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We explore the differences between terms like coder, software developer, engineer, and architect. They are often used interchangeably, but there can be real differences between them. Or at least once upon a time there were differences.

Vibe coders are in for a shock. Writing code was never that hard.

Don’t Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You

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Not invented here syndrome is very common in open source. We get into why that is, when it makes sense to start your own project from scratch, and how contributing to existing software can sometimes be better for everyone.

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With the recent news of Bcachefs (probably) being removed from the Linux kernel, we are joined by Allan Jude from 2.5 Admins and Klara to discuss some of what we think went wrong, how to manage and maintain multiple releases of a project at once, and why release engineering is an important concept.

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What it takes to sustain a medium-to-large-sized open source project.

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When and how to use benchmarking in your project, why it’s hard, and why optimising your code can be even harder.

• Blog post about the speed of ripgrep
• hyperfine: A command-line benchmarking tool
• Profile-guided optimization
• Andy benchmarking IndexedDb

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In this episode:

• Martin has replaced his coreutils, findutils, diffutils and sudo with Rust reimplementations.
• Alan has continued working on Nerdy Day Trips.
• Mark made a timelapse with Velocity lapse and Youcut. See it on Makertube.

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How we deal with complex projects involving non-technical people as well as developers. How to manage expectations about timing, how to deal with issues, why documenting conversations is important, and more.

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What are the fundamental ideas and components of development and programming?

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It’s another hot questions episode. Tabs vs spaces, whether we have imposter syndrome, why software keeps getting heavier, the correct length of functions and files, and what every programmer should know.

Some things we mentioned:

• Interesting Characters (UTF-16, utf-8, Unicode, encodings)
• Software Design is Knowledge Building
• The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Must Know About Unicode in 2023 (Still No Excuses!)

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Andy is convinced that functional programming isn’t boring. Listen to find out if he’s right!

Functional Programming & Haskell

Beautiful Racket

Functional Programming & Haskell – Computerphile

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