Is functional programming the hipster programming paradigm? (Ep. 418)
Cassidy, Ceora, and Matt discuss functional programming and where it got its reputation as “the mustachioed hipster of programming paradigms.” Cassidy used to run a workshop teaching functional programming with JavaScript and currently works with Elixir, “a fully functional programming backend.”
An algorithm that optimizes for avoiding ennui (Ep. 416)
What if you built a recommendation engine optimized for users' health, not their watch time?
Column by your name: The analytics database that skips the rows
What if you could get insights from data faster with a database purpose-built for analytics?
Moving from CEO back to IC: A chat with Mitchell Hashimoto on his love for code (Ep. 412)
Today's episode is a fascinating discussion with Mitchell Hashimoto, cofounder of HashiCorp, who recently returned to the role of independent contributor after stints as both CEO and CTO. We talk about his journey learning to write software, how he came up with the idea for Terraform, and why he prefers slinging code to executive roles.
A collaborative hub for infrastructure as code
Infrastructure as code is growing in popularity, but to adopt it at scale, organizations need better ways to collaborate and automate it.
Next stop, Cryptoland? (Ep. 411)
Ben, Ryan, Cassidy, and Ceora talk about Cryptoland, “the first physical crypto island,” which has drawn fyre (oops, fire) from people trying to figure out whether it’s a real project, a parody, or a scam.