The Programming Podcast

🚨 Severity 10/10: The React Exploit That Shocked the Web Dev World Imagine waking up to find your server blocked for mining crypto for a stranger. That’s exactly what happened to developers this week, thanks to a...

“I f*cking give up. May these companies rot.”That one Reddit post cracked open the real state of the 2025 tech job market. Why are Master’s degree grads and senior engineers going months without a single offer, while...

Google just dropped a bombshell with Gemini 3 Pro and their new AI editor, Antigravity. Is this the "reset moment" the AI industry desperately needed, or is it another fleeting hype cycle? In this high-energy episode...

You did everything you were “supposed” to do. You climbed from junior to senior to staff to principal. You have the title, the salary, the prestige, and a calendar full of meetings. And somehow, you feel empty. You are...

Is PewDiePie a better software developer than you? The answer might shock you (and make you rethink your entire career). While many developers get stuck on "ideas," PewDiePie just shipped an impressive, custom-built AI...

You know that “it’s a simple fix” task that eats your entire sprint? If you liked this episode or if this saved you a sprint: like, subscribe, and share with your team. Comment your worst “simple fix” story! We’ll...

AI is writing more code than anyone expected. Some of it is great. A lot of it is just okay. In this episode, Danny Thompson and Leon sit down with Matt DeBergalis, CEO of Apollo GraphQL, to unpack what it will take to...

Senior engineers don’t “wing it.” They use mental models to turn plans into production—faster, safer, and with less drama. Danny Thompson, Leon Noel, and Kent C. Dodds break down the exact models they use: decision...

Are you studying for hours but still not retaining anything? 🧠 It's probably not your fault, you've likely been taught to learn all wrong. In this landmark episode, we sit down with the legendary Dr. Barbara Oakley, a...

What do JSON and conversational AI have in common? They are the glue behind ordering coffee, booking flights, and talking to support. In our tests, about 1 out of 3 replies missed the intent until we enforced structured...

Stop leaving tech conferences with just a free t-shirt and some stickers. It's time to leave with a job offer. 🚀 The difference between a successful conference and a waste of money isn't luck, it's strategy. In this...

One phishy email to an npm maintainer set off a supply-chain scare that could’ve torched the web—yet the real on-chain damage was… cents. In this episode, we break down how a fake npm 2FA reset (from npmjs.help) led to...

Two devs. Same stack. Same years in. One gets three on-sites a week; the other gets ghosted. The difference isn’t talent—it’s process. We audit your job hunt like production: inputs & controls, bottlenecks, scripts that...

49,000 developers just crowned Full-Stack the #1 software developer role of 2025. We dig into the Stack Overflow Developer Survey (2025) and turn the data into an actionable career roadmap: what to learn, what to...

On this episode of The Programming Podcast, Danny Thompson and Leon Noel unpack the biggest programming myths that confuse developers at every level. From “AI will take all dev jobs” to “DRY at all costs,” they separate...

6,000 Applications. 0 Jobs. What Went Wrong? In this episode, Danny & Leon break down the recent New York Times article about the collapse of $165,000 tech jobs — and why so many new computer science graduates are...

In this episode of The Programming Podcast, Leon Noel and Danny Thompson dive deep into the wild, twist-filled journey of Figma, from a college side project that almost became a meme generator to a $58 billion IPO.We...

If you're learning JavaScript in 2025, **this is the definitive roadmap** you didn’t know you needed. Whether you're just opening your first `.js` file or you’ve been dabbling and finally want to get serious, this...

Struggling to land software engineering interviews—or worse, landing them but not getting the callback? In this game-changing episode of The Programming Podcast, Danny Thompson and Leon Noel break down the THRIVE...

Join hosts Danny Thompson (Director of Technology at This Dot Labs) and Leon Noel (Managing Director of Engineering at Resilient Coders) on The Programming Podcast as they dive into the AI-powered tools transforming...

In this special three-act deep dive of The Programming Podcast, hosts Danny Thompson (Director of Technology at This Dot Labs) and Leon Noel (Managing Director of Engineering at Resilient Coders) unpack the...

Is it WRONG to work at 4 different tech companies at the exact same time!? This is a very spicy episode, Danny Thompson and Leon Noel dive into the viral story of Soham Parekh—the engineer who somehow landed four tech...

In this episode, Danny and Leon are joined by James Quick, Head of Developer Experience at BigCommerce, to unpack all the major announcements from Vercel Ship 2025. We cover: NEW SITE Stay in Touch: 📧 Have ideas or...

In this episode of The Programming Podcast, Danny Thompson and Leon Noel dive deep into three key topics that every developer should know right now: Vercel’s Fluid Compute — What it is, why it matters, and how a single...

Struggling to learn JavaScript in 2025? You're not alone—and it's not your fault. In this episode of The Programming Podcast, Leon Noel and Danny Thompson break down the real strategies for mastering JavaScript (and...