Best Technical Writing Tips Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 138: Caido Tools and Workflows 22:39

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Episode 138: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast We’re talking Caido tools and workflows. Justin gives us a list of some of the Caido tools that have caught his interest, as well as how he’s using them. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback here: inf…

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Yoga wisdom for technical writers with Sarah Walker 52:53

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I talk with Sarah Walker, a technical writer…

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XO Ruby is hitting the road (Interview) 1:32:03

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Jim Remsik has lived on the bleeding edge (but also the heart’s center) of the Ruby world for decades. This fall, he’s organizing six (yes, SIX) XO Ruby confs all around the United States. On this episode, Jim joins us to reminisce about the early days of Ruby and Rails, share what he’s learned from so many years of organizing events, and invite al…

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Use Conversational SEO and Query Data Clustering via machine learning - with Konrad Szymaniak 16:37

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Konrad Szymaniak shares the importance of using conversational SEO and query data clustering via machine learning. Talking points include: What is Conversational SEO & Query Data Clustering? Why is machine learning key? What do we want to achieve from this? What software do you use? What type of businesses should be doing this? How is this changing…

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Next.js is infuriating (News) 8:14

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Dominik Meca is infuriated by Next.js, Josh Bressers explains why open source is just one person, Huon Wilson describes the usefulness of “Copy as cURL”, Herman Martinus re-licenses Bear, and Nawaz Dhandala unpacks why dependency bloat is such a pervasive problem. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get clo…

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70 | Sick of Saving Your Music for Last? 4 Tips to Prioritize Your Creativity for Singer Songwriters 15:49

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If you’re anything like me, you just feel better when you’re singing. When you make music a part of your life and prioritize your creativity, there is a certain energy, a certain spark that permeates all aspects of your life and enhances your overall well-being. But it’s just harder than it used to be to set aside time for making music, singing, so…

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Action absorbs anxiety (Friends) 1:22:54

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Arun Gupta, now a “free agent” after his surprise exit from Intel, joins us to discuss how he’s dealing with his first job hunt since the 1990s. Along the way, we talk about agentic coding strategies, what GPT-5’s release implies about the future, and more. (US buys 10% of Intel)++ Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 12 minutes at t…

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How to Ethically Use Google Analytics 4 on Your Website 33:04

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Episode 137: How We Do AI-Assisted Whitebox Review, New CSPT Gadgets, and Tools from SLCyber 49:09

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Episode 137: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin Gardner and Joseph Thacker reunite to talk about AI Hacking Assistants, CSPT and cache deception, and a bunch of tools like ch.at, Slice, Ebka, and more. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel free to send us any feedback he…

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Python documentary companion pod (Interview) 1:54:19

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Our friends at Cult.Repo launched their epic Python documentary on August 28th, 2025! To celebrate, we sat down with Travis Oliphant –creator of NumPy, SciPy, and more– to get his perspective on how Python took over the software world. Stick around for the twist ending! We set aside Python and dissect Travis’ big idea to make open source projects f…

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Combining SEO and CRO and growing collaboration between these functions - with Ninsiima Rukandema 15:07

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Ninsiima Rukandema shares the importance of combining SEO and CRO and growing collaboration between these functions. Talking points include: What do you mean by combining SEO and CRO? What can SEO do for CRO and what can CRO do for SEO? What does this mean in practice? How do you measure the impact of doing this? How do you sell the value of this t…

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69 | Trying to Match What You Hear? 3 Tips for Singers to Go From Imitation to Individual Expression 21:13

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Have you been trying to match your voice to what you’re hearing when singing along with other voices? Do you find yourself trying to sound like a certain artist when singing along with their music? Imitation is a helpful tool, and yet there is a need for balance between trying to match good vocal production and finding your own unique sound. So how…

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Omarchy 2.0: Best Linux setup ever? (News) 7:41

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Elon Musk and xAI take on Microsoft, DHH ships version 2 of Omarchy (his love letter to Linux), Glyn Normington on managing developer’s block, Mitchell Hashimoto declares that all Ghostty contributions must disclose AI tooling, the United States government takes a 10% stake in Intel, and Adam Derewecki thinks we should do things that don’t scale, t…

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Git with your friends (remastered) (Friends) 1:47:23

