I want to become a better developer and ideally get more into artificial neural networks also. Looking for audiobooks mainly, as I've found most podcasts quite light on substance. Any recommendations from the HN crowd?
Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
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Re: Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
#2Here is a technical podcast I listen to on my commute home: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com
I don't listen to every episode, however I feel it's technical breadth and depth is fairly decent.
Re: Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
#3I feel for technical subjects, you need to sit down with a pen and paper, concentrate, understand and absorb the material. You can try listen to Coursera or Edx lectures. But to be honest, if you are learning well with that, you are probably not driving safely/likely to miss your stop.
Re: Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
#4This is not really audio, but when it comes to programming, I don't think any sort of listening material (by itself) is ever going to top visual material. In that department, I recommend this app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wiki.algorithm...
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/algorithms-explained-and-ani...
Re: Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
#5Blinkist is worth checking out. I like using it to determine which books I am going to actually read.
Re: Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
#6I listen to python podcasts: https://talkpython.fm/ and https://www.podcastinit.com/ . Outside of purely technical subjects, I also like "talking machines" about ML: http://www.thetalkingmachines.com/ . Maybe they won't improve your "core" skills, but it's good with keeping up to date with cool recent libraries or new language developments. I use an app on android that pre-downloads podcasts on wifi and allow me to listen to them at 1.5X speed.
I wouldn't recommend audiobooks, as they require more focus and context than podcasts and it's harder to find during the commute.
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#7Sometimes the O'Reilly Data Show https://www.oreilly.com/topics/oreilly-data-show-podcast get a bit deep. Try a few epsiodes.
Re: Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
#8I listen to python podcasts: https://talkpython.fm/ and https://www.podcastinit.com/ . Outside of purely technical subjects, I also like "talking machines" about ML: http://www.thetalkingmachines.com/ . Maybe they won't improve your "core" skills, but it's good with keeping up to date with cool recent libraries or new language developments. I use an app on android that pre-downloads podcasts on wifi and allow me to l…
The idea of technical podcasts intrigues me.
But, I just clicked to see the content of 'Talk Python' podcasts, and it seems that a lot of it is meta-talk... smart people talking about the fact that they're going to teach someone, _not_ teaching the postcast-listener stuff (besides perhaps the knowledge that some X and Y module exists?).
I think I'm just asking too much here... because creating instructional content takes _time_... to organize, think about, record, review, etc. Hm, maybe instead of complaining, I'll have a go at it...
Re: Ask HN: What audio resources can improve my technical skills during my commute?
#9If you're like me, nothing. I need to sit down and find ways to break something to understand how it works.
What I do find useful is listening to books on practice or management. Something like The Pragmatic Programmer, The Practice of Programming, and Clean Code. These are high on substance but (relatively) low on examples, so I feel I can still benefit from their insights without having to be in front of a screen.