167: Desktop User Interfaces

<strong>Intro topic: Jogging Metrics<br /></strong><br /></p><strong>News/Links:<br /></strong><br /></p><ul> <li>Unholy LLM<ul><li> <a href="https://huggingface.co/Undi95/Unholy-v1-12L-13B">https://huggingface.co/Undi95/Unholy-v1-12L-13B</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>The reverse red herring  <ul><li><a href="https://www.blameless.com/blog/the-reverse-red-herring">https://www.blameless.com/blog/the-reverse-red-herring</a></li></ul> </li> <li>The "ens–tification" of TikTok<ul><li> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/">https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Response letter to Godot is not the new Unity<ul> <li><a href="https://sampruden.github.io/posts/godot-is-not-the-new-unity/">https://sampruden.github.io/posts/godot-is-not-the-new-unity/</a></li> <li> <a href="https://gist.github.com/reduz/cb05fe96079e46785f08a79ec3b0ef21">https://gist.github.com/reduz/cb05fe96079e46785f08a79ec3b0ef21<br /></a><br /> </li> </ul> </li> </ul><strong>Book of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Patrick:<ul> <li>Math Games with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/48qlg9A">https://amzn.to/48qlg9A</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Jason: <ul> <li>The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates</li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3LChBff">https://amzn.to/3LChBff</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>Patreon Plug <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><br /></p><strong>Tool of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Patrick: <ul><li>Factorio (Desktop Game)</li></ul> </li> <li>Jason:<ul><li>AI Hero (iOS and Android)</p> </li></ul> </li> </ul><br /></p><strong>Topic: Desktop user interfaces<br /></strong><br /></p><ul> <li>What is a user interface?</li> <li>Web and Mobile UI toolkits</li> <li>Desktop options<ul> <li>Qt<ul> <li>Cross platform, custom UI elements</li> <li>Qt creator, code generator</li> </ul> </li> <li>WxWidgets<ul> <li>Cross platform, uses native UI elements </li> <li>WxFormDesigner, code generation</li> <li>Can look different on different operating systems</li> </ul> </li> <li>Electron<ul> <li>Local nodejs webserver</li> <li>Html/JavaScript technology</li> <li>Requires interprocess communication to use other languages  </li> </ul> </li> <li>Jupyter notebooks<ul> <li>Mathematica-like notebook </li> <li>Not for distribution </li> </ul> </li> <li>Streamlit<ul><li>Python to web compiler</li></ul> </li> <li>Game Engines<ul><li>Unity, Godot, Unreal</li></ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Tips for building desktop UI<ul> <li>UI is slow (startup time, interaction time)</li> <li>Separate the UI from the engine & business logic</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:26:06

166: Speedy Database Queries with Lukas Fittl

Links:<br /><a href="https://pganalyze.com">https://pganalyze.com</a><br /><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lfittl/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lfittl/</a><br /><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/pganalyze/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/pganalyze/</a></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:12:12

165: Differential Equations

<strong>Intro topic: Revisiting the power of Spreadsheets<br /></strong><br /></p><strong>News/Links:<br /></strong><br /></p><ul> <li>LK-99 Isn’t a Superconductor<ul><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Normalizing Flows<ul><li><a href="https://pyro.ai/examples/normalizing_flows_i.html">https://pyro.ai/examples/normalizing_flows_i.html</a></li></ul> </li> <li>How is llama.cpp possible?<ul><li><a href="https://finbarr.ca/how-is-llama-cpp-possible/">https://finbarr.ca/how-is-llama-cpp-possible/</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Chat with open source large language models<ul><li> <a href="https://chat.lmsys.org/">https://chat.lmsys.org/<br /></a><br /> </li></ul> </li> </ul><strong>Book of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Patrick: Math with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/44dsgDz">https://amzn.to/44dsgDz</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Jason: <ul><li>Overboard! <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.InkleLtd.Overboard&hl=en_US&gl=US">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.InkleLtd.Overboard Nhl=en_US&gl=US</a> </li></ul> </li> </ul>Patreon Plug <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><br /></p><strong>Tool of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Patrick: <ul><li>ffmprovisr <a href="https://amiaopensource.github.io/ffmprovisr/">https://amiaopensource.github.io/ffmprovisr/</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Jason:<ul><li>Pandas read_ods() read_excel()</p> </li></ul> </li> </ul><strong>Topic: Differential Equations<br /></strong><br /></p><ul> <li>Why should programmers learn about DiffEq<ul><li>Law of Large Numbers</li></ul> </li> <li>What are differential equations?<ul> <li>When you know the rate of change</li> <li>EigenVectors & EigenValues</li> <li>What is Jacobian <a href="https://youtu.be/wCZ1VEmVjVo">What is Jacobian? | The right way of thinking derivatives and integrals<br /></a><br /> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Special cases<ul> <li>Partial Differential Equations</li> <li>Ordinary Differential Equations</li> </ul> </li> <li>Why solvers are important<ul> <li>Numerical Stability at larger step sizes</li> <li>Example: <a href="https://medium.com/@pukumarathe/eulers-method-and-runge-kutta-4th-order-method-in-python-b4a0068a8ebe">https://medium.com/@pukumarathe/eulers-method-and-runge-kutta-4th-order-method-in-python-b4a0068a8ebe</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Fun Examples<ul> <li>Predator-Prey relationships in scipy<ul><li> <a href="https://scientific-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebooks_rst/3_Ordinary_Differential_Equations/02_Examples/Lotka_Volterra_model.html">https://scientific-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebooks_rst/3_Ordinary_Differential_Equations/02_Examples/Lotka_Volterra_model.html</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Physics Engines for games<ul><li> <a href="https://youtu.be/52n2qKgwW_Q">https://youtu.be/52n2qKgwW_Q</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>PageRank<ul><li> <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.08973.pdf">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.08973.pdf</a> </p> </li></ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:16:43

