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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 ★

What makes for good documentation? In this episode, we dive into one of the most important yet overlooked facets of coding. With us are Omer Rosenbaum and Tim Post of Swimm.io. Swimm is an app that allows you to create docs coupled with your code, which are auto-synced and integrated into your workflow. It makes for much more efficient, elegant, and accessible documentation. Omer is the CTO of Swimm, and Tim is Principal Development Relations and User Advocate. They are the experts who will guide us through good code documentation practices and tools, as well as share some fascinating real-life examples and stories.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:01:20 Introducing Omer and Tim00:03:28 Omer: learning tech while in the military00:06:36 Israel Tech Challenge00:08:32 Impostor Syndrome00:12:15 Tim: the consulting career route00:18:15 Stack Overflow elected moderator00:20:59 ZFS and Btrfs 00:22:49 What is good code documentation?00:34:48 Documentation and remote work00:36:99 Good practices00:40:37 Code comments00:45:20 How to write documentation00:46:59 Signs of bad code documentation00:48:05 Swimm overview00:53:21 PyTorch documentation00:54:45 PHP documentation00:56:34 Swimm’s CLI tools01:01:16 Code documentation horror stories01:07:26 Swimm offers for open-source projects and enterprises01:13:47 Working at Swimm01:19:54 The value of remote workResources mentioned in this episode:ToolsSwimm https://swimm.io/ReiserFS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReiserFSPyTorch https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/index.htmlElectron https://www.electronjs.org/Git https://git-scm.com/Stack Overflow https://stackoverflow.com/Catch Swimm on:Twitter | Facebook | LinkedInIf you’ve enjoyed this podcast, you can listen to more programming news and updates like this one on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/, or send us an email at programmingthrowdown@gmail.com.You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM You can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode, we’re excited to have Meredydd Luff, the founder of Anvil. Anvil is a powerful tool that allows you to build full stack web apps with just Python. Without the need to be fluent in Javascript or other languages, Anvil is easy enough for beginners, but robust enough for professional work. We talk to Meredydd about Anvil and its features, as well as delve into the importance of making programming more accessible to more people.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:00:17 Jason introduces Meredydd and Anvil 00:01:06 What is Anvil?00:09:27 Web hydration00:11:00 Jupyter Notebook00:12:49 The Uplink00:14:02 GraphQL00:23:06 How Anvil works00:24:19 Skulpt00:28:09 Brython00:29:04 Pyodide00:32:46 Javascript daisy chaining00:37:11 GRPC and protocol buffers 00:39:03 “Anvil is an abstraction.”00:40:09 Escape hatches00:43:10 Anvil and Webpack00:44:35 “Learn Python and build a website.”00:45:02 Accessibility00:47:16 Meredydd’s personal background, and Anvil’s beginnings00:52:56 Putting your work out there00:56:01 Logging and capturing what people want01:01:06 Ad: ConfigCat01:03:04 Anvil’s parent company, The Tuesday Project Ltd. 01:05:22 Meredydd’s take on venture capitalism on developer tools01:08:42 Working in Anvil01:17:02 Contact details for Meredydd and AnvilResources mentioned in this episode:ToolsAnvil https://anvil.works/Python https://www.python.org/Jupyter Notebook https://jupyter.org/GraphQL https://graphql.org/Skulpt https://skulpt.org/Brython https://brython.info/Transcrypt https://www.transcrypt.org/Pyodide https://pyodide.org/en/stable/VideosMeredydd’s Lightning Talk in PyCon 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHUw3N15v38Turning a Jupyter Notebook into a Web App with Anvil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh0B4HjQxOUPodcastStories from the Workshop, Anvil’s podcast https://anvil.works/podcastCatch Meredydd on Twitter @meredyddAnvil’s features are offered completely free for teachers and educators. Send Meredydd an inquiry through email at education@anvil.works.Get ConfigCat: https://configcat.com/Get Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/programmingthrowdownIf you’ve enjoyed this podcast, you can listen to more programming news and updates like this one on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/, or send us an email at programmingthrowdown@gmail.com.You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM You can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In another duo episode, Jason and Patrick give an in-depth introduction to trees, their many types, approaches and functions, and their importance in modern programming. Also, peppered throughout the episode are the games, books, tools, and ideas that have currently piqued their interest.This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:00:00:17 Avoiding drama at work00:07:10 News: C++20 (7:10)00:09:37 News: Play Co-op Diablo II in the browser00:12:58 Wreckfest00:15:07 Kaboom00:17:45 The future of remote work00:24:46 Jason’s Book of the Show: Debt: The First 5000 Years00:27:08 fractional-reserve banking00:31:30 DeFi, distributed finance00:33:08 Patrick’s Book of the Show: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the Illustrated Edition00:35:49 (Ad) Audible00:37:05 Jason’s Tool of the Show: Vagrant00:41:04 Patrick’s Tool of the Show: Zach Gage Games00:45:03 (Ad) ConfigCat00:46:03 feature flags00:47:03 Trees: why are they important? 00:49:43 The divide and conquer approach00:51:34 The agglometric approach00:55:57 Choosing the right tree and algorithm00:57:56 Keeping trees balanced01:01:10 binary trees01:02:52 binary trees and machine learning01:05:28 b-trees01:10:04 spatial trees: the k-d tree01:16:50 k-d trees and multidimension01:18:42 quadtrees and octrees01:21:44 r-treesResources mentioned in this episode:BooksDebt: The First 5000 Years, by David Graeber https://amzn.to/3uKEoe9Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Illustrated Edition, by JK Rowling https://amzn.to/2R6ILSsGamesDiablo II browser game http://clouddiablo.com/Wreckfest https://www.thqnordic.com/games/wreckfestZach Gage Games http://stfj.net/ToolsVagrant https://www.vagrantup.com/Kaboom https://replit.com/kaboomArticlesArticle on C++20: https://oleksandrkvl.github.io/2021/04/02/cpp-20-overview.htmlThe debate over remote work: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56771539Get ConfigCat: https://configcat.com/Get Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/programmingthrowdownIf you’ve enjoyed this podcast, you can listen to more programming news and updates like this one on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM You can also help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★