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Richard talks to Jakub Konka, a programmer who works on the Zig programming language. They talk about the low-level systems programming involved in Jacob's work on Zig and other projects, including things like disassembling binaries, hot code loading in a systems language, writing a linker from scratch, and testing machine code without access to the actual hardware - or even an emulator!

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Software Unscripted

Linking & Binary Hot Code Loading with Jakub Konka

Software Unscripted

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From Scala to Roc with Monica McGuigan 1:07:42

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Monica McGuigan, a Scala programmer at JP Morgan, talks with Richard about her experiences learning Roc with a Scala background. They get into topics like how language design affects beginners and experts, what parts of functional programming are easier and harder to learn than others, and how language designers inform their design decisions. Support Software Unscripted on Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoftwareUnscripted Monica's chapter on JSON decoders: https://github.com/roc-lang/book-of-examples/pull/68 Grapheme clusters: https://unicode.org/glossary/#extended_grapheme_cluster Roc's string operations: https://www.roc-lang.org/builtins/Str Talk: The Functional Purity Inference Plan: https://youtu.be/42TUAKhzlRI?si=TwxYoqMgh0UXQLfn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Testing in Production with Mike Bryzek 1:17:50

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Mike Bryzek has been a technical cofounder of two very successful companies using some very unorthodox technical strategies that have worked out very well for him and his teams! These include testing in production, spending the first few months of a brand-new company's life investing in automation and tooling before shipping a product, and microservices - but not done in the way I've usually heard them described. Support Software Unscripted on Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoftwareUnscripted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Building Video Editing Software with Andrew Lisowski 1:02:50

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Richard talks with Andrew Lisowski, a Senior Engineer at Descript - which makes audio and video editing software that has been used to edit this very podcast! They talk about some of the surprising challenges of dealing with video editing compared to audio alone, the economics of niche podcasts and programming conferences, and the evolution of Web browsers! Support Software Unscripted on Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoftwareUnscripted Descript: https://www.descript.com Andrew Lisowski: https://www.hipstersmoothie.com devtools.fm episode that was on HN frontpage: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41301639 Zencastr: https://zencastr.com/?via=richard-feldman Forced Aligners: https://github.com/MahmoudAshraf97/ctc-forced-aligner Gentle Aligner: https://github.com/lowerquality/gentle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The EYG Language with Peter Saxton 1:17:25

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Richard talks with Peter Saxton, creator of the EYG programming language, about the problems Peter aims to solve with EYG, and some of the unique design decisions he's made with it. A type-safe eval() operation even comes up in the discussion! Support Software Unscripted on Patreon: https://patreon.com/SoftwareUnscripted EYG: https://eyg.run Unison: https://unison-lang.org Roc: https://roc-lang.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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AI in Programming Education with Will Sentance 59:21

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Richard talks with Will Sentance, the teacher of the Hard Parts series and the founder and CEO of CodeSmith, which is a Software Engineering and AI immersive education program. They talk about how AI is intersecting with modern programming education, what's considered "fundamentals" these days, and how Will thinks about teaching object-oriented and functional programming. Support Software Unscripted on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SoftwareUnscripted JavaScript: The Hard Parts: https://frontendmasters.com/courses/javascript-hard-parts-v2/ AI for Software Engineers: https://frontendmasters.com/workshops/engineering-and-ai/ CodeSmith: https://www.codesmith.io/ Richard's courses: https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/richard-feldman/#courses Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Software for Elite Athletes with Kyle Boddy 1:07:57

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Richard talks with Kyle Boddy about the biomechanical and data analysis software Kyle wrote—and continues to write—as the founder and CTO of Driveline Baseball, a data-driven player development company that has landed numerous players in Major League Baseball, including multiple Most Valuable Players and 2024's number one draft pick. They talk about Kyle's background in PHP and the C++ he wrote to coordinate budget high-speed cameras back when Driveline was a one-programmer garage shop, up through today where large language models have become an integral part of the development team's daily work. Driveline Baseball: https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/ Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/10/op-moneyballai/ Documentary about Driveline: https://youtu.be/K5Dnshu7atU Phind AI: https://www.phind.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Mojo with Chris Lattner 1:49:25

