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I've been following Tech Talks Weekly via RSS for a while now and really enjoy it! This issue is another great one.

Some feedback around podcasts:

What is nice:

- Podcasts fit nicely into the “listen while walking or commuting” window that a lot of engineers use.

- Good topic range: “gapless sequences in Postgres”, “algorithm taxonomy”, and the AWS outage postmortem all scratch different itches. Keep the good balance.

- The overall goal of helping readers quickly find one or two high quality items each week definitely makes sense. That’s exactly how I read these issues. Skim fast, pick a few talks, add them to the list.

Suggestions

- Adding a quick 'why it’s worth the time' blurb for each recommendation could help readers prioritize.

- If you keep going with this format, adding category tags like “react”, “java”, or “machine learning” would make it even better over time.

Overall, this is one of the few tech newsletters that consistently delivers great quality content. Please keep the podcast section. It’s a great addition.

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