164: Choosing a Database For Your Project With Kris Zyp

Things to consider when choosing a database</p><ul> <li>Speed & Latency</li> <li>Consistency, ACID Compliance</li> <li>Scalability</li> <li>Language support & Developer Experience</li> <li>Relational vs. Non-relational (SQL vs. NoSQL)</li> <li>Data types</li> <li>Security</li> <li>Database environment<ul><li>Client vs Server access</li></ul> </li> </ul><br />Info on Kris & Harper:</p><ul> <li>Website: harperdb.io</li> <li>Twitter: @harperdbio, @kriszyp</li> <li>Github: @HarperDB, @kriszyp</li> </ul><br /></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:31:21

163: Recursion

<strong>Episode 163 - Recursion<br /></strong><br /></p><br /></p><strong>Intro topic: Electric Cars<br /></strong><br /></p><br /></p><strong>News/Links:<br /></strong><br /></p><ul> <li>Snake Game in 101 Bytes in a QR Code<ul><li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/15ab4ct/my_qr_code_snake_game_is_now_only_101_bytes/">https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/15ab4ct/my_qr_code_snake_game_is_now_only_101_bytes/</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Superconductor Rumors abound<ul><li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/whats-going-on-with-the-reports-of-a-room-temperature-superconductor/">https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/whats-going-on-with-the-reports-of-a-room-temperature-superconductor/</a></li></ul> </li> <li>OpenWorm<ul><li><a href="https://github.com/openworm/OpenWorm">https://github.com/openworm/OpenWorm</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Creator of vim passes away<ul><li> <a href="https://news.itsfoss.com/vim-creator-passed-away/">https://news.itsfoss.com/vim-creator-passed-away/<br /></a><br /> </li></ul> </li> </ul><br /></p><strong>Book of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Patrick:<ul><li>Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle <a href="https://amzn.to/43YqANR">https://amzn.to/43YqANR</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Jason: <ul><li>Mistborn Saga: <a href="https://amzn.to/3DJkUN8">https://amzn.to/3DJkUN8</a> </li></ul> </li> </ul>Patreon Plug <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><br /></p><strong>Tool of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Jason:<ul><li>reMarkable <a href="https://remarkable.com/">https://remarkable.com/</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Patrick: <ul><li>Stellarium (iOS and Android)</p> </li></ul> </li> </ul><strong>Topic: Recursion<br /></strong><br /></p><ul> <li>What is it<ul> <li>Divide-And-Conquer</li> <li>Fibonacci numbers</li> </ul> </li> <li>How to (not) teach recursion</li> <li>Practical Applications<ul> <li>Graph operations<ul> <li>Tree retrieval, balancing</li> <li>Graph Search</li> </ul> </li> <li>Spatial partitioning</li> </ul> </li> <li>Pitfalls<ul><li>Stack size</li></ul> </li> <li>How to solve problems with recursion<ul> <li>(1) Consider the base cases</li> <li>(2) Build the recursive step</li> <li>(3) Look for ways the recursion will not terminate and fix</li> <li>(4) (rest are optional) Remove global contexts</li> <li>(5) Add memoization</li> <li>(6) Build solutions incrementally</p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:29:07

