Two's Complement
Ben Rady and Matt Godbolt
If you come to a fork in the road, take it! Two’s Complement is a programming podcast, hosted by Matt Godbolt and Ben Rady; two programmers who both grew up wanting to make video games. One of them did, one of them didn’t, but now they both work together despite coming from very different backgrounds.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jul 15, 2022 • 52min
Virtual Infrastructure
Ben and Matt compare container technologies like Docker to virtual machines, and discuss the tradeoffs when deploying applications. Matt explains the scary things that can happen when you share a VM with strangers. A visitor enters through the couch.
Jun 19, 2022 • 41min
Golf for Hackers
Matt and Ben talk, about uh...golf? What? Is this right? Did you check this? Apparently, in this episode, Ben explains how technology and analytical advances in golf have dramatically changed the game. Matt gently prods him on.
May 18, 2022 • 50min
Async Whatevers
Ben and Matt talk about various styles of asynchronous programming, ranging from Node.js, Ruby's EventMachine, C++ coroutines, and the new JVM Project Loom. Schedule yourself a listen, won't you?
Apr 16, 2022 • 37min
Terrible Business Ideas
Matt and Ben both recall their prior adventures founding companies that sold tools for software developers. What's the best approach to this business? Go play a nice video game instead.
Mar 22, 2022 • 39min
Java and/or C++?
Ben and Matt have a work conversation spill over into podcast. Join our hosts as they compare Java and C++ as two possible languages for a new project.
Feb 20, 2022 • 50min
Compile-Time Programming (with Hana Dusíková)
Ben and Matt are joined by Hana Dusíková and discuss panoramic photographs, Matt's career peak, and compile-time programming, including her ground-breaking regular expression library. Links from the show:
Hana's Panoramic photos
CTRE library
Hana's slides
Feb 3, 2022 • 29min
Performance
Our most efficient podcast ever. Ben and Matt talk performance testing and optimization in fewer than 30 minutes.
Jan 2, 2022 • 54min
Building Games Two Ways
Matt and Ben talk about their experiences creating games, both digital and analog. Matt recalls building games for the XBox, Dreamcast, and PS2. Ben talks about what makes board games fun, and how to lose your friends through playtesting.
Nov 27, 2021 • 39min
Lint and Other Fuzzy Bits
Matt and Ben talk about code linters, and meander into various topics. Matt describes the (approximately) 37 different ways to cast variables in C++. Ben argues that continuous integration was better in the 19th century.
Nov 1, 2021 • 46min
The Language Menagerie
Ben and Matt explore the world of programming languages. So many! Why are there so many? Wait, there's a Java Mobile Edition? Who would use such a thing? The hosts of the #1 top ranked programming podcast that my mom listens to, that's who.
