Programming Throwdown

160: Position Localization

Where are you now? It’s a question that may seem easy to answer on the surface, but in truth hides more complexity than people expect. In today’s episode, we tackle the latest that they’ve found online on AI, creative endeavors, and more before diving into the meaty discussion of position localization. 00:01:13 Steam Deck00:11:22 Summoning Salt on Mario00:16:49 100k stars00:24:26 ChatGPT spam call00:25:31 Build Your Own DB (from scratch)00:29:50 DuckDB00:35:07 Jason has an idea00:37:58 Fighting Fantasy Classics00:41:52 Patrick’s bread00:47:52 Support the show00:53:54 Awkward CRM emails00:56:07 Rill01:00:29 Position localization in detail01:17:15 Common filter01:25:22 Simultaneous localization01:28:59 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793News/Links:The History of Super Mario Bros 3 100% World Records (Summoning Salt)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EsFyogVvkw AutoGPT hits 100k starshttps://twitter.com/AlphaSignalAI/status/1649524105647906819 Build Your Own Database from Scratchhttps://build-your-own.org/database/ Asking generative art AI to render mathematical theoremshttps://twitter.com/TivadarDanka/status/1649721970886594561 DuckDB:https://duckdb.org/ Book of the Show:Jason: Fighting Fantasy Classicshttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinmangames.ffhub&hl=en_US&gl=US https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fighting-fantasy-classics/id1261201650 Patrick: Evolutions in Bread: Artisan Pan Breads and Dutch-Oven Loaves at Homehttps://amzn.to/44kW4iE Tool of the Show:Jason: Jinja https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.1.x/ Patrick: Rill https://www.rilldata.com/ If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM | Youtube Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

159: GraphQL with Tanmai Gopal

GraphQL is one of the biggest API enablers in software development, but just how complicated can things be? Tanmai Gopal – Hasura’s CEO extraordinaire – talks with Jason and Patrick about how the secret sauce gets made. They dive deeply from how APIs function to having them managed in practice – among several other topic, making this a must-listen episode.  00:01:19 Introductions00:01:48 Tanmai’s late start in programming00:05:48 Plinko00:13:06 Coursera00:23:28 The question of API development00:30:30 API layer functionality00:34:58 How Hasura leverages JSON00:39:08 GraphQL00:42:49 Worse than an API call00:49:15 The potential REST minefield00:53:41 JSON Web Tokens01:11:34 Scaling writes01:15:17 Careers with Hasura01:22:35 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793Links: Tanmai Gopal: Website: https://hasura.io/blog/@tanmaig/  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanmaig/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanmaigo  Github: https://github.com/coco98  Hasura: Website: https://hasura.io/  Careers: https://hasura.io/careers/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/HasuraHQ  Github: https://github.com/hasura  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hasura  Others: Good Strategy, Bad Strategy (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-Strategy-audiobook/dp/B07R6XQ8YP  Modern Application Development (IIT Madras, archived): https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/106/106/106106156/ If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM | Youtube Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

158: Software Supply Chain with Bill Manning

In today’s episode, Jason and Patrick dive deeply with JFrog’s Senior Solutions Engineer, Bill Manning. With the conversation tackling the depth and complexity of software supply chains, vulnerabilities and more, Bill deftly offers grounded advice to listeners old and new. 00:00:26 Introductions00:00:40 Bill’s plethora of job titles00:09:33 The excitement of learning a language00:15:08 Mechanical keyboards00:21:17 Bill’s advice on adapting00:27:55 What a supply chain is00:34:28 Castle analogies00:40:55 Unpacking legalities00:52:11 Log4J00:54:41 What JFrog does01:01:16 What can go wrong01:08:08 Getting started in this space01:14:15 Careers in JFrog01:20:23 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793Links:Bill Manning:Website: https://about.me/billmanning Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williammanning/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/williammanning JFrog:Website: https://jfrog.com/ Careers: https://join.jfrog.com/ Artifactory: https://jfrog.com/artifactory/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jfrog-ltd/ Others:Liquid Software: https://liquidsoftware.com/ SolarWinds hack incident: https://www.wired.com/story/the-untold-story-of-solarwinds-the-boldest-supply-chain-hack-ever/ Transitive dependencies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_dependency More Throwdown? Check out this prior episode:153: ChatGPT: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2023/03/153-chatgpt.htmlIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM | Youtube Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

157: Kubernetes with Craig Box

There’s more than what meets the eye when it comes to Kubernetes, and Craig Box – ARMO’s VP of Open Source & Community –is one of several who have seen its many twists and turns since its inception. He talks with Jason and Patrick about Kubernetes’ origins in pop culture, utility in the modern workflow, and possible future in today’s episode.  00:01:31 Introductions00:03:39 Craig’s early internet speed experience00:07:46 An adventure towards Google00:16:55 Project Seven00:21:17 Mesos00:26:42 The origin of Kubernetes00:28:36 DS9’s influence on naming conventions00:37:49 Getting more results with the same resources00:47:13 IPv400:53:44 Craig’s thoughts on learning Kubernetes01:06:59 Kubescape01:18:12 Working at ARMO01:23:16 Programming Throwdown on Youtube01:23:55 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793Links:Craig Box:Substack: https://substack.com/profile/107796914-craig-box Github: https://github.com/craigbox Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crbnz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigbox ARMO:Website: https://www.armosec.io/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/armosec/ Others:The Project Seven origin story: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/from-google-to-the-world-the-kubernetes-origin-story 7 of 9 on Memory Alpha: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Seven_of_Nine  More Throwdown? Check out this prior episode:E135: Kubernetes with Aran Khanna: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2022/06/135-kubernetes-with-aran-khanna.htmlIf you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM | Youtube Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

156: Perl and Regular Expressions

Should AI research be paused? How far ahead have deepfakes come? Join Patrick and Jason as they tackle their answers to these timely questions – plus an in-depth discussion on Perl in practice – with today’s episode of Programming Throwdown. Resources mentioned in this episode:Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h News/Links:GPT4All & Stanford Alpacahttps://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all Giant AI Experiments 6 month pause open letterhttps://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/ Will Smith Eating Spaghetti generated videohttps://www.vice.com/en/article/xgw8ek/ai-will-smith-eating-spaghetti-hill-haunt-you-for-the-rest-of-your-life Robust image compression implementation from a NASA paperhttps://github.com/TheRealOrange/icer_compression Dig This Vegashttps://digthisvegas.com/ XKCD:https://xkcd.com/208/ AI Open Letter:https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/ Godbolt:https://godbolt.org/ Book of the Show:Jason: It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Workhttps://amzn.to/40PFgxH Patrick: Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrencehttps://amzn.to/3lWVEO9 Tool of the Show:Jason: ReMarkable 2: https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2 Patrick: Slay the Spire: https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/Slay_the_Spire/  If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/ Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com You can also follow Programming Throwdown on Facebook | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Player.FM  Join the discussion on our DiscordHelp support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★