Episodes

  • 172: Transformers and Large Language Models

    Intro topic: Is WFH actually WFC?

    News/Links:

    Falsehoods Junior Developers Believe about Becoming Seniorhttps://vadimkravcenko.com/shorts/falsehoods-junior-developers-believe-about-becoming-senior/Pure PursuitTutorial with python code: https://wiki.purduesigbots.com/software/control-algorithms/basic-pure-pursuit Video example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYR7mmcwT2w PID without a PHDhttps://www.wescottdesign.com/articles/pid/pidWithoutAPhd.pdfGoogle releases Gemmahttps://blog.google/technology/developers/gemma-open-models/

    Book of the Show

    Patrick: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time)https://amzn.to/3uEhg6vJason: How to Make a Video Game All By Yourselfhttps://amzn.to/3UZtP7b

    Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

    Tool of the Show

    Patrick: Stadia Controller Wifi to Bluetooth Unlockhttps://stadia.google.com/controller/index_en_US.htmlJason: FUSE and SSHFShttps://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sshfs-to-mount-remote-file-systems-over-ssh

    Topic: Transformers and Large Language Models

    How neural networks store informationLatent variablesTransformersEncoders & DecodersAttention LayersHistoryRNNVanishing Gradient ProblemLSTMShort term (gradient explodes), Long term (gradient vanishes)Differentiable algebraKey-Query-ValueSelf AttentionSelf-Supervised Learning & Forward ModelsHuman FeedbackReinforcement Learning from Human FeedbackDirect Policy Optimization (Pairwise Ranking) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
  • Intro topic: Monitor setups

    News/Links:

    BlueScuti, Willis, beats Tetrishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHUPalWorld accused of being an AI Producthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/01/22/palworld-accused-of-using-genai-with-no-evidence-so-far/?sh=26a9651b42394 Billion if-statements to determine if a number is even or oddhttps://andreasjhkarlsson.github.io/jekyll/update/2023/12/27/4-billion-if-statements.htmlSeamless M4Thttps://ai.meta.com/blog/seamless-m4t/

    Book of the Show

    Patrick:Foundation by Isaac Asimovhttps://amzn.to/3SrmgnPJason: Propaganda by Edward Bernayshttps://amzn.to/47JUCXJ

    Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

    Tool of the Show

    Patrick: The Room Gamehttps://www.fireproofgames.com/games/the-roomJason:Incredibuildhttps://www.incredibuild.com/

    Topic: Compilers and Interpreters (Request by Jessica W.)

    Machine CodeArchitecture SpecificAssemblySingle vs Two Pass CompilerHigh level LanguagesIntermediate RepresentationJVM ByteCode vs Machine Code for portabilityScripting/InterpretersJITProfile Guided OptimizationResourceshttps://www.craftinginterpreters.com/https://nandgame.com/Turing Complete ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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  • Predictions:
    Jason

    VR for WorkLowering AI training cost/ improved efficiencyRISC-V takeoff

    Patrick

    Ai claim of AGIAi peer reviewerAi Video GeneratorMore space vehicles reaching orbit

    Early career, finding role at FAANG, liaising vs shipping code. Startup?

    3 part. 1. How and when current hype for AI will end? 2. Shape of the show 3. Upcoming in tech

    What are essential programmer knowledge items?

    CS Student, how to organize life and goals? What purpose life should serve?

    What kind of programmer were you in college?

    Happy Holidays!

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  • Intro topic: Testing your car battery

    News/Links:

    Tech Layoffs still going onhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/google-layoffs-california-companies-18465600.php Real-time dreamy Cloudscapes with Volumetric Raymarchinghttps://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/real-time-cloudscapes-with-volumetric-raymarching/Robot Rascalshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Rascals Meta Quest 3 https://www.theverge.com/23906313/meta-quest-3-review-vr-mixed-reality-headset

    Book of the Show

    Patrick:HyperLogLog Paperhttps://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//pubs/archive/40671.pdf Jason: Eureka! NVIDIA Research Breakthrough Puts New Spin on Robot Learning https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/10/20/eureka-robotics-research/

    Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

    Tool of the Show

    Patrick: Techtonica: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1457320/Techtonica/ Jason:ESP32 development board: https://amzn.to/3Qpmb20 WEMOS

    Topic: HyperLogLog

    MotivationCardinality CountingLinearCountingHash + expectation of collision based on how fullBloom FilterLogLogUse first N bits as bucketUse max sequential 0s in each bucketAverageHyperLogLogHandle empty bucketsUse correction factor like linear counting for low counts (number of empty buckets) and high countsDistributingTransfer bucket counts ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
  • Intro topic: What are expectations on developers that have nothing to do with programming

