Episode 11: Mandaeism, or How to Keep the River in the Story
A tiny ancient religion, sacred rivers, stubborn survival, and one of history’s …
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Episode 54: Remedios Varo, or How to Build a Mystic Machine and Quietly Outweird Everybody
Remedios Varo turned science, dreams, exile, and occult mischief into …
The Open Road: 10 Reasons to Ride a Motorcycle on a Beautiful Spring Day in Florida
Florida spring, open road, and 10 very good reasons to ride before the heat returns and turns your soul into humid soup…
Graph Theory Episode 5: Distributed Systems, Service Graphs, and the Fine Art of Not Taking Down Production
One failed service, ten surprised neighbors: Graph Theory Episode 5 turns distributed systems into …
The Rough Riders, or How America Sent a Cowboy Mood Board to War
The Rough Riders were part battlefield reality, part media legend, and all-…
Episode 10: Judaism, or How to Survive for Millennia While Arguing With Great Style
Judaism in one thoughtful, funny, …
Episode 12: Testing and Reliability, or Why “It Worked Once” Is Not a Career Strategy
Testing is where software stops asking for …
Episode 11: Modular Design and Abstraction, or How to Make Your Code Less Like a Junk Drawer
Why good code organization matters more than …
Episode 10: Files, Input, and Output, or How Programs Stop Living Entirely Inside Their Own Heads
Episode 10: how programs read, write, save, and survive reality without tripping over files, users, formats, and their own confidence.