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For the 100th episode of Software Unscripted, Richard talks with Chris Lattner, creator of Swift, the Clang C++ compiler, LLVM, and now the Mojo programming language, about Mojo, Roc, API design, compiler optimizations, and language design! "Swift for C++ Practitioners" by Doug Gregor - https://www.douggregor.net/posts/swift-for-cxx-practitioners-value-types/ Mojo - https://www.modular.com/mojo Modular Computing - https://www.modular.com Roc - https://roc-lang.org LLVM - https://llvm.org Clang - https://clang.llvm.org Swift - https://www.swift.org CUDA - https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-zone SIMD - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_instructionmultipledata cmov instruction - https://github.com/marcin-osowski/cmov Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Tooling-Aware Language Design with Eli Dowling 1:11:59

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Richard talks with Eli Dowling about his contributions to the Roc programming language, as well as the intersection of language design and editor tooling, parsers that recover from errors, tree-sitter, going beyond the language server protocol, and the downsides of macros. Perceus paper - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2020/11/perceus-tr-v1.pdf The Koka Programming Language - https://koka-lang.github.io "The Quicksort Talk" (Outperforming Imperative with Pure Functional Languages) - https://youtu.be/vzfy4EKwG_Y Tree-Sitter - https://tree-sitter.github.io Neovim Editor - https://neovim.io Helix Editor - https://helix-editor.com Zed Editor - https://zed.dev Language Server Protocol (LSP) - https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol Hygienic Macros - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygienic_macro Rust Macros - https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch19-06-macros.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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The CrowdStrike Incident with Kelly Shortridge 58:30

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Richard talks with Kelly Shortridge about the CrowdStrike Incident that caused many computers worldwide to get stuck in a boot loop on July 19, 2024. A video version of this episode is available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzjaZssBEiI or ad-free to our wonderful Patreon supporters! https://www.patreon.com/posts/109888395 The incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike_incident Kelly Shortridge: https://www.kellyshortridge.com Kelly's book: https://securitychaoseng.com Hillel Wayne's interviews with traditional engineers who have also been software engineers: https://www.hillelwayne.com/talks/crossover-project Gell-Mann amnesia effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Distributed Functions with Jonathan Magen 48:00

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Richard talks with distributed systems scientist Jonathen Magen about functional programming in distributed systems, including languages like Gleam, Elixir, Ballerina, and Jolie. They also talk about type inference, big data, and a few other topics. Jonathan Magen: https://yonkeltron.com or https://jawns.club/@yonkeltron Programming languages mentioned: https://ballerina.io https://www.jolie-lang.org https://gleam.run https://elixir-lang.org Richard's talk: Why Static Typing Came Back - https://youtu.be/Tml94je2edk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Undo-Redo and Persistent State with Tom Ballinger 59:28

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Richard talks with Tom Ballinger about undo and redo in the context of REPLs and running effects, stateful systems in general, hot code loading, and database query planning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Smalltalk's Past, Present, and Future with Juan Vuletich 54:30

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Richard talks with Juan Vuletich, creator of Cuis Smalltalk, about the past, present and future of Smalltalk - including quite a bit of interesting history and programming philosophy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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From Game Dev to Web Dev 1:08:32

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Richard talks with Wolfgang Schuster about his experiences first as a professional game developer, and then later as a professional Web developer. Theytalk about the differences in programming practices he's seen between the two, including things like automated testing, dependency management, and releases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Fuzz Testing with Brendan Hansknecht 1:06:03

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Richard talks with Brendan Hansknecht, an AI compiler engineer at Modular, about various testing techniques, including fuzzing, property-based tests, database tests, tests involving network requests, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A Haskeller Tries Smalltalk with Ian Jeffries 1:04:25