    News/Links:

    Pushing for a lower dev estimate is like negotiating weather with a Meteorologisthttps://smartguess.is/blog/your-estimate-is-less-than-that/Announcing python in excelhttps://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/excel-blog/announcing-python-in-excel-combining-the-power-of-python-and-the/ba-p/38934397 Habits of Highly Effective Software Engineershttps://makingsmallercircles.com/articles/7-habits-of-highly-effective-software-engineers/Raspberry pi 5 begins shippinghttps://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-5-Shipping

    Book of the Show

    Patrick:Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Illustrated Editionhttps://amzn.to/3St3L35Jason: The Pete and Sebastian Showhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pete-and-sebastian-show/id570256898

    Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

    Tool of the Show

    Patrick: Obsidianobsidian.mdJason:Ink by Inklehttps://github.com/inkle/ink

    Topic: Godot

    What is a game engine?Graphics, animation, particle effectsTilemapsEntity component systemsPhysicsSoundI/OInput handling (touchscreen, joystick)GDScriptWhy use a game engine?PortabilityAllow for testing individual components of the gameLibraries for ads, in-app-purchasesGodotOpen sourceFocused on 2-D but now many 3-D featuresGreat development environmentAI HeroStarted in phaser (development rut)Moved to Godot, rapid prototyping ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
  • Intro topic: Jogging Metrics

    News/Links:

    Unholy LLMhttps://huggingface.co/Undi95/Unholy-v1-12L-13B The reverse red herring https://www.blameless.com/blog/the-reverse-red-herringThe "ens–tification" of TikTokhttps://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/ Response letter to Godot is not the new Unityhttps://sampruden.github.io/posts/godot-is-not-the-new-unity/https://gist.github.com/reduz/cb05fe96079e46785f08a79ec3b0ef21

    Book of the Show

    Patrick:Math Games with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlinhttps://amzn.to/48qlg9AJason: The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirateshttps://amzn.to/3LChBff

    Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

    Tool of the Show

    Patrick: Factorio (Desktop Game)Jason:AI Hero (iOS and Android)

    Topic: Desktop user interfaces

    What is a user interface?Web and Mobile UI toolkitsDesktop optionsQtCross platform, custom UI elementsQt creator, code generatorWxWidgetsCross platform, uses native UI elements WxFormDesigner, code generationCan look different on different operating systemsElectronLocal nodejs webserverHtml/JavaScript technologyRequires interprocess communication to use other languages Jupyter notebooksMathematica-like notebook Not for distribution StreamlitPython to web compilerGame EnginesUnity, Godot, UnrealTips for building desktop UIUI is slow (startup time, interaction time)Separate the UI from the engine & business logic ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
  • - pganalyze: https://pganalyze.com/

    - Weekly series "5mins of Postgres": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDV_1Dz2Ixgl1nT_3DUZVFw

    - How Postgres chooses which index to use: https://pganalyze.com/blog/how-postgres-chooses-index

    - CMU databases courses: https://db.cs.cmu.edu/courses/

    - Postgres community: https://www.postgresql.org/community/

    As well as social links:

    - Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@lukas

    - Twitter/X: @pganalyze, @LukasFittl

    - GitHub: @pganalyze, @lfittl

    - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lfittl/ , https://www.linkedin.com/company/pganalyze/

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  • Intro topic: Revisiting the power of Spreadsheets

    News/Links:

    LK-99 Isn’t a Superconductorhttps://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7Normalizing Flowshttps://pyro.ai/examples/normalizing_flows_i.htmlHow is llama.cpp possible?https://finbarr.ca/how-is-llama-cpp-possible/Chat with open source large language modelshttps://chat.lmsys.org/

    Book of the Show

    Patrick: Math with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlinhttps://amzn.to/44dsgDzJason: Overboard! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.InkleLtd.Overboard Nhl=en_US&gl=US

    Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

    Tool of the Show

    Patrick: ffmprovisr https://amiaopensource.github.io/ffmprovisr/Jason:Pandas read_ods() read_excel()

    Topic: Differential Equations

    Why should programmers learn about DiffEqLaw of Large NumbersWhat are differential equations?When you know the rate of changeEigenVectors & EigenValuesWhat is Jacobian What is Jacobian? | The right way of thinking derivatives and integrals

