Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by ckvamme » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:07 PM UTC

Who are some great interviewers / podcasters for technical coding topics; like Joe is for MMA? Or Machine Learning Street Talk is for ML, etc.

I'd love to hear in depth interviews with people like:

- Video game lead engineer - SpaceX flight systems engineer - DeepMind infra. engineer - HFT firm engineer - etc. etc.

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by colesantiago » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:08 PM UTC

What does that even mean?

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by LinuxBender » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:13 PM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #2

What does that even mean?

I believe they mean someone with the charisma and depth to give great interviews with many interesting people but specifically in this case, people that code. Much of Joe's audience would tune out after a few minutes of coding discussion. So in this case, an interviewer that can pull in some of the top developers from around the world and be able to carry on interesting conversations with them that would draw in an audience of developers. ckvamme, please correct me if I am wrong.

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by ravenstine » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC

The closest I know of is Lex Friedman, but when he still gets technical guests on his show it's usually more about high level topics around AI and tech rather than the specifics about code or ML, although that sometimes happens. It's a great show to check out regardless.

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by tigershark » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #2

What does that even mean?

Not sure. Honestly a right wing hack that spreads vaccine misinformation and ivermectin as the only true covid cure is the opposite of what I want in a programming podcast.

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by textread » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:32 PM UTC

https://www.se-radio.net/

Eg:- https://www.se-radio.net/2008/01/episode-84-dick-gabriel-on-...

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by igetspam » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:35 PM UTC

tigershark wrote: post #5

colesantiago wrote: post #2

What does that even mean?

Not sure. Honestly a right wing hack that spreads vaccine misinformation and ivermectin as the only true covid cure is the opposite of what I want in a programming podcast.

That's what I was thinking. A dispenser of garbage information from a garbage hack of a person? I can name a few narcissists I know that have no technical knowledge, despite their claims. Is that what you're looking for?

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by jimmyvalmer » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:36 PM UTC

Lex Fridman. At first I thought, who is this unheralded plebe and how is he getting famous people to talk to him? Turns out he's thoughtful, oddly charismatic, sufficiently smart, and most importantly, non-cringey.

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by ravenstine » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:39 PM UTC

tigershark wrote: post #5

colesantiago wrote: post #2

What does that even mean?

Not sure. Honestly a right wing hack that spreads vaccine misinformation and ivermectin as the only true covid cure is the opposite of what I want in a programming podcast.

Well if that's all you reduce Rogan down to, then sure. But it would totally ignore why so many people tune in to his show.

Re: Ask HN: Who is the Joe Rogan of coding?

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Post by kieferm » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:41 PM UTC

I’d recommend Adam Gordon Bell

https://corecursive.com/