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Quincy Larson over at freeCodeCamp had me on their podcast to discuss how the rapidly changing software industry is impacting junior developers and what they can do about it. I don't normally spend time talking about this stuff, because I started programming in the 90s and can't claim to know anything about what it's like to just be starting now. I've also always discouraged people from getting into software development unless they're super passionate about it, which has been out of step with the "learn to code" hype train that gathered steam over the last fifteen years only to run into a brick wall recently. His audience is way larger and composed of quite different people than those who follow my stuff, so I strongly recommend you read every last YouTube comment. Some pretty crazy shit, if I'm being honest. Makes me glad I don't have 11 million subscribers. Appearing on: freeCodeCamp Podcast Published on: 2026-03-17 Original URL: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/there-are-2-kinds-of-devs-one-of-them-is-screwed-justin-searls-interview-podcast-210/ Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Joe Leo and Valentino Stoll sat with me to talk about why I quit speaking and an exciting year of iteration on AI development workflows. Appearing on: The Ruby AI Podcast Published on: 2025-10-25 Original URL: https://www.therubyaipodcast.com/2388930/episodes/18044989-the-tldr-of-ai-dev-real-workflows-with-justin-searls Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Jared Norman interviewed me after he wrote about the order in which programmers choose to write their code and I offered this response. In this episode, we touch on this before launching into a more expansive discussion on why the agile movement fizzled out and what we can reclaim from a developer workflow perspective now that we're experiencing our first major market upheaval since then with the rise of coding agents. Appearing on: Dead Code Published on: 2025-09-09 Original URL: https://shows.acast.com/dead-code/episodes/fear-driven-everything-with-justin-searls Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Justin Searls joins Jerod in Apple's WWDC wake for hot takes about frosty UIs. We go (almost) point-by-point through the keynote, dissecting and reacting along the way. Concentricity!

Justin Searls from Breaking Change joins the show to discuss Apple's Intelligence blunder, the end of the good times in the tech industry, and POSSE Party, his in-progress product that lets "any dummy with a website enjoy a life of algorithm-free luxury."

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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/ Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Justin Searls joins us for hot takes on Apple's 2024 WWDC keynote. Apple Intelligence stole the show, but did it steal our hearts? Oh, and we learn all about Justin's Vision Pro Life and how he hopes/expects Apple's latest device to improve in future iterations.

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

The Changelog gang had me on to discuss my controversial post, "The looming demise of the 10x developer." Appearing on: The Changelog Published on: 2023-08-18 Original URL: https://changelog.com/friends/11 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

I threatened Jerod with a "You might not need React" screed (in favor of HTMX and Stimulus). Appearing on: The Changelog Published on: 2023-01-06 Original URL: https://changelog.com/podcast/521 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Semaphore CI asked me on their podcast a few years back and Darko Fabijan interviewed me about scaling high-quality engineering. Appearing on: Semaphore Uncut Published on: 2022-03-22 Original URL: https://semaphore.io/blog/justin-searls-engineering-team Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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? [email protected]

Brittany Martin interviewed me on the Ruby on Rails podcast to discuss my Mocktail gem. Appearing on: The Ruby on Rails Podcast Published on: 2021-11-10 Original URL: https://www.therubyonrailspodcast.com/391 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

JS Party hosted me for a chat about, what else, JavaScript. Appearing on: JS Party Published on: 2020-09-25 Original URL: https://changelog.com/jsparty/145 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Jason Swett had me on his show to discuss my take on software consulting. Appearing on: Code With Jason Published on: 2020-04-07 Original URL: https://www.codewithjason.com/podcast/9478276-039-talking-software-consulting-with-justin-searls-co-founder-of-test-double/ Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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: 🤷‍♂️ Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Chris Oliver and Jason Charnes interviewed me at RailsConf 2019, where I gave the talk The Selfish Programmer. Appearing on: Remote Ruby Published on: 2019-05-17 Original URL: https://www.remoteruby.com/2260490/episodes/13761105 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Was interviewed about how I got started in Ruby. Appearing on: My Ruby Story Published on: 2019-04-03 Original URL: https://topenddevs.com/podcasts/my-ruby-story/episodes/mrs-084-justin-searls Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Phil Burgess interviewed me on his podcast about I.T. Career Advice. Appearing on: I.T. Career Energizer Published on: 2018-11-11 Original URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/discovering-the-true-value-of-agile-and/id1231387865 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Noel Rapin invited me on Table XI's podcast. Appearing on: Tech Done Right Published on: 2018-03-28 Original URL: https://www.techdoneright.io/33 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

