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Are We Teaching Programming Wrong? | Shop Talk #83
Are we teaching programming wrong?In Shop Talk #83, Dave Plummer and Glen Hodges explore how programmers learned to think about computers in the early days of personal computing—and whether something…
Windows: What's Really Happening Under the Hood? | Shop Talk #82
Dave and Glen explore what’s really happening under the hood of modern computers. From memory allocation and malloc to page faults, caches, printf, BitLocker, networking APIs, and software…
S1E81 Why Is Windows Built Like This? | Shop Talk #81
Shop Talk #81 explores the strange engineering decisions that still shape modern Windows systems today.Dave and Glen dig into GUIDs, COM, APIs, the Windows Registry, backwards compatibility, CPU…
S1E80 Why Old Tech Feels More Trustworthy | Shop Talk #80
Shop Talk #80 explores why old technology often feels more understandable — and sometimes more trustworthy — than the systems we use today.Dave and Glen dig into retro payphones, massive 1980s hard…
S1E79 Will AI Flood the World With Security Vulnerabilities? | Shop Talk EP 79
What happens when AI can find every vulnerability in software?This week on Shop Talk, Dave and Glen dig into the real-world implications of powerful new AI systems that can identify—and potentially…
S1E78 AI Won’t Fix This (And Might Make It Worse) | Shop Talk #78
We’ve been told AI is going to fix everything—but is that actually true?In this episode of Shop Talk, Dave and Glen dig into viewer questions about where AI falls short, what it can’t fix, and why…
S1E77 Will AI Fix This? (Why Software Keeps Getting Worse) | Shop Talk EP 77
Will AI fix modern software — or just make the same problems faster?In this episode of Shop Talk, Dave and Glen dig into a question that keeps coming up: if AI can write code, why does software still…
S1E74 Why Are We STILL Getting Hacked Like This?
Most modern hacks aren’t happening because of genius attackers…They’re happening because of simple decisions developers keep making.In this episode of Shop Talk, Dave and Glen break down:Why…
S1E75 Axios Hack… Can You Trust It? (And Why We Still Want Things That Make No Sense)
A trusted tool gets compromised… and it raises a bigger question: why do we trust anything at all?The Axios npm hack wasn’t just another security incident — it was a reminder of how much trust we…
S1E74 When Does “Working” Actually Mean Fixed?
This week’s Shop Talk is built entirely from your questions — pulled from the latest episodes on Dave’s Garage and Shop Talk on Dave’s Attic.From debugging “almost working” systems to figuring out…
S1E73 When Do You Know It’s Actually Fixed? (Debugging Systems Like an Engineer)
When you're debugging a complex system, how do you know when the problem is actually solved?In this episode of Shop Talk, Dave and Glen discuss engineering instincts, repeatable testing,…
S1E72 What Happens After You Solve the Hardware Problem?
After the latest Dave’s Garage episode, the conversation shifted.Instead of asking how to build the system, viewers started asking what actually comes after the hardware problem is solved — and what…
S1E71 How Does a Password Cracker Know It’s Right? The Part Everyone Misses - ShopTalk!
Password crackers use hash files to check password guesses. The video explores this process and answers viewer questions about virtualization, hardware, and even a surprising use for an air…
S1E70 Your TV does NOT work the way you THINK it does! ShopTalk!
00:00 - Start00:42 - I had heard those displays were created by rear projection with Sony VPH 1020s or 2020s.01:42 - How was the HP device used to PROJECT to such large displays?02:11 - I’ve always…
S1E69 Cracking UNIX DES Passwords with a Dual GPU Dell 7875 Workstation: ShopTalk!
Dave turns a Dell 7875 workstation with dual RTX6000 GPUs loose on an old Unix password file to see how quickly he can break an old UNIX password file from a PDP-11/70. Just to be clear for YT, no…
S1E68 ShopTalk: How to FIX the Latest Windows Update Madness!
Protect yourself from the latest Windows Update fiasco! Dave explains the steps required.00:00 - Start00:12 - Hey I’m Dave…01:46 - Can I rent some time on Daves new Dell to test my new Hello World…
S1E66 Too Far for WiFi? The Ultimate 600ft PoE Camera Setup
00:00 - Start00:12 - Hey… I’m Dave….07:37 - If you had a 400GB database - should you aim to have 450GB of main memory?09:16 - Is there a difference in what an ARM based processor can due compared to…
S1E65 ShopTalk - Blinkenlights on the PDP: How do they work? What do they do? Find out!
00:00 - Intro00:20 - Do those lights scrolling across the front, actually signify anything or are they just for looks?03:27 - Please explain what is the purpose of all the flashing/scrolling lights…
S1E64 Why You Don’t Trust the Cloud (And Honestly, You’re Right) - Shop Talk!
00:00 - Intro00:12 - Hey I’m Dave…00:22 - How to automate a local backup of that (cloud) data?03:30 - I have One Driveand its very delayed in syncing…what’s going on or why?05:53 - Why does Windows 7…
S1E63 Forcing AI to Self-Test and Debug Its Own Code – Epic Fails and Wins - ShopTalk!
00:00 - Hey Jerome…00:45 - Could you use AI to write a test suite to verify the Basic interpreter?02:13 - Isn’t there a coding LLM that can automatically test and debug its own code?02:52 - What…
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Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk has published 83 episodes since November 2024, covering topics in Technology.
Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 42m.
