We're joined by the co-founders of Warpstream Labs, Richie Artoul and Ryan Worl, to talk about how exploring your curiosity as a software engineer can lead to all sorts of interesting avenues and opportunities, like going from a coding bootcamp grad to building Warpstream - a Kafka-compatible data streaming platform.You may remember Richie from our previous podcast Escaping Web! Richie is one of Oz's students at Bradfield, and he's always up to something interesting and computer science-y.Shownotes:Warpstream Labs Kafka is Dead, Long Live Kafka (Warpstream blog)Richie's "Escaping Web" episodeIntroducing Husky (Datadog blog)Turing Tumble (game where you build logic gates with marbles)

Linda Liukas (author and illustrator of HELLO RUBY - "the world's most whimsical way to learn about computers, technology and programming") joins Oz and Charlie to discuss how and why we love our computers, lessons learned from teaching kids about computer science using paper and scissors and glue, and Linda's latest project - designing an outside playground in Helsinki as a computer you can play in.Shownotes:Linda's websiteHello Ruby (Linda's book series) Love Letters for Computers (Linda's video series)

Jon Gertner, an author exploring innovation history, is joined by Jimmy Soni, who focuses on technology and biography. They delve into the transformative environment of Bell Labs and ponder if its unique culture can be replicated today. The discussion highlights Claude Shannon's groundbreaking contributions and how he might react to modern AI, especially ChatGPT. They also reflect on the significance of pursuing meaningful work and the delicate balance between independent creativity and structured projects in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Steve Krouse is the founder of val.town, a social network where you write and run - and maybe poke - code? Steve's a fellow computer science education and developer tools enthusiast. We explore what makes programming fun - and how tools like val.town might just be able to recapture that joy we've all felt with computers before.Shownotes:val.townSteve Krouse Seymour PapertMindstorms by Seymour Papert (book)ZachtronicsCaveman Chemistry (book)Primitive Technology (book)Hack Club 

Are we creating evil in the world with this podcast? Should Charlie feel guilty about playing Zelda? Do any Oz-approved video games exist? What's going on with Charlie's book? Can we use GPT-4 as an effective personal tutor? And should we stop doing this podcast?Shownotes:Khanmigo (Khan Academy)Silicon ZeroesShenzhen I/OHuman Resource Machine

Jesse Farmer, Co-founder of Dev Bootcamp, shares insights on designing a coding bootcamp curriculum, the significance of daily rituals, challenges of teaching public speaking online, reflections on online learning, and the importance of physical presence in education.

Explore the engineer mindset inspired by 'The Martian', von Neumann probes, self-publishing creativity, and a new social media protocol. Embrace side projects for joy and growth, diving into problem-solving with curiosity and proactive attitudes.

Omar Rayward, a Senior Staff Software Engineer who attended an early coding bootcamp, shares his study habits and motivation. Topics include consistent learning routines, transitioning careers from ophthalmology to software engineering, embracing failure, and the importance of mentorship and problem-solving in the workplace.

A podcast discussing packet loss, BGP routing, and troubleshooting network issues with references to historical developments in networking. The episode also explores the significance of nature sounds, live demonstrations in network engineering, and the complexities of autonomous systems in computer networking.

Oz and Charlie catch up with Felix Tripier - now a Senior Staff Software Engineer at quantum computing company IonQ - for the first time in three years! Felix was our first guest on Escaping Web - a double high school and college dropout who become a self-taught web developer and is now a quantum computing engineer - so it only made sense for him to be our first guest on The CS Primer Show.We discuss Felix's path to staff engineer, the engineering manager vs. staff engineer career choices, staff engineering archetypes, building software for and working with scientists, the movie Grave of the Fireflies, the book When We Cease To Understand The World, and, of course, reference an apt XKCD comic.