Luculent Lollygag

Luculent Lollygag

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Episodes 31
Avg. Duration 43m
Activity Sporadic
Since Feb 2022
Latest Episode Jul 2025

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About This Podcast

Software, management, psychology, and philosophy. Each week a few friends and former co-workers get together to talk about the most interesting things in the universe.

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Recent Episodes

Work is hard and some people don't want to do it

Jul 26, 2025 24m

We got a full show today, joined by the regulars: Raph, Richard, and Dan, and first time guest calling in from the car: Matt! We also are lucky to have Connor back for this one!Today we cover AI.…

No, YOU do event sourcing

Jul 24, 2025 35m

Raph shares his experience with starting an event sourcing system in production and we talk over some common concerns with this type of an architecture

Worms and Classes

May 20, 2024 1h 7m

The fear of worms, throughs and strategies Community and Connections Balancing consumption and creation The role of sleep in problem solving State in FP vs OOP

Tailwind Debate!

Apr 15, 2024 1h 7m

Is Tailwind the greatest way to write CSS, or just a trick for newbs? We talk the whens and whys of Tailwind.

One week kanbans, or you suck

Mar 16, 2024 43m

We get less technical and dive into anthropology and the interesting play of technical norms on our careers

Coding Mayo vs Spice!

Mar 09, 2024 37m

We talk about how art, science, and skepticism play into our lives as software engineers in the AI age.

Tech Careers with AI

Mar 09, 2024 46m

We talk about the current and future impacts of AI on software engineering careers and how we think you can best optimize for the future.

S2E5 Video Games Made Us!

Sep 29, 2023 56m

Raph, Dan, and Richard talk about growing up with video games and the many life and career lessons we've learned from gaming.

S2E4 Goals and Productivity

Apr 29, 2023 1h 2m

Raph has a NEW approach to goals! We discuss what goals are, how they can work or fail, and different approaches to productivity.

S2E3 AI and the future of Software Engineering

Apr 29, 2023 54m

Dan, Raph, and Richard welcome back Connor AND special guest Joe! This week we talk about AI, what it might be like to be a software engineer at old age, how we approach careers and life, and so much…

S2E2 Rewrite your codebase and sell your leaf-blower

Feb 21, 2023 58m

This week Dan, Raph, and Richard are joined by special guest Sam! We talk about hard work, burnout, when and how to rewrite your codebase, expert solo coders vs team players, big boring companies vs…

S2E1 Interviewing, not because we have to, because we want to

Feb 03, 2023 56m

This week we tackle the ins and outs of interviewing from both sides. We cover framing and "energy" in an interview, the problems with traditional interviews, what to look for in an employer, how to…

The morality of marketing

Dec 20, 2022 49m

This week we switch gears and go waaaay out of our expertise to yammer on about philosophy and morality. It may not be academic, but we hope it's at least entertaining :) Recorded by Dan Uhl,…

S1E19 The universal rules that always apply to every situation

Oct 28, 2022 48m

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald (we miss you!) talk about software design and what's important while doing the day to day grind of writing code.

S1E17 Stop asking questions and build the thing!

Oct 28, 2022 47m

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald (I'm gonna call this out until you get back buddy :) talk about understanding the "why" behind the work we're doing, complexities…

S1E16 Is your Codebase REALLY Crap?

Sep 16, 2022 49m

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald (I don't care if you just had a baby, no excuses man ❤️) gather to talk about essentials vs incidentals in software engineering,…

S1E15 0015 - Winning at Software Development

Sep 09, 2022 47m

Also winning at intro/outro music! Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and NOT Connor MacDonald gather to talk about what it means to be winning at software development, about "fractal"…

S1E21 Is THAT Project Management?

Aug 12, 2022 40m

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald (just listening this time) gather to talk about bubbling up project status in a large organization. Is there any meaning to it? What…

S1E20 Burnout Prevention and Humans as Microservices

Aug 05, 2022 57m

Dan Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald gather to talk about burnout, how it comes about, what we can do now to help prevent it, and how we as humans are analogous to…

S1E12 Humans in Tech

Jul 29, 2022 44m

Daniel Uhl, Raphael Rafatpanah, Richard Laskey, and Connor MacDonald gather to talk about good and bad humans in tech and other functions, how bottom up initiatives work, about emotion and the effect…

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