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Picture Me Coding

Erik Aker and Mike Mull
Software Engineering
Distributed Systems
Programming
Rust
CAP Theorem
Excel
Leslie Lamport
Software Development
Kubernetes
Erik Brewer
Supercomputing
Python
Nancy Lynch
Distributed Computing
Cloud Computing
Cray Supercomputers
Scale Conference
Fullstack Developers
FLP Impossibility Result
ACID Properties

Picture Me Coding is a music podcast about software. Each week your hosts Erik Aker and Mike Mull take on topics in the software world and they are sometimes joined by guests from other fields who arrive with their own burning questions about technology.Email us at: podcast@picturemecoding.comPatreon: patreon.com/PictureMeCodingYou can also pick up a Picture Me Coding shirt, mug, or sticke... more

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This week we were joined by our friend Doug Burke, who runs a company and has been working on his "digital life workout partner", a voice-activated LLM tool. Doug's story is interesting because he does not have a background in software development, a... more

In this episode we invite back our friend Bob Farzin to discuss our personal experiences with using teams of agents to write software, and we try to parse out the experiences we're seeing on the interwebs, including Steve Yegge's GasTown and Wes McKi... more

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In this episode we attempt to explain query optimization and where it came from.  In particular we discuss Patricia Selinger's 1979 SIGMOD paper Access Path Selection in a Relational Database Management System. 

• Access Path Selection paper (PDF)

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This week Mike and Erik are joined by Kyle Risse. 

Erik met Kyle at Scale 23x in Pasadena this year while volunteering for the Tech Team. Kyle has a ton of experience in the field working on networks, infrastructure, linux server operations, and doi... more

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Kyle Risse
Network infrastructure and DevOps professional; guest from Scale
Scale (former); healthcare and startups
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Kyle Willcox
Guest with Salesforce and external development experience
Former Encino (Salesforce platform builder)
Episode: Salesforce and Low-Code with Kyle Willcox
Bobak Farzin
Guest on the show, contributor with engineering perspective
Episode: Vibe Coding: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Kevin Fahey
Guest on the show, product/marketing understanding with hands-on tooling experience
Episode: Vibe Coding: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Matt Teichman
Host of the Elucidations podcast and lecturer at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
Episode: Language, Meaning, and Functional Programming with Matt Teichman
Jonathan Whitmire
User experience designer and artist responsible for Picture Me Coding logos
Freelance UX Designer/Artist
Episode: UX Wing Fighters
Jon Benson
An attorney and hacker, early adopter of LLMs in legal practice.
Episode: Predicting the Future: Law, Software, and Attorneys Using AI
David Beazley
Author and speaker known for his work in the Python programming community.
Python Software Foundation
Episode: Programming for Fun with David Beazley
David Morrison
Founder of Applied Computing Research Labs and expert in distributed systems
Applied Computing Research Labs
Episode: Simulating Distributed Systems with David Morrison

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Mike Mull
Co-host of Picture Me Coding
Erik Aker
Host of Picture Me Coding. Co-hosts with Mike Mull.

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Interpreting the Newses
Q: Does Yahoo make money off owning Chrome?
It is unclear how they expect to leverage this for profit.
Interpreting the Newses
Q: Would you say software engineering is an artisanal economy or livelihood?
There are parallels, but it's become less artisanal over the years.
UX Wing Fighters
Q: Do you feel like they're just spouting nonsense and you have to try to figure out how to communicate with them?
Whitmore expresses the importance of building rapport with developers, emphasizing that despite the differences in their tasks, they work towards the same goals.
UX Wing Fighters
Q: Would you mind telling our listeners a little bit about your background?
Jonathan Whitmire shares his journey, highlighting his transition from an admin role to pursuing UX design through a course and eventually securing a job in the field.
Predicting the Future: Law, Software, and Attorneys Using AI
Q: What do you think the job of the future attorney is gonna look like?
The future attorney will likely use LLMs as co-pilots to level the playing field, allowing solo practitioners to become independent counselors and making legal services less expensive.

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This show centers on software and technology topics delivered with a blend of technical depth and casual, accessible discourse. Across episodes, conversations span functional programming, distributed systems, open source, AI and ethics, legal tech, UX design, and the broader impact of technology on society. Guests come from adjacent fields—philosophy, design, law, and music—providing diverse perspectives while the hosts maintain a practical, hands-on angle on coding, tooling, and code culture. A notable strength is the mix of rigorous problem spaces (e.g., Byzantine generals, local-first software) with lighter, human-interest angles, making complex ideas approachable without sacrificing substance. The show's recurring focus on real-world so... more

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