Haskell and Elephants - Stephen Diehl

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Embedded Rust part 2 - James Munns 1:44:16

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Back at it again with James Munns! Today we talked all about the Embedded Rust ecosystem and he gave me a bunch of pointers for starting my own journey with embedded Rust. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message

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Rust, Time, Data, and Big Tech with Jon Gjengset 1:33:08

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Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. I'm back at it again, this time talking with Jon Gjengset about Rust, WebAssembly, issues with time/concurrency, the growing pain of the data layer, big tech, and more. As always, please enjoy the conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message…

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The Watercooler - Paul Garaud 2:32:09

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Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. I'm your host and Software Engineer, Ty. This is the first episode of a series that I'm calling The Watercooler. This is basically just a couple of folks from the Software space bullshitting for a few hours. This first episode features a friend of mine, Paul, a data scientist, FIRE enthusiast, and all-around keyboard nerd. Join us as we talk about...stuff. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message…

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Rust in Action - Tim McNamara 2:22:26

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Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. Join me and my fellow Software Engineer, Jay Helton, as we sit down with Tim McNamara. Tim is the author of Rust in Action, an active Rust enthusiast and evangelist, and a self-diagnosed creative coder. We had the privilege to sit down with him and ask him everything we could think of about Rust, his book, and his path as a Software Engineer. We also talked a lot about his home country, New Zealand. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message…

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Embedded Rust & Ferrous Systems - James Munns 1:25:53

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Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. In this episode I sat down with James Munns, the CTO of Ferrous Systems, to discuss the embedded Rust ecosystem and its future. Please enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message

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Functional Programming and Elm - Richard Feldman 1:41:27

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Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. In this episode, I sat down with Richard Feldman to talk about Functional Programming, Programming Languages, Elm, and his book. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message

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Haskell and Elephants - Stephen Diehl 1:18:08

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Welcome back to The Virtual World. On this episode, I sat with Stephen Diehl to talk about Haskell, Functional Programming, and his recent article about the cryptocurrency scene in the Haskell community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message

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Functional Programming and Grokking Simplicity - Eric Normand 1:32:26

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Welcome back to The Virtual World. Today I was fortunate enough to sit down with Eric Normand, author of Grokking Simplicity, and download his thoughts on Functional Programming and, more importantly, Functional Design. I've got four free copies of his book to give away. Reach out to me on twitter @tytr_dev if you're interested. You can check out his book on manning's website: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-simplicity Don't forget to use my discount code when buying things on their website for a 35% discount! Discount code: podvworld20 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message…

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The State of Rust Part 2 - Alex Crichton 48:29

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Welcome back, folks. Join me on this episode of The Virtual World as I explore the state of Rust and the Web Assembly ecosystem with Alex Crichton. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message

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The State of Rust - Steve Klabnik 48:28

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Hey, folks. Welcome back to the Virtual World. Join me as I sit down with Steve Klabnik and discuss the state of the Rust programming language and ecosystem. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message

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Flipside XR and The State of VR - John Luxford 1:13:37

5 years ago1:13:37

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Hey, folks. Welcome back to The Virtual World. In this episode, I had a chance to sit down with John Luxford, the CTO of Flipside XR. We talked a lot about Flipside's mission, what the future holds for the company, as well as the state of VR. Flipside is the world of real-time XR animation and publishing. You can check them out at https://www.flipsidexr.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message…

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Sketchfab and The 3D Web - Alban Denoyel 38:28

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Hey, folks. In this episode of The Virtual World, I had the opportunity to sit down with Alban Denoyel, the CEO and Co-Founder of Sketchfab. Sketchfab is the leading company proving content creators with the ability to upload and share 3D content on the web. We had a great conversation about Sketchfab and the future of the 3D web from Alban's point of view. Check Sketchfab out at https://sketchfab.com and follow Alban on twitter at https://twitter.com/albn --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message…

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Diversity and Locality - Adam Davis 1:22:10

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Hey, folks. In episode 3 of The Virtual World, I had a chance to sit down with the wonderful Adam Davis and pick his brain about the Software Engineering industry. Check out his blog at https://dev.to/bytebodger As always, enjoy the conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-virtual-world/message…

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The Modern Plumbers - Ben McMeen 1:59:28

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