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Ask HN: What is your favorite Tech Podcasts these days?
During COVID-era we got a lot of new podcasts. So I am wonder, what is the current list of Tech Podcasts, which you consume these days?
My current list:
1. https://www.codingblocks.net/category/podcast/ - deep dives into different tech topics
2. https://anchor.fm/happypathprogramming - scala/kotlin/java + interviews with different tech people
3. https://postgres.fm/episodes - deep dives into different parts of PostgreSQL database
4. https://www.softwareatscale.dev/archive - interviews with different tech people
5. https://bootifulpodcast.fm/#/all-podcasts - java/spring + interviews with different tech people
- linasj 4y agoMine is Risky Business https://risky.biz/RB691/ https://risky.biz/RB691/ . It's about IT security. But I'm more interested in dev news and I am still searching for a podcast that would have discussions about dev news.
- Hixon10 4y agoI forgot to mention one more podcast, which discusses latest news. It is online streams on Fridays - https://www.youtube.com/@DevOpsParadox/streams https://www.youtube.com/@DevOpsParadox/streams
- samsaga2 4y agoI like a lot https://signalsandthreads.com/ https://signalsandthreads.com/. Also, Lex Fridman https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman when he interviews people like John Carmack.
- AlchemistCamp 4y agoI’ve been getting into Corecursive https://corecursive.com/ https://corecursive.com/
- larrysalibra 4y agoNostrovia - a podcast about Nostr https://nostrovia.org https://nostrovia.org
- running101 4y agoSoftware engineering daily
- swyx 4y agoincluding the modern iteration?
- andrewstuart 4y agoI’ve been disappointed with podcasts over the past couple of years. I tend to listen to YouTube videos now.
- 411111111111111 4y agoThat's interesting, i keep getting annoyed by the wild inaccuracies and downright silly mistakes whenever I find a YouTube creator that produces videos on a topic I've got decent working experience in. I.e. rxjs code like this behaviorSubject.pipe(mergeMap() => of(behaviorSubject.getValue()) With podcasts, you usually get people that actually do the things they're taking about for a living as they're often not primary content creators
- azangru 4y ago> I.e. rxjs code like this As with everything, we should be picky. For rx, Ben Lesh - always yes, obviously. Michael Hladky - yes. Deborah Kurata - maybe yes? Random youtuber - no.
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- actionfromafar 4y agoThe SAAS Podcast Ukraine: the Latest Startups for the Rest of Us You're Wrong About Built to Sell Radio Disrupting Japan Advent of Computing Darknet Diaries The Art of Product Podcast Signals and Threads Practical Founders Podcast I Dream of Cameras
- jayy-lmao 4y agoShout out to Unruly Software! Love these guys. Australian dev duo. Casual conversations around web dev, mostly the experiences of the hosts over the last month or so. Informative but relaxed. 10/10 parasocial relationship
- nicolaslem 4y agoWithout doubt Darknet Diaries, it should be a mandatory listen for anyone touching computers. It is a crash course on building secure systems by learning from the failures of others. I highly recommend starting from episode #1 because they are almost all great and episodes often reference past topics. https://darknetdiaries.com https://darknetdiaries.com
- Raed667 4y agoI like Darknet Diaries, but I feel it is geared towards techies and not engineers. The concepts are high level, the details are vague and the stories take a lot of shortcuts to make the podcast accessible to more people.
- Maxburn 4y agoTrue, but it's an entertaining listen which is something that can't be said for a lot of the more technical and complex podcasts. The engagement he gets has enough technical that you can jot something down and research it but the overwhelming takeaway on WHY such and such failure or vuln was a problem is more important IMO.
