Software Unscripted, A weekly podcast of casual conversations about code hosted by Richard Feldman & sponsored by NoRedInk.
Compiling Smart Contracts with Lucas Rosa
Richard talks with Lucas Rosa, a compiler engineer working on the Aiken programming language for smart contracts, about tradeoffs in language and compiler design, property-based testing, syntax and familiarity, and compile-time evaluation of constants.
Gleam 1.0 with Louis Pilfold
Richard talks with Louis Pilfold, creator of the Gleam programming language, about the language's 1.0 release, as well as other topics like backwards compatibility, hot-swapping code in production, and implementing a typed version of Erlang's famous OTP system, which had also been famously considered to be un-typeable.
Compilers and Overly Complex Web Development with Thorsten Ball
Richard talks to Thorsten Ball, a programmer at Zed Industries and author of two books on compilers. They start out talking about the differences between compilers and interpreters, what the trickiest parts are of teaching compilers, and then end up talking about the unnecessary complexity that has taken over modern Web Development.
Incremental Compilation with Alex Kladov
Richard talks with Rust Analyzer creator Alex Kladov (aka matklad) about compilers, including ways they can do incremental compilation, memory management strategies, modules and boundaries, and even monomorphization!
Programming and Industrial Design with Greg Wilson
Richard talks with programming teacher Greg Wilson about different types of beginner programmers and how they learn most effectively, what counterintuitive aspects of programming languages they tend to find more or less difficult to learn, and about the surprising relationship between software architecture and industrial design.
Lambda Set Defunctionalization with Ayaz Hafiz
Richard talks with Ayaz Hafiz, a contributor to the Roc programming language, about a very specific topic in the Roc compiler, namely lambda set defunctionalization (including explaining what that term actually means). They then zoom out to talk about why more languages don't try to implement techniques like this in general.
Implementing Databases with Glauber Costa
Richard talks with Glauber Costa about how to implement databases that can do millions of reads per second, how hardware changes have affected the tradeoffs around relational and NoSQL databsaes, and what people mean by Big Data.
The Return of Hypermedia with Carson Gross
Richard talks with HTMX creator Carson Gross about some of the ways in which modern web development has arguably regressed over the past 15 or so years, as well as Hypertext, Hypermedia, HyperCard, HyperView, HyperScript, and even some other topics that don't have hyper in the name.
Go and Functional Programming with Lane Wagner
Richard talks with Lane Wagner, a Go backend engineer and founder of boot.dev, about Go's design and about functional programming.
The Roc Programming Language with Richard Feldman
José Valim hosts this episode, and chats with Roc Programming Language Richard Feldman about the language.
Making JITted Code Faster with Chris Neurnberger
Richard talks with Chris Neurnberger about his experiences making code run faster in the context of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the similarities and differences between that and trying to make C++ code faster...among several other topics!
Things Web Devs Can Learn from Game Devs with Casey Muratori
Richard talks with Casey Muratori, a game engine programmer who's known for creating the term Immediate Mode GUIs, for his Twitch series Handmade Hero, and most recently for his excellent Performance Aware Programming course. They talk about performance and the programming culture around it, how memory safety relates to progarm architecture, what Web development can learn from game development, and even some concrete improvements that could be made to, you guessed it...CSS!
How Programming has Changed with Conor Hoekstra
Richard talks with Conor Hoekstra about how programming has changed over time - going back as far as COBOL - and speculate on the future of programming a bit.
Escaping Software Disenchantment with Nikita Prokopov
Richard talks with Nikita Prokopov, an open-source Clojure developer and creator of the Fira Code typeface, about some of the reasons he'd felt a sense of disenchantment with the direction of software in the past, and strategies he's developed for improving things in the future.
WebAssembly in Practice with Brian Carroll
Richard talks with Brian Carroll about his experience using WebAssembly in practice - including some of the benefits and challenges of using WebAssembly in practice, why WebAssembly adoption might not be as high as it could be today, and speculation about what the future might hold for it.