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 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Joined the folks running Thoughtbot's podcast after my 2017 RailsConf keynote: How to Program. Appearing on: The Bikeshed Published on: 2017-07-10 Original URL: https://bikeshed.thoughtbot.com/117 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Noel Rapin invited me on Table XI's podcast. Appearing on: Tech Done Right Published on: 2017-02-22 Original URL: https://www.techdoneright.io/004-testing-with-sam-and-justin Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Joined the JS Jabber panel to discuss my testdouble.js library. Appearing on: JS Jabber Published on: 2016-07-19 Original URL: https://topenddevs.com/podcasts/javascript-jabber/episodes/226-jsj-test-doubles-with-justin-searls Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Was interviewed by Dave Rael preaching my usual slow makes smooth, smooth makes fast bullshit. Appearing on: Developer on Fire Published on: 2016-05-30 Original URL: https://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-134-justin-searls-hip-to-be-slow Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Lisa Crispin and I were both interviewed live from this offshoot of the national Agile software conference that was more focused on, you know, actual software. No one was surprised when it didn't last. Appearing on: The InfoQ Podcast Published on: 2016-05-26 Original URL: https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/crispin-searls/ Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Fog Creek (before it became Glitch) hosted me as the fifth and final entrant in its podcast series "Make Better Software". Appearing on: Fog Creek: Make Better Software Published on: 2015-11-04 Original URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/justin-searls-the-problems-with-open-source-and-how/id1042282738 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Came back to .NET Rocks to discuss TDD after the capital-A agile boomtimes. Appearing on: .NET Rocks Published on: 2015-10-20 Original URL: https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1207 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Pat Maddox used to have a podcast called RubySteps, and I joined to talk a bit about how we sought to differentiate Test Double from other software consultancies. Appearing on: RubySteps Published on: 2015-06-01 Original URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/005-justin-searls-builds-a-software-consultancy/id994166212?i=1000343723148 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Joined the Ruby Rogues panel to discuss my first-and-only RubyConf keynote: The Social Coding Contract. Appearing on: Ruby Rogues Published on: 2015-02-24 Original URL: https://topenddevs.com/podcasts/ruby-rogues/episodes/197-rr-the-social-coding-contract-with-justin-searls Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

My first appearance on The Changelog podcast, promoting Test Double's doomed-but-now-defunct JavaScript project management CLI, Lineman.js. Appearing on: The Changelog Published on: 2014-08-28 Original URL: https://changelog.com/podcast/128 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Was a guest on the long-running .NET Rocks show with Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell to discuss the JavaScript world with a couple C# guys. Appearing on: .NET Rocks Published on: 2014-01-09 Original URL: https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/940 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

One of the weirdest conference trips I ever took was to Sofia, Bulgaria, where I talked about JavaScript testing to a room full of .NET developers at a conference in a shopping mall run by Telerik. Appearing on: .NET Rocks Published on: 2013-10-29 Original URL: https://www.dotnetrocks.com/details/919 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Joined the JS Jabber panel to discuss the Jasmine testing library, back when that was still a new thing. Appearing on: JS Jabber Published on: 2012-12-14 Original URL: https://topenddevs.com/podcasts/javascript-jabber/episodes/038-jsj-jasmine-with-justin-searls Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]

Avdi Grimm used to host a podcast about remote work, and he had me on to discuss Test Double. The fact we were remote from day one was a bit controversial back in 2011, as silly as that sounds now. Appearing on: Wide Teams Published on: 2012-06-20 Original URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-37-justin-searls-of-test-double/id526426688 Comments? Questions? Suggestion of a podcast I should guest on? [email protected]