162: Interactive Fiction

In the latest episode of Programming Throwdown, we delve into the captivating world of interactive fiction. We explore: Wordnet, Inform, and how games in the past have been the forerunners of today’s NLP challenges.</p><em> </em></p>00:00:22 Introductions</p>00:00:39 To hard mode or not to hard mode</p>00:08:58 No moats in Google</p>00:16:37 Stable Diffusion blows Jason’s mind</p>00:21:31 Putting beats together</p>00:23:38 GPT4All</p>00:27:44 White Sand</p>00:35:28 Fortuna</p>00:38:55 Patrick’s ‘dirty’ secret</p>00:47:20 Wordnet</p>00:53:56 Procedural generation</p>00:57:29 On tabletop RPGs</p>01:00:48 Inform</p>01:07:27 Farewells</p><em><br /></em><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:<br /></strong><br /></p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today</a>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><strong> </strong></p>Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793</a></p><strong> </strong></p><strong>News/Links:</strong></p><ul> <li>Google: We have no moat and neither does OpenAI<ul><li><a href="https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither">https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Stable Diffusion QR Codes<ul><li> <a href="https://stable-diffusion-art.com/qr-code/">https://stable-diffusion-art.com/qr-code/</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Beginning to Make Music<ul><li><a href="https://learningmusic.ableton.com/">https://learningmusic.ableton.com/</a></li></ul> </li> <li>GPT4All<ul><li><a href="https://gpt4all.io/index.html">https://gpt4all.io/index.html</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Wordnet:<ul><li><a href="https://wordnet.princeton.edu/">https://wordnet.princeton.edu/</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Inform:<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform</a></li></ul> </li> </ul><strong>Book of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Patrick:<ul><li>White Sand <a href="https://amzn.to/43CPMKA">https://amzn.to/43CPMKA</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Jason: <ul><li>The Fortuna <a href="https://www.generativefiction.com/">https://www.generativefiction.com/</a> </li></ul> </li> </ul><strong>Tool of the Show</strong></p><ul> <li>Jason:<ul><li>Gatsby.js <a href="https://www.gatsbyjs.com/">https://www.gatsbyjs.com/</a> </li></ul> </li> <li>Patrick: <ul><li>Peglin <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/</a> </li></ul> </li> </ul><em> </em></p>If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: <a href="https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/">https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/</a></p> </p>Reach out to us via email: <a href="mailto:programmingthrowdown@gmail.com">programmingthrowdown@gmail.com</a></p> </p>You can also follow Programming Throwdown on </p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProgrammingThrowdown/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/programming-throwdown/id427166321">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/274Z0vXSCYxddYGj2hLJ8r">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://player.fm/series/programming-throwdown">Player.FM </a>| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">Youtube</a></p> </p>Join the discussion on our <a href="https://discord.com/invite/r4V2zpC">Discord</a></p>Help support Programming Throwdown through our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown">Patreon</a></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:08:15

161: Leveraging Generative AI Models with Hagay Lupesko

MosaicML’s VP Of Engineering, Hagay Lupesko, joins us today to discuss generative AI!  We talk about how to use existing models as well as ways to finetune these models to a particular task or domain.</p><em> </em></p>00:01:28 Introductions</p>00:02:09 Hagay’s circuitous career journey</p>00:08:25 Building software for large factories</p>00:17:30 The reality of new technologies</p>00:28:10 AWS</p>00:29:33 Pytorch’s leapfrog advantage</p>00:37:24 MosaicML’s mission</p>00:39:29 Generative AI</p>00:44:39 Giant data models</p>00:57:00 Data access tips</p>01:10:31 MPT-7B</p>01:27:01 Careers in Mosaic</p>01:31:46 Farewells</p><em><br /></em><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:<br /></strong><br /></p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today</a>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><strong> </strong></p>Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793</a></p><strong> </strong></p>Links<strong>:</strong></p><ul> <li>Hagay Lupesko:<ul> <li>Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/hagaylupesko/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/hagaylupesko/</a> </li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/hagay_lupesko">https://twitter.com/hagay_lupesko</a> </li> <li>Github: <a href="https://github.com/lupesko">https://github.com/lupesko</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li>MosaicML:<ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://www.mosaicml.com/">https://www.mosaicml.com/</a> </li> <li>Careers: <a href="https://www.mosaicml.com/careers">https://www.mosaicml.com/careers</a> </li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MosaicML">https://twitter.com/MosaicML</a> </li> <li>Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/mosaicml/">https://www.linkedin.com/company/mosaicml/</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Others:<ul> <li>Amp It Up (Amazon): <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Amp-Unlocking-Hypergrowth-Expectations-Intensity/dp/1119836115">https://www.amazon.com/Amp-Unlocking-Hypergrowth-Expectations-Intensity/dp/1119836115</a> </li> <li>Hugging Face Hub: <a href="https://huggingface.co/">https://huggingface.co/</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul><em> </em></p>If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: <a href="https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/">https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/</a></p> </p>Reach out to us via email: <a href="mailto:programmingthrowdown@gmail.com">programmingthrowdown@gmail.com</a></p> </p>You can also follow Programming Throwdown on </p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProgrammingThrowdown/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/programming-throwdown/id427166321">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/274Z0vXSCYxddYGj2hLJ8r">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://player.fm/series/programming-throwdown">Player.FM </a>| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">Youtube</a></p> </p>Join the discussion on our <a href="https://discord.com/invite/r4V2zpC">Discord</a></p>Help support Programming Throwdown through our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown">Patreon</a></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:32:43

