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 Kubernetes’ origins in pop culture, utility in the modern workflow, and possible future in today’s episode.  00:01:31 Introductions 00:03:39 Craig’s early internet speed experience 00:07:46 An adventure towards Google 00:16:55 Project Seven 00:21:17 Mesos 00:26:42 The origin of Kubernetes 00:28:36 DS9’s influence on naming conventions 00:37:49 Getting ..read more

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. 00:00:24 Introductions 00:02:31 Stanford Alpaca 00:06:42 AI’s advantage in knowledge repository access 00:07:15 3rd party plugins 00:11:06 The AI open letter 00:13:27 Scott Aaronson 00:20:42 Will Smith eating spaghetti 00:24:49 Images 00:29:03 Dig This Vegas 00:35:06 The challenges of unlimited PTO 00:43:50 Jason’s tool of the show 00:46:48 Slay the Spire ..read more

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 even is, what challenges lie ahead, and where the shift in paradigms can be found. 00:01:16 Introductions 00:02:06 How physics led Saahil to programming 00:07:20 Getting started at Microsoft 00:13:39 Analyzing human text input 00:22:22 The exciting paradigm shift in search 00:29:02 Rationales for direction 00:33:40 Image generation models 00:39:55 Knowledge ..read more

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 Introductions 00:02:01 Jason’s attic adventure 00:06:09 Comparing saws 00:10:57 Patrick’s surprisingly useful thing 00:12:21 SpaceX 00:17:31 Human motion diffusion model 00:20:47 37Signals 00:29:30 Polars 00:35:37 Books of the Show 00:46:11 Neon 00:50:33 Patrick’s player search 00:53:47 ChatGPT 01:17:12 The threat to Google 01:28:06 Jason and Patrick’s futu ..read more

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 the same hardware for a much reduced rate, or even for free!  Sam Lambert, CEO of PlanetScale, joins Jason and Patrick to discuss database-as-a-service. 00:01:41 Introductions 00:02:34 Sam’s Github learning lesson 00:07:08 The day after 00:10:57 Getting started with databases 00:14:21 Schema change difficulties 00:19:47 Database transactions ..read more

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 Engineer! 00:00:59 Introductions 00:01:44 How Liran got started making websites 00:07:03 College advice for getting involved in real-world experience 00:12:51 Jumping into the unknown 00:15:22 ML engineering 00:20:50 The missing part in data science development 00:29:16 How to build skills in the ML space 00:37:01 A horror story 00:41:34 Model loa ..read more

At scale, anything we build is going to involve people. Many of us have personal schedules and to-do lists, but how can we scale that to hundreds or even thousands of people? When you file a help ticket at a massive company like Google or Facebook, ever wonder how that ticket is processed? Sanjay Siddhanti, Akasa’s Director of Engineering, is no slouch when it comes to navigating massive workflow engines – and in today’s episode, he shares his experiences in bioinformatics, workflows, and more with us. 00:00:39 Workflow engine definitions 00:01:40 Introductions 00:02:24 Sanjay’s 8th grade prog ..read more

Today we field questions from Programming Throwdown’s listeners about AI, machine learning, and more practical matters as developers in our annual holiday special! 00:00:24 Introductions 00:00:43 Programming Showdown merch 00:02:13 Paul S 00:03:28 Dealing with ergonomics 00:10:39 On AI coding assistant tools 00:16:43 Warren Y 00:20:24 Ben inquires about performance testing 00:27:39 Wild coding story 00:29:37 AI coding’s disruption potential 00:34:20 Jason’s Turing riddle 00:35:50 ChatGPT 00:43:59 Christian B 00:45:13 Collection-of-Letters asks on documentation 00:49:07 Zeh F 00:50:51 Coding bo ..read more

Package managers are an often-overlooked aspect of any operating system, but their importance is not to be underestimated – especially in today’s development environment. As both creator of Homebrew and CEO of tea.xyz, Max Howell is intimately familiar with the ins and outs of open-source development, software engineering, and balancing passion with practicality. He shares these experiences and more with us in today’s deep dive into the subject! 00:01:00 Introductions 00:01:29 When Max started Tea.XYZ 00:03:51 British plugs 00:08:10 Literally rolling out of bed to work 00:11:49 The value of me ..read more

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