Best IndieHackers Podcasts (2024)

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#060 - Adam Elmore: IndieHacker Extraordinaire 1:13:41

12d ago1:13:41

1:13:41

Today we bring anothe returning guest, Adam Elmore! An AWS Hero, Teacher and fellow content creator! You might notice today's talk is a bit different, as we don't cover too much technical details but we do cover a lot of other interesting topics that permeate our everyday lives, such as kids and family time, religion and purpose in life... But don'…

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#063 - I was fired for using HTMX 1:03:09

3h ago1:03:09

1:03:09

In today’s episode, we bring Spiro Floropoulos, a senior developer and architect with over 20 years of experience. This episode is an unusual one, as Spiro recently got laid off due to a bizarre chain of events that involved HTMX, overworking, and technical debt. But we’ll learn from this story, as we want to shed some light on how situations that …

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#062 - Declaring War Against the Frontend feat. Sam Selikoff 59:24

3d ago59:24

59:24

In today’s episode, we go to war with Sam Selikoff, co-host of the Frontend First podcast, and specialist on everything Frontend related. We have an amazing conversation where we discuss Sam’s journey, as he also did some backend work in the past, we talk about abstractions, what JavaScript is doing differently from other languages and frameworks, …

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#061 - Forget SQL, use Typescript feat. Thomas Ballinger 1:00:28

5d ago1:00:28

1:00:28

Today we bring Thomas Ballinger, a developer at Convex, an open-source backend for application builders. We will be discussing mainly databases, and why at Convex they use Rust and Typescript. We'll also talk about systems scalability, infrastructure and go over different practices regarding abstractions Learn back-end development - https://www.boo…

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🥑 Avo joins TinySeed 🤑! What will Adrian do with the money? 29:43

9d ago29:43

29:43

We talk about: Adrians' worldwide conference tour in the first half of 2024 (Tropical RB, Singapore, Sin City) Yaro & Adrian spending time together at the French Riviera Upcoming conferences (EURUKO, Rails World, FriendlyRB) FriendlyRB plans & speakers Avo future plans (marketplace, no-code/low-code) Hiring for Avo Build Rails apps 10x faster with …

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#059 - The Internet == AWS? feat. James Q Quick 1:03:44

19d ago1:03:44

1:03:44

In today's episode, we bring back James Q Quick. Last time we talked about his best tips to land your first ever job as a developer. Today we talk about James' new startup and how he manages all his new tech adventures with being a parent and also provides some helpful insight as to why having an audience and personal connections in the industry is…

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#058 - Stop Making Private Variables feat. BadCop 54:41

26d ago54:41

54:41

In today's episode, we bring back BadCop! Since last episode, she joined Boot.dev's team and is now writing courses with us! Today we will be discussing the approaches to writing good educational material, Bash (of course, duh), working outside cloud solutions, SSH, NAS systems, workflows with different editors and cultural shifts in different area…

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#057 - AI Bros Suck.. feat. Ken Wheeler 59:11

1M ago59:11

59:11

In today's episode, we welcome Ken Wheeler, a dope programmer, who creates cool projects and just gives them away for free, helping thousands of developers worldwide, a based beatmaker and just in general a cool person. In this episode, we talk about AI, React, OCaml, why stressing over specific frameworks is not worth it, advice for new developers…

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#056 - Maybe Programmers are Just Bad feat. Casey Muratori 1:17:47

1M ago1:17:47

1:17:47

In today's episode, we welcome Casey Muratori, a seasoned programmer who specializes in game engine research and development who is currently working on a narrative game about organized crime in the 1930s in New York. And oh boy, is this episode packed with valuable knowledge! In this talk, we go over the differences between different job positions…

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#055 - Talking Go with the Go God feat. AnthonyGG 58:25

2M ago58:25

58:25

In today’s episode, we bring AnthonyGG, a highly requested guest, a Go developer with over a decade of experience with Golang and a fellow content creator. This episode will be all around Web Development with Go - from how Anthony started writing code with Go and why he chose this language, to tooling, migrations, integrations with databases, gener…