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Richard talks with Ian Jeffries about his experiences as a Haskeller exploring modern Smalltalk (arguably the original object-oriented programming language), including both the historical context of where Smalltalk came from as well as what it's like using it in a modern context. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Comparing F#, Elm, and Haskell with Michael Newton 1:09:18

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Richard talks to Michael Newton, a programmer working as a consultant and trainer who has used several different functional programming languages in professional settings. They talk about the differences Michael has found between using F sharp, Haskell, and Elm, and especially how those differences apply in the context of professional production programming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Native UIs without Electron - with Nathan Sobo 1:16:34

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Richard talks with Nathan Sobo, founder of Zed Industries (which creates the high-performance Zed code editor) about his time as an early developer on the Atom code editor, including how that project led to Electron. They then discuss how the Zed team has created GPUI, which uses native operating system APIs for events and goes straight to the graphics card for rendering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Compiling Smart Contracts with Lucas Rosa 59:30

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Richard talks with Lucas Rosa, a compiler engineer working on the Aiken programming language for smart contracts, about tradeoffs in language and compiler design, property-based testing, syntax and familiarity, and compile-time evaluation of constants. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Gleam 1.0 with Louis Pilfold 1:10:31

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Richard talks with Louis Pilfold, creator of the Gleam programming language, about the language's 1.0 release, as well as other topics like backwards compatibility, hot-swapping code in production, and implementing a typed version of Erlang's famous OTP system, which had also been famously considered to be un-typeable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Compilers and Overly Complex Web Development with Thorsten Ball 1:13:30

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Richard talks to Thorsten Ball, a programmer at Zed Industries and author of two books on compilers. They start out talking about the differences between compilers and interpreters, what the trickiest parts are of teaching compilers, and then end up talking about the unnecessary complexity that has taken over modern Web Development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Incremental Compilation with Alex Kladov 1:23:42

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Richard talks with Rust Analyzer creator Alex Kladov (aka matklad) about compilers, including ways they can do incremental compilation, memory management strategies, modules and boundaries, and even monomorphization! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Programming and Industrial Design with Greg Wilson 57:52

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Richard talks with programming teacher Greg Wilson about different types of beginner programmers and how they learn most effectively, what counterintuitive aspects of programming languages they tend to find more or less difficult to learn, and about the surprising relationship between software architecture and industrial design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Lambda Set Defunctionalization with Ayaz Hafiz 45:09

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Richard talks with Ayaz Hafiz, a contributor to the Roc programming language, about a very specific topic in the Roc compiler, namely lambda set defunctionalization (including explaining what that term actually means). They then zoom out to talk about why more languages don't try to implement techniques like this in general. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Implementing Databases with Glauber Costa 48:22

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Richard talks with Glauber Costa about how to implement databases that can do millions of reads per second, how hardware changes have affected the tradeoffs around relational and NoSQL databsaes, and what people mean by Big Data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Return of Hypermedia with Carson Gross 1:08:48

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Richard talks with HTMX creator Carson Gross about some of the ways in which modern web development has arguably regressed over the past 15 or so years, as well as Hypertext, Hypermedia, HyperCard, HyperView, HyperScript, and even some other topics that don't have hyper in the name. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Go and Functional Programming with Lane Wagner 1:15:11

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The Roc Programming Language with Richard Feldman 1:07:54

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Making JITted Code Faster with Chris Nuernberger 1:09:04

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Richard talks with Chris Nuernberger about his experiences making code run faster in the context of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the similarities and differences between that and trying to make C++ code faster...among several other topics! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Things Web Devs Can Learn from Game Devs with Casey Muratori 2:06:37

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Richard talks with Casey Muratori, a game engine programmer who's known for creating the term Immediate Mode GUIs, for his Twitch series Handmade Hero, and most recently for his excellent Performance Aware Programming course. They talk about performance and the programming culture around it, how memory safety relates to progarm architecture, what Web development can learn from game development, and even some concrete improvements that could be made to, you guessed it...CSS! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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How Programming has Changed with Conor Hoekstra 1:12:54

