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Ask HN: What software engineering related podcasts are you listening to?

87 pointsby tsaprailisover 8 years ago
I'm interested in hearing both technical and on the human management side (i.e. along the lines of the mythical man month book)

19 comments

OJFordover 8 years ago
The Bike Shed [0] is great, I think it started as a ThoughtBot podcast, but one of the two regular hosts - Sean Griffin [1] - has since left for Shopify.<p>I think it&#x27;s great because although dominated by Ruby (Griffin is a committer on Rails, and I gather it&#x27;s ThoughtBot&#x27;s main language) the discussion is typically applicable to other languages, or focuses on a human element. I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;ve ever written a line of Ruby, and I enjoy it.<p>There&#x27;s also some Haskell discussion and more recently a lot of Rust - Griffin having created the Diesel ORM [2].<p>The format&#x27;s great though, and as a consequence never sounds like a contrived dialogue - it typically starts as a &quot;what have you been working on this week&quot;, and that recent real experience turns into a more general discussion around whatever it was.<p>I can&#x27;t really recommend it enough, I only found it fairly recently, and went back through to listen to the entire catalogue of episodes.<p>- 0: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thebikeshed.fm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;thebikeshed.fm</a><p>- 1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;githib.com&#x2F;sgrif" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;githib.com&#x2F;sgrif</a><p>- 2: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;diesel-rs&#x2F;diesel" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;diesel-rs&#x2F;diesel</a>
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rgreasonsover 8 years ago
Not all of these are &quot;software engineering,&quot; but many of them often tie to the soft skills side of things or general development rigor.<p>Regular listens - shows to which I subscribe, in rough order of how excited I am to see them show up in my podcast app:<p>Not So Standard Deviations [0]<p>Immutable [1]<p>ShopTalk [2]<p>Talk Python to Me [3]<p>The Versioning Show [4]<p>Data Skeptic [5]<p>Occasional listens - not subscribed but regularly check for interesting guests:<p>Data Stories [6]<p>Partially Derivative [7]<p>I tried Software Engineering Daily last year and wasn&#x27;t a big fan - based on the following here I&#x27;ll have to give it another shot.<p>0 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;soundcloud.com&#x2F;nssd-podcast" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;soundcloud.com&#x2F;nssd-podcast</a><p>1 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spec.fm&#x2F;podcasts&#x2F;immutable" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;spec.fm&#x2F;podcasts&#x2F;immutable</a><p>2 - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shoptalkshow.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shoptalkshow.com&#x2F;</a><p>3 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;talkpython.fm&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;talkpython.fm&#x2F;</a><p>4 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sitepoint.com&#x2F;tag&#x2F;versioning-show-episodes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sitepoint.com&#x2F;tag&#x2F;versioning-show-episodes&#x2F;</a><p>5 - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dataskeptic.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dataskeptic.com&#x2F;</a><p>6 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;datastori.es&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;datastori.es&#x2F;</a><p>7 - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;partiallyderivative.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;partiallyderivative.com&#x2F;</a>
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csixty4over 8 years ago
I&#x27;ll start by plugging my own podcast, &quot;The Holistic Developer&quot; (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;theholisticdeveloper.podbean.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;theholisticdeveloper.podbean.com&#x2F;</a>). It hasn&#x27;t been coming out very regularly since my son was born but I do my best to put out ~5 minute episodes every couple weeks.<p>Developer Tea is along the same lines, straddling between technical topics &amp; career development.<p>Soft Skills Engineering is entirely focused on, well, soft skills.<p>Leader.team is just getting started but they seem to be a good resource for technical leads &amp; managers.<p>JavaScript Jabber has great interviews.<p>and it&#x27;s not a technical podcast, but Creating Disney Magic (Lessons in Leadership, Management, and Customer Service) with Lee Cockerell is a must-listen for me every week.
no_protocolover 8 years ago
From my &quot;awesome podcasts&quot; list related to your criteria:<p>- Vimcasts<p>I have tried several tech-related podcasts, but gave up on most within a couple episodes.<p>One common format is a host who brings on a new guest for an hour-long interview each episode. My main gripe with these is they&#x27;re too long for the amount of substance they contain.<p>I ended up basically scrolling the archives of these shows to pick out only the guests I was already interested in, because the random ones just weren&#x27;t worth the listening time.<p>The podcasts I keep coming back to are concise, edited episodes of 30 minutes or less. Most of these aren&#x27;t directly related to the types you&#x27;re looking for, though. I&#x27;d love to know of more.
