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24 alternatives to Don't Make Me Code - Ep. #13, Standing On The Shoulders Of A License

DX design & the challenges of building dev-facing products.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Don't Make Me Code - Ep. #13, Standing On The Shoulders Of A License launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Don't Make Me Code, Ep. #1▲54
A show about Developer Experience (DX) Design
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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Don't Make Me Code, Ep. #10 - Environment Protection▲61
Docker's lead product designer on great dev environments
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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Don't Make Me Code - Ep. #11, Dogfooding▲3
DX design & the unique challenges of building dev products.
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
4
Don't Make Me Code - Ep. #9, Getting Users To Give A Damn▲67
Mikeal Rogers of Node.js discusses community building in OSS
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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Don't Make Me Code - 7: You’re The Developer Of Your Developer Experience▲58
How do you provide a single DX across multiple languages?
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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Don't Make Me Code - Ep. #2, Onboarding Developers▲52
Let's make developer onboarding experiences better
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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Don't Make Me Code - 8: I Only Work On Ugly Products▲58
Why designers and dev co's need each other
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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The Creative Coding Podcast▲61
Podcast about visual and creative applications.
2017 · creativecodingpodcast.com · its alternatives →
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Don't Make Me Code - Security Ergonomics▲2
DX design & the unique challenges of building dev products
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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The Visual Developers Podcast▲38
A podcast about no-code products, makers, and projects
2020 · visualdev.fm · its alternatives →
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Full Stack Radio▲128
A podcast for devs interested in building great products.
2015 · fullstackradio.com · its alternatives →
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The Hacking UI Podcast #14 - Good Fucking Design Advice▲73
Abandoning fear and getting out of your comfort zone
2016 · hackingui.com · its alternatives →
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Rally Banter: Ep. 19 — Appearance vs Reality▲80
Design systems and shipping software vs concept work
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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The Design Review Podcast - The Power of Saying NO!▲61
Defining priorities for good design and saying no!
2016 · designreviewpodcast.com · its alternatives →
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To Be Continuous - 19: Have We Forgotten How To Code?▲61
Paul and Edith discuss the fallout from left-pad
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
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Anything But Code▲63
A podcast with coders about non-code topics.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Code Podcast – 4: How to design software▲63
Routines that will make you a better engineer
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
18
Spec.▲210
The best podcasts for designers & developers
2015 · spec.fm · its alternatives →
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Stack Overflow Podcast - A Bunch of Bald Yaks▲66
HyperDev, the fastest way to bang out code and run it online
2016 · stackoverflow.blog · its alternatives →
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Software Engineering Daily: Developer on Fire with Dave Rael▲53
The world through the lens of software.
2017 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
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The Hacking UI podcast #11 - Turning our side project into a full time gig▲62
1 month in, and launching The Side Project Accelerator
2016 · hackingui.com · its alternatives →
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The Cynical Developer Podcast: EP 10 - Test Driven Development▲51
Talking with Daniele Pozzobon about TDD.
2017 · cynicaldeveloper.com · its alternatives →
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Design Review: Episode 36 – Free your mind from design blocks!▲69
Why you keep getting stuck and how to fix it!
2016 · designreviewpodcast.com · its alternatives →
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Codecrap▲93
Where developers go to laugh and cry
2014 · codecrap.com · its alternatives →

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