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I started a second podcast called Merge Commits. It's a cool new interview show where the only rule is that I'm always the guest. As in, I am sometimes featured on other people's podcasts and I syndicate a Searls-only feed of them all for posterity. (Hence, "Merge Commits".)

If you enjoy Merge Commits, consider checking out my solo act, Breaking Change.

More about "Merge Commits"

Wait, what is this?

A podcast that does nothing but mirror my appearances on other people's podcasts.

What? Why?

Well, sometimes I get interviewed as a guest on other podcasts, and I didn't necessarily want to throw them on the main Breaking Change feed. Breaking Change is designed to be an inclusive potty-mouthed podcast that never gets too technical, and if episodes started showing up in my cousin Jay's feed that were nothing but API technobabble, he'd probably unsubscribe. And to be honest, my ego needs every subscriber I can get.

Should I subscribe?

Two reasons you might want to subscribe to Merge Commits:

  1. You are a Justin Searls superfan, and you would like to consume every morsel of content I excrete (also: gross)
  2. You want to discovering new podcasts that occupy my particular corner of the Internet

If neither of these are particularly appealing to you, DO NOT SUBSCRIBE to Merge Commits. I want to be very clear about that.

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Changelog: My Siri Theory

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Had a blast, as usual, joining my Changelog friends for a vigorous discussion of Apple's Intelligence struggles and the tumultuous state of the software industry.

It's also on YouTube:

Appearing on: The Changelog
Recorded on: 2025-03-18
Original URL: https://changelog.com/friends/85

Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? podcast@searls.co

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IndieRails: One-Person Framework

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Recorded an episode of IndieRails with Jess Brown & Jeremy Smith live at Rails World 2024 in Toronto about my final talk and Becky's new app.

Appearing on: IndieRails
Published on: 2024-10-24
Original URL: https://www.indierails.com/45

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Vision Pros: Arrested Development

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Was featured on Timothy Chaten's "Vision Pros" podcast, a show where the dozens of us dedicated Vision Pro users gather to chat about the fledgling platform.

Appearing on: Vision Pros
Published on: 2024-07-11
Original URL: https://visionpros.fm/2024/07/11/episode-19-justin-searls-from-breaking-change/

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Changelog: It Dependencies

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Jerod had me on The Changelog to talk about dependency management, and other nightmares.

Appearing on: The Changelog
Published on: 2023-11-17
Original URL: https://changelog.com/friends/22

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YAGNI: RSpec

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Matt Swanson interviewed me on his very creative YAGNI ("You Ain't Gonna Need It") podcast, which invites hosts to essentially roast conventionally-adopted tools as unnecessary. I chose RSpec.

Appearing on: YAGNI
Published on: 2022-11-21
Original URL: https://share.transistor.fm/s/4673c3ee

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Greater Than Code: Authenticity

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Matt Swanson interviewed me on his very creative YAGNI ("You Ain't Gonna Need It") podcast, which invites hosts to essentially roast conventionally-adopted tools as unnecessary. I chose RSpec.

Appearing on: YAGNI
Published on: 2022-02-09
Original URL: https://share.transistor.fm/s/4673c3ee

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Ship It: Smooth

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Gerhard Lazu interviewed me on the first season of Ship It!, where I (characteristically) decided to emphasize the importance of not shipping it.

Appearing on: Ship It!
Published on: 2021-08-25
Original URL: https://changelog.com/shipit/16

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Maintainable: Learn the Runtime

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Robby Russell had me on his podcast to discuss, among other things, the value in learning the fundamentals beneath whatever framework you're using.

Appearing on: Maintainable
Published on: 2019-10-14
Original URL: https://maintainable.fm/episodes/justin-searls-learn-to-understand-the-runtime-C6e05XWb

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Testing Tools & Tips: Stuff

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Applitools used to have a podcast called "Testing Tools & Tips", but they appear to have completely scrubbed it from the Internet. Oh well!

Appearing on: Testing Tools & Tips
Published on: 2019-07-05
Original URL: 🤷‍♂️

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Tech Done Right: Code Style

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Noel Rapin invited me on Table XI's podcast for a third and final time. I got a chance to discuss my thinking on Standard Ruby's design, just a few months after launching it.

Appearing on: Tech Done Right
Published on: 2019-01-30
Original URL: https://www.techdoneright.io/54

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TalkScript: Don't Mock Me

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Nick Nisi invited me to his TypeScript podcast to discuss my unrelated talk about mocking best practices in the JSConf edition of Please don't mock me.

Appearing on: TalkScript
Published on: 2018-09-05
Original URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-17-presentations-vulnerability-and-solving/id1072291074

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