Song Encoder: $STDOUT (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Welcome to Song Encoder, a special series of The Changelog podcast featuring people who create at the intersection of software and music. This episode features $STDOUT and contains explicit language.

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Featuring:

• $STDOUT – Twitter, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

Listen to $STDOUT

• on YouTube
• on Spotify
• on Apple Music
• on Patreon

Track list (in order of appearance)

• Pair Programming
• Hell.js
• Language Flamewars
• Meetings
• Tech Lead
• Over Engineering
• Opinions
• Interviews
• Estimates
• 3AM in San Fransisco
• Remote Life
• Integrations

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. "Pair Programming" (00:00:30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psw9G9Lp7ac

3. How it all started (00:02:01)

4. "Hell.js" (00:02:46)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx6k6WR8GRs

5. Development experience (00:03:42)

6. Song inspirations (00:04:51)

7. "Language Flamewars" (00:05:15)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVQEbD3NyDw

8. For the lulz (00:05:47)

9. "Meetings" (00:06:06)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu3KIiKPpWc

10. Truth from the trenches (00:07:44)

11. "Tech Lead" (00:08:27)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFNnc3kpZ4o

12. That "tech lead" title (00:10:34)

13. "Over Engineering" (00:13:30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQdsFpvTKU4

14. The process (00:14:49)

15. Growing as a rapper (00:15:47)

16. What growth looks like (00:16:52)

17. Running out of things to say (00:17:43)

18. "Estimates" (00:18:30)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh7A8UChBTI

19. Serious truth bombs (00:21:11)

20. "3AM in San Francisco" pt 1 (00:21:38)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b44pc6SLT4

21. Developer privilege (00:22:13)

22. "3AM in San Fransisco" pt 2 (00:23:09)

23. Go back to being funny (00:23:48)

24. A very niche thing (00:24:49)

25. "Remote Life" (00:26:35)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAW1LBJE-w4

26. Making it as a rapper (00:27:38)

27. I don't want to think about code (00:29:01)

28. STDOUT: Endgame (00:30:07)

29. "Integrations" (00:31:07)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD9Spi43pHg

30. Outro (00:34:59)