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Sometimes, I put down my keyboard and pick up my microphone to record a solo podcast that I like to call Breaking Change. It's an intermittent series of long-form discussions on whatever's happening in my little corner of life and technology. Each episode also features a hand-crafted pun delivered to us by Aaron "@tenderlove" Patterson and then I rank the pun on air. So that's fun.
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Should I listen to it?

If you like to listen to podcasts while you do the dishes, walk the dog, or drive from A to B, and you enjoy blazing hot takes marinated in uncomfortably personal banter about Apple rumors, AAA gaming, whatever's streaming on TV, and life as a programmer, then yes!

If you like tightly-produced, heavily-sponsored, 30 minute panel discussions on a narrow topic, keep moving.

Solo? No cohost? Just you?

They are unusual, for sure. The podcast has a real drive time radio feel, which has become something of a lost in the current era that seems to dictate all podcasts must be interviews and panel discussions. Trust me, I have plenty of voices in my head for the both of us. When you're listening to Breaking Change, It's just me and you out there.

How do I get my ideas into the show?

Have a question you want me to answer or a hot take and want me to react to? Shoot me an e-mail at podcast@searls.co and I'll try to fit it on the next show! I read each and every e-mail.

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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".)
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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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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

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

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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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Ruby Rogues: Nothing New

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Joined the Ruby Rogues panel to discuss my RubyConf talk on Ruby's history in the west: There's Nothing.new under the sun.

Appearing on: Ruby Rogues
Published on: 2018-01-30
Original URL: https://topenddevs.com/podcasts/ruby-rogues/episodes/rr-347-there-s-nothing-new-under-the-sun-with-justin-searls-and-josh-greenwood

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