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#054 - CS Programs Should NOT Teach Git feat. ThePrimeagen 59:41

2M ago59:41

59:41

Today, we bring back a dear guest and friend of the podcast, ThePrimeagen! Now Ex-Netflix engineer who turned his full focus to content creation surrounding software engineering and tech. In today's episode, we talk about his new Git course on boot.dev, where he shares motivations on why he decided to write a course on Git, how he incorporates it i…

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#053 - Go isn’t secure?!? feat. Low Level Learning 51:13

2M ago51:13

51:13

In today's episode, we welcome Low Level Learning, a fellow programmer and content creator. With over 500k subscribers and his own course where he teaches low level programming topics, he came on the podcast to talk about what he knows most: C, low level concepts, AI, as well as share some of his own developer experiences and preferences that he ga…

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#052 - AI Generates 90% of My Code 57:09

2M ago57:09

57:09

In today’s episode, we welcome Natalie Pistunovich, host of the Go Time podcast, OpenAI Ambassador and Google Developer Expert for Go. She advises companies on how to make the most of AI and adopt it properly and also teaches the Cloud and Infrastructure course for B.Sc. students at the HTW Berlin. In this episode, we talk all about AI driven devel…

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🇧🇬 BalkanRuby: Radoslav Stankov does not need Hotwire ⛔️ 11:06

3M ago11:06

11:06

One more cool cat from BalkanRuby! This time we talk to Rado ex-producthunt head of engineering, building his own product - AngryBuilding. He is the only developer and has a team of non-devs doing business stuff. He kindly reminds me that you don't always need reactivity, and full-page reloads are good. Enough for many B2B cases! You can learn a lo…

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Genadi Samokovarov - Balkan Ruby organizer 11:06

3M ago11:06

11:06

Since the first moment I met Genadi I felt “this guy is great to be around“! In this episode he talks about the 🇧🇬 ruby community, organising conferences, his current work and open source history. Find Genadi http://gsamokovarov.com/ Balkan Ruby https://balkanruby.com/ Join Sofia local ruby meetup https://rubybanitsa.com/ Build Rails apps 10x faste…

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Nick Sutterer - Trailblazer daddy, ViewComponents grandpa, heart of the party 11:33

3M ago11:33

11:33

Nick is one of the most fun exciting people to be around! He has a few superpowers: 1. Developing unique Ruby tools way ahead of their time He created Trailblazer as a better way to structure business logic in Rails apps than Services. Way ahead of DDD! https://github.com/trailblazer/trailblazer He created Cells that inspired ViewComponent https://…

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#051 - Should you grind leetcode? feat. NeetCode 56:21

3M ago56:21

56:21

In today’s episode, we bring fellow developer and tech content creator NeetCode, to talk about his obstacles and observations on his path in becoming a FAANG engineer, where he shares his struggles and how he started both his tech career and content creation journeys. Among a variety of other topics, NeetCode shares his advice for anyone that’s ope…

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Balkan Ruby! 👽 Irina Nazarova. Making $ on Dev tools 🤑🤑🤑 17:54

3M ago17:54

17:54

This week we are visiting Balkan Ruby in Sofia, Bulgaria. In this surprise mini-episode we discuss making $$ on dev tools with Irina Nazarova, CEO of very very Evil Martians! Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRailsBy Adrian Marin & Yaroslav Shmarov

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#050 - Python is Faster than Rust 59:09

3M ago59:09

59:09

In today’s episode, we welcome John Crickett, veteran software engineer, having worked at Staff, VP, and C-Suite positions over the years, and now focusing on helping thousands of engineers worldwide, through his coding challenges that have you building real applications, as well as helping with the soft skills through his articles and posts about …

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#049 - Is OCaml SaaS Ready? 51:59

3M ago51:59

51:59

In today’s episode, we bring Leandro Ostera, a seasoned software engineer, who’s currently leading the OCaml build system team, with the mission of making OCaml SaaS ready!Join us as this episode is packed with a variety of topics, where we mainly focus on the OCaml ecosystem, compare it to other languages and frameworks, but also dabble into very …

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#048 - Your command line sucks feat. Bashbunni 49:53

3M ago49:53

49:53

Today, we're excited to have Bashbunni join us, a software developer and fellow tech content creator currently rocking it as a DevRel at Charm, whose purpose is all about glamming up the CLI experience.In this episode, we cover a lot of ground, from diving into Charm's cool libraries and their real-world applications to chatting about the self-taug…

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#047 - From Nursing to Programming feat. Trash Puppy 51:48

4M ago51:48

51:48

In this episode, we host Trash Puppy, with her amazing story of how she went from Nursing to becoming a Software Engineer. Today, we talk about her story, why she chose Golang, her exciting personal projects and her experiences and advice as a self-taught developer.As Trash Puppy is accepting job offers at the moment, we also dove into the current …

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#046 - How I Spent $100,000/mo on CI/CD 1:00:41

4M ago1:00:41

1:00:41

Today, we're thrilled to have Tommy Graves, co-founder of RWX, a company focusing on building tools that optimize build and test performance, reliability, and developer experience. In this episode, we're delving deep into the realm of CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment), with a special focus on Mint - their latest CI platform. …

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#045 - Whiskey, Web, and Wagners 1:04:33

4M ago1:04:33

1:04:33

Today, we bring a special "Whiskey, Web and Whatnot" edition to our podcast, where we welcome Travis Wagner and Robbie The Wagner, to talk about controversial takes regarding tech CEOs, their experiences in the field, the impact of AI and other personal preferences towards technologiesLearn back-end development - https://boot.devListen on your favo…

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Why Detroit?! Meet Ufuk, the secret organizer behind Rails Conf 2024 45:39

4M ago45:39

45:39

RailsConf is happening on 7-9 of May! And Ufuk is the lead organizer! He recently joined the Ruby Central board of directors. He is on the Shopify infrastructure team, working on making Ruby on Rails a better ecosystem 💪 We discuss: What makes RailsConf 2024 special? What is "RubyConf Hack Day"? Where does the ticket price come from? Why is RubyCen…

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#044 - Managers should know how to code feat. Thorsten Ball 1:07:30

4M ago1:07:30

1:07:30

In today's episode, we bring Thorsten Ball, author of "Writing An Interpreter In Go" and "Writing A Compiler In Go". In this talk, we discuss the different clashes and responsibilities between Product and Engineering teams, reignite the topic of working with technical managers, explain why cookie banners are dumb, and on a more interpersonal note, …

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#043 - Nuxt.js is better than Next.js feat. Daniel Roe 1:06:20

4M ago1:06:20

1:06:20

In this episode, we bring Daniel Roe, the Lead Maintainer of Nuxt.js, an open source framework that makes web development intuitive and powerful. Today, he shares his journey into the framework and sheds some light on intriguing questions surrounding its development and usage. Today's talk ranges from the origins of Nuxt to its unique features and …

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#042 - Rust is the WORST language to learn first feat. Teej DeVries 1:09:30

5M ago1:09:30

1:09:30

In today's episode, we bring back Teej DeVries, the first guest ever on our podcast! Today we are discussing Teej's new course on Boot.dev on Memory Management. In this talk, we discuss the importance of memory, why Go is a C-programmer minded language, garbage collectors, among other technical topics. We also talk about why understanding the funda…

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Meet SQLite Jesus, Stephen Margheim 1:02:55

5M ago1:02:55

1:02:55

Steven is on a mission to make SQLite good enough for production. We talked about SQLite and Litestack contributing to open source being "the guy" in a niche, creating your own luck Build Rails apps 10x faster with AVO Learn RoR 10x faster than Yaro did with SupeRailsBy Adrian Marin & Yaroslav Shmarov

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#041 - From Roblox to software founder feat. Lewis Menelaws 1:03:07

5M ago1:03:07

1:03:07

In this episode, Lane chats with Lewis Menelaws, a Full-Stack developer and entrepreneur. Today he takes us through his coding journey and insights as a developer influencer. From his early days coding Roblox games, tech stacks, and the challenges of freelancing, to his shift into content creation and thoughts on the current programming meta. Learn…

