I launched imposter.fm as a podcast host to share honest episodes about what this season of engineering feels like.
Not polished thought leadership. Not hype. Just practical reflection from inside it:
- shipping while the AI toolchain keeps changing
- rebuilding confidence after layoff shock
- staying useful when the job market feels noisy
- figuring out what still matters in the craft
Code is open at github.com/nearbycoder/imposter.fm.
Why I built it
Most conversations about AI in software land in extremes.
Either “everything is solved now” or “nothing has value anymore.”
Neither matches day-to-day reality.
The real experience is more specific:
- You can move much faster.
- You still need judgment, taste, and accountability.
- You still deal with uncertainty, especially during a layoff cycle.
I wanted one focused place to capture that without diluting it across random threads and scattered posts.
What I want imposter.fm to cover in episodes
- Field notes on AI-assisted building workflows
- Career reflections during and after layoff transitions
- Short episode conversations on shipping, confidence, and adaptation
- Experiments that connect product execution with personal resilience
If you want the project breakdown, I also added it here: imposter.fm project page.
Why now
I am in a period where momentum matters.
Recording and shipping episodes helps me keep signal over noise. It turns vague stress into concrete output and creates a record of what I am learning in real time.
And in this market, showing your thinking in public is part of the work.
imposter.fm is the home for that.