Don't worry about any grumblings, you guys do a great job.
One question/request for you though - could you figure out some sort of Q&A or "Discussion Points" aspect to add to the upcoming schedule? Maybe a public Google doc to allow people to weigh in or add notes to. It'd be nice to increase the audience participation aspect.
I think it’s fair to comment on the audio. Great interview but I found it really difficult to follow along due to the sound quality. To the host with the big Shure mic in the middle of their shot: point it at your mouth!
That's something we've been considering! Right now I'm wrapping up my masters degree and will finish in April (fingers crossed). Once I have more free time, we're going to look at other ways to expand the podcast, including audience participation. We've gotten that request from a few people.
I’m one of the creators of the podcast. Thanks for linking to the site!
If you’re not familiar with the podcast, we read and discuss a new software engineering book each week. When we can, we interview the authors, like we just did with Brian.
It's definitely a bit of a melancholy read. Some of the people who invented Unix are long gone, and we probably don't have a lot of time left with the people who are still with us. I'm glad Brian was able to tell the full story while there's still time left. We take Unix for granted, but its the basis of most of the modern operating system world.
You can argue that Shakespeare is comprehensible to a modern English speaker, but I don't think you can argue that it's modern English. The different "you" forms alone are enough to make it difficult to understand for most modern speakers.
Thou, thee, ye [,thy, thine] are variants of 2nd person pronouns.
"You" used to be the formal plural form.
All of these have different connotations and/or subtly different meanings, and context will affect if they are to be taken at face value or are e.g. sarcastic (I've not read enough Shakespeare to recall if he made use of that)
[Thy/thine is your/yours and which is right depends on if it's before a vowel or consonant...]
Super interested in this! I left a main comment in the thread about a potential promotional opportunity for you all, so let me know if you're interested!
I love it! One of my big hesitations in using LLMs in any projects is the inherent instability of it, so I'm excited to see some concrete strategies on how to mitigate that.
Actually, I host a podcast called Book Overflow ([YouTube link here](https://www.youtube.com/@BookOverflowPod), but we're on all major platforms). Each week we read and discuss a new software engineering book. We also love to interview the authors when possible. Our [interview with Brian Kernighan](https://youtu.be/_QQ7k5sn2-o?si=bi3omgmNW7bs50NQ) actually went viral here on HN last week, peaking at #3.
If you're willing to provide us with an advance copy and one/some of the authors are willing to sit down for a digital interview, we'd love to devote a discussion episode and bonus interview episode to the book. We could even time the release to line up with the release of the book.
Let me know if you're interested. We can work out the details either here in the thread or you can reach us at contact at bookoverflow.io.
