172: Transformers and Large Language ModelsIntro topic: Is WFH actually WFC?News/Links:Falsehoods Junior Developers Believe about Becoming Seniorhttps://vadimkravcenko.com/shorts/falsehoods-junior-developers-believe-about-becoming-senior/Pure P

171: Compilers and Interpreters

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 25m

Intro topic: Monitor setupsNews/Links:BlueScuti, Willis, beats Tetrishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHUPalWorld accused of being an AI Producthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/01/22/palworld-accused-of-using-genai-with-no-evi

170: 2023 Holiday Special Live

Dec 24th, 2023 1h 38m

Predictions:Jason VR for WorkLowering AI training cost/ improved efficiencyRISC-V takeoffPatrickAi claim of AGIAi peer reviewerAi Video GeneratorMore space vehicles reaching orbitEarly career, finding role at FAANG, liaising vs shipping code. S

169: HyperLogLog

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 29m

Intro topic: Testing your car batteryNews/Links:Tech Layoffs still going onhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/google-layoffs-california-companies-18465600.php Real-time dreamy Cloudscapes with Volumetric Raymarchinghttps://blog.maximeheck

168: Godot

Nov 20th, 2023 1h 28m

Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programmingNews/Links:Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologisthttps://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/Anno

167: Desktop User Interfaces

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 26m

Intro topic: Jogging MetricsNews/Links:Unholy LLMhttps://huggingface.co/Undi95/Unholy-v1-12L-13B The reverse red herring https://www.blameless.com/blog/the-reverse-red-herringThe "ens–tification" of TikTokhttps://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-pl

166: Speedy Database Queries with Lukas Fittl

Oct 16th, 2023 1h 12m

- pganalyze: https://pganalyze.com/- Weekly series "5mins of Postgres": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDV_1Dz2Ixgl1nT_3DUZVFw- How Postgres chooses which index to use: https://pganalyze.com/blog/how-postgres-chooses-index- CMU databases cour

165: Differential Equations

Sep 25th, 2023 1h 16m

Intro topic: Revisiting the power of SpreadsheetsNews/Links:LK-99 Isn’t a Superconductorhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7Normalizing Flowshttps://pyro.ai/examples/normalizing_flows_i.htmlHow is llama.cpp possible?https://finbar

164: Choosing a Database For Your Project With Kris Zyp

Sep 11th, 2023 1h 31m

Things to consider when choosing a databaseSpeed & LatencyConsistency, ACID ComplianceScalabilityLanguage support & Developer ExperienceRelational vs. Non-relational (SQL vs. NoSQL)Data typesSecurityDatabase environmentClient vs Server accessIn

163: Recursion

Aug 14th, 2023 1h 29m

Episode 163 - RecursionIntro topic: Electric CarsNews/Links:Snake Game in 101 Bytes in a QR Codehttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/15ab4ct/my_qr_code_snake_game_is_now_only_101_bytes/Superconductor Rumors aboundhttps://arstechnica.co

162: Interactive Fiction

Jul 24th, 2023 1h 8m

In the latest episode of Programming Throwdown, we delve into the captivating world of interactive fiction. We explore: Wordnet, Inform, and how games in the past have been the forerunners of today’s NLP challenges. 00:00:22 Introductions00:00:

161: Leveraging Generative AI Models with Hagay Lupesko

Jul 10th, 2023 1h 32m

MosaicML’s VP Of Engineering, Hagay Lupesko, joins us today to discuss generative AI! We talk about how to use existing models as well as ways to finetune these models to a particular task or domain. 00:01:28 Introductions00:02:09 Hagay’s circ

160: Position Localization

Jun 26th, 2023 1h 27m

Where are you now? It’s a question that may seem easy to answer on the surface, but in truth hides more complexity than people expect. In today’s episode, we tackle the latest on AI, creative endeavors, and more before diving into the meaty dis

159: GraphQL with Tanmai Gopal

Jun 12th, 2023 1h 23m

GraphQL is one of the biggest API enablers in software development, but just how complicated can things be? Tanmai Gopal – Hasura’s CEO extraordinaire – talks with Jason and Patrick about how the secret sauce gets made. They dive deeply from ho

158: Software Supply Chain with Bill Manning

May 22nd, 2023 1h 21m

In today’s episode, Jason and Patrick dive deeply with JFrog’s Senior Solutions Engineer, Bill Manning. With the conversation tackling the depth and complexity of software supply chains, vulnerabilities and more, Bill deftly offers grounded adv

157: Kubernetes with Craig Box

May 8th, 2023 1h 24m

There’s more than what meets the eye when it comes to Kubernetes, and Craig Box – ARMO’s VP of Open Source & Community –is one of several who have seen its many twists and turns since its inception. He talks with Jason and Patrick about Kuberne

156: Perl and Regular Expressions

Apr 24th, 2023 1h 17m

Should AI research be paused? How far ahead have deepfakes come? Join Patrick and Jason as they tackle their answers to these timely questions – plus an in-depth discussion on Perl in practice – with today’s episode of Programming Throwdown. Re

155: The Future of Search with Saahil Jain

Apr 10th, 2023 1h 8m

When it comes to untangling the complexities of what lies ahead for search engines in this age of AI, few are as deeply versed in the subject as You.com Engineer Saahil Jain. Jason and Patrick talk with him in this episode about what search eve

154: Python Again with Jason C. McDonald

Mar 27th, 2023 1h 36m

A second Jason joins this episode of Programming Throwdown! Jason McDonald – Python evangelist, author, and more – talks to Patrick and Jason about his experience with the programming language, how his disability helped and hindered his softwar

154: Python Again with Jason C. McDonald

Mar 27th, 2023 1h 36m

153: ChatGPT

Mar 13th, 2023 1h 33m

ChatGPT has made a mark on the world as we know it, but that’s only the tip of the AI iceberg. Join us as we discuss how the field of artificial intelligence is growing – including some developments that might not be on your radar!00:00:23 Intr

152: The Future Database with Sam Lambert

Feb 27th, 2023 1h 33m

Databases are key to almost any project, large or small. Most database systems in the cloud are designed for heavy use and the costs can get expensive quickly, but database-as-a-service is a rapidly growing area, where many databases can share

151: Machine Learning Engineering with Liran Hason

Feb 13th, 2023 1h 18m

Machine Learning Engineer is one of the fastest growing professions on the planet. Liran Hason, co-founder and CEO of Aporia, joins us to discuss this new field and how folks can learn the skills and gain the experience needed to become an ML

150: Code Reviews with On Freund

Jan 24th, 2023 1h 13m

Patrick and I are always stressing the importance of code reviews and collaboration when developing. On Freund, co-founder & CEO at Wilco, is super familiar with how code review processes can go well, or become a hinderance. In today’s episode