3 ms·

None. Most are filled with too many pointless comments, side commentary, tangents, and can't show detail over audio. I can't listen to them anywhere I want. I

• azemetre 2y ago
  I’m slowly reaching the same conclusion only with a more cynical bent. Most programming podcasts are just paid interviews it seems. It’s always the same guest on the same podcasts making the same comments. Very few hosts ask relevant questions or try to have a dialogue. It always comes across as extremely disingenuous when you can tell they are just sucking up to the person they are interviewing. The only podcast I consistently listen to is Oxide and Friends, it comes across is genuine even if it’s basically an advertisement for Oxide Computers. Probably more to do with who the hosts are as people.
  • bcantrill 2y ago
    Thank you for listening -- and for the kind words! (And on ads: hey, at least we don't carry even more ads on top of the podcast!) For whatever it's worth, we did an episode on (other!) podcasts that had some good recommendations in it -- plenty of which are technical.[0] [0] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/podcasts-for-podcast-lovers https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/podcasts-fo...
  • hbogert 2y ago
    Yeah I've got enormous sweetspot for oxide. They sometimes take you back to the 90s at sun. While I was to young to do actual coding in the 90s, somehow it triggers instant nostalgia. Also oxide is doing god's work for servers. I've had the misfortune to automate thousands of servers through their BMCs, and boy did I curse a lot.