Hacking the Grepson

Matt and Mike dive in, once again, to that intersection of patterned audio and computer programming: MusicDev. This time, the discussion revolves, potentially endlessly, around loops, a fundamental concept in programming and also maybe in music.

Advent of Code 2022 is officially over! Matt and Mike gather around the ol' podcast microphones to discuss Day 19-25, and our final thoughts about the whole shebang.

* Advent of Code: https://adventofcode.com

* Tiny Code Challenge: https://tcc.lovebyte.party

* LowRez NX: https://lowresnx.inutilis.com

It's time for another weekly wrap-up of Advent of Code puzzles. On this episode, Matt and Mike discuss Day 12 through Day 18, but also with a side diversion through another daily coding challenge that Mike stumbled upon. Puzzles got harder and completion was no longer guaranteed this time!

* Advent of Code: https://adventofcode.com

* Tiny Code Christmas: https://tcc.lovebyte.party

* Cracking the Coding Interview: https://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com

Another week in December, another episode about the Advent of Code! The programming puzzle generator threw Day 5-11 at us this time, and we dig in.

It's a super-sized episode because there's just that much to discuss!

* Advent of Code: https://adventofcode.com

Hey, everybody! It's time for the Advent of Code again! AoC is, of course, a yuletide set of logic puzzles usually solved using some kind of programming. Matt and I did it for the first time last year, had a lot of fun, and are doing it again this year.

On this episode we go over our thoughts about how it's going after 4 days of not-too-grueling-yet Christmas elf-themed word problems.

* Advent of Code: https://adventofcode.com

* Eric Wastl Behind the Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb8WwKS6ajk

* aoc-cli: https://github.com/scarvalhojr/aoc-cli

* solving AoC using GPT: https://github.com/max-sixty/aoc-gpt

  * discussion on reddit about the ethics of such a thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/zc27zb/2022_day_4_placing_1st_with_gpt3

There's a lot of digital stuff across all the computers and devices that exist in the world. Somehow, you, the user, must find specific things in all that stuff, and content tagging is one way to make it easier. Matt and Mike explain how.

Usually, this podcast goes for more evergreen content, but the shakeup at Twitter over the last few weeks is too juicy to ignore with a new CEO and a daily influx of restructuring and drama. Join Matt and Mike as they try to make sense of it all, while also explaining microblogging and software development leadership.

* It Begins: Elon Musk purchase timeline, courtesy of NPR: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131378869/twitter-elon-musk-timeline

* Breaking news on "Twitter 2.0": https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/elon-musk-demands-twitter-staff-commit-to-long-hours-or-leave.html

When a creative work is, uh, created, the question of who deserves the credit for its, um, creation is not an easy one to answer. Matt and Mike, er, try to do that, though, in this particular episode.

Matt: We should do a podcast episode about Improv, and the concept of "Yes, And".

Mike: No, that sounds bad.

Matt: ...

Mike: I mean, uh...yes! And it should be how it relates to programming!

Matt: Let's do it!

Matt and Mike start a new recurring segment about the similarities between creating music and creating code, starting with their shared usage of libraries.