Episodes

  • Werner Vogels predicts the future (Interview)

    Werner Vogels predicts the future (Interview)
    Dec 4 2025
    Amazon CTO, Werner Vogels, stops by to help us explore his tech predictions for 2026 and beyond. Will companionship be redefined by consumer robots? Will quantum-safe become the only safe worth talking about? Is this the dawn of the renaissance developer? We're infinitely curious why Werner came to this particular set of conclusions. Are you?
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • What actually makes you senior (News)

    What actually makes you senior (News)
    Dec 1 2025
    Matheus Lima on what makes senior developers actually senior, Tega Brain created a browser extension for avoiding AI slop, Andrew Kelley moves Zig from GitHub to Codeberg, Matias Heikkilä says there's no free lunch for vibe coding, and your SSD data at rest might be at risk.
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    9 mins
  • The 4 DIMM problem (Friends)

    The 4 DIMM problem (Friends)
    Nov 28 2025
    Our old friend Lars Wikman returns to the show to discuss Linux distro hopping, Elixir, Nerves, embedded systems, home automation with Home Assistant, karate, and more.
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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • The inner workings of Wikipedia (Interview)

    The inner workings of Wikipedia (Interview)
    Nov 26 2025
    Let's hear how Wikipedia actually works from long-time Wikipedian, Bill Buetler! Bill has been heavily involved with this "8th wonder of the modern world" for two decades and even built a career on it, founding Buetler Ink –a digital agency known for its pioneering work in Wikipedia public relations. We discuss: the official (and not so official) rules, the editor cabal (which isn't one), the business model (which really isn't one), how an edit sticks (or not), how AI chatbots threaten the future of the site (or don't), and a whole lot more.
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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • What is a tech bubble anyway? (News)

    What is a tech bubble anyway? (News)
    Nov 24 2025
    Cedric Chin says comparisons of our current AI *maybe-bubble* to the dot-com bubble and the 2008 GFC are limiting, Matthew Prince does a post-mortem on last week's Cloudflare outage, "hl" is a fast / powerful log viewer for humans, Enthusiast Guy's Continuum 93 is a fantasy computer emulator, and a list of things that aren't doing the thing.
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    9 mins
  • NOT a swarm! (Friends)

    NOT a swarm! (Friends)
    Nov 21 2025
    Practical AI co-host, Chris Benson, joins us to discuss the latest advancements in AI, drones, home automation, and robotic swarming tech. Chris defines "swarm" with detail/precision and it turns out that what most people are calling a swarm today is NOT a swarm!
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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Creating communal computers (Interview)

    Creating communal computers (Interview)
    Nov 19 2025
    Spencer Chang caught our attention with the alive internet theory website, but he creates all kinds of computery things to bring people together around play, connection, and creation. Spencer's experiments with computing-infused objects inspired him to create an entire line of internet sculptures and real-world computing shrines that will hopefully inspire all of us to keep the internet alive and flourishing for years to come.
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    58 mins
  • Why is Zig so cool? (News)

    Why is Zig so cool? (News)
    Nov 17 2025
    Nilo Stolte explains why Zig is "a totally new way to write programs", George Mack gives twelve actionable ways to be more creative, Mario Zechner shares his findings on using MCP vs Bash tools, Josh Collinsworth compares creating AI art to medieval alchemy, LibrePods unlocks AirPods features for Android, and our first ever Changelog News Classifieds.
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    9 mins