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Hacking the Grepson

Hacking the Grepson

Hosted by HackingTheGrepson

Episodes

100

Latest episode

Jun 2026

Language

EN

About the show

Matt and Mike, two career developers, discuss their experiences and talk about programming in a (hopefully) not-too-technical way.

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June 10, 2026Episode 1211 hr 3 min

Hacking the Grepson 121: Famous Laws of Software Development, Part 2

A continuation of discussion about the laws of nature, vis a vis software development, are bandied about by Matt and Mike in this episode. Some of them include Linus's Law, the Pareto Principle, and even the Ninety-Nine Rule. * Famous Laws of Software Development

May 27, 2026Episode 12039 min

Hacking the Grepson 120: Famous Laws of Software Development, Part 1

There are some truisms in the world of software development that have been codified into laws, adages, and principles. Matt and Mike discuss some of them in this episode, including ones named after people like Murphy, Hofstadter, and Conway.

May 13, 2026Episode 11943 min

Hacking the Grepson 119: Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat

Matt and Mike discuss the issues that arise when you try to be everything to everybody for every time, thanks to an insightful blog post about the ever-increasing size of programming language dependencies. * The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat

April 29, 2026Episode 11851 min

Hacking the Grepson 118: Claude Mythos

Anthropic created a new Claude model called Mythos, and it's apparently super-duper good at detecting software vulnerabilities. It's so good, in fact, that it can't be released publicly without basically giving the Internet as we know it a death warrant. Matt fills us in and Mike responds with a mixture of awe and fascination.

April 15, 2026Episode 1174 min

Hacking the Grepson 117: The World Outside

Where outside do you want to go today?

April 1, 2026Episode 11655 min

Hacking the Grepson 116: Godot Sandbox Tinkering

Matt has created a 2D overhead sandbox project in Godot with the help of Claude Code. Mike looks at it and thinks it is pretty neat. Then both Matt and Mike talk about it. Gamedev continues apace!

March 18, 2026Episode 1151 hr 18 min

Hacking the Grepson 115: Rorasuketo Creator Interview

Last time on the podcast we talked about a game in development called Rorasuketo. This time we talk about it again, but with one small change: the creator is with us! Matt and Mike and Cam chat about game development in RPGMaker, roller derby, and creative constraints, among other things. * Rorasuketo Soundtrack * Rorasuketo Dev Blog * Rorasuketo on Steam

March 4, 2026Episode 11447 min

Hacking the Grepson 114: Rorasuketo

Roller derby, JRPGs, blogging, existential panic...Matt and Mike cover it all by introducing a long-running game project by a fellow developer nearly done with their own game, Rorasuketo. * Rorasuketo * Rorasuketo Dev Blog * Rorasuketo on Steam

February 18, 2026Episode 11333 min

Hacking the Grepson 113: Gaming with Godot

In order to expand their gamedev sensibilities a bit more, Matt and Mike talk about their decision to give Godot a try in helping them create a game. * Godot

February 4, 2026Episode 11254 min

Hacking the Grepson 112: Game Dev Blahs

It's been a while since we talked about game development and, more specifically, Let's Make a Game!, our project to actually make a video game together. Holidays and Advent of Code happened, which means momentum was lost and interest waned a bit. Matt and Mike talk about games they've been playing, their effects on our game development, and how to get the ball rolling again.

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