I was a big fan of podcasts in the past. I could listen to them all day, non-stop. Eventually, my focus changed to reading, which for me was less time consuming and I was able to concentrate and memorize better. Also, taking notes is easier when reading.
That being said, I still listen to podcast from time to time, mostly on my way home. Here is the list:
A podcast about developers and their lives. It's not active from 2015, but the podcasts are still available and the whole idea is pretty decent. Here is what the famous Scott Hanselman said about it:
There's no talk of code, no hand-waving or explanations of architecture diagrams. There are just our stories. I think This Developer's Life has the potential to bring back some emotional context that's been missing in our space. Why DO we choose this job? What drives us and how far will we go?
spec.fm/podcasts/developer-tea
I will leave the description of this podcast to speak for himself:
Developer Tea exists to help driven developers connect to their ultimate purpose and excel at their work so that they can positively impact the people they influence.
The episodes are great, the guests are great, which makes the whole podcast overall great. It's available on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM and probably on other places.
This was my motivational podcast back in the days. It's stories from people on their coding journey. CodeNewbie Podcast is part of CodeNewbie - a community, exclusively aimed at helping beginners make their first programming steps easier. Pretty similar to what Hashnode is doing. 🙂
I think this doesn't need any explanation, it's a podcast about React and how awesome it is.
If you haven't heard of Development Hell, well, it's something you don't want to be in. I've been there for a whole year and it's the worst. But this a story for another time.
According to Wikipedia, Development Hell is:
Media industry jargon for a film, video game, television program, screenplay, software application, concept, or idea that remains in development (often moving between different crews, scripts, or studios) for an especially long time before it progresses to production if it ever does. Projects in development hell are not officially canceled, but work on them slows or stops.
/dev/hell is a podcast, made by Chris Hartjes and Ed Finkler, where they record their freewheeling, uncensored discussions on programming the web, so future generations can learn from their failures.
Trust me, it's great!
Remember the guy I mentioned before, the one with the review about This Developer's Life. Well, he has his own weekly talk podcast, where he invites guests and talk about tech, programming and everything in-between.
It's a technology podcast with Scott Allen, Kevin Dente, Scott Koon, and Jon Galloway. I haven't had the change to listen to Herding Code that often, but based on their latest episode descriptions, it's still a solid choice.
@nurul1131 mentioned it, but their podcasts are so great, that they deserve to be mentioned again. I'm particularly interested in the JavaScript Jabber show.
github.com/guipdutra/awesome-geek-podcasts
You can never go wrong with an awesome list -- Every developer on Earth.
If you are still looking for a development podcast, awesome-geek-podcasts is your place. It has everything:
P.S Now that I'm thinking it, I should give some podcasts a second chance.