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May 15, 2024 • 47min
Full-stack approach for effective AI agents (Practical AI #269)
Josh, CTO of Imbue, discusses their full-stack approach for robust AI agents, including cost-aware hyperparameter tuning, specialized models, and system scaling laws. They emphasize the importance of trustworthy AI development, user feedback, and robust reasoning in AI. The podcast also explores the parallels between understanding cars and machine learning complexity.

May 13, 2024 • 7min
Avoiding the soft delete anti-pattern (Changelog News #94)
Exploring the problem with soft deletion, proposing a measure for software dependency freshness, delving into sound design in software, showcasing a web app with 80+ developer tools, and discussing programming mantras as proverbs.

May 10, 2024 • 1h 26min
How WebMD ran in the year 2000 (Ship It! #103)
Explore the health anxiety of early internet users with WebMD, sysadmin nightmares from the same site. Learn about Bluesky and LinkedIn, moving CI to dev machines, and the evolution of technology and error management in development teams. Dive into the challenges faced by sys admins in the world of Linux, navigating the tech landscape, and the cyclic nature of tech investments. Discover nuances in software testing and deployment strategies, along with excitement for future guest interviews.

May 10, 2024 • 1h 37min
Motivated by play (Changelog & Friends #43)
Annie Sexton shares her journey of personal growth, navigating career challenges, side hustles, and overcoming financial struggles. The conversation delves into finding passion in tech, balancing full-time work with creative freedom, and the journey of developing an open-source note-taking app. The episode also explores the value of choosing projects wisely as a freelancer, the evolution of software tools, overcoming writer's block, and the impact of programming tools like Puppeteer with JavaScript. Embracing playful motivation in engineering and reflecting on AI-induced changes in the job market are highlighted themes of the discussion.

May 9, 2024 • 1h 8min
From Shoelace to Web Awesome (JS Party #322)
Guest Cory LaViska shares the evolution of his web components library Shoelace into Web Awesome with Font Awesome. They discuss web technologies, CSS, web components, and developer tools. The conversation includes challenges in code implementation, transitioning projects, and accessibility in tools. They also touch on a compiler-based web development concept and driving habits humorously.

May 8, 2024 • 41min
Autonomous fighter jets?! (Practical AI #268)
Autonomous fighter jets like X-62A VISTA discussed, AI advancements in military aircraft, human vs AI pilots, Open Platform for Enterprise AI, testing autonomous drones in regulated airspace, AI technology, personalized education with AI tutors

May 8, 2024 • 1h 13min
What if Google lays off the Go team? (Go Time #315)
Go enthusiasts Ian and Johnny discuss the future of Go, Microsoft creating a Go blog, Go forks, semantic import versioning, Redis, SQLite in single-threaded contexts, keyboard layouts, Emacs for programming, and hypothetical scenarios of Google laying off the Go team.

May 8, 2024 • 1h 20min
Good timing makes great products (Changelog Interviews #590)
Author Paul Orlando discusses the importance of timing in business and product development, citing examples of early and late timing in technological advancements. The conversation touches on the success of companies like Apple, Uber, and Heroku due to good timing. The impact of timing on decision-making, technological innovation, and strategic decision-making is explored, highlighting the significance of timing patterns in product development.

May 6, 2024 • 8min
Why your framework doesn't matter (Changelog News #93)
Guests Bahaa Zidan, Dylan Huang, Tim Ottinger, and Tim Spann discuss why your web framework doesn’t matter, reviews of HTMX, the importance of thinking in programming, and advocating for small language models (SLM) in this entertaining podcast.

May 4, 2024 • 1h 3min
Managing Meta's millions of machines (Ship It! #102)
Anita Zhang, a Meta expert, shares insights on managing millions of Linux hosts and containers. Topics include AI requirements, open-source contributions, efficient work practices, Meta's infrastructure, and scaling with Sentry. The podcast also features a fun game segment and a casual discussion on future content plans.