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Our Changelog & Friends proof-of-concept with Mat Ryer has been remastered! Now with full-length video on YouTube. Originally recorded: 2023-02-08 Mat joins us for some good conversation about some Git tooling that’s been on our radar. We speculate, we discuss, we laugh, and Mat even breaks into song a few times. It’s good fun. Join the discussion …

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From Chef to System Initiative (remastered) (Interview) 2:22:30

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The epic show with Adam Jacob has been remastered! Now with full-length video on YouTube. Adam goes solo with Adam Jacob for an epic pod into his journey to get to System Initiative. From SysAdmin at 8 years old, to discovering Linux and working for Mom-and-pop ISPs, to open source changing his life and starting Opscode and building Chef. Buckle up…

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Episode 136: Hacking Cluely, AI Prod Sec, and How To Not Get Sued with Jack Cable 50:53

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Episode 136: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Joseph Thacker sits down with Jack Cable to get the scoop on a significant bug in Cluely’s desktop application, as well as the resulting drama. They also talk about Jack’s background in government cybersecurity initiatives, and the legal risks faced by security researchers. Fol…

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Kate sounds off on cognitive capital and learning 23:28

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this solo episode, Kate shares an update on her content up…

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Create content that AI can't create - with Tom Rawle 16:18

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Tom Rawle shares the importance of creating content that AI can't create. Build relevant, informative, unique, authentic content for on-page and off-page SEO that can't be replicated. Talking points include: What kind of content can humans create that AI can’t? How do you create unique content? How do you create authentic content? What do you mean …

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68 | Feel Like a Fraud as a Vocalist? The Truth About Imposter Syndrome & How to Keep Making Music 23:59

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Do you ever doubt your abilities as a singer? If you’ve ever struggled with feelings of inadequacy, insecurity, fear and self-doubt, you’re not alone. It is all too common to feel like a fraud when you’re sharing your voice and stepping out as a vocalist in any capacity, whether as a performer on stage, using your voice as a healing instrument, rec…

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Cursor’s problem isn't just Cursor's problem (News) 7:37

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Cursor has a big problem, Alireza Bashiri thinks plaintext beats todo apps, Manish built an offline AI workspace, OverType is a WYSIWYG markdown editor that’s just a textarea, and sshrc lets you bring your config with you to remote machines. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and m…

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Oxide is crossing the chasm (Friends) 1:39:58

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Bryan Cantrill returns in the wake of Oxide Computer Company’s $100M Series B. Bryan tells us how he’s avoiding an appearance on Silicon Valley (ding), why their uniform compensation is working, where Oxide fits in the AI datacenter, what scaling to 50+ rack orders looks like, and more. (GitHub has no CEO and saving Intel)++ Join the discussion Cha…

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The SEO-Social Media Connection: What Helping Professionals Need to Know 36:27

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Social media often feels like just another box to check—but what if it could actually support your SEO and help you connect with the clients who are already searching for you? In this episode of From Keywords to Connections, Mary and Winnie are joined by Liv, our Social Media Expert, to unpack the powerful connection between SEO and social media fo…

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Biocomputing on human neurons (Interview) 57:21

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Dr. Ewelina Kurtys is leading the way in biocomputing at FinalSpark where she is working on the next evolutionary leap for AI and neuron-powered computing. It’s a brave new world, just 10 years in the making. We discuss lab-grown human brain organoids connected to electrodes, the possibility to solve AI’s massive energy consumption challenge, post-…

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Episode 135: Akamai's Ryan Barnett on WAFs, Unicode Confusables, and Triage Stories 1:26:21

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Episode 135: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast Justin sits down with Ryan Barnett for a deep dive on WAFs. We also recap his Exploiting Unicode Normalization talk from DEFCON, and get his perspective on bug hunting from his time at Akamai. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and suggestions? Feel…

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Learn to write better content instead of relying on AI - with Will Slater 17:17

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Will Slater shares that it's essential to learn to write better content instead of relying on AI. Talking points include: Why shouldn’t AI be relied upon to write content? What content needs to be written by humans? What does good human-written content look like structurally and why is that different to AI? How do you compete with the volume that A…

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67 | The Secret to Growing Your Confidence (or Finding it Again) as a Singer 21:49