160: Position Localization

Where are you now? It’s a question that may seem easy to answer on the surface, but in truth hides more complexity than people expect. In today’s episode, we tackle the latest on AI, creative endeavors, and more before diving into the meaty discussion of position localization. </p>00:01:13 Steam Deck<br />00:11:22 Summoning Salt on Mario<br />00:16:49 100k stars<br />00:24:26 ChatGPT spam call<br />00:25:31 Build Your Own DB (from scratch)<br />00:29:50 DuckDB<br />00:35:07 Jason has an idea<br />00:37:58 Fighting Fantasy Classics<br />00:41:52 Patrick’s bread<br />00:47:52 Support the show<br />00:53:54 Awkward CRM emails<br />00:56:07 Rill<br />01:00:29 Position localization in detail<br />01:17:15 Common filter<br />01:25:22 Simultaneous localization<br />01:28:59 Farewells</p><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:</strong><br /><a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/programmingthrowdown">Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today</a>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><strong> </strong></p>Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793</a></p><br />News/Links:</p><ul> <li>The History of Super Mario Bros 3 100% World Records (Summoning Salt)<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EsFyogVvkw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EsFyogVvkw</a></li></ul> </li> <li>AutoGPT hits 100k stars<ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/AlphaSignalAI/status/1649524105647906819">https://twitter.com/AlphaSignalAI/status/1649524105647906819</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Build Your Own Database from Scratch<ul><li><a href="https://build-your-own.org/database/">https://build-your-own.org/database/</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Asking generative art AI to render mathematical theorems<ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/TivadarDanka/status/1649721970886594561">https://twitter.com/TivadarDanka/status/1649721970886594561</a></li></ul> </li> <li>DuckDB:<ul><li><a href="https://duckdb.org/">https://duckdb.org/</a></li></ul> </li> </ul>Book of the Show:</p><ul> <li>Jason: Fighting Fantasy Classics<ul> <li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinmangames.ffhub&hl=en_US&gl=US">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinmangames.ffhub&hl=en_US&gl=US</a></li> <li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fighting-fantasy-classics/id1261201650">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fighting-fantasy-classics/id1261201650</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Patrick: Evolutions in Bread: Artisan Pan Breads and Dutch-Oven Loaves at Home<ul><li><a href="https://amzn.to/44kW4iE">https://amzn.to/44kW4iE</a></li></ul> </li> </ul>Tool of the Show:</p><ul> <li>Jason: Jinja <ul><li><a href="https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/">https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/</a></li></ul> </li> <li>Patrick: Rill <ul><li><a href="https://www.rilldata.com/">https://www.rilldata.com/</a></li></ul> </li> </ul>If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: <a href="https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/">https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/</a></p> </p>Reach out to us via email: <a href="mailto:programmingthrowdown@gmail.com">programmingthrowdown@gmail.com</a></p> </p>You can also follow Programming Throwdown on </p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProgrammingThrowdown/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/programming-throwdown/id427166321">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/274Z0vXSCYxddYGj2hLJ8r">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://player.fm/series/programming-throwdown">Player.FM </a>| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">Youtube</a></p> </p>Join the discussion on our <a href="https://discord.com/invite/r4V2zpC">Discord</a></p>Help support Programming Throwdown through our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown">Patreon</a></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