- swah 4y agoHah, they have a link for "start at the beginning": https://darknetdiaries.com/reverse/ https://darknetdiaries.com/reverse/
- Timpy 4y agoI listened to quite a bit of Darknet Diaries back in 2018 but he had a few episodes that were such complete misses for me that I hopped off the train. The episode about trying to get to the top of Apple's podcast charts wore my patience, but a few episodes later the content was padded out with getting up to date on some Youtuber drama or something? I figured it was just hard to keep finding content for this niche. Should I give it another chance? There's 100+ more episodes now than the lats time I looked.
- thehappypm 4y ago
- dewey 4y agoI was also going to post your 3). https://postgres.fm https://postgres.fm is great, and I feel like every episode I learn something new or find something to look into more in detail.
- samokhvalov 4y agoThanks!! (postgres.fm co-host)
- matt_daemon 4y agoOxide and Friends covers a pretty good range of topics from hardware, software, business, company values. https://feeds.transistor.fm/oxide-and-friends https://feeds.transistor.fm/oxide-and-friends
- mellosouls 4y agoI wonder if there is a gap in the audio market for low-level podcasts aimed at building technical "muscle memory". Example: repeated syntax step-throughs in a rote/kata style, like foreign language courses. I've never seen anything like that and have often wondered if it could work without the visual accompaniment.
- dewey 4y agoI don't see how this would be that useful. If you are learning a foreign language, you already know what you want to say, but not how to say it in the new language. Syntax doesn't really matter after programming for more than a year, as the important part is how to solve a problem, and not how to write down that solution.
- mellosouls 4y agoTrue, but stumbling over even basic idioms and syntax can be quite frustrating if you have not used them enough to absorb them, especially for those like me with dodgy memory retention.
- Kwpolska 4y agoThat would be best solved by writing more code and practicing. A lot of syntax is just hard to convey over audio.
- frou_dh 4y agoI've actually found it quite an active/engaging experience to take in some normal code-presenting videos/screencasts as audio-only (i.e. earphones in, phone in pocket), because you build up in your minds eye the code they're talking about.
- mellosouls 4y agoAh yes, that's a good idea. I think I've actually done that in the past, come to think of it, when walking; listening to a video course and occasionally screenshotting the phone at a bit I wanted to come back to.
- niek_pas 4y agoAccidental tech podcast - atm.fm
- danpalmer 4y ago* https://atp.fm https://atp.fm
- holler 4y agoHave enjoyed the All-In pod for macro tech/biz/culture/etc https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-chamath-jason-sacks-friedberg/id1502871393 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-chamath-ja...
- jason2323 4y agoQuit listening a while back cuz it got too political at a point. Is it better now?
- frou_dh 4y agoSoftware Unscripted https://twitter.com/sw_unscripted https://twitter.com/sw_unscripted is good. I don't know whether it's well known or not. Possibly a hidden gem. Already mentioned, but Signals & Threads https://signalsandthreads.com https://signalsandthreads.com is a very notable one. Probably the best episode hit-rate of any development-related podcast I've listened to. Core Intuition https://coreint.org https://coreint.org Apple-platform focused. Hosts have endearing personalities. The Changelog https://changelog.com/podcast https://changelog.com/podcast Good interviewers and wide-ranging episode topics (some get deleted - I won't subject myself to Kubernetes-related blather!)
- thekaleb 4y agoI could not figure out how to subscribe to software unscripted with a regular podcast application. I don't see an RSS feed anywhere.
- thekaleb 4y agoI haven't really used the Apple podcasts website before but apparently I can find it there.
- frou_dh 4y agoHere it is: https://feeds.resonaterecordings.com/software-unscripted https://feeds.resonaterecordings.com/software-unscripted (that URL was surfaced by my subscription in Overcast).
