ADSP: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs

Hosted by Conor Hoekstra, Bryce Adelstein Lelbach & Ben Deane

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Aug 2026

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A programming podcast hosted by three software engineers (two at a time) that focuses on algorithms, data structures, programming languages, latest news in tech and more. The podcast was initially inspired by Magic Read Along.

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August 21, 20261 hr 34 min

Episode 300: Sean Parent "I'm not writing code anymore."

In this episode, Conor and Bryce celebrate the 300th episode fo ADSP by catching up with Sean Parent! Link to Episode 300 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter | BlueSky About the Guest: Sean Parent is a principal scientist and software architect for Adobe Photoshop. Sean has been at Adobe since 1993 when he joined as a senior engineer working on Photoshop and later managed Adobe’s Software Technology Lab. In 2009 Sean spent a year at Google working on Chrome OS before returning to Adobe. From 1988 through 1993 Sean worked at Apple, where he was part of the system software team that developed the technologies allowing Apple’s successful transition to PowerPC. Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-08-19 Date Released: 2026-08-21 POD GOD CppCast cpp.chat Sean Parent - Papers and Presentations ADSP Episode 299: Do We Need Humans in the Loop? NVIDIA CCCL cel-rs Stepanov Papers Bob Tarjan Tarjan's strongly connected components algorithm Soylent Green is people! Claude Code The Last Emperor - A Gentleman Jonathon Blow on the Quality of Software (Software is in Decline) Lean Programming Language Dafny Programming Language Creator of TypeScript: 10x Faster Typescript, Why AI Won't Replace SWEs | Anders Hejlsberg autoresearch Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

August 14, 202636 min

Episode 299: Do We Need Humans in the Loop?

In this episode, Conor and Bryce discuss the role of humans in the loop with AI and code review in the age of AI. Link to Episode 299 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter | BlueSky Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-08-12 Date Released: 2026-08-14 Red-tailed Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

August 7, 202622 min

Episode 298: Design of APIs, UIs & Algorithms

In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about the design of APIs, UIs & algorithms! Link to Episode 298 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Ben Deane: Twitter | BlueSky Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-07-22 Date Released: 2026-08-07 C++Now 2018: Ben Deane “Easy to Use, Hard to Misuse: Declarative Style in C++” NDC Toronto UI talk The Design of Everyday Things About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design User Interface Design For Programmers Just My Type The Elements of Typographic Style Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

July 31, 202643 min

Episode 297: Networking, FPS vs RTS, State of Game Industry and the Obra Dinn

In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about networking in FPS vs RTS video games, the state of the video game industry and more! Link to Episode 297 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Ben Deane: Twitter | BlueSky Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-07-22 Date Released: 2026-07-31 Real-time strategy (RTS) First-person shooter (FPS) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Return of the Obra Dinn Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

July 24, 202627 min

Episode 296: Working in the Video Game Industry

In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about video games, working in the video game industry and more! Link to Episode 296 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Ben Deane: Twitter | BlueSky Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-07-22 Date Released: 2026-07-24 videogamedunkey CppCast The Witness The Witness - A Great Game That You Shouldn't Play Jonathan Blow on Bad Video Game Criticism Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

July 17, 202651 min

Episode 295: CityStrides vs Graph Algorithms vs GPT 5.6 Sol

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about CityStrides, graph algorithms, GPT 5.6 Solver, and more! Link to Episode 295 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-07-13 Date Released: 2026-07-17 ADSP Episode 149: CityStrides.com, Graph Algorithms and More! Carlo de Lorenzi: Toronto runner with terminal brain cancer runs every street in the city Carlo's fundraiser for Community Music Schools of Toronto Foundation CityStrides.com Open Street Maps city-strides-hacking GitHub Repo Hamiltonian Path Eulerian Path Episode 220: Graph Algorithms & 7 Bridges of Königsberg NVIDIA cuopt Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

July 10, 202634 min

Episode 294: Histocache

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about histogram algorithms, histocache and more! Link to Episode 294 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-07-09 Date Released: 2026-07-10 Bryce's Tweet Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

July 3, 202648 min

Episode 293: APL or Assembly

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about AI vs abstractions, the language of LLMs and more! Link to Episode 293 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-07-02 Date Released: 2026-07-03 The Daily - Why Everyone Cares About This World Cup ADSP Episode 237: Thrust with Jared Hoberock Which programming languages are most token-efficient? cp.RawKernel CuPy JAX Triton NVIDIA CUDA Tile cuTile Python GPU Mode AI Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton: AI Is Conscious, Superintelligence is Coming, And We Should Be Worried VALERIAN and the City of a Thousand Planets Trailer # 2 (2017) Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

June 26, 202634 min

Episode 292: GPU MODE, PLs, Post AGI, Wingspan & Lawn Care

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about GPU MODE, programming languages, post AGI, Wingspan, lawn care and more! Link to Episode 292 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-06-10 Date Released: 2026-06-26 creduce autoresearch GPU Mode Parrot NVIDIA CUDA Tile cuTile Python Triton Jeri Ellsworth CppCast Episode 218: Commodore 64 and Tilt Five AR (with Jeri Ellsworth) Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8

June 19, 202633 min

Episode 291: autoresearch with Opus 4.8 & GPT 5.5

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat autoresearch, the top LLM models, how to get the most out of them and more! Link to Episode 291 on Website Discuss this episode, leave a comment, or ask a question (on GitHub) Socials ADSP: The Podcast: Twitter Conor Hoekstra: LinkTree / Bio Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter Show Notes Date Recorded: 2026-06-10 Date Released: 2026-06-19 autoresearch Oxide and Friends GPU Mode Intro Song Info Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/l-miss-you Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/iYYxnasvfx8