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I'm still listening to Build & Analyze but I'm one or two more nonsensical episodes away from removing it from iTunes. The earlier episodes were a lot better i

I'm still listening to Build & Analyze but I'm one or two more nonsensical episodes away from removing it from iTunes. The earlier episodes were a lot better in my opinion. Conversation was focused much more on actual development and the way they talked about it was interesting to me. Now they talk about topics that they think are interesting to developers but I guess I'm no longer their target demographic. Like you I can't quite put my finger on it but there is something about Marco that just rubs me the wrong way. I think as Instapaper has gotten more popular it has gone to Marco's head and he has become a bit arrogant. His motto seems to be "this is how I do it and if you don't agree I don't care because it works for me and I'm making a lot of money". But it really doesn't matter in the end. Competition is always a good thing. Some people will stay with Instapaper, some people will be converted to Readability but Readability's free price tag should make a lot more people aware of this type of service. If Marco has the ability to keep up then both products should get better.

Protonk 15y ago
I was also frustrated by the sort of arrogant response to all the complaints about non-development topics. It's not like we can't have interesting shows about technical topics! Hypercritical and The Critical Path are proof enough with the same host. And I wouldn't even mind technical topics about coffee or thermostats (ok maybe I would mind about that). What kills me is the half-baked life coach bullshit that 1/3rd of Build and Analyze is turning in to. I don't need another person telling me how I should value my time. I read those posts from Joel on Software in 2004 just like Marco did.
- reidmain 15y ago
  Exactly. Back in the earlier episodes when they were talking about development they were pulling the topics from concrete problems that they had solved. Their topics now seem to stem from random anecdotes from their lives and their "expertise" on these topics is questionable at best. I fear what will happen is once Marco's child is born, half of every Build & Analyze episode will be about Dan and Marco's children and how they manage their time. It is their show and they can talk about that if they want but at that point they will have finally stopped talking about topics that matter to me.
  - Protonk 15y ago
    >I fear what will happen is once Marco's child is born, half of every Build & Analyze episode will be about Dan and Marco's children and how they manage their time. Yeah. That'll be a mess. I'm a big 5by5 nerd, so I listen to almost all the main podcasts on there. And when I need advice about time management, I'll listen to Merlin. I don't need a half assed Merlin impression from someone with no employees or bosses. You are right about it being their show. It's just a shame because I think it fills up a time slow in the 5by5 schedule which could be better utilized by finding someone who wants to talk about development topics. Without that discipline everything devolves into life-coach wankery.
    - reidmain 15y ago
      Yeah I really liked the development topics. I suppose it is time to start looking for another podcast that fills that void. Don't suppose you have any recommendations do you?
      - Protonk 15y ago
        If you're not listening to Hypercritical, then I probably don't have too many suggestions. [StackExchange](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/) podcasts are nice, but sometimes insidebaseball-y.

Protonk 15y ago

I was also frustrated by the sort of arrogant response to all the complaints about non-development topics. It's not like we can't have interesting shows about technical topics! Hypercritical and The Critical Path are proof enough with the same host. And I wouldn't even mind technical topics about coffee or thermostats (ok maybe I would mind about that). What kills me is the half-baked life coach bullshit that 1/3rd of Build and Analyze is turning in to. I don't need another person telling me how I should value my time. I read those posts from Joel on Software in 2004 just like Marco did.

reidmain 15y ago
Exactly. Back in the earlier episodes when they were talking about development they were pulling the topics from concrete problems that they had solved. Their topics now seem to stem from random anecdotes from their lives and their "expertise" on these topics is questionable at best. I fear what will happen is once Marco's child is born, half of every Build & Analyze episode will be about Dan and Marco's children and how they manage their time. It is their show and they can talk about that if they want but at that point they will have finally stopped talking about topics that matter to me.
- Protonk 15y ago
  >I fear what will happen is once Marco's child is born, half of every Build & Analyze episode will be about Dan and Marco's children and how they manage their time. Yeah. That'll be a mess. I'm a big 5by5 nerd, so I listen to almost all the main podcasts on there. And when I need advice about time management, I'll listen to Merlin. I don't need a half assed Merlin impression from someone with no employees or bosses. You are right about it being their show. It's just a shame because I think it fills up a time slow in the 5by5 schedule which could be better utilized by finding someone who wants to talk about development topics. Without that discipline everything devolves into life-coach wankery.
  - reidmain 15y ago
    Yeah I really liked the development topics. I suppose it is time to start looking for another podcast that fills that void. Don't suppose you have any recommendations do you?
    - Protonk 15y ago
      If you're not listening to Hypercritical, then I probably don't have too many suggestions. [StackExchange](http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/podcasts/) podcasts are nice, but sometimes insidebaseball-y.