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Why Are Computers

A podcast about computers and computer programs and why.

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Why Are Computers 4: Seemingly Disconnected Things

Why Are Computers 4: Seemingly Disconnected Things

Chris Patuzzo tells the story of creating the Sentient programming language, with diversions into NAND to Tetris, self-e... Read more

19 Aug 2016

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Why Are Computers 3: Ways to Be Less Clever

Why Are Computers 3: Ways to Be Less Clever

Sandi Metz and Katrina Owen reflect upon the process of writing a book together, the secrets of building good software, ... Read more

5 Aug 2016

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Why Are Computers 2: This Increasingly Complicated World

Why Are Computers 2: This Increasingly Complicated World

James Edward Gray II doubles down on Twitter arguments about static type systems, modern software tooling, the mind-expa... Read more

29 Jul 2016

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Why Are Computers 1: A Fairly Deep Yak Shave

Why Are Computers 1: A Fairly Deep Yak Shave

James Coglan talks about the lengthy process of creating Terminus and Faye, thinking through coding, software as argumen... Read more

4 Nov 2013

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