Podcasts by Why Are Computers
A podcast about computers and computer programs and why.
Further podcasts by Tom Stuart
Podcast on the topic Technologie
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Why Are Computers 3: Ways to Be Less Clever from 2023-12-12T18:27:15.340285
Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen reflect upon the process of writing a book together, the secrets of building good software, and the logistics of the self-publishing business.
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Why Are Computers 1: A Fairly Deep Yak Shave from 2023-12-12T18:27:15.331719
James Coglan talks about the lengthy process of creating Terminus and Faye, thinking through coding, software as argument, maintaining open source projects, JavaScript in web apps, and his upcoming...
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Why Are Computers 4: Seemingly Disconnected Things from 2016-08-19T14:00
Chris Patuzzo tells the story of creating the Sentient programming language, with diversions into NAND to Tetris, self-enumerating pangrams, the boolean satisfiability problem, and The Witness.
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Why Are Computers 2: This Increasingly Complicated World from 2016-07-29T16:00
James Edward Gray II doubles down on Twitter arguments about static type systems, modern software tooling, the mind-expanding effects of being a polyglot programmer, and the design possibilities of...
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