Is Programming Still Fun?

Sep 11, 20260:43:35Technology

Ben asks a question that violates Betteridge's law. Matt rediscovers the joy of coding like a caveman on a plane with no WiFi.

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Two's Complement.

Aug 15, 2026 - 0:38:11

Ben's friend is locked out of their AWS account and Matt's AI has decided he's a hacker. The escape route...

Jul 10, 2026 - 0:44:12

Matt records from the wrong continent and explains how he taught his computer to be a 1950s television. B...

Jun 14, 2026 - 0:31:41

Ben sets out to learn Rust by only reading it, while Matt wonders if you can learn to land a plane from a...

May 25, 2026 - 0:43:59

Ben asks what happens when you curl google.com, and Matt peels back HTTP until the rabbit turns out to ha...

Apr 11, 2026 - 0:49:29

Ben has stopped talking to Claude directly. Matt hasn't opened his editor in days. They try to work out w...

Mar 9, 2026 - 0:46:01

Ben asks a simple question about performance and Matt talks for 46 minutes. The one true use case for lin...

Feb 14, 2026 - 0:45:08

Ben interviews Matt with a deceptively simple question: make my program go fast. 44 minutes later, robot...

Jan 10, 2026 - 0:27:22

Ben wipes his PC over Thanksgiving and installs Ubuntu for gaming. Matt recalls the dark days of himem.sy...