

Software Unscripted
Richard Feldman
Software Unscripted, A weekly podcast of casual conversations about code hosted by Richard Feldman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Apr 27, 2023 • 1h 6min
Syntax and the Future of Programming with Josh Warner
Richard talks with Josh Warner, who has been working on making improvements to the Roc programming language, particularly around the parser and formatter. They start out talking about syntax and code formatting, but after some plot twists, the conversation ends up on AI and the future of programming itself! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 21, 2023 • 57min
Growing Programming Communities with Ryan Haskell-Glatz
Richard talks with Ryan Haskell-Glatz, author of the open-source Elm projects elm-spa and Elm Land. They get into things like new user onboarding experiences, framework churn, and dynamics between authors and users in open-source communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 12, 2023 • 53min
AI Tools Today
Richard talks to Stachu Koric about the Dark programming language's shift to being a programming language built around AI, as well as their own personal experiences so far exploring chatGPT, Copilot, and other emerging AI tools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 4, 2023 • 1h 2min
From Erlang to Management to C++
Dizzy Smith talks with Richard about his career path from C++ to Erlang to Management and now back to C++. Along the way, they talk about package management and several other languages - including Go, Rust, JavaScript, and even Perl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 28, 2023 • 52min
Conditional Cardinality with Joël Quenneville
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Mar 15, 2023 • 49min
Speeding up Rust's Compiler
Richard talks with Nicholas Nethercote, a member of the Rust programming language's Performance Working Group and author of the Rust Performance Book. They discuss how he and others have worked to speed up Rust's compiler, different strategies for speeding up compilers in general, and how compiler performance fits into the working dynamic of Rust's ecosystem of contributors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 28, 2023 • 1h 2min
Evolutionary vs Revolutionary Languages with James Ward
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Feb 20, 2023 • 48min
The Rust + Elm Stack
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Feb 13, 2023 • 52min
The Monolith-Microservices Spectrum
Richard talks with Ashley Davis, author of the book Bootstrapping Microservices, about their differing perspectives on microservices, monoliths, and everything in between! Ashley is also the author of Rapid Fullstack Development, available at https://rapidfullstackdevelopment.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 snips
Feb 6, 2023 • 49min
Swift and Unicode API Design with Rob Napier
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