
The Virtual World
The Virtual World is a podcast about Software Engineering, Technology, VR, Art, Music, Creativity, Inclusivity, and Love.
Ages 13+ recommended for adult language.
Latest episodes

Jan 9, 2021 • 1h 44min
Embedded Rust part 2 - James Munns
Back at it again with James Munns! Today we talked all about the Embedded Rust ecosystem and he gave me a bunch of pointers for starting my own journey with embedded Rust.

Dec 14, 2020 • 1h 33min
Rust, Time, Data, and Big Tech with Jon Gjengset
Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. I'm back at it again, this time talking with Jon Gjengset about Rust, WebAssembly, issues with time/concurrency, the growing pain of the data layer, big tech, and more. As always, please enjoy the conversation.

Aug 29, 2020 • 2h 32min
The Watercooler - Paul Garaud
Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. I'm your host and Software Engineer, Ty. This is the first episode of a series that I'm calling The Watercooler. This is basically just a couple of folks from the Software space bullshitting for a few hours. This first episode features a friend of mine, Paul, a data scientist, FIRE enthusiast, and all-around keyboard nerd. Join us as we talk about...stuff.

Aug 28, 2020 • 2h 22min
Rust in Action - Tim McNamara
Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. Join me and my fellow Software Engineer, Jay Helton, as we sit down with Tim McNamara. Tim is the author of Rust in Action, an active Rust enthusiast and evangelist, and a self-diagnosed creative coder. We had the privilege to sit down with him and ask him everything we could think of about Rust, his book, and his path as a Software Engineer. We also talked a lot about his home country, New Zealand.

Aug 20, 2020 • 1h 26min
Embedded Rust & Ferrous Systems - James Munns
Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. In this episode I sat down with James Munns, the CTO of Ferrous Systems, to discuss the embedded Rust ecosystem and its future. Please enjoy.

Aug 18, 2020 • 1h 41min
Functional Programming and Elm - Richard Feldman
Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. In this episode, I sat down with Richard Feldman to talk about Functional Programming, Programming Languages, Elm, and his book.

Aug 9, 2020 • 1h 18min
Haskell and Elephants - Stephen Diehl
Welcome back to The Virtual World. On this episode, I sat with Stephen Diehl to talk about Haskell, Functional Programming, and his recent article about the cryptocurrency scene in the Haskell community.

Aug 6, 2020 • 1h 32min
Functional Programming and Grokking Simplicity - Eric Normand
Eric Normand, author of Grokking Simplicity, discusses the importance of learning fundamental concepts in functional programming and the challenges of integrating them into non-functional languages. The podcast also explores ClosureScript as the next iteration of programming, functional thinking and design, and the use of Datomic as an immutable database. Additionally, the concept of offloading procedural efforts with data and using an immutable database structure for the front end are discussed.

Aug 3, 2020 • 48min
The State of Rust Part 2 - Alex Crichton
Welcome back, folks. Join me on this episode of The Virtual World as I explore the state of Rust and the Web Assembly ecosystem with Alex Crichton.

Jul 30, 2020 • 48min
The State of Rust - Steve Klabnik
Hey, folks. Welcome back to the Virtual World. Join me as I sit down with Steve Klabnik and discuss the state of the Rust programming language and ecosystem.
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