01:30:20

159: GraphQL with Tanmai Gopal

GraphQL is one of the biggest API enablers in software development, but just how complicated can things be? Tanmai Gopal – Hasura’s CEO extraordinaire – talks with Jason and Patrick about how the secret sauce gets made. They dive deeply from how APIs function to having them managed in practice – among several other topic, making this a must-listen episode. </p> </p>00:01:19 Introductions</p>00:01:48 Tanmai’s late start in programming</p>00:05:48 Plinko</p>00:13:06 Coursera</p>00:23:28 The question of API development</p>00:30:30 API layer functionality</p>00:34:58 How Hasura leverages JSON</p>00:39:08 GraphQL</p>00:42:49 Worse than an API call</p>00:49:15 The potential REST minefield</p>00:53:41 JSON Web Tokens</p>01:11:34 Scaling writes</p>01:15:17 Careers with Hasura</p>01:22:35 Farewells</p><em><br /></em><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:<br /></strong><br /></p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/programmingthrowdown">Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today</a>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><strong> </strong></p>Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793</p><br />Links:</p><ul> <li> Tanmai Gopal:<ul> <li> Website: https://hasura.io/blog/@tanmaig/</li> <li> Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanmaig/</li> <li> Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanmaigo</li> <li> Github: https://github.com/coco98</li> </ul> </li> <li> Hasura:<ul> <li> Website: https://hasura.io/</li> <li> Careers: https://hasura.io/careers/</li> <li> Twitter: https://twitter.com/HasuraHQ</li> <li> Github: https://github.com/hasura</li> <li> Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hasura</li> </ul> </li> <li> Others:<ul> <li> Good Strategy, Bad Strategy (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-Strategy-audiobook/dp/B07R6XQ8YP</li> <li> Modern Application Development (IIT Madras, archived): https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/106/106/106106156/</li> </ul> </li> </ul>If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: <a href="https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/">https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/</a></p> </p>Reach out to us via email: <a href="mailto:programmingthrowdown@gmail.com">programmingthrowdown@gmail.com</a></p> </p>You can also follow Programming Throwdown on </p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProgrammingThrowdown/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/programming-throwdown/id427166321">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/274Z0vXSCYxddYGj2hLJ8r">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://player.fm/series/programming-throwdown">Player.FM </a>| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">Youtube</a></p> </p>Join the discussion on our <a href="https://discord.com/invite/r4V2zpC">Discord</a></p>Help support Programming Throwdown through our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown">Patreon</a></p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

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158: Software Supply Chain with Bill Manning

In today’s episode, Jason and Patrick dive deeply with JFrog’s Senior Solutions Engineer, Bill Manning. With the conversation tackling the depth and complexity of software supply chains, vulnerabilities and more, Bill deftly offers grounded advice to listeners old and new.</p><em> </em></p>00:00:26 Introductions</p>00:00:40 Bill’s plethora of job titles</p>00:09:33 The excitement of learning a language</p>00:15:08 Mechanical keyboards</p>00:21:17 Bill’s advice on adapting</p>00:27:55 What a supply chain is</p>00:34:28 Castle analogies</p>00:40:55 Unpacking legalities</p>00:52:11 Log4J</p>00:54:41 What JFrog does</p>01:01:16 What can go wrong</p>01:08:08 Getting started in this space</p>01:14:15 Careers in JFrog</p>01:20:23 Farewells</p><em><br /></em><strong>Resources mentioned in this episode:<br /></strong><br /></p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/join/programmingthrowdown">Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today</a>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h">https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h</a></p><strong> </strong></p>Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793</p><ul><li>Links<strong>:</strong><ul> <li>Bill Manning:<ul> <li>Website: https://about.me/billmanning</li> <li>Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williammanning/</li> <li>Twitter: https://twitter.com/williammanning</li> </ul> </li> <li>JFrog:<ul> <li>Website: <a href="https://jfrog.com/">https://jfrog.com/</a> </li> <li>Careers: <a href="https://join.jfrog.com/">https://join.jfrog.com/</a> </li> <li>Artifactory: https://jfrog.com/artifactory/</li> <li>Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jfrog-ltd/</li> </ul> </li> <li>Others:<ul> <li>Liquid Software: https://liquidsoftware.com/</li> <li>SolarWinds hack incident: https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/</li> <li>Transitive dependencies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_dependency</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li></ul>More Throwdown? Check out this prior episode:</p><ul><li>153: ChatGPT: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2023/03/153-chatgpt.html</li></ul>If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: <a href="https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/">https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/</a></p> </p>Reach out to us via email: <a href="mailto:programmingthrowdown@gmail.com">programmingthrowdown@gmail.com</a></p> </p>You can also follow Programming Throwdown on </p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ProgrammingThrowdown/">Facebook</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/programming-throwdown/id427166321">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/274Z0vXSCYxddYGj2hLJ8r">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://player.fm/series/programming-throwdown">Player.FM </a>| <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793">Youtube</a></p> </p>Join the discussion on our <a href="https://discord.com/invite/r4V2zpC">Discord</a></p>Help support Programming Throwdown through our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown">Patreon</a> </p> <strong> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

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