November 30, 2023

Cracking the Podcasting Code with Andrew Lisowski and Justin Bennett

1 hour 5 minutes

Podcasts are a popular way to share knowledge, stories, and ideas in the tech space and the medium continues to evolve rapidly. But what does it truly take to create a successful podcast that captivates an audience?

Andrew Lisowski, Senior Software Engineer at Descript, and Justin Bennett, Engineer at Oxide, are seasoned podcasters and hosts of the Devtools FM podcast where they talk to industry leaders about developer tools. They shared insights on the evolving landscape of podcasting, highlighting the importance of having a sustainable workflow and maintaining consistency. Andrew and Justin believe a major key to podcasting is understanding your audience, their preferences, and how to keep them engaged. Throughout the episode, the conversation covers an array of topics, including the influence of developer tools, the resurgence of HTML-first web development, and the role of WebAssembly (Wasm) in shaping the future of the web.

In this episode, Andrew and Justin talk to Robbie and Chuck about developer tools, the future of tech, and the world of podcasting in the tech space.

Key Takeaways

[00:55] - Introduction to Andrew and Justin.

[03:17] - A whiskey review: Great Jones Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

[14:13] - Tech hot takes.

[37:57] - Andrew and Justin give tips and tricks for podcasting.

[47:45] - Careers that Andrew and Justin would choose if they weren’t in tech.

[48:58] - Andrew and Justin take over Whiskey Web and Whatnot.

Quotes

[20:32] - “I don’t actually think Git is good. It is a utility, and it is good enough for most cases.” ~ Justin Bennett

[33:22] - “If there is a future for Webpack, it’s Rspack.” ~ Andrew Lisowski

[36:46] - “The best frameworks, in my opinion, learn from what other folks are doing.” ~ Justin Bennett

Links

Andrew Lisowski Twitter

Andrew Lisowski LinkedIn

Justin Bennett Twitter

Devtools FM Podcast

Bun

NPM

Jarred Sumner

Anthony Fu

Unison

Great Jones Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Rust

GitHub

Mercurial

Perforce

Tailwind CSS

Vanilla CSS

React

Million JS

Aiden Bai

Lululemon

JSON

Webpack

ByteDance

Rspack

Node JS

Deno

Vue

Svelte

Sentry

Descript

The Primeagen

ART19

Twitter

Nuxt

Apple

WordPress

Django

Google

Connect with our hosts

Robbie Wagner

Chuck Carpenter

Ship Shape

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