Hacking the Grepson

All the applications on your computer started out as source code. Whether that source is open to the public or not is worth a discussion from Matt and Mike on today's episode.

Need to add or change some text for your application? You have a choice: a humble text editor or a proper IDE. How do you choose? Matt and Mike break it down.

Full-blown programs are great, but what of the lowly script? They're often short, dirty, and highly personal to the programmer, but they're also the true workhorses. Matt and Mike go over some of their favorites.

When you interview (or are interviewing) for a job, there's a certain je ne sais quoi about technical types. Matt and Mike explore their experiences and preferences when employment is on the line.

Today, group talks about Wordl(e). Convo great! Times spent worth money bunch.

Software is conceived, born, maintained, and retired much like other things. Matt and Mike explain how it works and what kind of SDLCs they've experienced.

Portrayal of programmers (and computer technology, in general) in media has not always been kind, let alone accurate, but it's getting better.

The podcast you thought you knew is not exactly the podcast you thought you knew, but also is basically the podcast you thought you knew. Also, we wrap up our coverage of the (now-completed) Advent of Code 2021.

Every programming language can be written using one or more different paradigms, or models. Matt and Mike discuss several popular ones in today's episode.

Matt and Mike talk about a cool annual coding competition to solve daily challenges as quickly as possible.