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A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe (Changelog News #124)

Dec 9, 2024

Exciting transformations are on the horizon for the Changelog universe in 2025, with a focus on improving the developer experience. Discover the innovative Git ingest tool, converting GitHub repos into simple text formats. Simon Willison shares invaluable insights from his time at Lanyrd, while Matheus Lima highlights six typical mistakes new managers often make. The conversation also dives into the importance of event timing and understanding user intent in scheduling. It's a blend of tech insights and management wisdom!

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The Changelog Podcast will focus on producing more targeted content starting in 2025, leading to the discontinuation of some popular shows to enhance audience experience.

Accurate event time management is essential to avoid confusion, emphasizing the need to reflect user intent and expectations when creating events.

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Changes in the Changelog Podcast Universe

Starting in January, a significant shift in the changelog podcast offerings will occur as the focus will narrow to producing content for changelog news, interviews, and friends. This decision entails halting production on several popular shows, including GoTime and JS Party, allowing for more room to pursue experimental and exploratory content in the developer podcast space. The hosts expressed that these changes were difficult but necessary to enhance the overall podcast experience for their audience. Each existing podcast will have continuation stories, ensuring that the essence of the previous content persists in some form.

Transformations in the Changelog Podcast Landscape

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Navigating Event Timing and Managerial Challenges

3min

We’re making some big Changelog changes in 2025, the previously featured Stanford study on ghost engineers doesn’t live up to the hype, Git ingest is a simple service that turns any GitHub repository into a simple text ingest of its codebase, Simon Willison dishes out some hard-earned wisdom he acquired by working at Lanyrd / Eventbrite & Matheus Lima warns us about six mistakes that new managers make.

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