Happy Path Programming

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]

Lize Raes [https://x.com/LizeRaes] teaches us about AI models, LLMs, Tools, Agents, and MCP. Article from Anthropic on Agent architectures: Building effective agents [https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents] Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]

Join us at the 2025 Winter Tech Forum! www.wintertechforum.com [https://www.wintertechforum.com/] Projects Mentioned: * uv for Python [https://github.com/astral-sh/uv] * TypeScript Effect [https://effect.website/] * Pkl CloudFormation Extras [https://github.com/jamesward/cfn-pkl-extras] * Pkl GitHub Actions [https://github.com/jamesward/pklgha] Other Episodes Mentioned: * #81 TypeScript & Effects with Michael Arnaldi [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/happypathprogramming/episodes/81-TypeScript--Effects-with-Michael-Arnaldi-e26d91o] * #97 The Pkl Configuration Language with Philip Hölzenspies [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/happypathprogramming/episodes/97-The-Pkl-Configuration-Language-with-Philip-Hlzenspies-e2hntq1]

We chat with Dave Thomas [https://pragdave.me/], co-author of The Pragmatic Programmer, about the joy of programming and the tensions between our and others needs. Discuss this episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF⁠⁠ [https://discord.gg/XVKD2uPKyF]