Wednesday Wisdom

By Jos Visser

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 May 11, 2026

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This podcast comes down to me reading articles from my article series "Wednesday Wisdom" which is available on Substack at josvisser.substack.com.

Episode Date
Know thyself
Jul 01, 2026
Security is not just a feeling
Jun 24, 2026
How to start a remote SRE team
Jun 17, 2026
On writing interview feedback
Jun 10, 2026
A possible future of software engineering
Jun 03, 2026
A tiny history of software engineering
May 27, 2026
Coding with AI tools is still hard
May 27, 2026
The whooshing sound of deadlines
May 13, 2026
The anxiety factory
May 06, 2026
Does code review still matter?
Apr 29, 2026
Ten things not to worry about regarding oncall
Apr 22, 2026
Shiny object syndrome
Apr 15, 2026
Big machine people
Apr 08, 2026
How to become a better engineer? (bot)
Apr 01, 2026
How to become a better engineer? (human)
Apr 01, 2026
Coming to terms with my unimportance
Mar 25, 2026
Exit Plan
Mar 18, 2026
Standard Response
Mar 11, 2026
The cost of efficiency
Mar 04, 2026
The one about coding with AI tools
Feb 25, 2026
The gift of post-career
Feb 18, 2026
Losing the secret sense
Feb 11, 2026
Taylor Swift and the value of time
Feb 04, 2026
Short: Seniority is a mindset
Jan 28, 2026
Math and you
Jan 21, 2026
How to become a TL 101
Jan 14, 2026
Welcome to the problem fractal
Jan 07, 2026
Parameters for Success
Dec 31, 2025
The gift of nice
Dec 31, 2025
Why do good people write bad software?
Dec 17, 2025
Misinterpreting SRE
Dec 10, 2025
Stress!
Dec 03, 2025
TG Special: A reader question
Nov 26, 2025
Respect what came before
Nov 19, 2025
The gift of Modesty
Nov 05, 2025
More things I learned running a small business
Oct 29, 2025
Things I learned running a small business (part 1)
Oct 22, 2025
Unhappy the team that needs heroes
Oct 15, 2025
Form without function
Oct 08, 2025
Leave a sinking ship in time
Oct 01, 2025
Show, don't tell!
Sep 24, 2025
Security is temporary, adaptability is forever
Sep 17, 2025
Coding in the time of AI
Sep 10, 2025
Be a Player of Games
Sep 03, 2025
Scale is the only problem left
Aug 27, 2025
Consider this: You might be wrong
Aug 20, 2025
Know thy tools!
Aug 14, 2025
All communication is strategic
Aug 06, 2025
The burden(s) of ownership
Jul 30, 2025
Keeping it real
Jul 24, 2025
Appreciate your IT support!
Jul 09, 2025
Candidates: Please prepare
Jul 02, 2025
Getting Stuff Done
Jun 25, 2025
Taming the monkey brain
Jun 18, 2025
The unfortunate desire for certainty
Jun 11, 2025
You can read this!
Jun 04, 2025
Ramping up is hard to do
May 28, 2025
The blackbox engineer
May 21, 2025
The swamp and the city
May 14, 2025
Overcoming a slump
May 07, 2025
The gift of leaving
Apr 30, 2025
The gift of time
Apr 23, 2025
Pressure makes diamonds
Apr 09, 2025
Nobody escapes corporate gravity (part 3)
Apr 02, 2025
Nobody escapes corporate gravity #2
Mar 26, 2025
Nobody Escapes Corporate Gravity (part 1)
Mar 19, 2025
Senior engineers: Please prepare for interviews!
Mar 12, 2025
Chaos is the price of freedom
Mar 05, 2025
Talk is Cheap
Feb 26, 2025
It's a knowledge problem (or is it)
Feb 12, 2025
The job market is a market
Feb 07, 2025
No more shell scripts!
Jan 31, 2025
Career choices: What to focus on?
Jan 25, 2025
The value of grunge work
Jan 17, 2025
Sometimes it it okay to just coast...
Jan 16, 2025
The cult of data has gone too far
Jan 03, 2025
Wanna career? Move to the center!
Dec 26, 2024
Faster computers afford dumber solutions
Dec 19, 2024
The loneliness of the long distance runbook
Dec 12, 2024
Career Advice: Learn how to write
Dec 06, 2024
How to be(come) a manager
Nov 28, 2024
Embrace the Plateau
Nov 21, 2024