ADSP: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs Episode 254: 🇩🇰 Live from Denmark! Roku, EVs, Aarhus (Ø) and more!
Oct 3, 2025
Live from Denmark, the hosts dive into highlights from the Roku Engineering Symposium, including insights on corporate standard libraries. They compare the Polestar, Tesla, and Prius, critiquing car UIs and design quirks. Along the way, they explore Danish city populations, misadventures in train travel, and share amusing safari anecdotes. Also discussed are the challenging job market for new CS grads and Denmark's impressive podcast listenership. They wrap up with plans for a Copenhagen meetup and tech talks.
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Train Missed, Rental Car Saves The Day
- Conor almost missed the train because his phone died overnight and Bryce had to wake him up and go to the station without certainty.
- The train then stopped and returned to Ã…rhus, so they rented a car to continue to Copenhagen.
Modern C++ In Long‑Supported Embedded Devices
- Roku runs Linux on limited-memory embedded TVs but still uses modern C++ by controlling their entire OS/update pipeline.
- A closed ecosystem lets Roku push modern compilers and standards even to decade-old devices.
Roku Symposium And RoStood Mention
- Conor and Bryce attended the Roku Engineering Symposium in Ã…rhus and spoke with Roku engineers about RoStood, Roku's internal standard-library extension.
- Some parts are open source and they plan to link the repository in the show notes.