Happy Path Programming

Happy Path Programming

Bruce Eckel & James Ward

Episodes 118
Avg. Duration 1h 4m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 4.7 (14)
Since Sep 2020
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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No-frills discussions between Bruce Eckel and James Ward about programming, what it is, and what it should be. Buy the Happy Path Programming t-shirt: https://happy-path.printify.me/products

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S1E119 #119 FP Reaches the Masses with Paul Snively

Jan 24, 2026 1h 29m

We chat with Paul Snively (https://x.com/JustDeezGuy) about how Functional Programming has gone mainstream.Resources- Winter Tech Forum - https://www.wintertechforum.com- Paul Snively's LambdaConf…

S1E118 #118 Effects of 2025

Jan 02, 2026 1h 11m

Bruce & James recap the technology shifts of 2025 and look ahead to what may be ahead in 2026.Resources:Register for the Winter Tech Forum (March 2-6 2026 in Crested Butte, Colorado)The Eternal…

S1E117 #117 Special Episode: Entering Computer Science as a New Graduate

Nov 18, 2025 1h 12m

At Western State Colorado University in Gunnison on Sept 11, 2025, Bruce Eckel, Bill Venners and Dianne Marsh each give their own 10-minute perspectives on finding fulfillment in the field,…

S1E116 #116 Infrastructure as Effects with Sam Goodwin

Sep 19, 2025 58m

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is "code" but without most of the benefits of being code. Sam Goodwin is reinventing IaC with Alchemy and an upcoming Alchemy Effect project which aims to manage…

S1E115 #115 More Python Type Checking! Pyrefly with Aaron Pollack & Steven Troxler

Aug 11, 2025 1h 2m

Excitement around Python type checking continues to grow and the tools continue to evolve. We chat with Aaron Pollack and Steven Troxler about ⁠Pyrefly - a Rust-based Python type checker and IDE…

S1E114 #114 ty: Fast Python Type Checking with Carl Meyer

Jul 25, 2025 1h 5m

Carl Meyer works on the ty Python type checker, built in Rust by Astral the creators of Ruff and uv. We chat about type systems, the evolution of static typing in Python, and the focus on…

S1E113 #113 Graph & RAG with Jennifer Reif

Jul 21, 2025 1h 5m

We chat with Jennifer Reif about integrating LLMs with data using RAG, vectorized data, and Graph databases.Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

S1E112 #112 AI Agents Get More 9's with Rod Johnson

Jul 02, 2025 1h 14m

Rod Johnson, creator of the Spring Framework, has created a JVM-based AI Agent framework called Embabel. We dive in and learn how enterprises can build more reliable Agents using deterministic…

S1E111 #111 Wasm & MCP with Steve Manuel

Apr 10, 2025 51m

We chat with Steve Manuel (of dylibso.com and mcp.run) about LLM "plugins" with Wasm & MCP (Model Context Protocol).Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

S1E110 #110 Unlocking Developer Productivity with Justin Reock

Apr 09, 2025 1h 5m

Justin Reock has spent a lot of his career thinking about how to help developers be more productive. In this episode we learn about the methodologies that can help developers spend more time in "flow…

S1E109 #109 AI, LLMs, and MCP with Lize Raes

Feb 21, 2025 1h 12m

Lize Raes teaches us about AI models, LLMs, Tools, Agents, and MCP.Article from Anthropic on Agent architectures: Building effective agentsDiscuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

S1E108 #108 Winter Tech Forum and Current Projects

Jan 30, 2025 43m

Join us at the 2025 Winter Tech Forum! www.wintertechforum.com Projects Mentioned: uv for Python TypeScript Effect Pkl CloudFormation Extras Pkl GitHub Actions Other Episodes Mentioned: …

S1E107 #107 The Joy of Programming with Dave Thomas

Dec 30, 2024 1h 9m

We chat with Dave Thomas, co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer, about the joy of programming and the tensions between our and others needs. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

S1E106 #106 Agile Organizations with Jutta Eckstein

Dec 03, 2024 1h 4m

Jutta Eckstein is expanding the concepts of Agile to be a company-wide model, instead of a niche process for software developers. We chat with her about the book "Company-wide Agility with Beyond…

S1E105 #105 Nathan Sobo's Pursuit of the Ultimate Code Editor

Oct 13, 2024 1h 23m

Nathan Sobo is co-founder of Zed, a super-fast, collaborative, AI-powered, code editor. We chat about his journey to build the ultimate code editor: lessons learned from building Atom, Electron and…

S1E104 #104 Effect Oriented Programming: The Book

Oct 07, 2024 58m

After 4 years in development, our book is out! Along with our friend and lead-author, Bill Frasure, we we discuss the book, its motivation and the process we used to create it. Now available in…

S1E103 #103 AI Augmented Programming with ⁠⁠Stephan Janssen⁠⁠

Aug 20, 2024 1h 7m

⁠Stephan Janssen⁠ is always on the bleeding edge of both helping developers grow and with how he uses technology to accomplish amazing things. He led the creation of Devoxx but is a coder at heart.…

S1E102 #102 Gathering Nerds and Java Gatherers with Venkat Subramaniam

Aug 17, 2024 52m

We chat with Venkat about his upcoming dev2next conference and the new Stream Gatherers API (preview in JDK 22). Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF

S1E101 #101 Effects and Local-First with Johannes Schickling

Jul 07, 2024 1h 13m

Johannes Schickling (@schickling | schickling.dev⁠) gets us up-to-speed on Effect, the ZIO-inspired Effect System for TypeScript, and the Local-First movement. Resources: Local-First Podcast:…

S1E100 #100 Thinking about Thinking with Diana Montalion

Jun 18, 2024 1h 31m

Diana Montalion teaches us about Systems Thinking and why it matters for those of us building software. Diana is founder of ⁠Mentrix⁠, which teaches "systems architecture skills for an increasingly…

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