00:00 - Intro - A letter for Jerome

00:27 - If AI is generating the code then why would it need to generate a human-readable language?

02:16 - Do you think that AI will be eating its own dogfood in the near future?

05:22 - Please explain how the AI system can evaluate an AI user’s sample code and produce functional code of good quality?

07:48 - I miss OS/2. Can AI generate an updated version of that wonderful operating system?

09:40 - Why can’t AI do the architecting as well?

10:27 - Why do they use copyright for software when it seems to have more in common with patent law. Thoughts????

11:44 - This came out before you could try cooking with ChatGPT 5.2. Are you planning to give that a go?

12:16 - Why does Windows not have a verbose mode during bootup?

13:12 - You really must use AI to create task manager. See what it does differently.

14:42 - When you benchmark machines decades apart, what result surprised you the most?

16:04 - If raw performance keeps improving, why do modern systems still feel slow to users?

20:38 - What? Canada is only in third place?

22:27 - Do you think tech is actually declining—or are our expectations rising faster than the tech itself?

23:37 - Do constraints make better engineers—or do they just make better stories?

25:58 - What’s something old hardware genuinely did better than modern machines?

27:36 - Why did a simple idea like ‘it compiles and runs’ resonate so strongly with developers?

28:46 - Has software development become harder—or just more layered?

29:57 - What debugging experience permanently changed how you think about writing code?

31:22 - What motivated you to actually write a BASIC interpreter instead of just talking about one?

32:07 - What part of that project turned out to be more complex than you expected?

33:51 - Why are optical illusions such an effective way to explain computing concepts?

34:48 - What do those demos reveal about how humans and computers process information differently?

36:20 - Why do some ‘obsolete’ technologies refuse to die?

38:21 - Is stability undervalued in modern tech culture?

40:20 - What did older interfaces—like car dashboards or early computers—get right that we’ve lost?

41:11 - Looking forward, what lesson from old technology do you most wish modern engineers would relearn?

41:50 - 38 women to do the work of 100 men is a very specific number. Is that a reference to something?

42:34 - You just said 44 minute drive at exactly 44 minutes on this video!! Did you mean that, Dave?

43:23 - Haha, oops: Glen(n?) called the Thorsby Guy “Thors By Guy” when it would really be pronounced as “THORZ * bee”! You know… a city?

43:42 - You found a PDP where? What is Leo-mins-ster?

44:22 - Who else in the computer industry (and hobbyists/tinkerers) do you respect and look up to?

45:24 - England? Do you mean the UK? I’m in Scotland, so I’ll give you an equivalent: Canada? That’s in the US, right?

47:00 - The Friendly Coder…

47:23 - Where’s Waldo?….

47:45 - What sound does a Tuba make?