Podcasts that made me a better engineer

I listen to podcasts on the way to work and while doing the dishes. Most of what I know outside my day job I picked up this way: one engineer explaining a decision to another. These are the three I keep coming back to.

React Native Radio

React Native Radio is hosted by engineers who have worked with React Native since its early days. I build most of my apps with it, and this show helped me understand the platform underneath: native modules, the new architecture, and when a hybrid or mobile web app is the better choice. It made me a better mobile engineer, not just a better React Native user.

Backend Banter

Backend Banter is Lane Wagner’s show about backend development. Lane is a big advocate of Go, and before this podcast I barely knew the language. Hearing guests compare Go, Rust and other strongly typed languages showed me where JavaScript fits among them, and where it doesn’t.

PodRocket

PodRocket is LogRocket’s web development podcast. Each episode is a conversation with someone building a framework, a tool or a browser feature. It’s how I keep up with the web without reading every changelog.