Ask HN: What is your favorite Tech Podcasts these days? • Hacker News Board

Raed667 wrote: post #21

nicolaslem wrote: post #11

Without 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

I 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.

True, 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.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite Tech Podcasts these days?

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Post by b0afc375b5 » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 11:56 AM UTC

swyx wrote: post #29

here's my list: https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts#tech and i've done annual updates you can find at the top of the post

That'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?

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite Tech Podcasts these days?

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Post by lysecret » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 11:58 AM UTC

100% Signals an Threads. Super technical extremely well presented.

Some more fluffy ones: Hard fork. Pivot. All in.

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Post by nicolaslem » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 12:03 PM UTC

hanklazard wrote: post #22

I enjoy all of Jupiter Broadcasting’s output (mostly shows about Linux) but especially “Self-Hosted” http://jupiterbroadcasting.com

Linux 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...

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Post by swyx » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 12:06 PM UTC

b0afc375b5 wrote: post #35

swyx wrote: post #29

here's my list: https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts#tech and i've done annual updates you can find at the top of the post

That'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?

i work remote, no commute haha. i just play these in the background while i work (example 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.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite Tech Podcasts these days?

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Post by swyx » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 12:07 PM UTC

Hixon10 wrote: post #33

swyx wrote: post #29

here's my list: https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts#tech and i've done annual updates you can find at the top of the post

But what exactly podcasts from the list do you consume?

probably 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

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Post by warmfusion » Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 12:09 PM UTC

For the SRE in the room, check out Slight Reliability Podcast 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!