Episodes
Published 09/19/22
Adam and Jason finally learn about the guy who invented the Information Age and how the transmission of data over long distances is even possible.
Published 09/19/22
Adam and Jason learn about how algorithms affect people in the everyday lives in very destructive ways as well as some ways to disarm them and how to use models for good.
Published 02/28/22
Adam really wants cheap access to space, Jason really wants augmented reality, and they talk about other things that may or may not happen in the future.
Published 11/15/21
Jason and Adam learn about making games for a fantasy console with a lot of constraints.
Published 06/21/21
Adam, Jason, and Rizel talk about race and how to talk about race. They cover issues like privilege, intersectionality, police brutality, and microaggressions.
Published 03/21/21
Jason has dipped in and out of Haskell over the years, Adam did very little of the problems, and Jason teaches Adam a lot about functional programming.
Published 11/30/20
Going through Clojure was an eye opening experience for Jason, and for Adam it’s intriguing, but the learning curve is very steep.
Published 11/23/20
Jason loved tinkering with Erlang, they both read a little bit of Learn You Some Erlang, and Adam had a hard time with concurrency.
Published 11/16/20
Adam loves how it supports functional and object-oriented programming, Jason said it would take a long time to really wrap his head around it, and Adam had a hard time installing and running it.
Published 11/09/20
Adam remembered using Prolog in college, Jason felt like he had no what he was doing, Adam thought it was fun and mind bending, and Jason felt like writing a Sudoku solver was like having cheat mode on.
Published 11/02/20
Adam thought Io is a weird language, it changed Jason's perspective, and Adam thought the interview with the creator was insightful.
Published 10/26/20
Adam and Jason talk about the benefits of learning new languages, they talk through their experience with Ruby, and discuss their solutions to the challenges in the book.
Published 10/06/20
Adam tells the story of how Ellen got into programming, Jason describes the barriers of the current online courses, Megan talks about the sexism Ellen experienced, and they talk about Y2K and ponder the difference between life and AI.
Published 08/24/20
Adam, Jason, and Megan learn about some of the amazing things AI can do, laugh at the dumb stuff it does sometimes, are a bit disappointed by its limitations, and come out more informed about what to realistically expect going forward.
Published 08/10/20
Jason and Adam talk about working remotely amid a global pandemic. Adam got a standing desk, they agree that is better when everyone is remote, and they talk about having a good setup and routines.
Published 05/26/20
Jason brings up the differences between Apple and Google, Jen talks about taking breaks, and they discuss gender politics.
Published 02/25/20
Adam talks about an awful boss he had, Jen talks about 2 wolves, they talk about rockstars vs superstars, and the radical candor framework.
Published 02/03/20
Jason and Jen interview Adam about Getting Things Done, Jen and Adam talk about bullet journaling, and Jen relates it all to imposter syndrome.
Published 12/09/19
Jason and Jen interview Adam about Getting Things Done, Jen and Adam talk about bullet journaling, and Jen relates it all to imposter syndrome.
Published 12/09/19
Adam talks about how he has used the book to prepare for interviews, Safia talks about the Microsoft interview process, Jason tells a story about arguing in an interview, and they each talk about a problem they solved.
Published 09/02/19
Adam talks about how he has used the book to prepare for interviews, Safia talks about the Microsoft interview process, Jason tells a story about arguing in an interview, and they each talk about a problem they solved.
Published 09/02/19
Jason read Measure What Matters, and Adam and Safia have a bunch of questions about what OKRs are and how they work.
Published 07/22/19
Jason read Measure What Matters, and Adam and Safia have a bunch of questions about what OKRs are and how they work.
Published 07/22/19
Jason talks about how close we are to the technology in the book, Safia interviews the parents about screen time with kids, and they talk about 80's references and old video games.
Published 06/18/19