#71 Functional Programming In Kotlin With Simon Vergauwen (Sorry About The Terrible Audio) Happy Path Programming podcast

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We chat with Jennifer Reif about integrating LLMs with data using RAG, vectorized data, and Graph databases. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

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#112 AI Agents Get More 9's with Rod Johnson 1:14:29

20 days ago1:14:29

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Rod Johnson , creator of the Spring Framework, has created a JVM-based AI Agent framework called Embabel . We dive in and learn how enterprises can build more reliable Agents using deterministic planning and domain-driven orchestration. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

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#111 Wasm & MCP with Steve Manuel 51:09

15 weeks ago51:09

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We chat with Steve Manuel (of dylibso.com and mcp.run) about LLM "plugins" with Wasm & MCP (Model Context Protocol). Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

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#110 Unlocking Developer Productivity with Justin Reock 1:05:04

15 weeks ago1:05:04

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Justin Reock has spent a lot of his career thinking about how to help developers be more productive. In this episode we learn about the methodologies that can help developers spend more time in "flow state" - happily coding the fun stuff. Further reading: Measuring developer productivity with the DX Core 4 Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠…

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#109 AI, LLMs, and MCP with Lize Raes 1:12:57

22 weeks ago1:12:57

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Lize Raes teaches us about AI models, LLMs, Tools, Agents, and MCP. Article from Anthropic on Agent architectures: Building effective agents Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

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#108 Winter Tech Forum and Current Projects 43:58

25 weeks ago43:58

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Join us at the 2025 Winter Tech Forum! www.wintertechforum.com Projects Mentioned: uv for Python TypeScript Effect Pkl CloudFormation Extras Pkl GitHub Actions Other Episodes Mentioned: #81 TypeScript & Effects with Michael Arnaldi #97 The Pkl Configuration Language with Philip Hölzenspies

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#107 The Joy of Programming with Dave Thomas 1:09:49

29 weeks ago1:09:49

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We chat with Dave Thomas , co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer, about the joy of programming and the tensions between our and others needs. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠

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#106 Agile Organizations with Jutta Eckstein 1:04:04

33 weeks ago1:04:04

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Jutta Eckstein is expanding the concepts of Agile to be a company-wide model, instead of a niche process for software developers. We chat with her about the book "Company-wide Agility with Beyond Budgeting, Open Space & Sociocracy" which she co-authored on this subject. For more details on the book and many free resources, see: www.agilebossanova.com Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠…

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#105 Nathan Sobo's Pursuit of the Ultimate Code Editor 1:23:16

40 weeks ago1:23:16

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Nathan Sobo is co-founder of Zed , a super-fast, collaborative, AI-powered, code editor. We chat about his journey to build the ultimate code editor: lessons learned from building Atom, Electron and its challenges, CRDTs, Rust native GPU GUIs, AI Code Assistants, and more CRDTs. See also: ⁠Nathan on the Software Unscripted podcast⁠ Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠…

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#104 Effect Oriented Programming: The Book 58:21

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After 4 years in development, our book is out! Along with our friend and lead-author, Bill Frasure, we we discuss the book, its motivation and the process we used to create it. Now available in digital and print forms at: effectorientedprogramming.com At the end of the episode we step into the "twilight zone" with a 7 minute NotebookLM AI-generated podcast based on the book. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠…

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#103 AI Augmented Programming with ⁠⁠Stephan Janssen⁠⁠ 1:07:54

48 weeks ago1:07:54

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⁠Stephan Janssen⁠ is always on the bleeding edge of both helping developers grow and with how he uses technology to accomplish amazing things. He led the creation of Devoxx but is a coder at heart. Stephan shares his journey with AI, both as a "library" in his applications and also as an "assistant" that helps him iterate and program more quickly. Resources: DevoxxGenie IntelliJ Plugin Ollama LangChain for Java LMstudio Llama.cpp James on The AI Native Dev Podcast: Rethinking Software Development: James Ward on AI's Role in Software Testing and Coding Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠…

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#102 Gathering Nerds and Java Gatherers with Venkat Subramaniam 52:33

48 weeks ago52:33

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We chat with Venkat about his upcoming dev2next conference and the new Stream Gatherers API (preview in JDK 22). Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF

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#101 Effects and Local-First with Johannes Schickling 1:13:10

1 year ago1:13:10

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Johannes Schickling ( @schickling | schickling.dev⁠ ) gets us up-to-speed on Effect, the ZIO-inspired Effect System for TypeScript, and the Local-First movement. Resources: Local-First Podcast: www.localfirst.fm Ink & Switch's Local-First Essay: www.inkandswitch.com/local-first Effect (TypeScript Library): effect.website Riffle research project: riffle.systems LiveStore: github.com/livestorejs Overtone: overtone.pro Related Episodes: #81 TypeScript & Effects with Michael Arnaldi #62 Musing About Local-First Sync & CRDTs with Mark McGranaghan Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF…

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#100 Thinking about Thinking with Diana Montalion 1:31:57

1 year ago1:31:57

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Diana Montalion teaches us about Systems Thinking and why it matters for those of us building software. Diana is founder of ⁠Mentrix⁠ , which teaches "systems architecture skills for an increasingly complex world." Pre-Order Diana's book: Learning Systems Thinking: Essential Nonlinear Skills and Practices for Software Professionals Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF…

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#99 The Agile Illusion with Trond Hjorteland 55:54

1 year ago55:54