Episodes

  • 596: Chrome For Sale

    596: Chrome For Sale
    Nov 20 2024
    We react to Microsoft's new vision for the desktop PC, discuss the realities of working with large dependency chains in your projects, and discuss Google selling off Chrome. Then, we read some spicy tech CEO emails!
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    52 mins
  • 595: Year of the Snake

    595: Year of the Snake
    Nov 13 2024
    Python's eating the world - and AI's helping it digest. A cheeky look at why this programming language is suddenly everywhere and the bizarre tale of how AI infiltrated the last place you'd expect.
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    39 mins
  • 594: Smart Contracts for Dumb People

    594: Smart Contracts for Dumb People
    Nov 6 2024
    Malicious NPM packages are sneaking into codebases while FFmpeg devs prove old-school assembly skills can still smoke the competition. Plus, a rare bee species takes on Zuck's AI dreams.
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    41 mins
  • 593: Bake Your Own Linux Cake

    593: Bake Your Own Linux Cake
    Oct 30 2024
    Mike reports in from the COSMIC frontier! Plus: Microsoft's juicy Google drama, GPU eye candy that'll make your wallet nervous, and the tea on why OpenAI's AGI Czar went full scorched-earth on his exit.
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    48 mins
  • 592: C++ Safety Dance

    592: C++ Safety Dance
    Oct 23 2024
    C++'s Borg-like mission continues, and some thoughts on Rails 8.1. Plus, there is a little trouble in Microsoft Paradise. And why Chris finally paid for an LLM.
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    45 mins
  • 591: FOSS does what Nintendont

    591: FOSS does what Nintendont
    Oct 16 2024
    We get frustrated with Nintendo. Then, dig into the 30-year-old backdoor that was recently exploited and the hard lesson we should learn from it. Then, we'll break down some "hot tips" that promise to make you the next DevRel star.
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    37 mins
  • 590: Google’s Loss is Our Win

    590: Google’s Loss is Our Win
    Oct 9 2024
    Our reaction to Google's major legal blow, forcing them to open the Play Store wide, our thoughts on the world's lovefest with AI-generated podcasts, and the next tool Microsoft is porting over from Linux.
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    35 mins
  • 589: Blame the Tools using the Tools

    589: Blame the Tools using the Tools
    Oct 2 2024
    Our thoughts on big tech firing up old nuclear reactors to satisfy the AI growth plans, Sam's big week, and debate if Meta just had their iPhone moment.
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    1 hr and 16 mins