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#040 - The man who wrote the book on DynamoDB feat. Alex DeBrie 58:08

5M ago58:08

58:08

In this episode, Lane talks to Alex DeBrie, author of the DynamoDB book. Today's talk covers various aspects such as DynamoDB's comparison with Amazon S3, its benefits, use cases, constraints, and cost considerations, while also covering other AWS and Google Cloud services. Alex also shares his insights into his journey of writing the book on Dynam…

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#039 - Get promoted by being lazy feat. Dax Raad 1:05:58

6M ago1:05:58

1:05:58

In this episode, Lane talks to Dax Raad, a well rounded engineer that is currently a developer for SST, a framework that helps people build Full-Stack applications on AWS with ease. Today, they talk about personal opinions on industry practices, scale, financial decisions, infrastructure mistakes, reflections on long-term company commitments and ma…

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Amanda Perino: It's RailsWorld 2024 CFP season! How to become a speaker? 20:54

6M ago20:54

20:54

Join the dialogue with Amanda Perino, CEO of the Rails Foundation, as we unpack the intricacies and excitement of Rails World 2024. Amanda brings her unique perspective to the table, revealing the behind-the-scenes of organizing a top-tier conference in Toronto and how they're shaping it to be an even more engaging and community-driven event. We re…

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#038 - I Got Caught Rolling my Own Auth... feat. Dev Agrawal 1:06:56

6M ago1:06:56

1:06:56

Lane chats with Dev Agrawal— content creator & Developer Advocate at Clerk! Tune in as they discuss DevRel, authentication vs. authorization, JWT, and so much more in this episode. Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm Dev's Twitter: https://twitter.com/devagrawal09 Dev's …

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Andy's Tech Tales: The Brighton Ruby Conference, RailsConf Proposals, and Nurturing Junior Talent 42:02

6M ago42:02

42:02

Join the conversation with the serial conference organizer Andy Croll, where we talk about how he started Brighton Ruby, why he's still doing it, how he's helping organize RailsConf this year, and about First Ruby Friend and why you should hire junior developers. https://brightonruby.com/ https://firstrubyfriend.org/ https://railsconf.org/ Build Ra…

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#037 - Caddy Chronicles with Matt Holt 58:54

6M ago58:54

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Lane chats with Matt Holt-- a renowned figure in backend engineering and the creator of Caddy, a leading platform for serving sites and apps written in Go. In this episode, they discuss the origins of Caddy, its unique features, and Matt's journey in Go programming and web development. Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev Listen on your fa…

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#036 - BadCop's Bash Breakdown 59:04

6M ago59:04

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Lane chats with BadCop-- a senior Bash engineer, Twitch streamer and the mastermind behind their online presence. From the origins of 'BadCop' to the recent emergence of 'BashCop,' they explore scripting languages, focusing on Bash, shells, terminals and more. Follow the conversation in this enlightening episode, unraveling the intricacies of onlin…

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#035 - Discussing Roc and functional systems with Richard Fieldman 1:02:05

7M ago1:02:05

1:02:05

Lane chats with Richard Feldman, creator of the Roc programming language, about why he decided to create it. They discuss object oriented programming and whether it did irreparable damage to the industry - or not. Follow along as they talk about all of that and functional programming too! Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev Listen on your…

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#034 - Brain Oriented Programming with Philip Winston 1:12:56

7M ago1:12:56

1:12:56

Lane chats with Philip Winston, a software engineer with a storied history who recently published an article titled "Brain Oriented Programming". Tune in as Lane and Philip talk about the pros and cons of object oriented programming and... guitar hero? Don't miss this episode of Backend Banter! Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev Listen o…

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The end 1:06:16

7M ago1:06:16

1:06:16

Season 1 finale! Today we talk about: our reflections about 2023 and plans for 2024 Rails 8 features Highlights: 👶Being a young father ⛵️Sailing ✈️visited 5 Ruby events together 🍻met new Ruby friends 🎙️10x FriendlyShow podcast episodes 🎬68 videos & ✍55 blogposts 🥑All-in on AVO Will there be a Season 2? Let us know if you want one! Build Rails apps …

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