Programming Throwdown

Patrick and Jason walk through the differences between compilers and interpreters, starting from machine code and assembly and moving up to high-level languages. They cover bytecode, JIT compilation, ...

12 Helmi 20241h 25min

Predictions: Jason VR for Work Lowering AI training cost/ improved efficiency RISC-V takeoff Patrick Ai claim of AGI Ai peer reviewer Ai Video Generator More space vehicles reaching orbit Early career...

24 Joulu 20231h 38min

Patrick and Jason explain HyperLogLog and the broader problem of estimating cardinality efficiently at scale. They walk through the ideas behind Linear Counting, LogLog, and HyperLogLog, including how...

27 Marras 20231h 29min

Patrick and Jason discuss the Godot game engine and what a game engine actually provides to developers. They cover graphics, physics, scripting, portability, rapid prototyping, and why Godot has becom...

20 Marras 20231h 28min

Patrick and Jason survey the landscape of desktop user-interface development and compare common toolkit choices. They cover Qt, wxWidgets, Electron, notebooks, Streamlit, and game engines while discus...

23 Loka 20231h 26min

pganalyze: - Weekly series "5mins of Postgres": - How Postgres chooses which index to use: - CMU databases courses: - Postgres community: As well as social links: - Mastodon: - Twitter/X: @pganalyze, ...

16 Loka 20231h 12min

Patrick and Jason explain differential equations and why programmers should care about them. They cover rates of change, ordinary versus partial differential equations, numerical solvers, and practica...

25 Syys 20231h 16min

Things to consider when choosing a database Speed & Latency Consistency, ACID Compliance Scalability Language support & Developer Experience Relational vs. NoSQL) Data types Security Database environm...

11 Syys 20231h 31min