyoungfestival.com/- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#31 - 2022 The Year Of Automations

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 9:02


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- My Coding Year 2021 Blog Post https://christoph-rumpel.com/2021/12/my-coding-year-2021- Accounting Automations Twitter Thread https://twitter.com/christophrumpel/status/1478338622038364164- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#30 How I Plan My Business Year 2022

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 11:44


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- My Coding Year 2021 Blog Post https://christoph-rumpel.com/2021/12/my-coding-year-2021- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#29 Let's Call It A Year (2021)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2022 13:17


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- My Coding Year 2021 Blog Post https://christoph-rumpel.com/2021/12/my-coding-year-2021- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#28 The Double-Edged Sale Sword

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 5:01


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#27 What Feeds My Inner Imposter Syndroms

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 8:04


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#26 How Many Followers Do I Need?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 7:34


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#25 The Story Behind Laracation 21

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 7:39


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#24 Speaking In Front Of Thousands Of Developers

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 8:40


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- My first Laracon Online Talk in 2020 https://christoph-rumpel.com/2020/3/my-ultimate-laracon-online-experience- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#23 Project 7A

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 17:37


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#22 My Live Coding Failures

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 21:53


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- 12 Tips For Better Live Coding https://christoph-rumpel.com/2021/7/12-tips-for-better-live-coding - Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com- You can sponsor this podcast on GitHub https://github.com/sponsors/christophrumpel

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#21 Alpine Day

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 14:18


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Alpine Day https://alpineday.com/- Reactivity in Alpine.js https://alpinejs.dev/advanced/reactivity

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#20 My Streaming Setup And Tips

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 24:24


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- What I Learned From My First 12 Coding Live Streams https://christoph-rumpel.com/2021/4/what-I-learned-from-my-first-12-live-streams  - Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel

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#19 Building Mastering PhpStorm - Failures

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 10:59


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode: Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel Mastering PhpStorm Video Course https://masteringphpstorm.com

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#18 Building Mastering PhpStorm - Pricing

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 15:38


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm video course https://masteringphpstorm.com- Free PhpStorm Tips & Tricks https://masteringphpstorm.com/tips-and-tricks- Laravel Core Adventures video course https://laravelcoreadventures.com

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#17 Building Mastering PhpStorm - Right Before The Release

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 12:08


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Find me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm https://masteringphpstorm.com

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#16 Building Mastering PhpStorm - Naming

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 6:24


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Course https://masteringphpstorm.com

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#15 Building Mastering PhpStorm - Recording

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 12:19


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- Mastering PhpStorm Course https://masteringphpstorm.com/- Photo Of My Recording Setup https://twitter.com/christophrumpel/status/1366065391982764033

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#14 My Top 10 Tips To Make Better Screencasts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 8:53


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel

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#13 My Top 3 Business Struggles

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2021 4:28


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- My blog https://christoph-rumpel.com- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel

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#12 How I Got My First Clients

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 4:24


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- My blog https://christoph-rumpel.com- Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel

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#11 Playing Video Games For 30 Years

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 17:18


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode:- Find me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel- 1st PC Turbo button: https://static.techspot.com/images2/trivia/bigimage/2017/2017-03-17-image.jpg- Game: Crusader: No Regrets https://www.origin.com/deu/en-us/store/crusader/crusader-no-regret- Game: Zelda - Breath Of The Wild https://www.zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/- Game: Uncharted https://www.unchartedthegame.com/en-us/- Game: FIFA Games List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series)

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#10 The Blog

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 10:54


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter. Find Me On Twitter My Blog

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#9 Q&A With Freek Van Der Herten About Life, Programming, And Music

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 69:14


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode: Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel 30 Seconds To Mars - Closer To The Edge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLqHDhF-O28 My custom wood desk top https://christoph-rumpel.com/2020/6/my-custom-wooden-desk-top The Squirrel song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSNDrYwptzo Fiona Apple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8whTAkkBv6U

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#8 Q&A With Freek Van Der Herten About Life, Programming, And Beer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 68:31


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode: Christoph Rumpel https://twitter.com/christophrumpel Freek Van der Herten https://twitter.com/freekmurze PHP8 https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-8 PHP: Community Synergy Initiative Post https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/ivpfcf/php_community_synergy_initiative/ Super Bock beer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bock Beer Project https://www.beerproject.be/en/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6m5chdjU0M8j8bMmckXRkc https://music.apple.com/tr/artist/kobus/1529028832

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#7 Refactoring

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 6:43


Thanks for listening to this episode. If you have any feedback or questions, please reach out to me on Twitter.Here are the show notes for this episode: Refactoring PHP (blog post) https://christoph-rumpel.com/2020/8/refactoring-php Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/christophrumpel

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