Tech, Bugs & Rock’n’Roll
summary
Live podcast records jokes and tooling tradeoffs while arguing most projects don’t need Kubernetes and can be far simpler. Example build: a Raspberry Pi 5 serving static HTML behind a Cloudflare tunnel that costs less than cloud egress, moving to Blazor WASM with server‑side progressive rendering. Demonstrated native AOT .NET producing tiny executables (native AOT .NET produces ~1.6MB Linux binaries). Describes a cross‑platform ephemeral share service using passphrase‑based elliptic curve encryption and optional self‑host on a Pi.
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chapters (34)
- 0:00Welcome
- 2:11Weekly tech updates
- 3:15Overcomplicating tech
- 6:50Fret Badger demo on Pi 5
- 8:56Blazor WASM currency quirks
- 10:00Cross-platform apps with .NET Maui
- 12:11Cross-platform Airdrop alternative
- 13:54Rockstar keynote cut content
- 16:47Binary sizes across languages
- 19:12Reflection in .NET Native AOT
- 20:41T4 templates and Skunthorp problem
- 22:06Binary formatters security risks
- 24:35Corell Linux and Microsoft acquisitions
- 26:21Mono donation to Wine
- 27:48Etymology of Xamarin and Swift
- 28:53Unity’s pivot and alternatives
- 30:39Supermarket’s product range
- 32:02Kubernetes necessity
- 33:24Selling in-house solutions
- 34:48Movie rants: Godfather & Matrix
- 35:31Trophobia and history facts
- 38:00Scots Wikipedia quirks
- 39:24Nordic language humor
- 41:12Copenhagen Developer Festival
- 41:57Matt Parker’s Python optimization
- 43:03Logo programming on CPC 464
- 44:49Game engine demos
- 48:02Doom’s pi error
- 50:11Game mashup ideas
- 53:25GTA and Blues Brothers origins
- 54:48Ghost-chasing game concept
- 56:12NFTs in gaming
- 57:36Cybertruck knockoffs
- 58:39Closing and party teaser
