Programming Throwdown

In this holiday episode, Jason and Patrick answer questions from listeners. They also look back at the past year’s challenges and victories.00:15:35 (Kevin)What's been the biggest thing that pushed you to learn more during your career?Was it taking a new job and moving somewhere, doing stuff in your spare time or something like a new hobby or anything else?00:29:38 (Kevin)Favorite city to live in or visit?00:31:29 First Winner (James B.)00:32:21 (Clever Clover/James)Next biggest tech prediction.00:36:28 (Paul) If we could standardize all the code there is out there to one particular language, which language would it be and why would it be Python?00:40:40 Second Winner (Collin G.)00:41:21 (Necrous)If you could redo your career and education path, what would you change?00:47:12 Third Winner (Matt I.)00:47:48 (MQNC)What is the dirtiest hackiest anti-pattern piece of code you ever wrote in full consciousness and even maybe enjoying the thrill and why was it the way to go?00:54:36 (Leedle)Thoughts on server side rendering React and NextJS?00:57:00 Fourth Winner (Glenn S.)00:57:25 (NC Plattipus)The visual programming language, LabVIEW?01:05:02 Fifth Winner (James F.)01:05:53 (Gethan)Future technology or big technologies, what about AR? 01:10:18 (Gethan)On the topic of getting a master's degree or classes, do you see a benefit of getting certifications? 01:18:16 Sixth Winner (Don R.)01:19:38Predictions we made last 2020 and how they held up.01:26:00FarewellsIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

How do you stay focused when working on large projects that span many months?  In this duo episode, we talk about Project Planning techniques and trends!  We also cover solving personal data storage problems and building CNC machines & printers. 00:00:15 Introduction00:01:33 UML00:05:22 Home NAS and other personal storage solutions00:18:09 Homebrew CNC machine00:29:37 Raft (Consensus Algorithm)00:36:54 The Mathematics of 204800:45:44 Book of the Show00:45:57 Manager Tools 00:49:10 Make Magazine00:57:50 Tool of the Show00:57:51 Workflowy00:59:10 GitHub Desktop01:01:00 Project Planning01:22:11 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Tools:Workflowy: https://workflowy.com/b/Github Desktop: https://desktop.github.com/Companies:Manager Tools: https://www.manager-tools.com/Make Magazine: https://makezine.com/Other references: QT Designer: https://www.qt.io/Shapeoko: https://carbide3d.com/shapeoko/Curves and Surfaces by Bartosz Ciechanowski: https://ciechanow.ski/curves-and-surfaces/Inkscape: https://inkscape.org/Raft: https://raft.github.io/If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

When you ask Alexa or Google a question and it responds, how does that actually work?  Could we have  more in-depth conversations and what would that look like?  Today we dive into conversational AI with Joe Bradley and answer these questions and many more.Thanks for supporting the show!00:00:15 Introduction00:01:24 Introducing Joe Bradley00:04:44 How Joe got into Conversation AI00:21:35 Zork and WordNet00:27:48 Automatic Image Detection/Captioning00:39:31 MuZero00:45:27 Codex00:50:15 GPT and businesses00:55:16 Artificial General Intelligence01:00:05 What is LivePerson01:16:30 Working at LivePerson01:21:18 Job opportunities in LivePerson01:27:04 How to reach Joe01:32:40 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Companies:LivePerson: liveperson.comPyTorch: pytorch.orgTensorFlow: tensorflow.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What is "The Edge"?  The answer is that it means different things to different people, but it always involves lifting logic, data, and processing load off of your backend servers and onto other machines.  Sometimes those machines are spread out over many small datacenters, or sometimes they are in the hands of your customers.  In all cases, computing on the edge is a different paradigm that requires new ways of thinking about coding.  We're super lucky to have Jaxon on the show to share his experiences with edge computing and dive into this topic!!00:00:23 Introduction00:01:15 Introducing Jaxon Repp00:01:42 What is HarperDB?00:08:10 Edge Computing00:10:06 What is the “Edge”00:14:58 Jaxon’s history with Edge Computing and HarperDB00:22:35 Edge Computing in everyday life00:26:12 Tesla AI and data00:28:09 Edge Computing in the oil industry00:35:23 Docker containers00:42:33 Databases00:48:29 Data Conflicts00:55:43 HarperDB for personal use01:00:00 MeteorJS01:02:29 Netflix, as an example01:06:19 The speed of edge computing01:08:43 HarperDB’s work environment and who is Harper?01:10:30 The Great Debate01:12:17 Career opportunities in HarperDB01:18:56 Quantum computing01:21:22 Reach HarperDB01:23:53 Raspberry Pi and HarperDB home applications01:27:20 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:CompaniesHarperDB https://harperdb.io/MeteorJS https://www.meteor.com/ToolsRaspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/Docker https://www.docker.com/If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00:00:24 Introduction00:02:19 Edo's Background00:08:20 What are Embeddings?00:14:00 Self-Organizing Maps & how humans store data00:22:27 The lifecycle of a machine learning system00:34:40 The weirdness of high-dimensional spaces00:42:20 How to manage a vector database00:47:01 Pinecone the company ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We are sponsored by audible! http://www.audibletrial.com/programmingthrowdownWe are on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdownT-Shirts! http://www.cafepress.com/programmingthrowdown/13590693Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/r4V2zpCThe Art of VacationsTaking a good vacation is as important as getting a good night's sleep (*very important*).  