#117 Special Episode: Entering Computer Science as a New Graduate
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, especially considering the impact of AI and other recent changes in computing. The remainder of the session answers questions from the student audience.Discuss this episode: discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF
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#116 Infrastructure as Effects with Sam Goodwin
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 infrastructure dependencies & provisioning in the same way we manage requirements in Effect Oriented Programming.Discuss this episode: discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF
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#115 More Python Type Checking! Pyrefly with Aaron Pollack & Steven Troxler
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 extension. We also touch on the adoption and sentiment around types in Python's ecosystem.Resources:Pyrefly DiscordPackage Type Coverage ReportPackages being tracked for moving types from typeshed to the source projectTyping Survey SlidesBlog post with survey analysisPython typing community forumMCP PyreflyDiscuss this episode: discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF
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#114 ty: Fast Python Type Checking with Carl Meyer
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 performance.Resources:Richard Feldman: Roc compiler moving from Rust to ZigDiscuss this episode: discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF
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#113 Graph & RAG with Jennifer Reif
We chat with Jennifer Reif about integrating LLMs with data using RAG, vectorized data, and Graph databases.Discuss this episode: discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF
No-frills discussions between Bruce Eckel and James Ward about programming, what it is, and what it should be.
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