Podcast Episodes

Making a Dent in the Universe - ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss ReWork by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. Join them as they each share their five favorite "proverbs" the book has to offer!

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Published on 4 months ago

Coordination in Distributed Systems - Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the second half of Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov! Join them as they discuss the mutexes, semaphores, the reactor pattern, and more!…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Basics of Concurrency - Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov

In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss the first half of Grokking Concurrency by Kirill Bobrov! Join them as they discuss the basic building blocks of concurrency, how concurrenc…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Graduate Algorithms and Georgia Tech OMSCS

In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan take some time to debrief Georgia Tech's famously difficult Graduate Algorithms course, which Carter just passed! As alumni of the OMSCS pr…

Published on 5 months ago

High-Leverage Thinking for Engineers - Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows

This week Carter and Nathan read Donella Meadows’ Thinking in Systems. A foundational primer on systems thinking, the book explores how stocks, flows, feedback loops, and leverage points shape everyt…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Balancing Features and Systems Improvements - The Good News Factory by Kent Beck

This week Carter and Nathan read the Kent Beck's The Good News Factory. A sequel to Tidy First?, The Good News Factory explores the economics of software and instructs tech executives on how to produ…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

John Ousterhout and Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin Discuss Their Software Philosophies

Following up on their recent discussion on software design (inspired by Book Overflow!), John Ousterhout and Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin join Carter and Nathan for their first ever joint interview! Joi…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Is Worse Better? - Worse is Better by Richard P. Gabriel

This week Carter and Nathan take a break from books and discuss the the seminal Worse is Better essays by Richard P. Gabriel. Join them as they how Unix and C were once perceived, tradeoffs in softwa…

Published on 6 months ago

Gergely Orosz Reflects on The Software Engineer's Guidebook

In this episode, Gergely Orosz joins Carter and Nathan to discuss his book The Software Engineer's Guidebook. Join them as Gergely reflects on the differences between writing a book and The Pragmatic…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

More on System Design Interviews - System Design Interview by Alex Xu

This week Carter and Nathan discuss the second half of System Design Interview by Alex Xu. Join them as they discuss how system design interviews prepare you for daily work, what system design questi…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago