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Trees
In another duo episode, Jason and Patrick give an in-depth introduction to trees, their many types, approaches and functions, and their importance in modern programming. Also, peppered throughout the episode are the games, books, tools, and ideas that have currently piqued their interest.
This episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:
00:00:17 Avoiding drama at work
00:07:10 News: C++20 (7:10)
00:09:37 News: Play Co-op Diablo II in the browser
00:12:58 Wreckfest
00:15:07 Kaboom
00:17:45 The future of remote work
00:24:46 Jason’s Book of the Show: Debt: The First 5000 Years
00:27:08 fractional-reserve banking
00:31:30 DeFi, distributed finance
00:33:08 Patrick’s Book of the Show: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the Illustrated Edition
00:35:49 (Ad) Audible
00:37:05 Jason’s Tool of the Show: Vagrant
00:41:04 Patrick’s Tool of the Show: Zach Gage Games
00:45:03 (Ad) ConfigCat
00:46:03 feature flags
00:47:03 Trees: why are they important?
00:49:43 The divide and conquer approach
00:51:34 The agglometric approach
00:55:57 Choosing the right tree and algorithm
00:57:56 Keeping trees balanced
01:01:10 binary trees
01:02:52 binary trees and machine learning
01:05:28 b-trees
01:10:04 spatial trees: the k-d tree
01:16:50 k-d trees and multidimension
01:18:42 quadtrees and octrees
01:21:44 r-trees
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Books
- Debt: The First 5000 Years, by David Graeber https://amzn.to/3uKEoe9
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Illustrated Edition, by JK Rowling https://amzn.to/2R6ILSs
Games
- Diablo II browser game http://clouddiablo.com/
- Wreckfest https://www.thqnordic.com/games/wreckfest
- Zach Gage Games http://stfj.net/
Tools
- Vagrant https://www.vagrantup.com/
- Kaboom https://replit.com/kaboom
Articles
- Article on C++20: https://oleksandrkvl.github.io/2021/04/02/cpp-20-overview.html
- The debate over remote work: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56771539
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