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Escaping Software Disenchantment with Nikita Prokopov 48:42

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Richard talks with Nikita Prokopov, an open-source Clojure developer and creator of the Fira Code typeface, about some of the reasons he'd felt a sense of disenchantment with the direction of software in the past, and strategies he's developed for improving things in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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WebAssembly in Practice with Brian Carroll 50:15

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Richard talks with Brian Carroll about his experience using WebAssembly in practice - including some of the benefits and challenges of using WebAssembly in practice, why WebAssembly adoption might not be as high as it could be today, and speculation about what the future might hold for it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Disassembling Languages with Matt Godbolt 1:07:01

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Richard talks with Matt Godbolt, author of the godbolt.org Compiler Explorer, about how certain aspects of the Compiler Explorer work, as well as "disassembling" language designs themselves - talking about reference counting optimizations, destructors and unwinding, and even defending the infamous design decision of NaN != NaN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Designing Compilers for Speed with Troels Henriksen 1:05:14

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Gradual vs Static Typing with José Valim 1:25:38

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The SemVer Rabbit Hole with Predrag Gruevski 58:14

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Richard talks with Predrag Gruevski, author of the cargo-semver-checks tool for detecting accidental semantic versioning mistakes in Rust packages, as well as Trustfall, which is an incredibly flexible query engine. They talk about why semantic versioning is so especially tricky to get right in Rust, tradeoffs in different package managers' approaches to semver in general, and how his work on cargo-semver-checks motivated him to create a tool for querying data in just about any format. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Type System Complexity with Chris Krycho 49:45

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Making Parsing I/O Bound with Daniel Lemire 1:17:46

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Richard talks to Daniel Lemire about his work on simdjson, arguably the fastest JSON parser in the world. They also talk about parsing performance in other contexts, benchmarking, NodeJS string representations, and textbook approaches to performance versus real-world experimentation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Niche Domain Knowledge with Ashley Williams 54:40

hace 2 years54:40

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Richard talks with former Rust core team member Ashley Williams, aka ag_dubs,, about various different types of niche domain knowledge - from CSS tricks in web development to low-level systems programming, package managers, and even organization-specific domain knowledge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Building a Terminal in Zig and Swift with Mitchell Hashimoto 57:01

hace 2 years57:01

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Richard talks with HashiCorp cofounder Mitchell Hashimoto about a side project of his: a high-performance terminal emulator that he wrote using Zig and Swift, and which has become his daily driver terminal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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React Hooks Design Review 50:00

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Thinking in Array Languages with Alex Shroyer 47:11

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Richard talks to to Alex Shroyer about his unusually extensive experiences with Array Languages like APL and J - where they come from, how they have more to offer than just extreme conciseness, and what feature creep looks like in a language that's mostly symbols.Links to Alex's website and more info about array languages:alexshroyer.comhttps://nsl.com/https://vector.org.uk/https://github.com/interregna/arraylanguage-companieshttps://tryapl.org/https://bqnpad.mechanize.systems/https://www.arraycast.com/https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_Farmhttps://discord.com/invite/yHna7nt7zx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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My Contribution to the Left-Pad Incident with Simon Lydell 57:23

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Richard talks with Simon Lydell, a programmer whose open-source JavaScript work ended up contributing to what might be the most infamous package-related outage in programming history. In addition to talking about that story, they also talk about open source in general, breaking changes in general, and specific projects like CoffeeScript, Prettier, Elm, and Roc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Comparing Haskell to R with Will Kurt 1:00:42

hace 2 years1:00:42

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Richard talks to Will Kurt, an AI Engineer at Hex as well as the author of both the countbayesie.com blog as well as the book Get Programming with Haskell, from Manning Publications. They talk about the book, about Haskell in general, and end up comparing Haskell to R, as well as type systems and artificial intelligence! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Defunctionalization in a Functional Language with Ayaz Hafiz 1:16:12

hace 2 years1:16:12