Happy Path Programming

Carl Meyer [https://www.linkedin.com/in/carljm/] works on the ty [https://docs.astral.sh/ty/] Python type checker, built in Rust by Astral the creators of Ruff [https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/] and uv [https://docs.astral.sh/uv/]. We chat about type systems, the evolution of static typing in Python, and the focus on performance. Resources: Richard Feldman: Roc compiler moving from Rust to Zig [https://gist.github.com/rtfeldman/77fb430ee57b42f5f2ca973a3992532f] Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

We chat with Jennifer Reif [https://jmhreif.com/] about integrating LLMs with data using RAG, vectorized data, and Graph databases. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

Rod Johnson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonroda/], creator of the Spring Framework, has created a JVM-based AI Agent framework called Embabel [https://github.com/embabel/embabel-agent]. We dive in and learn how enterprises can build more reliable Agents using deterministic planning and domain-driven orchestration. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

We chat with Steve Manuel [https://x.com/nilslice] (of dylibso.com and mcp.run) about LLM "plugins" with Wasm & MCP (Model Context Protocol). Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

Justin Reock [https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinreock/] has spent a lot of his career thinking about how to help developers be more productive. In this episode we learn about the methodologies that can help developers spend more time in "flow state" - happily coding the fun stuff. Further reading: Measuring developer productivity with the DX Core 4 [https://getdx.com/research/measuring-developer-productivity-with-the-dx-core-4/] Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]