173: Mocking and Unit Tests
Patrick and Jason discuss unit testing, regression testing, and system testing, with a focus on when mocking actually helps. They explain mocks versus fakes, testing tradeoffs, and the practical role ...
29 Apr 20241h 35min
172: Transformers and Large Language Models
Patrick and Jason explain transformers and large language models from the ground up. They cover attention, encoders and decoders, self-supervised learning, RLHF, and the key architectural ideas that m...
11 Mars 20241h 26min
171: Compilers and Interpreters
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 Feb 20241h 25min
170: 2023 Holiday Special Live
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 Dec 20231h 38min
169: HyperLogLog
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 Nov 20231h 29min
168: Godot
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 Nov 20231h 28min
167: Desktop User Interfaces
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 Okt 20231h 26min
166: Speedy Database Queries with Lukas Fittl
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 Okt 20231h 12min