- zantana 4y agoI usually end up using podbay.fm for finding rss feeds for shows which don't list them on their web pages (or anywhere else). https://podbay.fm/p/software-unscripted https://podbay.fm/p/software-unscripted
- bluehatbrit 4y agoI've been really enjoying the Hacked podcast for about a year now. It's quite similar to Darknet Diaries but episodes are typically shorter and they seem to be branching out a bit more past just security. They don't seem to have a website so here are some of the useful links: * https://twitter.com/hackedpodcast https://twitter.com/hackedpodcast * https://open.spotify.com/show/21zZfOy7VCSIIWlJ64DElv?si=f1ada59f9f6f4112 https://open.spotify.com/show/21zZfOy7VCSIIWlJ64DElv?si=f1ad... * https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacked/id1049420219 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hacked/id1049420219
- hanklazard 4y agoI enjoy all of Jupiter Broadcasting’s output (mostly shows about Linux) but especially “Self-Hosted” http://jupiterbroadcasting.com http://jupiterbroadcasting.com
- nicolaslem 4y agoLinux Unplugged was recommended on HN a while ago so I gave it a try but found the signal to noise ratio very low. I felt it was 30% content on topic and 70% noise about meetups, crypto...
- ilt 4y agoFor UX and Web Design, I highly recommend The Boagworld UX Show, although it is over now but it has a huge repository of over 15 years, with transcripts. It's a timeless relic.
- achow 4y agoMore on UX Better Design https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9kZXNpZ25iZXR0ZXIubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M?ep=14 https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9kZXNpZ25iZXR0ZXI... Finding our Way https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5kaW5nb3Vyd2F5LmRlc2lnbi9mZWVkLw?ep=14 https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5kaW5nb3Vyd2F...
- ilt 4y agoThanks!
- swah 4y agoFor some reason I mostly consume Twitch/Youtube over podcasts these days - I stopped with podcasts when I stopped driving 40 minutes to work. (I kinda miss that...)
- swyx 4y agohere's my list: https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts#tech https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts#tech and i've done annual updates you can find at the top of the post
- Hixon10 4y agoBut what exactly podcasts from the list do you consume?
- swyx 4y agoprobably the more recent (2022, 2021, 2020) are more consume-heavy. the original list is pretty old by now but reflective of where i started out when leveling up in tech
- b0afc375b5 4y agoThat's a lot of podcasts. You must have one hell of a commute. But seriously, how do you find time to listen to all of these?
- swyx 4y agoi work remote, no commute haha. i just play these in the background while i work (example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvd9JFFRI5Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvd9JFFRI5Y). also i skip pretty aggressively if i dont like a guest or topic. you should skim podcasts like you skim HN titles and tweets.
- niklasbuhl 4y agoCommandline Heroes https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes https://www.redhat.com/en/command-line-heroes
- hestefisk 4y ago2.5 admins
- lysecret 4y ago100% Signals an Threads. Super technical extremely well presented. Some more fluffy ones: Hard fork. Pivot. All in.
- heywire 4y agoLate Night Linux, Linux After Dark, Linux Downtime, 2.5 Admins
- warmfusion 4y agoFor the SRE in the room, check out Slight Reliability Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1698445 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1698445 His perspective on SRE really resonates and he shares some really great strategies and book recommendations for adoption of SRE practices, cultures and technologies without pretending he has all the answers. Very good!
- jjarvis 4y agoI like Future of Coding. The show combines interviews with paper reads. One of my favorite interviews was with Miller Puckette who created Pure Data and the original version of the Max/MSP software. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/future-of-coding/id1265527976 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/future-of-coding/id126... I also enjoy the Tech Won't Save Us Podcast. This podcast takes a much needed critical take of tech and SV culture. I feel like this is what tech journalism should be as opposed to the usual cheer leading we usually see. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-wont-save-us/id1507621076 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-wont-save-us/id15...