It may sound silly on its face, but planning a vacation and planning around your vacation is extremely important to ensure that you are in the right headspace the rest of the year.  This is especially true in the COVID era where many of us are working from home.  In this episode, we dive into why vacations are so important, how to plan a relaxing vacation, and how to make sure that your team is supported while you are out.Intro topic: Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit and Blue OriginNews/Links:TextStyleBrush: Transfer of Text Aesthetics from a Single Examplehttps://deepai.org/publication/textstylebrush-transfer-of-text-aesthetics-from-a-single-exampleBerkshire Hathaway Stock Price integer overflowhttps://www.theregister.com/2021/05/07/bug_warren_buffett_rollover_nasdaq/LineageOShttps://lineageos.org/Crafting Interpreters is now an actual bookhttps://craftinginterpreters.com/Book of the ShowJason: How to lead in product managementhttps://amzn.to/2UcPzPKPatrick: Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor #3) by Mark Lawrencehttps://amzn.to/3fVZscnAudible Plug http://www.audibletrial.com/programmingthrowdownPatreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=hTool of the ShowJason: 7 Billion HumansPatrick: Moss (Oculus VR, PC VR, PS VR)Topic: VacationsWhy7 types of rest https://ideas.ted.com/the-7-types-of-rest-that-every-person-needs/Gives you energy for the next crunchStepping back provides perspectivePreparing the team for unexpected absencesWhy notCan lose contextMissed opportunitiesSlipped deadlinesHow to set up the perfect vacationHanding off responsibilityDocumenting codeDecide how much to work on vacationHow to be on vacationPre-cationHandling crises / unexpected eventsPost-cationHow to come back from vacationCreate email filters / smart foldersSkim new pull requests / scrum documentsReview chat logs Types of vacations1-3 days: delay results1-2 weeks: Deputize3+ weeks: ReplaceIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordYou can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You’ve seen the dancing Boston Dynamics dogs, Honda’s ASIMO greeting people at malls, and the half-court-shooting robot at the Olympics, among other awe-inspiring robot stories that nowadays are getting increasingly more common. But equally fascinating, especially for us programmers, is the amount of programming and structure needed to make sure these robots work as intended. In this episode, we talk with Abhay Venkatesh, Software Engineer at Anduril Industries, about Platforms for Robotics (PFRs), and the intricacies happening inside these mechanical wonders.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:00:24 Introduction00:01:10 Introducing Abhay Venkatesh00:03:00 What robotics is as a field or practice00:07:18 Platform for Robotics (PFRs)00:10:07 OODA loop00:12:27 What makes up a Platform for Robotics?00:14:17 Raspberry Pi 00:15:30 Nvidia Tegra00:17:17 Edge computing00:19:29 Telemetry00:22:06 Ad: SignalWire, a next-gen video collaboration platform00:23:30 Real-time constraints and safety challenges00:28:31 Formal verification and defensive programming00:32:28 Operating systems in robotics00:34:27 Nix and reproducible hermetic builds00:37:52 Key aspects in robotics software development00:41:14 Deployment00:46:24 Simulation00:48:51 Google testing pyramid 00:52:01 Actuators00:55:27 Future of PFRs01:02:49 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:CompaniesAnduril Industries https://www.anduril.com/Nvidia https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/Boston Dynamics https://www.bostondynamics.com/ToolsArduino https://www.arduino.cc/Raspberry Pi https://www.raspberrypi.org/Nvidia Tegra https://developer.nvidia.com/tegra-developmentNixOS https://nixos.org/Docker https://www.docker.com/Bazel https://bazel.build/Our sponsor for this episode is SignalWirehttps://signalwire.com/Use code THROWDOWN for $25 in developer creditAbhay’s website: https://abhayvenkatesh.com/Abhay on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AbhayVenkatesh1If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Brief Summary:Authentication has become a necessity in a digital world that’s ever-increasing in complexity. What can you do to arm yourself against the constant threat of data breaches and hacks? In this episode Jason sits down with Aviad Mizrachi, CTO and Co-Founder of Frontegg, to give us valuable insight into how Authentication works, and how these help you become more defensible against attacks.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:00:24 Introduction00:01:10 Introducing Aviad Mizrachi00:04:36 The login00:06:32 The many intricacies of Authentication00:10:25 How are passwords sent to servers?00:11:26 Query param00:16:59 Multi-factor authorization (MFA)00:20:11 Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP)00:28:05 Single Sign-on (SSO) Cross-site scripting00:33:38 Ad: SignalWire, a next-gen video collaboration platform00:35:03 Session tokens00:36:36 Cross-site scripting (XSS)00:39:24 JSON web tokens (JWTs)00:41:24 Difference between session token and refresh token00:49:33 More about Frontegg, Aviad’s company00:54:14 SQL injection attack00:56:11 Auditing and audit logs00:59:42 Authentication in mobile apps01:00:50 Frontegg hiring and intern opportunities01:05:22 Frontegg product offeringsResources mentioned in this episode:ToolsFrontegg https://frontegg.com/TypeScript https://www.typescriptlang.org/Angular