Artificial Intelligence is having a real hey-day late-lay in the form of ChatGPT, and it seems like advances are happening at a rapid pace. Fear of our potential robotic overlords resulting from said advances have spurred a recent petition to pause said efforts. Matt and Mike discuss.

* ChatGPT 4: https://openai.com/product/gpt-4

* Petition to pause: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

Mike and "Matt" and "Matt2" discuss a form of programming in gaming: automation. Two examples, PlateUp! and Minecraft, offer up their own version of this particular skill.

PlateUp!: https://www.plateupgame.com

Minecraft: https://minecraft.net

Matt and Mike discuss the importance (and sometimes harmfulness) of backlogs, and an interesting model of software development, framed as plain old human interaction.

* Backlogs are Useless: https://lucasfcosta.com/2023/02/07/backlogs-are-useless.html

* RailsConf 2020: Tidy Up?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFFY9Zor6zw

Codebases are like houses, in that they can take on different shapes, sizes, and levels of organization and maintenance. Matt and Mike explore an article called "Uncovering Your Code's House" and discuss this interesting metaphor.

https://betterprogramming.pub/uncovering-your-codes-house-120d8f31075d

Sure, writing code can be fun, but is it always "right" to write that code? Matt and Mike discuss the boundaries and responsibilities programmers should be aware of when developing.

Matt and Mike explore the messy, but inevitable, topic of technical debt. Developing the "correct" way is often less efficient and less immediately satisfying, but it can avoid a potentially insurmountable mountain of spaghetti code later.

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