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• Critter Stack Update with Jeremy Miller

  October 7, 2026 · 55 min

  The Critter Stack is growing! Carl and Richard talk with Jeremy Miller about the latest Critter Stack updates, including Marten, Wolverine, and more! First up is the stack's expansion with Polecat and Fisher, versions of Marten built for…

• Controlling your Digital Legacy with Mattias Karlsson

  September 30, 2026 · 53 min

  What happens to your digital assets after you pass away? Carl and Richard talk with Mattias Karlsson about his experience navigating the challenges of losing a friend and having to reorganize their digital assets. There are the immediate…

• RockBot with Rocky Lhotka

  September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

  How about a cloud-native AI assistant? That's RockBot! Carl and Richard talk with Rocky Lhotka about RockBot, Rocky's own variant of the OpenClaw/Hermes type personal assistant. Rocky talks about being uncomfortable with the security…

• Post-Quantum Crypto with Michael Howard

  September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

  Whether quantum computers are around the corner or not, the message is clear: the time for post-quantum cryptography is coming fast. Carl and Richard talk to Michael Howard about Microsoft's efforts to make post-quantum cryptography…

• Numerics.NET with Jeffrey Sax

  September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

  So what can numerics do for you? Carl and Richard talk to Jeffrey Sax about his work building Numerics.NET, a collection of general-purpose mathematical and statistical classes built for .NET. Jeffrey explains that numbers in a computer…

• Constraining Agents for Software Development with Don Demcsak

  September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

  How can constraints make software development assistants more efficient? Carl and Richard talk to Don Demcsak about his work on getting LLMs to build higher-quality software with fewer resources. Don talks about how domain-driven language…

• Arguing about AI with Billy Hollis

  August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

  Ready for a rant? Carl and Richard talk to Billy Hollis about the impact of artificial intelligence on software development. The conversation starts with a listener comment about going all-in on AI to speed up development radically, which…

• Beside, Inside, and Outside AI with Chad Michel

  August 20, 2026 · 57 min

  What's the best way to interact with an LLM in applications? Carl and Richard talk to Chad Michel about the evolving user interface to large language models. Chad recalls Build 2023, where Technical Fellow Steven Batiche talked about LLMs…