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This is the Self-Directed Research Podcast! Our hosts, James and Amos, host hyper focused technical deep dives
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Intrusive lists for fun and profit
Sure, it's unsafe, but it's not like, UNSAFE unsafe. Visit sdr-podcast.com/intrusive-lists-for-fun-and-profit to see the show notes and transcript! This episode is sponsored by Depot: the build…
How far can you take OpenFX?
Amos continues on the arc of nerd-sniping themselves to make their videos in the silliest possible way. Visit sdr-podcast.com/how-far-can-you-take-openfx to see the show notes and transcript! …
Blackmagic Fusion is weird
Amos goes further into automating their video production workflow. Get ready to play a game! Visit sdr-podcast.com/blackmagic-fusion-is-weird to see the show notes and transcript! This episode…
How is software safety certified
James explains a bit about how safety critical industries think about reliability, the work that goes into shipping safety critical software, and how the Rust language and compiler are a good fit…
All you need is three iPhones
Amos shares the audio, video, and lighting equipment they use (past and present!) to produce the videos on the fasterthanlime channel. It turns out you can save a lot of money by just buying three…
Traceability
James discusses the concept of software traceability tools, used in safety critical software development, and his wishes for an open source version that could give all of the benefits with a minimal…
HTML5 video
Amos explains their choices when it comes to encoding settings for images and for short videos in browsers in 2025. Visit sdr-podcast.com/html5-video to see the show notes and transcript! This…
Typst is pretty neat
James shares a bit about Typst as an excited newcomer to the 'documents as code' ecosystem, while simultaneously throwing a lot of shade at LaTeX, a tool that James and Amos have never really…
DRM schemes
The top 10? Bottom 10? In any case, enjoy a breakdown of 10 digital rights management schemes. Also, admire Amos' restraint as a YouTuber that they waited until 2025 to make a numbered list. Visit…
sans-io: meh
James and Amos have a spirited discussion about sans-io, a technique for writing protocol libraries, and the tradeoffs of sans-io when compared to leaning into async/await. Visit…
automating macOS
Join us as Amos falls down the rabbit hole of automation tools to bring you, the viewer, the absolute highest quality screenshots and code snippets. Visit sdr-podcast.com/automating-macos to see…
Proxying is just dumb routing
James and Amos are back, and talking about routing, reverse proxies, and yeeting packets onto the internet. Visit sdr-podcast.com/proxying-is-just-dumb-routing to see the show notes and…
The Embedded Buddy System
James shares why you might want to design embedded systems as a network of devices, instead of trying to cram everything into a single chip Visit sdr-podcast.com/the-embedded-buddy-system to see…
Merde is not Serde
In a rare direct follow-up episode, Amos shares an even differenter take on Serde, this time focusing on the kind of needs a server would have when handling data. Spoiler: Yes, merde means poop in…
A different serde
A bit about how serde works well, a bit about how serde doesn't work well, and a bit about a different, questionable way of doing things Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/a-different-serde/ to see the…
My home automation journey
Join us on this adventure as Amos describes the history of Bluetooth & co., the trials and tribulations of connecting devices in their home and how this has helped their mental well-being (yes,…
Compile Time Crimes
James explains how to combine macros and const-fns to work around limitations of what is possible at compile time, and how to do extremely wasteful calculations at compile time to deduplicate lists…
Target triples
The Wonderful Story of Target Triples and Six More Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/target-triples/ to see the show notes and transcript! CodeCrafters is a service for learning programming skills by…
What good is partial understanding?
An exploration of self-describing vs non-self-describing formats, and how it changes the shape of your programs more than you might think Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/partial-understanding/ to see…
Things you might not have known about clipboards
Amos and James reminisce about how weird clipboards have always been. Or is it pasteboards? Or buffers? Oh boy. Visit sdr-podcast.com/episodes/clipboards/ to see the show notes and transcript! …
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Self-Directed Research has published 32 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Technology.
Self-Directed Research is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 37m.
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