Mr. 4th Programming Conversations

I talk with Andrew Kelley and Ginger Bill about the position of classical languages in the textual programming paradigm.We talk about what makes a programming system suited to the native computing layer, interfaces for constructing software, visual programming vs visualizations of data, alternative input devices for programming, mapping programs down to the existing C-like tool cha

I talk with John Austin about his visual programming system called Lattice.We talk about the ideas behind the tool, John's vision for Lattice, the initial inspiration for the project, John's preferences for where to rely on visual programming and where to rely on text, and more.Links:website - johnaustin.iomastodon - https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@johnaustinbluesky - https://bsky.

A recast of the Handmade Seattle 2023 podcast, in which I interviewed Peter van Hardenberg, of Ink and Switch, to learn about the lab, local first software, and their research into "Conflict-free Replicated Data Types" or CRDTs for short.We discuss: The primary ideals of the Ink and Switch lab, the idea of local first software, and the technical challenges that the lab works to bri

I talk with VoxelRifts to learn more about his journey into programming, how he found low level programming, and why his low level explainer videos are so good.In this conversation we discuss: Learning programming, difficulties and advantages to learning C, learning low level topics through projects, and what goes into one of VoxelRifts explainer videos.Links:VoxelRifts Channel: ht

Here I talk with Yasser Arguelles Snape to learn about his work on compiler optimizers, and pick his brain about the architecture of low level software systems.We discuss his experience as a young programmer, his work on Cuik and TB, the LLVM optimizer and what could be improved in a new iteration, the tradeoffs of ahead-of-time compilation and just-in-time compilation, various vie

I talk with Bret Hudson and Ben Visness to get a crash course on the basics and practical aspects of web programming.Our conversation is split into two parts. In this part we discuss: architecting a web server, Node JS fault tolerance and concurrency, setting up an efficient work flow for developing a web page or web server, setting up production and development environments, docke

I talk with Bret Hudson and Ben Visness to get a crash course on the basics and practical aspects of web programming.Our conversation is split into two parts. In this part we discuss: working with web APIs, the structure of HTTP, REST APIs, the purpose of storing data in a database, selecting and maintaining a database, database security, and other forms of security vulnerability.L

Here I talk with Martin Foilleul leader of the Orca project.Our conversation starts with the origin of the Orca project, and then branches out from there to cover various aspects of what Orca is, the way it differs from other technologies in the same space, and the reasons that the long term vision of the project might be plausible.Links:Orca - https://orca-app.dev/Martin - https:/

Here I talk with Matthew Crews - the from the Fast F# YouTube channel.Our conversation starts with Matthew's journey to becoming a programmer who cares about performance. We touch on different styles of educational materials, and what works at different stages of the learning process, and what we can do as programmers to improve over time. We talk about how the "Handmade" ethos tra

I talk with my good friend Ryan Fleury about his experience iterating on the design of a system for production quality immediate mode GUI.We cover: The way Ryan views the tradeoff space of GUI programming, how Ryan approaches reusability and layering in his design, the meaning and implications of top-down and bottom-up design, and the possibilities of new UI paradigms in a future i