    Special casesPartial Differential EquationsOrdinary Differential EquationsWhy solvers are importantNumerical Stability at larger step sizesExample: https://medium.com/@pukumarathe/eulers-method-and-runge-kutta-4th-order-method-in-python-b4a0068a8ebe Fun ExamplesPredator-Prey relationships in scipyhttps://scientific-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebooks_rst/3_Ordinary_Differential_Equations/02_Examples/Lotka_Volterra_model.html Physics Engines for gameshttps://youtu.be/52n2qKgwW_Q PageRankhttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.08973.pdf ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
  • Things to consider when choosing a database

    Speed & LatencyConsistency, ACID ComplianceScalabilityLanguage support & Developer ExperienceRelational vs. Non-relational (SQL vs. NoSQL)Data typesSecurityDatabase environmentClient vs Server access


    Info on Kris & Harper:

    Website: harperdb.ioTwitter: @harperdbio, @kriszypGithub: @HarperDB, @kriszyp ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
  • Episode 163 - Recursion

    Intro topic: Electric Cars

    News/Links:

    Snake Game in 101 Bytes in a QR Codehttps://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/15ab4ct/my_qr_code_snake_game_is_now_only_101_bytes/Superconductor Rumors aboundhttps://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/whats-going-on-with-the-reports-of-a-room-temperature-superconductor/OpenWormhttps://github.com/openworm/OpenWormCreator of vim passes awayhttps://news.itsfoss.com/vim-creator-passed-away/

    Book of the Show

    Patrick:Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Jack Bogle https://amzn.to/43YqANRJason: Mistborn Saga: https://amzn.to/3DJkUN8

    Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

    Tool of the Show

    Jason:reMarkable https://remarkable.com/Patrick: Stellarium (iOS and Android)

    Topic: Recursion

    What is itDivide-And-ConquerFibonacci numbersHow to (not) teach recursionPractical ApplicationsGraph operationsTree retrieval, balancingGraph SearchSpatial partitioningPitfallsStack sizeHow to solve problems with recursion(1) Consider the base cases(2) Build the recursive step(3) Look for ways the recursion will not terminate and fix(4) (rest are optional) Remove global contexts(5) Add memoization(6) Build solutions incrementally ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
  • In the latest episode of Programming Throwdown, we delve into the captivating world of interactive fiction. We explore: Wordnet, Inform, and how games in the past have been the forerunners of today’s NLP challenges.

    00:00:22 Introductions

    00:00:39 To hard mode or not to hard mode

    00:08:58 No moats in Google

    00:16:37 Stable Diffusion blows Jason’s mind

    00:21:31 Putting beats together

    00:23:38 GPT4All

    00:27:44 White Sand

    00:35:28 Fortuna

    00:38:55 Patrick’s ‘dirty’ secret

    00:47:20 Wordnet

    00:53:56 Procedural generation

    00:57:29 On tabletop RPGs

    01:00:48 Inform

    01:07:27 Farewells


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    News/Links:

    Google: We have no moat and neither does OpenAIhttps://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neitherStable Diffusion QR Codeshttps://stable-diffusion-art.com/qr-code/ Beginning to Make Musichttps://learningmusic.ableton.com/GPT4Allhttps://gpt4all.io/index.htmlWordnet:https://wordnet.princeton.edu/Inform:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform

    Book of the Show

    Patrick:White Sand https://amzn.to/43CPMKAJason: The Fortuna https://www.generativefiction.com/

    Tool of the Show

    Jason:Gatsby.js https://www.gatsbyjs.com/Patrick: Peglin https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/

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  • MosaicML’s VP Of Engineering, Hagay Lupesko, joins us today to discuss generative AI! We talk about how to use existing models as well as ways to finetune these models to a particular task or domain.

    00:01:28 Introductions

    00:02:09 Hagay’s circuitous career journey

    00:08:25 Building software for large factories

    00:17:30 The reality of new technologies

    00:28:10 AWS

    00:29:33 Pytorch’s leapfrog advantage

    00:37:24 MosaicML’s mission

    00:39:29 Generative AI

    00:44:39 Giant data models

    00:57:00 Data access tips

    01:10:31 MPT-7B

    01:27:01 Careers in Mosaic

    01:31:46 Farewells


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    Links:

    Hagay Lupesko:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hagaylupesko/Twitter: https://twitter.com/hagay_lupeskoGithub: https://github.com/lupeskoMosaicML:Website: https://www.mosaicml.com/Careers: https://www.mosaicml.com/careersTwitter: https://twitter.com/MosaicMLLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mosaicml/Others:Amp It Up (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Amp-Unlocking-Hypergrowth-Expectations-Intensity/dp/1119836115Hugging Face Hub: https://huggingface.co/

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  • 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 on AI, creative endeavors, and more before diving into the meaty discussion of position localization.

