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BookBytes is a book club podcast for developers. Each episode the hosts discuss part of a book they've been reading. And they also chat with authors about their books. The books are about development, design, ethics, history, and soft skills. Sometimes there are tangents (also known as footnotes).

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  • Avg 56 min
  • English

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  • Sep 19, 2022 · 1 hr 1 min

    BookBytes 46: A Mind at Play

    Adam and Jason finally learn about the guy who invented the Information Age and how the transmission of data over long distances is even possible.

  • Feb 28, 2022 · 56 min

    BookBytes 45: Weapons of Math Destruction

    Adam and Jason learn about how algorithms affect people in the everyday lives in very destructive ways as well as some ways to disarm them and how to use models for good.

  • Nov 15, 2021 · 54 min

    BookBytes 44: Soonish

    Adam really wants cheap access to space, Jason really wants augmented reality, and they talk about other things that may or may not happen in the future.

  • Jun 21, 2021 · 33 min

    BookBytes 43: Pico-8 Zine

    Jason and Adam learn about making games for a fantasy console with a lot of constraints.

  • Mar 21, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min

    BookBytes 42: So You Want to Talk About Race

    Adam, Jason, and Rizel talk about race and how to talk about race. They cover issues like privilege, intersectionality, police brutality, and microaggressions.

  • Nov 9, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min

    BookBytes 38: Seven Languages in Seven Weeks - Scala

    Adam loves how it supports functional and object-oriented programming, Jason said it would take a long time to really wrap his head around it, and Adam had a hard time installing and running it.

  • Nov 2, 2020 · 58 min

    BookBytes 37: Seven Languages in Seven Weeks - Prolog

    Adam remembered using Prolog in college, Jason felt like he had no what he was doing, Adam thought it was fun and mind bending, and Jason felt like writing a Sudoku solver was like having cheat mode on.

  • Aug 24, 2020 · 55 min

    BookBytes 34: Life in Code

    Adam tells the story of how Ellen got into programming, Jason describes the barriers of the current online courses, Megan talks about the sexism Ellen experienced, and they talk about Y2K and ponder the difference between life and AI.

  • Aug 10, 2020 · 49 min

    BookBytes 33: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

    Adam, Jason, and Megan learn about some of the amazing things AI can do, laugh at the dumb stuff it does sometimes, are a bit disappointed by its limitations, and come out more informed about what to realistically expect going forward.

  • May 26, 2020 · 43 min

    BookBytes 32: Remote

    Jason and Adam talk about working remotely amid a global pandemic. Adam got a standing desk, they agree that is better when everyone is remote, and they talk about having a good setup and routines.

  • Feb 3, 2020 · 1 hr

    BookBytes 30: Radical Candor - Part 1

    Adam talks about an awful boss he had, Jen talks about 2 wolves, they talk about rockstars vs superstars, and the radical candor framework.

  • Dec 9, 2019 · 58 min

    BookBytes 29: Getting Things Done

    Jason and Jen interview Adam about Getting Things Done, Jen and Adam talk about bullet journaling, and Jen relates it all to imposter syndrome.

  • Sep 2, 2019 · 54 min

    BookBytes 28: Cracking the Coding Interview

    Adam talks about how he has used the book to prepare for interviews, Safia talks about the Microsoft interview process, Jason tells a story about arguing in an interview, and they each talk about a problem they solved.

  • Jul 22, 2019 · 51 min

    BookBytes 27: Measure What Matters

    Jason read Measure What Matters, and Adam and Safia have a bunch of questions about what OKRs are and how they work.

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