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Did something shake your confidence as a singer and you’re trying to get it back? Do you find yourself holding back because you’re not confident in your sound? Do you wish you had the confidence to share your voice? Whether you’ve never felt confident in your voice or you once had confidence and it took a hit, today’s episode will teach you how to …

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Open source regrets (News) 9:29

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Open source maintainers share their regrets, Thomas Dohmke steps down as GitHub CEO, James Kettle breaks down HTTP/2 from a security perspective, PHP is getting the pipe operator this November, and a class action copyright suit threatens Anthropic and the rest of the AI industry. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 1 mi…

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Kaizen! Pipely is LIVE (Friends) 1:11:35

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Gerhard calls Kaizen 20, ‘The One Where We Meet’. Rightfully so. It’s also the one where we eat, hike, chat, and launch Pipely live on stage with friends. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 7 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Auth0 – The identity infrastructure for the age of AI. Built by d…

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Empathy advocacy: Designing docs for all emotional states with Ryan Macklin 52:35

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Learn how Ryan Macklin's "empathy advocacy" framework helps y…

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LIVE from Denver with Nora Jones! (Interview) 1:15:26

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We’re LIVE at the historic Oriental Theater in Denver, CO with Nora Jones. Nora is the founder of Jeli.io, recently acquired by PagerDuty and she’s been shaping the way we think about reliability, incident response, and human-centered engineering for years. We get into the real story behind the deal. Not just the headline, but what it’s like sellin…

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All Generative AI tools rely on traditional search results to answer questions - with James Hocking 17:29

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James Hocking shares that all Generative AI tools rely on traditional search results to answer questions, and most (Google excluded) rely on Bing for web search. Discussion points include: Why do AI tools rely on Bing? What do we been to rank on Bing? What specifically do we need to do differently to rank in AI results? What information does Copilo…

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66 | Out of Practice? 5 Truths About Getting Your Voice Back After a Singing Hiatus 19:12

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When you’re out of practice, it can be hard to bring yourself to get back into the flow of practicing and singing again. Chances are, you’re in your head about what your voice will sound like, dreading the judgment you’ll face from yourself when you open your mouth to sing for the first time in a long time. Before you even think about which vocal w…

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The smell of vibe coding (News) 7:33

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Alex Kondov knows when you’ve been vibe coding. (He can smell it.) our friends at Charm release a Go-based AI coding agent as a TUI, Jan Kammerath disassembled the “hacked’ Tea service’s Android app, Alex Ellman made a website that provides up-to-date pricing info for major LLM APIs, and Steph Ango suggests remote teams have “ramblings” channels. V…

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Episode 134: XBOW - AI Hacking Agent and Human in the Loop with Diego Djurado 1:53:35

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Episode 134: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Diego Djurado to give us the scoop on XBOW. We cover a little about its architecture and approach to hunting, the challenges with hallucinations, and the future of AI in the BB landscape. Diego also shares some of his own hacking journey and successes in the Amba…

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SO much to dig into (Friends) 1:23:48

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Adam & Jerod (plus zero other randos) dig into Stack Overflow’s 2025 developer survey results. We discuss SO’s decline, the desire for younger devs to have real chats with real people, the rise of uv and more Python winning, why people are frustrated with AI, and more. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 4 minutes on this episode because t…

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SEO-Driven Website Redesigns: What to Know Before You Rebuild 35:52

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Don’t Let Your Website Glow-Up Tank Your Google Rankings Thinking about a fresh new look for your website? Whether you're rebranding, switching platforms, or chasing a cleaner aesthetic, a redesign can breathe new life into your online presence—but it can also destroy your SEO if you're not careful. In this episode of From Keywords to Connections, …

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Solving the AI energy crisis (Interview) 2:02:37

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Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Akash Network joins us to share the backstory in his testimony before congress on the energy crisis and what it’s going to take to power the future of AI. From powering datacenters, to solar, decentralized AI compute, to zombies in SF. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 2 minutes at the end of this ep…

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Episode 133: Building Hacker Communities - Bug Bounty Village, getDisclosed, and the LHE Squad 1:16:12

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Episode 133: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re joined by Harley and Ari from H1 to talk some about community management roles within Bug Bounty, as well as discuss the evolution of Bug Bounty Village at DEFCON, and what they’ve got in store this year. Follow us on twitter at: https://x.com/ctbbpodcast Got any ideas and…

