Today, @ben & I officially get to call ourselves podcast hosts. We are very excited to introduce you all to DevDiscuss, the show where me, Ben, and our lovely guests get to discuss the burning topics that pop up around DEV and beyond. The format of our show begins with an interview with one or two guests, and ends with commentary straight from the community. I’ve been hinting at this new podcast since I posted my first dial-in request back in March:
If you’ve responded to any of these threads, either by commenting or dialing our Google Voice number, you might hear your comment (and voice) on the show!
We kicked off our inaugural episode with a topic that software engineers often don’t consider: changing your name. We were inspired by Penelope Phippen’s (@penelope_zone) article, “Changing your name is a hard unsolved problem in Computer Science,” so we brought her into our fully distributed studio for an interview.
You can tune into the episode directly here on DEV (and continue browsing the site!), or any other platform that supports podcasts:
Pro Tip - If you follow the podcast on DEV, new episodes will show up directly in your feed :)
Quick Listening Links
- Spotify
- Overcast
- Stitcher
- Listen Notes
- TuneIn
- DevDiscuss Website
- RSS Feed to plug into the platform of your choice 🔌
- Apple Podcasts
- Google Podcasts
A huge thanks to @levisharpe for producing & mixing the show, and @peter and @saronyitbarek for their editorial oversight.
Finally, thank you to our Season 1 sponsors who help make this show possible. If you're in the market for any of their services, please check out DigitalOcean, Heroku, CommerceJS, and Fastly.
We hope you enjoy DevDiscuss!
Happy Coding!
Top comments (68)
It's really exciting to be a part of this, the first episode with @penelope_zone was our first recording of the season and it was great to start on a note that reflects the ethos of the show: To tackle real software topics with nuance and go deeper than surface-level, while always delivering some technical meat to ensure folks are coming out of this with new perspectives that are going to help them as developers.
The feedback between the community and the show topics has already shown itself to be really cool.
The show has not yet gone live on Apple Podcasts, as mentioned, but if you use spotify or elsewhere subscribe and leave a great review...
Also if you intend listen on DEV, check out our mobile apps at dev.to/downloads as we will just continue to improve this part of the overall experience.
Happy coding, happy listening ❤️
It's really exciting to have watched this show evolve from concept to production to release. There's more work related to planning, recording, mixing, hosting, releasing, etc. than I could have ever imagined. Major congrats are in order for @ben and @jess , Senior Podcast Producer @levisharpe , and to @saronyitbarek for her editorial input.
This is our first "DEV Original" podcast, but we're amazingly lucky to have learned so much about the process from Levi and Saron, who are pros at this given their experience with the CodeNewbie Podcast and BaseCS Podcast.
We hope you enjoy the show!
🎙️🎙️🎙️Congratulations on the new podcast! 🎙️🎙️🎙️
Thank you everyone for the kind words! It was a blast to work on this show with everyone involved, and I can't wait for you all to hear what we have in store for you!
Really liked the first episode! Changing your name in the real world has really a big effect on various systems. @penelope_zone was a great first guest in the show. I am looking forward to the next episodes!
Awesome, excited to listen to it!
Amazing! Looking forward for more!
Woo!!! Stoked to listen to this :D
It is wonderful !! We will share it in the Facebook Developer circles of Latam 🧑🏽💻 !! 🙌
First of all congratulations for your 1st podcasts it really sound cool 😎.
As this is your first "DEV Original" podcast, and we learn so much, and. This is really awesome. 👌
Thanks 💐
@ben @jess
I love podcasts! Subscribed to Dev Discuss.
Can you tell us when it will be available on PocketCasts?
It's on PocketCasts play.pocketcasts.com/discover/podc...
Thanks!!
That's a @levisharpe questions 😀
I'll be waiting for it to come there but till then, I'll listen to it here :)
I would like this as well, it can be submitted via pocketcasts.com/submit/
Also, whenever the podcast is playing you don't have access to the post toolbar, at least on mobile. Maybe consider giving the podcast toolbar a visibility toggle?
We'll have it anywhere it can go
The college DJ in me is beaming with excitement. This is so well produced.
Thank you! I really appreciate your comment 🤗
Awesome work, guys!
It is refreshing to hear from a fresh set of voices. I hadn't thought about these things, like the effects of the changing your name, and the 'unpopular opinions', until you did episodes on them. It really helps you get a new perspective on things.
Yeahhhhh!!!! 🙌🙌
I'm a big podcast listener and listen a whole lot to syntax.fm, and this will be a great addition to my podcast rotation. Hyped!