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Marco was applying to film composing programs. Now he's a Senior Rust Engineer at Comcast.
Sometimes our professional paths are not what we planned. 🎵
He was applying to film composing master's programs. Now he writes Rust at Comcast.
Episode just dropped today 🎧🎵
#Overcommitted #CareerChange #RustLang #SoftwareEngineering
So glad you enjoyed it as much as we did! 😁
This week on Overcommitted, we got to sit down with Bluesky's favorite tech blogger @samwho.dev and it did not disappoint!
Sam makes some of the coolest tech content on the internet, and if you haven't heard from him yet, you should! Full episode out now: overcommitted.dev/interactive-...
An Overcommitted podcast sweater
New swag, who dis? 👀
Just got the first official @overcommitted.dev swag and it feels good 🙌
robby russell (oh my zsh creator) said the quiet part out loud: "AI is really good at getting people started but I don't think it's helping people finish projects"
*nervously glances at 47 unfinished repos*
new ep! 🎙️
#ai #software #coding
new overcommitted episode! 🎙️
we chat with robby russell (oh my zsh creator) on:
1. why legacy code = victory not a curse
2. how AI helps you START projects but not FINISH them
3. being kind to past-you in code, and fixing the "one dev who knows everything" problem
listen wherever you get podcasts
This week on Overcommitted, @abbeyperini.dev gets real about accessibility and ADHD 👀
This was a great talk and this clip captured a bunch of the best moments ♥️
Full episode out now wherever you listen!
A blue terminal with Overcommitted in it. The colors are all soothing because they're Catpuccin
New logo, who dis?
We are employing are very limited design skills to make a thing. Do you like it? 😄
We are halfway through the Writing for Developers book club through the @overcommitted.dev community and the writing motivation is strong 💪
- 10 blog posts folks wrote this week and got feedback on
- Discussions every day and started some co-working sessions
- A supportive community of developers
The Overcommitted hosts recently sat down with @christinacodes.dev and learned her approach to building "silly software"!
Want to learn web sockets? Build a cursed video player!
Saw a joke about coding with Gen Z slang? make a Babel plugin!
Add a twist, make it fun, and learn by doing!
Are microservices more problems than solutions? 👀
Most companies embark on that pattern because they think they're solving scaling, when actually they're solving organizational inefficiencies.
This and more in this week's episode of @overcommitted.dev with @glich.stream !
Career paths in tech are rarely straight lines. That's a feature, not a bug
This week on Overcommitted: Tammy Metz, GitHub software engineer who went from middle school librarian → Girls Who Code teacher → support engineer → platform health engineer
overcommitted.dev/ep-40-from-l...
Released today! We sat down with Cassidy Williams @cassidoo.co to talk about building a career in developer advocacy, the power of mentorship, and how DevRel has evolved.
Cassidy shares her philosophy of "lifting as you climb," what makes great DevRel hires, and even her dream keyboard setup 👀
Want to join in the conversation? Follow here or join us in Discord: discord.gg/79XtqhW5QG
Making it sustainable
- How do you keep track of your writing ideas?
- What system or approach from the book (or your own experience) seems most practical for maintaining momentum?
Ideation and Inspiration
- How do you come up with new blog ideas (or how do you plan to now)?
- How do you balance content consumption and discovery from the book with making things?
Finding your voice: The Three P's
- What is a topic that comes to mind that passes the "Three P's Test" (proud of, pained by, or passionate about)?
- Do any of the blog post patterns from the book align with things you enjoy writing or want to explore? Share a thing you've written you're proud of!
Your writing journey
- Why do you write (or why do you want to start)?
- What has prevented you from writing in the past? Did it align with the reasons in the book?
Today was Week One of the #OvercommittedBookClub for the book Writing for Developers! This week we read Chapters 1 + 2
We are adding the discussion questions as replies here in case you would also like to participate. Feel free to participate even if you haven't read the book!
📚 Want to learn how to write for developers?
Join us TODAY at 9AM PT to discuss chapters 1-2 of "Writing for Developers"
Haven't read it yet? No problem! Come anyway. It might be just the push you need to finally write that post you've been putting off ✍️
Everyone's welcome! discord.gg/4enG8EQaMr
Do you write blog posts, documentation, or anything for software engineers? Do you want to?
Join us for the Writing for Developers book club with @overcommitted.dev, officially kicking off now! 🚀
Chapters 1+2 now, first discussion Friday. Join us in Discord to chat about it: discord.gg/d9gZyYuqKd
Writing for Developers with @sarna.dev
→ starting a blog when your company doesn't have one
→ why co-authoring a book is actually easier than solo
→ breaking "write a book" into "write extended blog posts"
overcommitted.dev/ep-38-writin...
"Time spent on a thing that is interesting and challenging is not wasted time, even if it doesn't work." - @jason.energy
Our full conversation with the incredible Jason Lengstorf dropped today and we highly recommend checking it out! open.spotify.com/episode/4vMY...
If you haven't checked out Overcommitted on Spotify or any other podcast app of choice, please do so!
Follow, comment, subscribe, or do whatever it is you do on that podcast app of your choice. It helps us out a TON with visibility!
#tech #techpodcast
Overcommitted Wrapped - 2025 instant hit show, 2025 talked about show, and 2025 most shared show
#Overcommitted just got our 2025 Wrapped and there were some super cool stats!
- Debut season was more popular than 84% of other shows
- More comments than 94% of other shows
- More shares than 96% of other shows
The @overcommitted.dev software engineers recently sat down with @mooreds.com to chat about the impacts on auth and security from AI Agents.
Check it out at: overcommitted.dev/ep-36-naviga...
Oooh thank you for the feedback 👀 I'll look into both the links issue and the feedback form not working!
The truth about #AI and developer jobs... It's not what you think! 👀
Perhaps ZIRP is more to blame for tech layoffs than AI?
Check out the most recent @overcommitted.dev episode with @kateholterhoff.com for more!