- umbs 4y agoAbout 9 months back I relocated to India and started listening to Scaler Pod (https://www.youtube.com/@SCALER https://www.youtube.com/@SCALER). It's focused on startups in India, and interviews their CTO or SVPs. Two personal favorites: Dukaan CTO Subhash Choudhary[1] and Rippling Co-Founder Prasanna Sankar[2] [1] https://youtu.be/a5kKRtMmhzQ https://youtu.be/a5kKRtMmhzQ [2] https://youtu.be/8-6f7zh46EQ https://youtu.be/8-6f7zh46EQ
- n8henrie 4y ago+1 for Darknet Diaries 2.5 Admins Self Hosted Late Night Linux / Linux After Dark Ham Radio Workbench Rustacean Station (esp the "new release" episodes) RealPython has some fair content for beginner / intermediate level Hackaday covers some pretty interesting projects I wouldn't have found otherwise
- jacksgt 4y agoI highly recommend CoRecursive - The Stories Behind The Code: https://corecursive.com/ https://corecursive.com/ Basically, the host (Adam Gordon Bell, himself a programmer) is interviewing other software developers about their career or the journey to a particular piece of software. I found these two episodes particularly interesting: * Software Word Tour: https://corecursive.com/software-world-tour-with-son-luong-ngoc/ https://corecursive.com/software-world-tour-with-son-luong-n... * The Untold Story of SQLite: https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/ https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/
- infamousclyde 4y agoHere to recommend CoRecursive as well! I would also recommend the SerenityOS episode for first-time listeners. The quality of the podcast, in general, is spectacular.
- azangru 4y agohttp203 was my favorite while it lasted. Both highly enjoyable and informative. I also want to give a shoutout to the CSS podcast by Adam Argyle and Una Kravets. It isn't easy to listen to, because it's trying to describe verbally what's essentially visual; but it is full of useful information.
- Raed667 4y agoSecurity Cryptography Whatever https://securitycryptographywhatever.buzzsprout.com/ https://securitycryptographywhatever.buzzsprout.com/
- veganjay 4y ago+1 for Darknet Diaries Also, a few others that I did not see here: - Programming Throwdown: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ - This Developer's Life: https://thisdeveloperslife.com/ https://thisdeveloperslife.com/ - Adventures of Alice & Bob: https://www.beyondtrust.com/podcast https://www.beyondtrust.com/podcast
- JohnDeHope 4y agoCoder Radio. A weekly talk show taking a pragmatic look at the art and business of Software Development and the world of technology. Chris Fisher, Michael Dominick, Wes Payne. https://coder.show/ https://coder.show/
- JohnDeHope 4y agoPython Bytes. Python Bytes is a weekly podcast hosted by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken. Python Bytes podcast delivers headlines directly to your earbuds. If you want to stay up on the Python developer news but don't have time to scour reddit, twitter, and other news sources, just subscribe and you'll get the best picks delivered weekly. https://pythonbytes.fm/ https://pythonbytes.fm/
- jennasys 4y agoThis is the only live one I manage to tune into on a regular basis.
- caeril 4y agoSelf-Hosted, of course. https://selfhosted.show/ https://selfhosted.show/
- tluyben2 4y ago- type theory forall - arraycast - Eric Normand podcast
- yucky 4y agoNobody has mentioned Acquired yet? I think they do a great job discussing the history and business decision in tech that have led to where we are today. It's not all tech focused, but even the handful of episodes that aren't such as the Berkshire Hathaway one are tangentially related and great.
- birdymcbird 4y ago- all in - this week in tech - Lex freidman
- jbms 4y agohttps://embedded.fm/ https://embedded.fm/ If you are interested in embedded software, and by extension all the stuff that software goes into.
- mtk0 4y agoalthough it is specific to scala, chris kipp's tooling podcast is fascinating. there is much to learn about tooling in general and if you're a scala developer, the technical insight is invaluable. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tooling-talks/id1580009576 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tooling-talks/id158000... https://www.tooling-talks.com/ https://www.tooling-talks.com/
- avinassh 4y agoWhat are some tech podcasts which dive really deep into the tech?
- patrick91 4y agoThe changelog for sure! https://changelog.com/podcast https://changelog.com/podcast