https://angular.io/guide/architectureMicrosoft Identity and Access Management https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/security/business/identity-access-managementGoogle Identity https://developers.google.com/identityOkta https://www.okta.com/Articles:How Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Account Was Hacked https://www.wired.com/story/jack-dorsey-twitter-hacked/Our sponsor for this episode is SignalWirehttps://signalwire.com/You can reach Aviad on:LinkedIn | GitHubIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordYou can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this duo episode, Jason and Patrick introduce us to the world of hash maps, from buckets and hash functions, to differences between open and closed addressing, to minimal perfect hashes and locality sensitive hashing. A familiarity with hash maps is an oft-overlooked but highly sought-after skill, and it can be a valuable asset for those eyeing a career in programming.Along with the main topic, Jason and Patrick also talk about some of their latest interests: books, gadgets, tools and games.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:01:27 Playing games with Oculus Quest: Acron, Racket: Nx, Gorn, Superhot 00:11:05 News: “I Made a Water Computer” by Steve Mould00:14:56 colinfurze00:15:52 News: Comprehensive guide to Attention Mechanisms00:21:53 News: Starship SN1500:25:18 News: MailSync now Open source (GPL)00:28:34 Jason’s Book of the Show: Elon Musk00:32:04 Patrick’s Book of the Show: Ready Player Two00:33:40 Jason’s Tool of the Show: Datadog00:38:44 Patrick’s Tool of the Show: I Expect You to Die 00:40:30 Escape rooms00:45:39 Sudoku00:48:35 Hash maps: the promise and idea00:50:59 Hash Functions00:52:34 Examples of hash functions: Cryptographically Secure and Non-Crypto01:01:05 Load Factors01:03:43 Open vs Closed Addressing01:15:10 Minimal Perfect Hash 01:16:25 salts01:19:00 Locality Sensitive HashingResources mentioned in this episode:ToolsMailsync http://mailsync.sourceforge.net/Mailspring https://getmailspring.com/Datadog https://www.datadoghq.com/SHA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Hash_AlgorithmsMD5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5MurmurHash https://github.com/aappleby/smhasheraxxHash https://cyan4973.github.io/xxHash/MapReduce https://www.ibm.com/analytics/hadoop/mapreduceBooksElon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance Ready Player Two by Ernest ClineGadgetsOculus Quest 2 https://www.oculus.com/quest-2/Oculus Link https://www.oculus.com/accessories/oculus-link/GamesAcron: Attack of the Squirrels! https://www.resolutiongames.com/acronRacket: Nx https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/2255408847836468Gorn https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/3349689215139117Superhot https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/1921533091289407I Expect You to Die https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/1987283631365460The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WIld https://www.zelda.com/breath-of-the-wild/Videos:I Made A Water Computer And It Actually Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxXaizglscwcolinfurze YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/colinfurzeArticles:Comprehensive guide to Attention Mechanisms https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2019/11/comprehensive-guide-attention-mechanism-deep-learning/Starship SN15 https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn15-launch-landing-successMailSync is now Open Source (GPL) https://community.getmailspring.com/t/a-free-open-source-future-for-mailspring/484If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordYou can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Ever wondered how route planning apps, well, plan routes? In this episode, we navigate through this fascinating topic, a field as data-driven and systemic as it is magical and compelling. Joining us is Parker Woodward, Route Expert and Marketing Director for Route4Me. We discuss how route planning works, the intricacies behind it, and how services like Route4Me perform complex balancing acts between machine learning and user-generated feedback.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:00:23 Introducing Parker00:01:54 Becoming a Route Expert00:04:22 Getting started through smaller startups00:12:41 Leveraging technology for the greater good00:14:36 The magic of route planning00:23:30 Homomorphism and satisfiability00:31:18 Geocoding00:33:06 User-generated feedback00:37:08 Importance of statistics knowledge00:39:34 The degree of automation in route planning00:42:54 Inverse decision-making00:48:47 Operations Research00:53:42 Dwarf Fortress00:56:40 US vs European routes00:57:51 What Route4Me does01:05:38 Working at Route4Me01:10:26 Route4Me APIResources mentioned in this episode:ToolsRoute4Me https://route4me.comRoute4Me API https://route4me.ioWaze https://www.waze.comGoogle Maps https://www.google.com/mapsOpenStreetMap https://www.openstreetmap.orgMapQuest https://www.mapquest.comDeepMind https://deepmind.comBooksSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGamesDwarf Fortress http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/LinksWaymo https://waymo.com/Upwork https://www.upwork.com/Reach out to Parker via email: parker@routeforme.comCatch Parker on LinkedInIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.comYou can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM Join the discussion on our DiscordYou can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★