billhathawayover 8 years ago
GoTime[0] is a Go oriented podcast that is high quality and has a new guest each week. They also touch on a lot of general topics about SWE that are relevant to a broader audience.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;changelog.com&#x2F;gotime&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;changelog.com&#x2F;gotime&#x2F;</a>
seltzered_over 8 years ago
Check out the back-episodes of &quot;this developers life&quot; - while not too technical it dived into some human aspects of being a developer: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thisdeveloperslife.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thisdeveloperslife.com</a>
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brudgersover 8 years ago
<p><pre><code> StackExchange Hanselminutes SE-radio SEI podcast Cognicast Software Engineering Daily </code></pre> Software Engineering Daily seems to dominate my playlist. I guess that shouldn&#x27;t be a surprise.<p>Last year, I listened through a lot of the Changelog&#x27;s back catalog. But I sort of maxxed out on it because my interest is more toward the infrastructure than the front end development tools.
definivover 8 years ago
Software Engineering Daily does a good job of exploring both technical and human issues. The Changelog is a great podcast for the open source community.
williamgbover 8 years ago
Software Engineering Radio[0] is a useful resource for in-depth discussions on software and development practices.<p>Developer on Fire[1] tends to feature more personal interviews with software developers.<p>Software Engineering Daily[2] produces episodes at a similar rate to the previous podcast but discussion tends to be product-oriented.<p>Coder Radio[3] can be good fun sometimes. The hosts can sometimes be a bit over the top.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.se-radio.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.se-radio.net&#x2F;</a> [1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developeronfire.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;developeronfire.com&#x2F;</a> [2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;softwareengineeringdaily.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;softwareengineeringdaily.com&#x2F;</a> [3] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jupiterbroadcasting.com&#x2F;show&#x2F;coderradio&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.jupiterbroadcasting.com&#x2F;show&#x2F;coderradio&#x2F;</a>
brickmortover 8 years ago
&quot;New Rustacean&quot; is great for anybody learning Rust. The episodes are very short (10-20 mins) and are surprisingly comprehensive, considering you&#x27;re not looking at any code: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newrustacean.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.newrustacean.com&#x2F;</a>
alexpeattieover 8 years ago
It&#x27;s much more niche-specific than most of the other suggestions, but I&#x27;ve been enjoying This Week in Machine Learning &amp; AI (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twimlai.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twimlai.com&#x2F;</a>). It feels like the field of ML is moving so quickly these days, and I think Sam Charrington does a good job of making new research accessible without dumbing things down too much (which I find most media outlets tend to do).
charlesismover 8 years ago
Edge Cases &quot;A weekly podcast about (mostly Apple-related) software development by Andrew Pontious and Wolf Rentzsch.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;edgecasesshow.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;edgecasesshow.com</a><p>My favorite podcast because the hosts (a) are highly talented developers (b) did careful research for each episode (c) chose common Apple programming challenges as the topic for each episode.<p>Sadly, it died last year, and I&#x27;ve found nothing out there to fill its void.
gerosaover 8 years ago
I&#x27;m a huge fan of Security Now podcast: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.grc.com&#x2F;securitynow.htm" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.grc.com&#x2F;securitynow.htm</a>. It&#x27;s not a software engineering podcast per se but it gives detailed explanations of security breaches found in software. So I recommend y&#x27;all check it out.
mandeepjover 8 years ago
I listen to DNR&#x27;s latest shows as soon as I can.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.DotNetRocks.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.DotNetRocks.com</a>
gravypodover 8 years ago
This is a bit off topic but are there any <i>funny</i> software engineering podcasts?<p>Edit: funny replaced with off topic
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mmozurasover 8 years ago
I wrote a post you might find interesting about Podcasts I Listen To: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;codingfearlessly.com&#x2F;podcasts-i-listen-to" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;codingfearlessly.com&#x2F;podcasts-i-listen-to</a>
kipdotcomover 8 years ago
A few of my favorite: 1. SE Radio 2. Software Engineering Daily 3. Full Stack Radio
geoffroyover 8 years ago
The Changelog
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contingenciesover 8 years ago
Get this... none. I&#x27;m not being snarky, I&#x27;m saying I choose not to spend time filtering audio opine on untargeted areas of the profession and consider than a desirable optimization.