This week we speak with ~pilwyc-fastec who outlines his ideas about running a smart home on Urbit. Topics include personal & data privacy as well as physical device applications.

Ep044 The Blind Beating Up the Blind with ~sarlev-sarsen

Aug 19th, 2022 52m 29s

This week we talk about beating up poor, helpless blind people and earning Urbit grants. These are two unrelated thoughts (so far).

Ep043 Probing Questions wth ~ribben-donnyl

Aug 11th, 2022 59m 32s

Welcome back to The Stack!This week we speak to ribben-donnyl, Urbit’s foremost authority on hindquarters.We talk about how ribben got into Urbit (hint: not through the front entrance), the Portugal, the note-taking app Funes, and ribben’s

Ep042: Middling with ~midsum-salrux

Aug 4th, 2022 49m 2s

This week we speak with ~midsum-salrux about average women, Urbit bots, and Ruby on Rails.

The Stack Ep041 Fabnev Hinmur

Jul 22nd, 2022 1h 3m

This week we speak to ~fabnev-hinmur about Escape, devex with Uqbar, and being Marines in Okinawa.

Market Bedshite

Jun 5th, 2022 53m 4s

Market bedshite, Urbit & Uqbar, China nonsense

Ep039: Cincinnati Chili with ~ritpub-sibsyl

May 5th, 2022 1h 21m

This week we speak with Edward Amsden, engineer at Tlon and better known to the network as ~ritpub-sibsyl. We cover Cincinnati Chili, the warm dumpster runoff of Javascript, the origins of React, UrchatFM, and New Mars.

Ep 038: Robot Opera with ~rovnys-ricfer

Apr 19th, 2022 1h 1m

This week we speak with Ted Blackman, Engineering Manager at Tlon.We discuss Robot Opera, Inertial Navigation Systems, Y Combinator, the failure of Gesture Based Computer Interfaces, and the looming release of the remote scry protocol, which

Ep 037 In Lehman's Terms with ~wolref-podlex

Apr 7th, 2022 1h 11m

This week we speak with Josh Lehman, Executive Director of the Urbit Foundation. We discuss Foundation initiatives for education and future projects, the art of pouring tea, and the role and constitution of the Urbit Foundation Board.

The Chief

Mar 24th, 2022 59m 28s

his week, another war story, this time with Josh's dad, who tells about 30+ years of military service and the war in Afghanistan.

Robert A: Recounting WWII, Bataan, and the Japanese

Mar 19th, 2022 1h 25m

Josh's grandfather recounts his experience of WWII, including the Bataan Death March and meeting the Japanese.

Ep 034: Mars Review with ~librex-dozryc

Mar 11th, 2022 1h 19m

This week we speak with Noah Kumin (~librex-dozryc) about the Mars Review of Books, an attempt to bring the forces of NYC and Urbit together to make a product inspired by the early NYRB.

This Man's a-Nockin'

Mar 4th, 2022 1h 14m

This week, we speak with Neal Davis, otherwise known as ~lagrev-nocfep.Our topics this week are:The advantages of Urbit over traditional development paradigms.Hoon school and how to get some. What species of lunatic writes Hoon. And peda

The Combine with ~poldec-tonteg

Feb 27th, 2022 1h 21m

This week we speak with Anthony Arroyo, better known on the network as poldec-tonteg.Anthony is now HMFIC at the Combine, an Urbit Foundation initiative to invest in teams who want to build businesses on Urbit. In the following episode, Andy

"Winning Faster" with Logan Allen

Feb 17th, 2022 52m 33s

This week, we speak with Logan Allen, better known to Urbit as ~tacryt-socryp.We talk ~tirrel, Uqbar, decaying cities, how Urbit fixes everything, what makes sound money, and running your own company.

Dog People with ~master-morzod

Feb 8th, 2022 1h 25m

This week we speak with Joe Bryan, engineering manager at Tlon and known to the network as ~master-morzod.Today we discuss the following.Smoking is cool and healthyWhat is Urbit?Kelvin versioningWhere is event log trimming?Why can’t I i

Episode 029: The Onliest Monk

Jan 30th, 2022 1h 12m

This week we speak with Philip Monk, CTO of Tlon and a man with a name fit for the Urbit Monasteries of the future. We talk about L2 and the projects that come after, how much traffic is too much traffic from Hacker News, how one goes about pr

2022

Jan 3rd, 2022 1h 12m

This is but a cozy new year chat between your best friends Josh and Andy. We talk beards, sartorialism, weird Chinese social stuff, and Anglo-Saxonry. And as ever: manly predictions for the New Year.

Tofu Maximalism with Galen Wolfe-Pauly

Dec 27th, 2021 50m 5s

This week we speak with Tlon cofounder and CEO Galen Wolfe-Pauly. We discuss his design theory, how his Urbit vision has changed over the years, and running a company in the Age of Covid. Per community request, we stage an intervention over h

Banking on Urbit with ~finnem

Dec 14th, 2021 44m 8s

This week we speak with ~finnem, finance maven from a secret haven in the land of guns, chocolate, and sausage respecting. The lady talks to us about the possible use cases of Urbit for making bank. No, for making a bank. A Swiss bank, which

With ~mallus aforethought

Dec 5th, 2021 1h 46m

This week we speak with ~mallus-fabres, who is both an actual Young Person and a Real Live Woman on Urbit. We allow her nearly two full hours of cleverness and sass to make the case for the distaff sex. You can be the judge of whether we, as