    00:01:13 Steam Deck
    00:11:22 Summoning Salt on Mario
    00:16:49 100k stars
    00:24:26 ChatGPT spam call
    00:25:31 Build Your Own DB (from scratch)
    00:29:50 DuckDB
    00:35:07 Jason has an idea
    00:37:58 Fighting Fantasy Classics
    00:41:52 Patrick’s bread
    00:47:52 Support the show
    00:53:54 Awkward CRM emails
    00:56:07 Rill
    01:00:29 Position localization in detail
    01:17:15 Common filter
    01:25:22 Simultaneous localization
    01:28:59 Farewells

    Resources mentioned in this episode:
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    News/Links:

    The History of Super Mario Bros 3 100% World Records (Summoning Salt)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EsFyogVvkwAutoGPT hits 100k starshttps://twitter.com/AlphaSignalAI/status/1649524105647906819Build Your Own Database from Scratchhttps://build-your-own.org/database/Asking generative art AI to render mathematical theoremshttps://twitter.com/TivadarDanka/status/1649721970886594561DuckDB: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=UShttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/fighting-fantasy-classics/id1261201650Patrick: 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/

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  • 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 Introductions

    00:01:48 Tanmai’s late start in programming

    00:05:48 Plinko

    00:13:06 Coursera

    00:23:28 The question of API development

    00:30:30 API layer functionality

    00:34:58 How Hasura leverages JSON

    00:39:08 GraphQL

    00:42:49 Worse than an API call

    00:49:15 The potential REST minefield

    00:53:41 JSON Web Tokens

    01:11:34 Scaling writes

    01:15:17 Careers with Hasura

    01:22:35 Farewells


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    Links:

    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/

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  • 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 Introductions

    00:00:40 Bill’s plethora of job titles

    00:09:33 The excitement of learning a language

    00:15:08 Mechanical keyboards

    00:21:17 Bill’s advice on adapting

    00:27:55 What a supply chain is

    00:34:28 Castle analogies

    00:40:55 Unpacking legalities

    00:52:11 Log4J

    00:54:41 What JFrog does

    01:01:16 What can go wrong

    01:08:08 Getting started in this space

    01:14:15 Careers in JFrog

    01:20:23 Farewells


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    Links:Bill Manning:Website: https://about.me/billmanningLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williammanning/Twitter: https://twitter.com/williammanningJFrog: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.html

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  • 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 Introductions

    00:03:39 Craig’s early internet speed experience

    00:07:46 An adventure towards Google

    00:16:55 Project Seven

    00:21:17 Mesos

    00:26:42 The origin of Kubernetes

    00:28:36 DS9’s influence on naming conventions

    00:37:49 Getting more results with the same resources

    00:47:13 IPv4

    00:53:44 Craig’s thoughts on learning Kubernetes

    01:06:59 Kubescape

    01:18:12 Working at ARMO

    01:23:16 Programming Throwdown on Youtube

    01:23:55 Farewells


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    Links:Craig Box:Substack: https://substack.com/profile/107796914-craig-boxGithub: https://github.com/craigboxLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crbnz/Twitter: https://twitter.com/craigboxARMO: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-story7 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.html


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  • 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:

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    News/Links:

    GPT4All & Stanford Alpacahttps://github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4allGiant 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-lifeRobust image compression implementation from a NASA paperhttps://github.com/TheRealOrange/icer_compressionDig 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/40PFgxHPatrick: Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrencehttps://amzn.to/3lWVEO9


    Tool of the Show:

    Jason: ReMarkable 2: https://remarkable.com/store/remarkable-2Patrick: Slay the Spire: https://store.steampowered.com/app/646570/Slay_the_Spire/

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  • When it comes to untangling the complexities of what lies ahead for search engines in this age of AI, few are as deeply versed in the subject as You.com Engineer Saahil Jain. Jason and Patrick talk with him in this episode about what search even is, what challenges lie ahead, and where the shift in paradigms can be found.

