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Read/Write/Nil with Michael Knyszek and Michael Pratt
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please read important erratum at end of these notes!Astute listeners will notice that this is the first episode in over a year. I recorded not one but...
Iota: whisper.cpp
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Links:my little whisper.cpp bug fixwhy the logits were calculated inconsistentlywav2vec2 on arxiv and huggingfacethe openai whisper asr model announce...
Iota: Random algorithms
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In which I ramble about randomness and random algorithms. Now with theme music!Paper Cuts planned reading: Habitability and Piecemeal Growth, in Patte...
Write It Down with Shay Nehmad
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shay Nehmad on how writing is the key to becoming a better engineer, how to do it, and more.Links:* Cup O' Go podcast* Code Complete book* Shay's blog...
Litestream and LiteFS with Ben Johnson
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This was a fun and decidedly humbling conversation with Ben Johnson about SQLite, databases, Litestream, and LiteFS.Links:Ben on GitHubLitestreamLiteF...
Iota: Rolling Hashes and FastCDC
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
No guest for this inaugural episode--just me this round.I cover the basics of rolling hashes and FastCDC, which appears to be the state of the art in ...
Trailer
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The plan: Guests teach me substantive topics in software engineering, and I ask dumb questions.Please send guest suggestions, topic ideas, excitement,...