Episodes

  • Episode 160 - Goodbye WordPress Hello WordPress
    Apr 7 2026

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

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    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    So, WordPress has had a good run right? 24 years as of the time of this recording :)

    Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security



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    16 mins
  • Episode 159 - Google Gemma 4 and using it for your personal AI assistant
    Apr 3 2026

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

    Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here!

    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    Okay, a longer (much longer) Easter 2026 version of Just Shut Up Five Mins! :)



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    29 mins
  • Episode 158 - Your Own Development Team in your Coding Editor
    Mar 27 2026

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me, then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

    Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here!

    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    Okay, most coding agents (copilot, claude code, codex etc.) have plan modes and so on, but sometimes you just need the overview perspective when creating code or adding features.

    As I have been banging on for the last few weeks about SKILLS.MD (open spec for coding agents to focus your prompts and son), then these two extensions for VS Code (and therefore Antigravity, Cursor etc.) and JetBrains etc. (as well as standalone I think!) take that step a little further and makes things a little more GUI driven.

    I have used Traycer before and it is great at spec driven development (as the cool kids used to say) but as of now, Verdent has some really interesting features - really like having a complete coding team.

    Anyway, take a listen for more info!

    .. oh and not to forget using Olama direct in VS Code (or other flavours of VSC) without extensions etc.



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    9 mins
  • Episode 157 - Skills Skills and more Skills Weekend Edition
    Mar 22 2026

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me, then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

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    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    Yes, skills are important - especially in the AI world and not just for coders!!

    Anthropic created this open standard of skills now supported by all of the main LLM systems (or at least most and others are adding support)

    For dotnet specific skills, click here



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    16 mins
  • Episode 156 - Designers are stitched up
    Mar 20 2026

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me, then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

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    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    As we know, things are definitely moving fast in the AI world. No doubt roles are going to (if not already) change. We are moving towards becoming conductors or orchestrators of software/designs.

    Google stitch is taking the design aspect one step further. Take a listen for more info!



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    6 mins
  • Episode 155 - Impeccable Frontend UI
    Mar 14 2026

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me, then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

    Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here!

    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    AI Skills - worth reading up on yourself to power your AI with tried and tested directions. Impeccable takes a frontend skill developed by Anthropic (Claude etc.) and enhances it in a very nice way.

    Not sure what this is all about? take a listen and find out :)

    Here is the github repo

    Examples and a bit more info here



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    10 mins
  • Episode 154 - PromptFoo taking care of your AI prompts
    Mar 14 2026

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me, then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

    Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here!

    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    Before it was computer viruses, now it is AI manipulation, prompt injection and worse!

    So, even if you are building custom GPTs, chatbots and certainly if you are a company providing AI chat interfaces, you might want to check out promptfoo.

    I have seen demos of so many different platforms leaking PII (personal identifiable information) and worse, credit card details, API keys and goodness knows what!

    Seems to be the new frontier to content with.

    It is quite sad really that we have all of this technology, power and opportunities and yet human nature seems to want to create things to harm and destroy - yes, I am a little naive it seems!!

    Anyway, take a listen - even if you are building personal AI projects… worth understanding.



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    10 mins
  • Episode 153 - VS Code Integrated Browser
    Mar 6 2026

    Okay, so this is a little niche perhaps, but if you are a coder or even a bit of a coder (vibing!), then this new feature is pretty cool and at first look: you might miss it or think, “Well it’s just another browser, isn’t it?” But the new integrated browser in VS Code is pretty phenomenal especially if you’re a front-end developer. Check out the episode and the link below for further information.

    Hey, this is a free podcast. However, if you feel you want to support me, then check out Patreon. I will have some more detailed deep dives for Patreon members as well as one-to-one sessions.

    Or just buy a unicorn a coffee here!

    Oh, and yes, I have ended up on YouTube (doesn’t everyone eventually?):

    https://www.youtube.com/@justfifteenmins but don’t worry, no ugly face to worry about (yet!).

    You can check out the video here showing a bit more detail



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    7 mins