About this podcast
This podcast comes down to me reading articles from my article series "Wednesday Wisdom" which is available on Substack at josvisser.substack.com.
Episodes
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- Career advice: Remember things! · 11 minThere is nothing new under the sun and from much wisdom comes much grief. Full article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/career-advice-remember-things
- Know thyself · 11 minThe ancient Greeks told us to “know thyself.” They probably didn’t anticipate software engineers armed with AI assistants, dashboards, personality tests, and enough browser tabs…
- Security is not just a feeling · 10 minOr maybe: Security is more than a feeling. I couldn't quite decide on the title. There seems to be a pervasive idea that you do not have to "be technical" in order to qualify for…
- How to start a remote SRE team · 14 minWhen you are done with late nights and answering pages at night, a remote sister team is usually the way to go. This week's Wednesday Wisdom explains how to start such a remote…
- On writing interview feedback · 13 minHiring is still a thing. Unfortunately, I still see a lot of terrible interview feedback. In the age of ChatGPT, there really is no reason anymore to write bad interview…
- A possible future of software engineering · 18 minAI coding tools are changing software engineering, but not in the simple “everyone gets replaced” way the headlines suggest. The real story is messier: more productive senior…
- A tiny history of software engineering · 13 minNOTE: Because of a mistake, this episode has been posted out of order and was supposed to be published on 5/20/2026. It should be listened to before the episode on 5/27/2026…
- Coding with AI tools is still hard · 15 minAI coding tools excel at the part of software development that was never really a problem to begin with: Typing in the statements. Because of this, coding with AI tools is still…
- The whooshing sound of deadlines · 12 minWelcome to this week's Wednesday Wisdom, in which we cover a reader question on how to deal with managers who insist on "accurate ETAs" for software development projects…
- The anxiety factory · 14 minMany startups are anxiety factories. But why? There are the obvious reasons, but there is one that is often overlooked. Find out how that works in this week's Wednesday Wisdom…
- Does code review still matter? · 13 minDoes it? Because let's be honest, most code reviews are terrible. Also, what about AI generated code? Warning: This episode contains more questions than answers!…
- Ten things not to worry about regarding oncall · 13 minThis week: An article confirming the Law of the Conservation of Misery. Rejoice! https://josvisser.substack.com/p/ten-things-not-to-worry-about-regarding
- Shiny object syndrome · 9 minIt’s like morphine, not overly dangerous when used sparingly and in small doses by experts…
- Big machine people · 10 minThink big, but execute small... https://josvisser.substack.com/p/big-machine-people
- How to become a better engineer? (bot) · 14 minThis week’s Wednesday Wisdom features a competition of human against bot. I took the question of how to become a better engineer, wrote an article about it, but also asked…
- How to become a better engineer? (human) · 16 minThis week’s Wednesday Wisdom features a competition of human against bot. I took the question of how to become a better engineer, wrote an article about it, but also asked…
- Coming to terms with my unimportance · 14 minI finally learned to enjoy being nobody… https://josvisser.substack.com/p/coming-to-terms-with-my-unimportance
- Standard Response · 6 minIt has come to this: A standard response to the many messages I get that seek to sell something to me, offer me a job, use me as an introduction to sell something to OpenAI, or…
- The cost of efficiency · 9 minCan you afford to be so efficient that you cannot innovate anymore? https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-efficiency
