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Wisdom from 50+ years in software (Interview)

Mar 30, 2022

01:36:30

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Is Rust the Right Language for That?

02:52

Go One to 18

02:53

The Eunuch Is a Great Example of Collaboration

03:41

Introduction

3min

You Were There When Begun

4min

Eunuchs - The Foundation That We All Built On

3min

Is There Anything That's the Same?

3min

The Eunuch Is a Great Example of Collaboration

4min

Was Ken Thompson a Standout?

4min

The Art and Science of Programming

2min

Java Script in Ten Days?

4min

The Constraints of a Game Engine

2min

10.

Act in Time Build on Influx Data

3min

11.

Influx Data - The C Programming Language

4min

12.

What's the First Programming Language to Learn?

2min

13.

Is Rust the Right Language for That?

3min

14.

Is the Baby Out With the Bath Water?

4min

15.

Are We Just Hosed, or Is There Hope?

2min

16.

Go - A Language That Is More Modern Than C

3min

17.

Go One to 18

3min

18.

Generics

3min

19.

Bill Gates - Is He a Letterman?

4min

20.

What's the Future of the Web?

2min

21.

MongoDB Atlas - The Multi Cloud Application Data Platform

3min

22.

Are There Parallels Between Platforms and the Web?

2min

23.

I'm Going to Put It on My Next List to Read

2min

24.

Is the Command Line Inher Face?

2min

25.

The Next Generation of Creators Are Not Programmers Like Us

4min

26.

How Does Technology Affect Your Life?

2min

27.

Mobile Native

2min

28.

I Don't Have an iPhone, but You Can't Write Code for Your iPhone

5min

29.

How Do We Preserve Wisdom?

4min

30.

Is Decentralization a Red Herring or a Grift?

2min

31.

Do You Still Enjoy Programming?

3min

32.

Will Furnace, What Are Your Favorite Tex Books?

2min

33.

The Mythical Man Month

2min

34.

Change All Dot Com.

2min

Today we have a special treat. A conversation with Brian Kernighan! Brian’s been in the software game since the beginning of Unix. Yes, he was there at Bell Labs when it all began. And he is still at it today, writing books and teaching the next generation at Princeton.

This is an epic and wide ranging conversation. You’ll hear about the birth of Unix, Ken Thompson’s unique skillset, why Brian thinks C has stood the test of time, his thoughts on modern languages like Go and Rust, what’s changed in 50 years of software, what makes platforms like Unix and the web so powerful, his take as a professor on the trend of programmers skipping the university track, and so much more.

Seriously, this is a must-listen.

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