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  • Gaming on Linux

    Gaming on Linux
    2025/01/10
    Ben wipes his PC over Thanksgiving and installs Ubuntu for gaming. Matt recalls the dark days of himem.sys and IRQ conflicts. The universe was created last Thursday, and someone gets a hangover.
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    27 分
  • Factorio

    Factorio
    2025/12/06
    Ben's new TCP backpressure explanation: conveyor belts full. Matt zooms out and mistakes his factory for a Pentium 2. Ben plans to switch to Linux gaming; Matt's start bar keeps popping up and he's had it.
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    24 分
  • Vibe Coding and Robot Teammates

    Vibe Coding and Robot Teammates
    2025/11/13
    Ben worries replacing juniors with LLMs creates a future hiring crisis - who'll train the robot-wranglers? Matt blames COVID brain fog, then proves it by botching NP-completeness. Capitalism is bad at escaping local minima.
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    43 分
  • Conference Talks: Some Assembly Required

    Conference Talks: Some Assembly Required
    2025/10/12
    Matt returns from CppCon with a cold, three talks, and a keynote title Reddit hates. Ben immediately declares Reddit dumb. The hosts discuss C++ reflection, the unforgivable renaming of the Sears Tower, and why conference attendees should stand like Pac-Man.
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    43 分
  • Running Programs

    Running Programs
    2025/09/12
    Matt and Ben discuss running in production; from running processes in screen to battling systemd configuration files. Ben sketches out daemonization rituals while Matt channels Tolkien to explain process hierarchies. Our hosts discover that Ansible playbooks are just bash scripts with better PR, and everyone still Googles journalctl syntax.
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    41 分
  • Squashing Compilers

    Squashing Compilers
    2025/08/10
    Matt uses you as his therapist to vent about three days fighting systemd and boot time. Ben patiently listens while Matt explains why mounting things shouldn't consume 200% CPU. AWS sponsorship news provides a silver lining.
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    42 分
  • The Benefits of Experience

    The Benefits of Experience
    2025/07/18
    Matt and Ben explore how experience lets you run across water instead of drowning in options. Ben explains why he doesn't need a life preserver when building software. Matt retrofits good practices into Compiler Explorer while lamenting decisions from 10 years ago.
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    33 分
  • Is Football Possible Anymore?

    Is Football Possible Anymore?
    2025/06/12
    Ben recounts his 2007 startup building a database chatbot (before LLMs were cool). Matt tries their methods live with Claude. Ben foolishly uses his phone as a microphone stand.
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    20 分