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Hacking the Grepson
Hacking the Grepson episodes
- Hacking the Grepson 130: Javascript-Off-By-Default Experiment
Mike finds a curious developer's website and notices it using Javascript to somewhat nefarious effects. It leads him down a path of state-of-the-web discovery, and he brings Matt into the fray.
- The Journal of マリウス
- Disable Javascript
44 min - Hacking the Grepson 129: Syntactical Highlightery
How you stylize your editor of choice is often a personal choice, but there are those who feel strongly enough about how to do it that they write a whole blog post about it. Matt and Mike dive into some opinions about Christmas lights and light vs dark mode.
* I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong
40 min - Hacking the Grepson 128: Problem Problem Solvelution
Mike wants to do a funky thing, but runs into problems. Can Matt help Mike solve his trip-ups? Only the ultimate dancers will prevail.
50 min - Hacking the Grepson 127: Just Dart Vibes
It's time for more game development chat! Last episode we brainstormed some ideas and a Balatro-like darts game came up, so this episode Matt and Mike talk about some prototyping they've been doing in that vein.
58 min - Hacking the Grepson 126: Gamestorming
Matt and Mike are slowly but surely making their way back to the core of Season 2 of this podcast: making a game. Clarifications of what is needed for a game to their liking are made, and some roguelite ideas are thrown around. Will this re-kickstart their gamedev quest? Time will tell.
1 hr 10 min - Hacking the Grepson 125: 2D vs 3D
A spirited discussion ensues between Matt and Mike the merits and detractors of dimensionality as it pertains to video game graphics.
32 min - Hacking the Grepson 124: Comic Connection
Matt and Mike are still out for various reasons, to surely return soon for more programming patter. However, there is a conflagration of quirky kinfolk descending upon the San Diego, CA area in order to celebrate all things nerdy and geeky, and perhaps you might be interested?
3 min - Hacking the Grepson 123: Friendly Checkin
Matt and Mike are out this week traveling. Just wanted to say hello, anyway.
5 min - Hacking the Grepson 122: GenAI Existential Crisis
Mike brings an anecdote from his life that caused him to spiral a bit about the future of art, creation, ownership, and society, leaving him peering over the precipice of some dystopian future. Matt talks him off the proverbial ledge.
1 hr 8 min - Hacking the Grepson 121: Famous Laws of Software Development, Part 2
A continuation of discussion about the laws of nature, vis a vis software development, are bandied about by Matt and Mike in this episode. Some of them include Linus's Law, the Pareto Principle, and even the Ninety-Nine Rule.
* Famous Laws of Software Development
1 hr 4 min
About Hacking the Grepson
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Matt and Mike, two career developers, discuss their experiences and talk about programming in a (hopefully) not-too-technical way.