    00:01:16 Introductions

    00:02:06 How physics led Saahil to programming

    00:07:20 Getting started at Microsoft

    00:13:39 Analyzing human text input

    00:22:22 The exciting paradigm shift in search

    00:29:02 Rationales for direction

    00:33:40 Image generation models

    00:39:55 Knowledge bases

    00:45:12 FIFA

    00:49:29 Understanding the query’s intent

    00:51:18 Expectations

    00:55:38 A need to stay connected to authority repositories

    01:03:45 About working at You

    01:08:18 Farewells


    Resources mentioned in this episode:

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    Links:

    Saahil Jain:Website: http://saahiljain.me/Email: saahil @ you.comGithub: https://github.com/saahil9jain/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saahiljain/Twitter: https://twitter.com/saahil9jainRadGraph: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14463VisualCheXbert: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11467 You.Com:Website: https://you.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/YouSearchEngineDiscord: https://discord.gg/f9jRFH5gHP Others:On Thorium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElulEJruhRQ

    More Throwdown? Check out these prior episodes:

    E143: The Evolution of Search with Marcus Eagan: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2022/09/143-evolution-of-search-with-marcus.htmlE94: Search at Etsy: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2019/10/episode-94-search-at-etsy.html

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  • A second Jason joins this episode of Programming Throwdown! Jason McDonald – Python evangelist, author, and more – talks to Patrick and Jason about his experience with the programming language, how his disability helped and hindered his software career, and where its strengths and weaknesses lie.

    00:01:05 Introductions

    00:02:27 Jason’s pivotal Doctor Who regeneration

    00:04:49 The power of dialog boxes

    00:10:10 Python’s power

    00:12:37 How disability discrimination can look

    00:17:40 Making vs playing games

    00:23:47 Jason’s POV on intention

    00:28:04 Why Jason stayed with Python

    00:40:11 Every language’s Thing

    00:49:42 Duck typing

    00:52:48 Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)

    01:14:16 Dependencies

    01:34:08 Finding Jason online

    01:35:20 Farewells


    Resources mentioned in this episode:

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    Links:

    Jason C. McDonald:Mastodon.Cloud: https://mastodon.cloud/@codemouse92Website: https://codemouse92.com/Github: https://github.com/CodeMouse92BugHunters Café @ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bug-hunters-caf%C3%A9/id1556496590Rural Sourcing:Website: https://www.ruralsourcing.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rural-sourcing/Book Recommendations:Dead Simple Python (Jason C. McDonald): https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Simple-Python-Idiomatic-Programmers/dp/1718500920Kill It With Fire (Marianne Bellotti): https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Fire-Manage-Computer-Systems/dp/1718501188Dreaming In Code (Scott Rosenberg): https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Code-Programmers-Transcendent-Software/dp/1400082471Others:Monty Python (troupe): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_PythonMonty Python (TV Show): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus

    More Python? Check out these prior episodes:

    E52: Scientific Python: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2016/03/episode-52-scientific-python.htmlE139: Scientific Python with Guido Imperiale: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2022/07/139-scientific-python-with-guido.html

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  • ChatGPT has made a mark on the world as we know it, but that’s only the tip of the AI iceberg. Join us as we discuss how the field of artificial intelligence is growing – including some developments that might not be on your radar!

    00:00:23 Introductions

    00:02:01 Jason’s attic adventure

    00:06:09 Comparing saws

    00:10:57 Patrick’s surprisingly useful thing

    00:12:21 SpaceX

    00:17:31 Human motion diffusion model

    00:20:47 37Signals

    00:29:30 Polars

    00:35:37 Books of the Show

    00:46:11 Neon

    00:50:33 Patrick’s player search

    00:53:47 ChatGPT

    01:17:12 The threat to Google

    01:28:06 Jason and Patrick’s future prognostications

    01:32:13 Farewells


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    News/Links:

    SpaceX Starship Static Test Fire Plannedhttps://www.cnet.com/science/space/spacex-prepping-for-first-full-test-fire-of-its-mega-starship-rocket/Human Motion Diffusion Modelhttps://guytevet.github.io/mdm-page/37Signals Leaving the Cloud and Details Cloud Costshttps://twitter.com/dhh/status/1613508201953038337Polars: DataFrames in Rusthttps://docs.rs/polars/latest/polars/index.html

    Book of the Show:

    Jason: Build by Tony Fadellhttps://amzn.to/3wpLnLWPatrick: Age of Myth by Michael Sullivan (Riyria)https://amzn.to/3HlEsJ5


    Tool of the Show:

    Jason: Neon: Serverless Postgres: https://neon.tech/Patrick: 7 Billion Humans (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/792100/7_Billion_Humans/

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