Let's Talk Technical Books!
This week Mike and Erik dig into their bookshelves to find and discuss their favorite technical books. As per usual, Mike references a bunch of stuff Erik has never heard of but one new thing this wee...
14 Feb 202443min
Complexity Part 2: Out of the Tar Pit
This week Mike and Erik conclude their discussion on complexity with a review of the 2006 fan-favorite paper "Out of the Tar Pit." Send us Fan Mail
7 Feb 20241h 12min
The Three Faces of Complexity
As programmers, we want to control complexity and simplify our software, but these things are often hard for us to define. We know them when we see them! This week, Mike and Erik talk about what it ...
31 Jan 20241h 8min
A Short History of Deploying Software
This week Mike and Erik chat about deploying software and try to understand how it used to be and characterize what it's mostly like now. What are the best ways to deploy we've seen in our careers and...
24 Jan 202447min
It's Gonna Take a Lot of Fireworks to Clean This Place Up
Mike and Erik share debugging stories... Send us Fan Mail
17 Jan 202441min
The Charlie Brown Property of Software: Something Bad Will Eventually Happen
In this last recording for 2023, Mike and Erik talk about embarrassing things they've done at work over the years. These are mistakes, errors, screwups and mishaps and, yes, there will be swearing. ...
27 Dec 202338min
How To Swim with Sharks: An Interview with Chris Staszak
In this episode Mike and Erik talk to Chris Staszak who works for a startup investor in San Diego. Chris teaches the pair of hosts how to pitch startups to investors and also raises some of the common...
20 Dec 20231h 4min
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Liskov
This week on the show, Mike and Erik discuss the work of Barbara Liskov. Their discussion includes a tour through types, concurrency, and distributed systems. Liskov has had an incredible career spann...
13 Dec 20231h 3min
