Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci
Programming Throwdown
Programming Throwdown educates Computer Scientists and Software Engineers on a cavalcade of programming and tech topics. Every show will cover a new programming language, so listeners will be able to speak intelligently about any programming language.
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Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci
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Latest episode
Jul 9, 2026
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Episodes
Cryptography 30.03.2017 1:12:00
In this episode we explain how data is encrypted and decrypted, and how you can use encryption in the things you build.
Spring Framework 28.02.2017 1:03:35
In this episode we interview Spencer Gibb and Mark Heckler from Pivotal, the company behind Spring Framework: a set of powerful enterprise Java libraries and services.
PHP and Hack 24.01.2017 1:08:46
On this show we discuss PHP and Hack, an language that extends PHP.
Clojure with Eric Normand 22.12.2016 1:08:29
On this show we discuss Clojure and ClojureScript, and all the amazing things you can build with them.
Javascript For Mobile with Burke Holland 23.11.2016 1:00:03
How to build great mobile apps with Javascript.
Deploying Software 31.10.2016 1:11:01
How to distribute software so it works on other people's computers.
Scaling Web Sites with Daniel Moore 27.09.2016 55:54
This show is an interview with Daniel Moore about scaling web sites.
Optimization 31.08.2016 1:15:34
This show covers software optimization (how to make software run faster).
Robotics 22.07.2016 1:07:38
This show is an intro to robotics. Blog post: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/56-robotics.
Editor Wars 24.06.2016 1:20:19
This show covers many different editors. Blog post: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/episodes/55-editor-wars.
Programming for the GPU 25.05.2016 1:05:12
On this episode we invite Mark Harris, Chief Technologist at NVIDIA, to talk about programming for the GPU.
Open Source Communities 02.05.2016 1:02:06
On this episode we invite Mikeal Rogers, Community Manager at the Node. JS Foundation, to talk about open source communities and organizing large open source projects.
Scientific Python 28.03.2016 1:11:16
This show covers Scientific Python: A platform for data analysis, visualization, and reporting built on top of python. Book of the Show Jason: Masterminds of Programming Patrick: Redshirts.
Udacity: Democratizing Education 24.02.2016 1:06:42
This show covers Online/Continuing education. We ask the experts: How can more people get jobs in programming?
Congratulations! 21.01.2016 1:10:42
This show celebrates 50 episodes of Programming Throwdown! We answer questions from the audience live on livecoding.tv .
Tamper Protection 21.12.2015 1:22:41
This show covers Tamper Protection: How hackers are able to tamper with compiled programs and the programs that prevent tampering.
Source Control 07.12.2015 1:03:14
This show covers Source Control: Various tools that keep history of your code and enable code collaboration. Book of the Show Jason: Kobolds Ate My Baby Patrick: Firefight.
Ruby 12.10.2015 1:09:56
This show covers Ruby: a multipurpose interpreted language for rapid development. Book of the Show Jason: Paranoia RPG Player’s Handbook Patrick: Lock In.
R 10.09.2015 1:06:02
This show covers R: a language suitable for data mining and machine learning. Book of the Show Jason: The hard thing about hard things http://amzn.to/1UqMjDD Patrick: Steel World http://amzn.to/1JMcsa5.
Inside Video Game Programming 11.08.2015 1:22:32
This show covers game development at a AAA company, featuring Dave Smith from Naughty Dog Inc. and Florent Devillechabrol from Ubisoft. Jason: The Mythical Man Month http://amzn.to/1DGOwbW ; Patrick: Armada http://amzn.to/1L4j2Pj.
Logo Scratch Lego 10.07.2015 1:06:10
This show covers several programming languages we used as kids. Book of the Show Jason: Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid http://amzn.to/1LWYOpJ ; Patrick: Leviathan Wakes http://amzn.to/1HjpfAo.
Debugging 03.06.2015 1:39:06
This show covers Debugging: how to fix and maintain code across any language. Book of the Show Jason & Patrick: Mindhacking http://www.mindhacki.ng/.
Fortran 07.05.2015 1:10:57
This show covers Fortran: An old (but still very useful!) imperative language for numerical calculations. Books of the Show Jason: A Theory of Fun in Game Design http://amzn.to/1FShtR6 Patrick: Monster Hunter International http://amzn.to/1EeqWO2.
Node.js 06.04.2015 1:01:49
This show covers Node.js: A server-side platform for developing network applications. Books of the Show Jason: You Can Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less http://amzn.to/1CsrFsO Patrick: Abyss Beyond Dreams (Peter F. Hamilton) http://amzn.to/1NYmqJZ.
Unity 02.02.2015 1:11:50
This show covers Unity: A Toolchain and set of three scripting languages primarily for making games. Tools of the show: Jason: Meld http://meldmerge.org/ Patrick: Space Marshals http://www.pixelbite.se/pbsite3/?page_id=7675.
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