Programming Throwdown

Programming Throwdown

Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci

Episodes 188
Avg. Duration 1h 17m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.5 (558)
Since Mar 2011
Latest Episode May 2026

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Every 2 Months
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Programming Throwdown educates Computer Scientists and Software Engineers on a cavalcade of programming and tech topics. Every show will cover a new programming language, so listeners will be able to speak intelligently about any programming language.

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187: Agentic Coding

May 02, 2026 1h 38m

187: Agentic CodingIntro topic: Bad equity vesting schedulesNews/Links:Artemis IIhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-welcomes-record-setting-artemis-ii-moonfarers-back-to-earth/Gemma…

186: Becoming a Manager

Feb 03, 2026 1h 27m

186: Becoming a ManagerIntro topic: plastic welding kitsNews/Links:Parse.bot, turn any website into an APIhttps://www.parse.bot/Gemini 3https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/Depth Anything…

185: Workflow Orchestrators

Nov 04, 2025 1h 32m

Intro topic: Asymmetric ReturnsNews/Links:NanoChat by Andrej Karpathyhttps://github.com/karpathy/nanochatPydantic…

184: Asynchronous Programming

Sep 23, 2025 1h 30m

184: Asynchronous ProgrammingIntro topic: AI ScamsNews/Links:Coding Adventure: Ray-Tracing Glass and Caustics (Sebastian Lague)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA1KVZ1eOuABoson AI announces Higgs…

183: Landing a Software Job in 2025

Jul 31, 2025 1h 46m

00:00:00 Intro00:01:58 Introducing Mark Cunningham00:07:01 How Do You Find A Job?00:15:43 How to Get the Best Interview00:33:06 Tips on How To Pass An Interview00:38:38 How to Have a Good…

182: AI Assisted Coding

Jun 30, 2025 1h 37m

Intro topic: Getting an entry-level jobNews/Links:Mario Kart 64 Fully Decompiledhttps://gbatemp.net/threads/mario-kart-64-decompilation-project-reaches-100-completion.671104/Q-Learning is not yet…

181: Memory Management

May 12, 2025 1h 46m Transcript

Intro topic: Video Game PricesNews/Links:Step one: Jump in the Lava - Abyssofthttps://youtu.be/WdadpHLAfdA?si=oXYnhB0EdkR_RaPEScalable world models for continuous controlhttps://www.tdmpc2.com/Clever…

180: Reinforcement Learning

Mar 17, 2025 1h 52m

Intro topic: GrillsNews/Links:You can’t call yourself a senior until you’ve worked on a legacy projecthttps://www.infobip.com/developers/blog/seniors-working-on-a-legacy-projectRecraft might be the…

179: Project Planning

Feb 03, 2025 1h 43m

Intro topic: Lego event space & retail store: https://www.instagram.com/bambeecave News/Links:StackOverflow Question Count Going…

178: Working from Home

Dec 03, 2024 1h 45m

Intro topic: Smart homesNews/Links:SpaceX Starship Flight Test Five / Sixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKI7y3DTXkShareDBhttps://github.com/share/sharedbOrion AR…

177: Vector Databases

Nov 04, 2024 1h 28m

Intro topic:  Buying a CarNews/Links:Cognitive Load is what Mattershttps://github.com/zakirullin/cognitive-loadDiffusion models are Real-Time Game Engineshttps://gamengen.github.io/Your Company Needs…

176: MLOps at SwampUp

Sep 24, 2024 1h 58m

James Morse: Software Engineer at CiscoSystem Administrator to DevOpsDifference between DevOps and MLOpsGetting Started with DevOpsLuke Marsden: CEO of Helix MLHow to start a business at 15 years…

175: Resume Writing

Aug 16, 2024 1h 40m

175: Resume WritingIntro topic:  DSLR Photography vs Camera PhoneNews/Links:Free Internet while flying by abusing edits to your profile namehttps://robertheaton.com/pyskywifi/Making Animated…

174: Devops

Jun 10, 2024 1h 25m

Intro topic:  Social Media Auto Responder LLMNews/Links:Amazon releases Amazon…

173: Mocking and Unit Tests

Apr 29, 2024 1h 35m

173: Mocking and Unit TestsIntro topic:  HeadphonesNews/Links:Texas A&M University Physics Festivalhttps://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/Rust vs Cpp at GoogleLars Bergstrom (Google Director of…

172: Transformers and Large Language Models

Mar 11, 2024 1h 26m

172: Transformers and Large Language ModelsIntro topic: Is WFH actually WFC?News/Links:Falsehoods Junior Developers Believe about Becoming…

171: Compilers and Interpreters

Feb 12, 2024 1h 25m

Intro topic: Monitor setupsNews/Links:BlueScuti, Willis, beats Tetrishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHUPalWorld accused of being an AI…

170: 2023 Holiday Special Live

Dec 24, 2023 1h 38m

Predictions:Jason VR for WorkLowering AI training cost/ improved efficiencyRISC-V takeoffPatrickAi claim of AGIAi peer reviewerAi Video GeneratorMore space vehicles reaching orbitEarly career,…

169: HyperLogLog

Nov 27, 2023 1h 29m

Intro topic: Testing your car batteryNews/Links:Tech Layoffs still going onhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/google-layoffs-california-companies-18465600.php Real-time dreamy Cloudscapes with…

168: Godot

Nov 20, 2023 1h 28m

Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programmingNews/Links:Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a…

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