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24 alternatives to Does Not Compute - 17: Safety in Numbers

Sean and Paul talk about the Ruby on Rails Doctrine and Otto

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Does Not Compute - 17: Safety in Numbers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Ruby on Rails Podcast #204: Money and open source▲81
Sean and Kyle talk the economics of open source software.
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
2
Does Not Compute - 16: Hello World Superheroes▲62
Paul & Sean discuss the current state of JavaScript
2016 · spec.fm · its alternatives →
3
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 202: Behind the scenes at Product Hunt▲98
Launch of podcasts, API-first, React.js and Heroku
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
4
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 205: Webhooks 101 & 202▲81
Implementing & scaling webhooks at GitHub
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
5
Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67
DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"
2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
6
Ruby on Rails - 207: Choosing the Right Systems for the Job with Sam Lambert▲73
Sam Lambert from GitHub shares how he chooses systems
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
7
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 201: API-first, planning-second▲91
Building REST API's with Rails
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
8
Full Stack Radio - 27: Ben Orenstein ▲64
Talk about Outside-in TDD, Dependency Injection and Rails
2015 · fullstackradio.com · its alternatives →
9
BlockChannel #5: Charlie Shrem - Taking One for the Team▲61
Bitcoin OG discussing Ethereum and Smart Contracts
2017 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
10
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 206: Stress Management▲56
Balancing the demands of family, work & travel
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
11
Hack To Start: Chris Messina [Ep #118]▲97
Talking about the hashtag, Product Hunt, and MessinaBot
2016 · hacktostart.com · its alternatives →
12
a16z Podcast: Banking on the Blockchain▲76
What the future of banks might be
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
13
The Wolf Den - 90: Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt▲83
Ryan joins Adam Sachs to talk about the podcast industry
2015 · its alternatives →
14
The Critical Path - 168: Exposed Skin▲52
Horace and Anders talk about how Apple is a new class.
2016 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
15
NTMY - 4: Ryan Hoover▲138
A chat about how Product Hunt started, VR and "hooverboards"
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
16
The Full Ratchet - The Fast No With Mike Collett (Part 2)▲54
Real confidence requires no hyperbole
2016 · fullratchet.net · its alternatives →
17
Ruby on Rails Podcast - 208: Ship it!▲73
Your application is built. Now it's time to ship it!
2015 · 5by5.tv · its alternatives →
18
Secrets for Scaling: Ghost founder John O'Nolan▲68
Building a profitable business w/ a counterculture approach
2017 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
19
What I Know Best - Ivan Kirigin of YesGraph▲75
All things growth from a 2x YC founder & Ex-Dropbox/Facebook
2016 · ter.li · its alternatives →
20
a16z - Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff▲71
Our changing relationship with technology and machines
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
21
The Web Platform Podcast - 67: Keeping Fluent with Web Technology▲59
A podcast that dives deep into ‘all things’ web
2015 · thewebplatform.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
22
The Hacking UI Podcast #14 - Good Fucking Design Advice▲73
Abandoning fear and getting out of your comfort zone
2016 · hackingui.com · its alternatives →
23
Tung▲96
A social podcast player
2016 · its alternatives →
24
Founder Chats: David Cancel▲72
Transparency, bootstrapping/VC, lifelong learning + more!
2016 · founderchats.simplecast.com · its alternatives →

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