The DevNews Podcast Season 8 Premiere is Here 🔊
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Published: 2022-04-14 19:27:39

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title: The DevNews Podcast Season 8 Premiere is Here 🔊 
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Hi! I'm Levi Sharpe. If we haven't interacted here on DEV before, I'm Forem's Senior Podcast Producer. As my title suggests, I produce and mix our podcasts: [DevDiscuss](https://dev.to/devdiscuss), [The CodeNewbie Podcast](https://dev.to/codenewbie), and <mark>[DevNews](https://dev.to/devnews)<mark>

With so much going on all over the world, our team is experiencing a complicated (but net positive) mixture of emotions when it comes to the DevNews podcast returning: relief? responsibility? anticipation? Listen to the season 8 premiere of DevDiscuss and you'll hear what I mean.

{% podcast https://dev.to/devnews/s8e1-coding-under-bombing %}

_As a refresher, DevNews is the news show for developers by developers. Each season, our hosts cover the latest in the world of tech, and speak with diverse guests from a variety of backgrounds to dig deep into meaty topics such as security, the pros and cons of outsourcing your authentication, and the latest bugs and hacks._

**Hosts:** 
- @saronyitbarek is the founder of Disco, founder of [CodeNewbie](https://community.codenewbie.org) host of the [CodeNewbie Podcast](https://dev.to/codenewbie), and co-host of the [base.cs podcast](https://dev.to/basecspodcast).
- @joshpuetz is the Principal Software Engineer at [Forem](https://forem.com) — the open source community software that powers DEV, CodeNewbie and a growing number of other online communities.

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**Guest:** 
- [Alexander Lebedev](https://twitter.com/Sortafreel) is a backend developer from Ukraine. He loves data and analytics systems and making blog posts and videos about how to improve quality of life.

In this episode, we talk about Elon Musk buying the largest share of Twitter and then flip flopping on being on the board. Then we speak with Alex Lebedev, software engineer at HotJar, about his experience living in Ukraine under the horrific conditions of its war with Russia, and about his blog post titled, “Coding Under Bombing.”

> _A huge thank you to Alex for reaching out to US with an offer to speak on our show about living in Ukraine. We're humbled to have had his time and thoughts on how we can support victims of war (hint: donate, donate, donate if you can). Alex pointed us to the following resources that we'd love for you to check out:_ 
>> - National Bank of Ukraine
>> - [5 Steps to Be Productive Under Stress. War-tested.](https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/coding-under-bombing-5-steps-to-be-productive-under-stress-d32c3837dd6d) — Written by Alex


_You can [follow DevNews](dev.to/devnews) to get episode notifications and listen right in your feed_ _— or subscribe on your platform of choice! Plus, if you leave us a review, we'll send you a free pack of thank-you stickers. Details [here](https://airtable.com/shr8oKAIMZgdYnBxx)._ 

## **Quick Listening Links**
- [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s8-e1-coding-under-bombing/id1525581923?i=1000557586789)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uMTmWVcc2249F8Br3Pilq)
- [Google](https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmNvZGVuZXdiaWUub3JnL2Rldm5ld3NfcG9kY2FzdC54bWw/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9kZXZwb2RzLmRldi9wb2RjYXN0cy9kZXZuZXdzLzU3?sa=X&ved=0CAQQkfYCahcKEwjoi_mGkZT3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg)
- [Stitcher](https://www.stitcher.com/show/devnews/episode/s8-e1-coding-under-bombing-202363431)
- [Listen Notes](https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/devnews/s8e1-coding-under-bombing-IR0KyhuQrpi/)
- [TuneIn](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/DevNews-p1352512/?topicId=169004712)
- [RSS Feed](http://feeds.codenewbie.org/devnews_podcast.xml)
- [DEV Pods website](https://devpods.herokuapp.com/podcasts/devnews/episodes/259)

#### _Acknowledgements_ 
Thank you to our Season 8 Sponsors:
 
- [Avalanche](https://www.avax.network/developers)
- The [DevDiscuss Podcast](https://devpods.dev/podcasts/devdiscuss)
- The [CodeNewbie Podcast](https://www.codenewbie.org/podcast)

_Plus, thank you to @graciegregory for providing editorial support for this post_ 

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I hope you enjoy this kickoff to a new season of DevNews 📰 Looking forward to sharing the rest of our episodes with you.