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Two's Complement

Ben Rady

If you come to a fork in the road, take it! Two’s Complement is a programming podcast, hosted by Matt Godbolt and Ben Rady; two programmers who both grew up wanting to make video games. One...

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Listen to Two's Complement, a Technology podcast by Ben Rady. Stream 70 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Speed of Thought

Ben has stopped talking to Claude directly. Matt hasn't opened his editor in days. They try to work out whether this is fun, programming, or...

0:49:29Apr 11, 2026

Measure Twice, Optimize Once

Ben asks a simple question about performance and Matt talks for 46 minutes. The one true use case for linked lists is revealed, and a part t...

0:46:01Mar 9, 2026

How Fast Is Fast?

Ben interviews Matt with a deceptively simple question: make my program go fast. 44 minutes later, robot dogs are falling over, Grace Hopper...

0:45:08Feb 14, 2026

Gaming on Linux

Ben wipes his PC over Thanksgiving and installs Ubuntu for gaming. Matt recalls the dark days of himem.sys and IRQ conflicts. The universe w...

0:27:22Jan 10, 2026

Factorio

Ben's new TCP backpressure explanation: conveyor belts full. Matt zooms out and mistakes his factory for a Pentium 2. Ben plans to switch to...

0:24:12Dec 6, 2025

Vibe Coding and Robot Teammates

Ben worries replacing juniors with LLMs creates a future hiring crisis - who'll train the robot-wranglers? Matt blames COVID brain fog, then...

0:42:37Nov 13, 2025

Conference Talks: Some Assembly Required

Matt returns from CppCon with a cold, three talks, and a keynote title Reddit hates. Ben immediately declares Reddit dumb. The hosts discuss...

0:43:08Oct 12, 2025

Running Programs

Matt and Ben discuss running in production; from running processes in screen to battling systemd configuration files. Ben sketches out daemo...

0:41:18Sep 12, 2025

Squashing Compilers

Matt uses you as his therapist to vent about three days fighting systemd and boot time. Ben patiently listens while Matt explains why mounti...

0:42:24Aug 10, 2025

The Benefits of Experience

Matt and Ben explore how experience lets you run across water instead of drowning in options. Ben explains why he doesn't need a life preser...

0:33:20Jul 18, 2025

Is Football Possible Anymore?

Ben recounts his 2007 startup building a database chatbot (before LLMs were cool). Matt tries their methods live with Claude. Ben foolishly...

0:20:24Jun 12, 2025

C++ and Rust: Different Tools for the Job

Matt and Ben discuss programming language debates sparked by an old talk that went viral. They explore how Matt's C++ safety tips convinced...

0:30:58May 9, 2025

Observable Metrics

Matt and Ben explore the intersection of testing, metrics, and observability in performance-critical code. They debate push vs pull metric s...

0:39:35Apr 10, 2025

Pair Programming with HAL?

Matt and Ben explore the new world of AI-assisted coding: is it like pairing with junior developer? Matt gets the recording working the seco...

0:47:27Mar 16, 2025

Passing Messages

Ben and Matt wade into the deep waters of messaging systems, get utterly lost in time synchronization rabbit holes, and discover their new p...

0:58:34Feb 14, 2025

Getting CRUFTy

Ben unveils his latest acronym-based software discussion framework while Matt patiently waits for the punchline. Our hosts explore alternati...

0:35:14Jan 12, 2025

Are We Remotely Productive?

Matt and Ben unpack the mysteries of remote work and programmer productivity, with a side of two's complement philosophy. Featuring unexpect...

0:26:19Dec 14, 2024

Are Dirty Hands Right?

Matt and Ben preach the gospel of "dirty hands are right," then spend 30 minutes explaining why that's completely wrong unless you're the ri...

0:31:14Nov 23, 2024

Sequence Locks

Matt talks about a work thing, called a sequence lock. Ben suggests some dumb ideas about that work thing. Then our hosts discuss how to sta...

0:48:49Oct 26, 2024

The Joy of Programming

Matt and Ben realize they love their jobs, and decide to keep doing them. Flow state, to the point where it makes people uncomfortable, is d...

0:39:26Sep 11, 2024

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