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In 2025, your best SEO edge is joining communities - with Erin Simmons 18:01

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In this episode Erin Simmons shares that in 2025, your best SEO edge is joining communities — they give you the real language of your audience for better content and earn you trust that fuels brand visibility across search and AI. Discussion points include: Why are communities so important? How do you know the right communities you should be intera…

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65 | Your Voice Isn't Lost. 4 Ways to Reconnect With Your Voice & Start Singing Again 25:38

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If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lost your voice, you’re not alone. I’ve been there, too ~ not just once but time and again. That’s how I’ve honed this process that I’m now sharing with you ~ this process of coming back home to your voice and reconnecting with your creativity so you can get back to singing and making music. In this episode, I lay ou…

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It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA (News) 7:48

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Jono Alderson takes aim at SPAs thanks to modern CSS, copyparty turns almost any device into a file server, Ernie Smith honors the Game Genie’s 35th anniversary, Anthropic shares how their teams use Claude Code, and Drew Lyton tells why he believes the future is NOT self-hosted. View the newsletter Join the discussion Changelog++ members support ou…

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#define: props to astronomer (Friends) 1:06:10

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Welcome back to #define, our game of obscure jargon, fake definitions, and expert tomfoolery. This time we’re joined by three Changelog++ members, to see who has the best vocabulary and who can trick everyone else into thinking that they do. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 14 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join…

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Can You Lead a Business and Still Have a Life? 49:40

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In this candid and deeply personal conversation, Mary Walker (Owner of Simplified SEO Consulting) and Winnie Youger-Rash (VP of SEO Services) pull back the curtain on what leadership really looks like behind the scenes — the long to-do lists, the constant mental load, the quiet moments of guilt when you try to rest. Together, they explore the messy…

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Episode 132: Archive Testing Methodology with Mathias Karlsson 1:49:32

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Episode 132: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin Gardner is joined by Mathias Karlsson to discuss vulnerabilities associated with archives. They talk about his new tool, Archive Alchemist, and explore topics like the significance of Unicode paths, symlinks, and TAR before they end up talking about Charsets again.. Foll…

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Kate sounds off on “good” documentation 25:22

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this solo episode, Kate shares an update on her content up…

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Bringing Vitess to Postgres (Interview) 1:15:14

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Sugu Sougoumarane, creator of Vitess, comes off sabbatical to bring Vitess to Postgres. We discuss what motivated Sugu to come off sabbatical, why now is the time, the technical challenges of doing so, the implementation details of Multigres (Vitess for Postgres). We also discuss the state of Postgres at scale. Join the discussion Changelog++ membe…

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Think like a Marketer and expand your SEO strategy across LLMs - with Simone de Palma 25:18

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In this episode Simone de Palma shares 3 key tips... 1) Think like a Marketer and expand your SEO strategy across LLMs to chase visibility over clicks. 2) Act like an Analyst and explore opportunities with the Google Merchant Centre. 3) Use your technical skills to double down on structured data implementation…

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64 | Ready to Express Yourself Freely as a Singer? How Vocal Improvisation Can Help You Get There 16:19

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Are you wanting to express yourself freely through your singing voice, but feel restricted or confined within a box of ‘shoulds’ and ‘supposed to’s?’ Do you wish you could find your unique sound without feeling stuck in the trap of trying to sound a certain way rather than just being yourself? Today I want to share with you the greatest vehicle I’v…

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Humanity has prevailed (for now!) (News) 6:47

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Przemysław Dębiak beat an advanced AI model from OpenAI in a 10-hour head-to-head coding marathon, Linux breaks 5% desktop share in U.S., Stefano Marinelli is writing a series on making your own backup system, César Soto Valero switched to Python (and is liking it), and Charlie Graham thinks it’s rude to show AI output to people. View the newslette…

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Try harder. Ultrathink! (Friends) 1:31:46

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Nick Nisi joins us to discuss all the Windsurf drama, his new agentic lifestyle, whether or not he’s actually more productive, the new paper that says he maybe isn’t more productive, the reckoning he sees coming, and why we might be the last generation of code monkeys. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 13 minutes at the end of thi…