Programming Throwdown

Intro topic: Asymmetric ReturnsNews/Links:NanoChat by Andrej Karpathy https://github.com/karpathy/nanochatPydantic AI https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/03/25/pydanticai-advancing-generative-ai-agent-development-through-intelligent-framework-design/1000th Starlink this year https://s ...  Show more

184: Asynchronous ProgrammingIntro topic: AI ScamsNews/Links:Coding Adventure: Ray-Tracing Glass and Caustics (Sebastian Lague) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA1KVZ1eOuABoson AI announces Higgs Audio V2 https://www.boson.ai/technologies/voice The Misconception that Almost Stopped ...  Show more

00:00:00 Intro00:01:58 Introducing Mark Cunningham00:07:01 How Do You Find A Job?00:15:43 How to Get the Best Interview00:33:06 Tips on How To Pass An Interview00:38:38 How to Have a Good Interview00:48:12 What is the Reverse Interview?00:54:24 What Is The Hiring Manager's Role?0 ...  Show more

Intro topic: Getting an entry-level jobNews/Links:Mario Kart 64 Fully Decompiled https://gbatemp.net/threads/mario-kart-64-decompilation-project-reaches-100-completion.671104/Q-Learning is not yet scalable https://seohong.me/blog/q-learning-is-not-yet-scalable/Grover’s Algorithmhtt ...  Show more

Intro topic: Video Game PricesNews/Links:Step one: Jump in the Lava - Abyssoft https://youtu.be/WdadpHLAfdA?si=oXYnhB0EdkR_RaPEScalable world models for continuous control https://www.tdmpc2.com/Clever code is probably the worst code you could write - Engineer’s Codex https://read.e ...  Show more