Show overview
The Top Shelf launched in 2024 and has put out 9 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 20m and 1h 45m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.3 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2024, with 7 episodes published. Published by topshelf.
From the publisher
ThePrimeagen and teej_dv are on a quest to find the best possible technical speakers and ask the best possible questions we can find. You all know ThePrimeagen can't read, so this is a great format for him to really shine. Teej is here to make sure that Prime knows who the guest is and also to interrupt Prime wherever possible
Latest Episodes
The Greatest Software Engineers of All Time
Twitch https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Discord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen https://www.youtube.com/@teej_dv ### LINKS Code Rabbit: Review your code, find bugs and ship FASTER! Check it out here: https://www.coderabbit.ai/ - Use promo code TOPSHELF ! Sentry: Application performance monitoring for developers & software teams to see errors clearer, solve issues faster & continue learning continuously. Use code topshelf for $100 off (3 months of team plan, or 150k total free errors). Try it out here: https://sentry.io/welcome/?utm_source=topshelf&code=topshelf timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - History Of Programming 04:08 - Charles Babbage 15:51 - Ada Lovelace 26:45 - John von Neumann 36:52 - Alan Turing 46:58 - Grace Hopper 1:00:21 - Q&A
Creator of Ghostty talks Zig over Go
Thanks to the sponsor for today's video - Graphite! Check out stacked PRs, code review tools and more: http://gt.dev/topshelf 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - CTO to Open Source 7:00 - Graphite Ad 8:10 - Future Of Ghostty 21:30 - How It Started 25:29 - Zig vs Rust 29:53 - Go’s Place In The Stack 34:28 - Managing Open Source 42:42 - Motivation 45:49 - AI 52:21 - Live Q&A Twitch https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Discord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen This is also the best way to support me is to support yourself becoming a better backend engineer. ### LINKS -- Mitchell Hashimoto | https://x.com/mitchellh -- TJ DeVries | https://x.com/teej_dv?lang=en Great News? Want me to research and create video????: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePrimeagen
Jose Valim: Creator of Elixir
<p class="text-node">Today's Sponsors: <br><br>Code Rabbit: <a class="link" href="https://www.coderabbit.ai">https://www.coderabbit.ai</a> - Use promo code TOPSHELF ! <br>Boot dot dev: <a class="link" href="https://boot.dev/btw">https://boot.dev/btw</a> <br><br>Twitch <a class="link" href="https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen">https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen</a> <br>Discord <a class="link" href="https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen">https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen</a></p>
S1 Ep 6Ryan Dahl: Creator of Node & Deno talks Deno 2.0
<p>Today we had Ryan Dahl on the podcast and talk about the history of Node, Deno and so much more. Really hope you enjoy this talk with him! Thanks everyone.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Big thanks to the sponsor of today's episode: Code Rabbit <a href="https://coderabbit.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://coderabbit.ai/</a>. </p>
S1 Ep 5Yacine: How a Rejected Side Project Turned into a Job At X
<p>We talk about how to psyop yourself into loving work, working out and respecting your users. I hope you enjoy the episode!</p> <p><br /></p> <p>The Yapper Himself: <a href="https://x.com/yacineMTB" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/yacineMTB</a></p>
S1 Ep 4Taylor Otwell: Laravel, PHP, OSS & VC
<p>Today we talk with Taylor Otwell, the creator of Laravel. We start at Laravel's humble beginnings and move all the way to the exciting new Series A raise with Accel and all that it is enabling Laravel to do today!</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Sponsor for the Show: Infinite Red</p> <p>If your company needs help moving to mobile, Infinite Red could be a great choice for you! From the smallest startups to some of the largest companies, Infinite Red is ready to help you ship an elegant and effective mobile application with React Native. Check them out at: <a href="https://infinite.red/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://infinite.red/</a></p> <p><br /></p> <p>Links from the show:</p> <p>Taylor's X: <a href="https://x.com/taylorotwell" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/taylorotwell</a></p> <p>Laravel: <a href="https://laravel.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://laravel.com/</a></p>
S1 Ep 3DHH: On Competency, Coding and Children
<p>DHH is the Creator of Ruby on Rails, Co-owner &amp; CTO of 37signals (Basecamp &amp; HEY), NYT best-selling author, and Le Mans 24h class-winner.</p> <p><br></p> <p>X: <a href="https://x.com/dhh" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://x.com/dhh</a></p> <p>Personal Site: <a href="https://dhh.dk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://dhh.dk/</a></p>
S1 Ep 2Ginger Bill: Creator of Odin (a better C)
<p>Ginger Bill, Creator of the Odin Language. I (TJ) think it&#39;s a better C in a lot of ways. Very fun language to write. You should check it out!</p> <p><br></p> <p>X: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWFBYXdMWllxZ3lLRG5ZbWFjZDYya0MtUE4tUXxBQ3Jtc0trRHQyV2xtNmQ3WFlxQ01ZNmU3R3ZpaGRYRmxZd0lVRU9SMTlPaUpUYXJOaWxOMDRTUTF4bkdfNURkUmg0dC1McUQ4QXJjUVZZQnl1RjdiZXNfNm9BbU1QLXJtN3NNeXFMRG9aY29YMVNzOWpnQ05URQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FTheGingerBill&v=fYUruq352yE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/TheGingerBill</a> </p> <p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/gingergames" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://youtube.com/gingergames</a></p>
S1 Ep 1Chris Lattner: Creator of LLVM, Swift, and Mojo
<p>Chris Lattner gives history on creating LLVM, Swift and Mojo. As well as lessons learned along the way. You&#39;ll definitely learn a few things about how crazy PhD projects can accidentally change the world in this one!</p> <p><br></p> <p>X: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmFmWVotczdBT2x2dmRxeTBMX21jYzg1TzlGUXxBQ3Jtc0ttczBEQ3NFVXRTUXF5endYYkNyLW1WVUpFTzBKelNMQXZ4WkYtbGdYakpLNVdPbHR1ZnRDV0FjQWxVdEI2S05sQ3hwUHE1R0lPVzdxeFhGaXNUNWVxRTZRUWxydDg2aURGSUhhazl5WHNEbDFPdi1lTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fclattner_llvm%3Fs%3D21%26t%3D-sv4MdpmLrRuMIhARbLk-g&v=ovYbgbrQ-v8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/clattner_llvm</a></p> <p>Mojo:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjY5UGh4eDViOG16OE9PNzlLUFNWMnNUYmwyZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttd2lXR2t0QmFMMGp3bzBzQS1fSENYR201WjBxNnYtdUFhZm82STJZSTM4OU5xazlZRVpRcERYZjhRRkk0amRkX2g0a2VjMUp2TVNod1lmRkJhY0ZqUGhBUWxvSG9aSXpjLS1VaFdvZmJnaFZaMDRQYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.modular.com%2F&v=ovYbgbrQ-v8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> https://www.modular.com</a></p>