Break

By Fallthrough Media

Break is a Fallthrough aftershow, where Kris and Matt discuss the shows we record and other random topics.... more

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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

Break episodes:

December 25, 2025We Need New Fundamentals
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, the panel continues their conversation from Fallthrough #51.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Shifting With The Times (00:00:49)
Chapter 2: Thinking In The Long Term (00:09:09)
Chapter 3: We Need New Fundamentals (00:14:35)
Chapter 4: And Then There's GitHub... (00:21:18)
Epilogue (00:26:03)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
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Bluesky
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27min
December 20, 2025Matt's Getting Canceled!
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, the panel continues their conversation from Fallthrough #50.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Is Matt Getting Canceled? (00:02:37)
Chapter 2: An Interlude Into Special Forces (00:14:27)
Chapter 3: Stay Lean, Avoid Being Mid (00:19:43)
Epilogue (00:28:27)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
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30min
December 13, 2025Nearly A Year
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, the panel continues their conversation from Fallthrough #49.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Nearly A Year (00:02:15)
Chapter 2: Standardizing On Interfaces (00:14:13)
Chapter 3: The Power Of Coding Agents (00:27:58)
Epilogue (00:40:12)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
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41min
December 05, 2025We're All Just Writers Now
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, the panel continues their conversation from Fallthrough #48.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Fewer New Names, More Fixing Problems (00:02:11)
Chapter 2: Oversimplifying Project Management (00:10:56)
Chapter 3: We Are All Becoming Writers (00:17:50)
Chapter 4: Most People Aren't Good Leaders (00:28:20)
Chapter 5: Humans are not Gods, neither is AI (00:31:34)
Epilogue (00:36:26)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
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38min
November 25, 2025Humans Are Fallible
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, the panel continues their conversation from Fallthrough #47.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Not All Ecosystems Are Exclusive (00:01:25)
Chapter 2: Humans Are Not Deities (00:07:20)
Chapter 3: Rent vs Own (00:13:26)
Chapter 4: No More Best! (00:20:03)
Chapter 5: Fix Your Typography! (00:23:58)
Epilogue (00:29:54)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
Threads
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32min
November 20, 2025Revenue, Screws, Glue, Oh My!
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, the panel continues their conversation from Fallthrough #46.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Pivots, Glue, and Revenue (00:02:44)
Chapter 2: Constraints & Leadership (00:19:19)
Epilogue (00:35:55)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host
Socials:
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Bluesky
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38min
November 12, 2025Event Loops & Thunderbolts
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! Sometimes we record an episode and don't ship it for a while. This is the case for this episode, which we recorded all the way back on July 30th! In it Kris and Matt discuss their, at the time, yet to be recorded episode with Mitchell Hashimoto, Oxide's Series B announcement, and their view around programming artisans.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Our Favorite Zig Programmer & Event Loops (00:01:38)
Chapter 2: How does modern networking work? (00:11:46)
Chapter 3: Oxide's $100 Million Series B (00:20:48)
Chapter 4: The Programming Artisan (00:32:22)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
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50min
November 04, 2025POS: Point of Software
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, Kris, Ian, and Matt extend their discussion from Fallthrough episode #44.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Is FAANG worth it anymore? (00:02:45)
Chapter 2: There's so much opportunity to build software (00:05:15)
Chapter 3: POS Systems (00:14:01)
Chapter 4: BitChat, Bluetooh LE, and LoRA (00:23:12)
Epilogue (00:26:57)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
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30min
October 28, 2025Enjoy The Process, Not The Outcome
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, Kris, Matt, and Steve talk extend their discussion from Fallthrough episode #43.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Steve is joining ERSC, but Oxide is still great! (00:01:44)
Chapter 2: Work Should Be Balanced (00:06:41)
Chapter 3: Focus On Shipping, Not Having Shipped (00:10:43)
Chapter 4: Don't Chase Your Consumers (00:14:42)
Chapter 5: Use Your Own Product (00:17:49)
Epilogue (00:22:04)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host

Steve Klabnik - Guest
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24min
October 27, 2025Throw A Stone, Crack A Window
Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, Kris, Matt, Angelica, and Cory O'Daniel talk extend their discussion from Fallthrough episode #42.
Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Chapters:
Prologue (00:00:00)
Chapter 1: Communication Matters (00:01:09)
Chapter 2: You Can't Make Things Too Good (00:08:48)
Chapter 3: Not All Tech Companies Are In Silicon Valley (00:13:42)
Chapter 4: You Can't Buy Your Way Into A DevOps Culture (00:17:01)
Chapter 5: People Build This Precisely Backwards (00:20:48)
Chapter 6: The Best of the Tools for the Best of the Jobs (00:25:19)
Chapter 7: The Rise of The Monolith (00:34:40)

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host

Angelica Hill - Host

Cory O'Daniel - Guest
Socials:
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Bluesky
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41min

FAQs about Break:

How many episodes does Break have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.