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Software Unscripted

Richard Feldman
Web Development
Rust
Javascript
Webassembly
C++
Elm
Compilers
The Roc Programming Language
Functional Programming
React
Interpreters
Java
Programming Languages
Memory Management
Gleam
Performance Optimization
Electron
Software Disenchantment
Clojure
Game Development

Software Unscripted, A weekly podcast of casual conversations about code hosted by Richard Feldman.

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Latest Episodes

Ladybird Browser - ladybird.org

SerenityOS - serenityos.org

Story of the man who used powerlifting to recover after falling off a roof startingstrength.com/articles/brian_jones_story.pdf

StrongLifts 5x5 - stronglift... more

Richard talks with Swift, LLVM, Clang, and Mojo creator Chris Lattner about programming on the GPU and on the CPU, as well as a number of programming language design topics.

* Chris's "Democratizing AI Compute" blog series - www.modular.com... more

Longtime Rust contributor Steve Klabnik talks with Richard about the broken state of AI discourse, from excessive hype to excessive hate, and reasonable alternatives we could pursue instead.

Steve's blog post: "I am disappointed in the AI discourse"... more

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Recent Guests

Noah Hall
A programming language creator and technical leader at Norway's largest news company.
Norway's largest news company
Episode: Securing Evolving Software with Noah Hall
Andreas Kling
Creator of SerenityOS and the Ladybird Browser
Episode: Andreas Kling on Ladybird Browser, SerenityOS, and Powerlifting
Steve Klabnik
Longtime contributor to the Rust programming language and Ruby ecosystem.
Episode: Broken AI Discourse with Steve Klabnik
José Valim
Creator of the Elixir Programming Language and language designer at Roc.
Episode: Language Design Deep Dive with Elixir Creator José Valim
Monica McGuigan
Scala programmer at JP Morgan
JP Morgan
Episode: From Scala to Roc with Monica McGuigan
Mike Bryzek
Technical co-founder and entrepreneur with experience in software development and microservices.
Episode: Testing in Production with Mike Bryzek
Andrew Lisowski
Senior Engineer at Descript
Descript
Episode: Building Video Editing Software with Andrew Lisowski
Kyle Boddy
Founder and CTO of Driveline Baseball
Driveline Baseball
Episode: Software for Elite Athletes with Kyle Boddy
Chris Lattner
Creator of Swift, LLVM, Clang, and Mojo programming language
Modular Incorporated
Episode: Mojo with Chris Lattner

Host

Richard Feldman
Host of Software Unscripted

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 194 ratings
  • Essential listening for any software developer

    Highly entertaining and informative. Unashamedly nerdy. This podcast will deeply and wonderfully challenge the way you think about software and programming, while never deviating from it’s delightful conversational format. A must-listen for software developers of any level of experience.

    Richard is a brilliant host who always draws the best out of his excellent array of guests.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Tim Wise Gamgee
    Australiaa year ago
  • Setting the standard

    Richard’s breadth of knowledge and ability to find really knowledgeable people from outside of his area of SWE expertise is incredible, I wish that there were dozens more SWE podcasts like this

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    eoncarlyle
    United Statesa year ago
  • Enjoyable

    Find yourself a person who loves you as much as Richard loves his programming language Roc!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    3divint
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • Awesome Podcast. Wide range of topics

    Awesome! Sometimes the audio output of the guests aren’t very clear but the topics are really good

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    bbhjkbjbjnllllllojokonn
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Great!

    Love it: Broad range of interesting topics and guests, and an enthusiastic and knowledgeable host. Minor complaint: Sometimes the host talks a bit too much (which seems to be solely due to his love of the field, and as such is quite understandable:)).

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Timsbim
    Germany2 years ago

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Engaging conversations that provide deep insights and information, with listeners learning something new in each episode.
Richard's breadth of knowledge shines through in forming knowledgeable discussions with guests, emphasizing the need for such podcasts in the software engineering realm.
Highly entertaining and informative, offering a delightful conversational format that challenges conventional thoughts about software.

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#83
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#208
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#80
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#130
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#170
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#171
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Andreas Kling on Ladybird Browser, SerenityOS, and Powerlifting
Q: Is this something where you want to try and make Ladybird the best browser out there?
We want to build a competent browser that can handle the contemporary web.
Andreas Kling on Ladybird Browser, SerenityOS, and Powerlifting
Q: How do you start from a blank page and actually make an operating system that works?
Target virtual machines to avoid the complexity of real hardware testing.
GPU Programming and Language Design with Chris Lattner
Q: What have you seen in terms of community usage of Mojo?
There have been lots of exciting projects being built in the community, including everything from games to libraries, showcasing the language's versatility.
GPU Programming and Language Design with Chris Lattner
Q: What's new in Mojoland since the last time we talked?
There's a tremendous amount of improvements, progress, and standard library enhancements, and the packaging ecosystem is just kind of all over the place.
From Scala to Roc with Monica McGuigan
Q: So what were some surprising aspects about Roc that you encountered?
One surprising aspect was learning how Roc uses tags instead of algebraic data types, and the differences in how keywords were used compared to Scala.

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1. Noah Hall
2. Andreas Kling
3. Steve Klabnik
4. José Valim
5. Monica McGuigan
6. Mike Bryzek
7. Andrew Lisowski
8. Kyle Boddy

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