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Runtime Arguments

Jim McQuillan & Wolf

Conversations about technology between two friends who disagree on plenty, and agree on plenty more.

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  • Avg 1 hr 18 min
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  • #20
    January 24 · 1 hr 43 min

    20: Git protects you

    Git is an amazing tool for managing your source code. Lots of people use it every day but most people barely scratch the surface of what git can do. In this episode, we dive in and explain lots of features from the simple to the complex. Links: Julia Evans Wizard Zines https://wizardzines.com - The main page https://wizardzines.com/comics/inside-git/ - The git specific 'Zine Hosts: Jim McQuillan can be reached at jam@RuntimeArguments.fm Wolf can be reached at wolf@RuntimeArguments.fm Follow us on Mastodon: @RuntimeArguments@hachyderm.io If you have feedback for us, please send it to feedback@RuntimeArguments.fm Checkout our webpage at http://RuntimeArguments.fm Theme music: Dawn by nuer self, from the album Digital Sky

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  • #19
    January 10 · 1 hr 14 min

    19: Data centers - Don't we have enough already?

    Data centers are sprouting up every where. Do we really need more of them? In this episode, Jim and Wolf talk about what data centers are, how prevalent they are and what it takes to build them. We talk about the sizes and energy uses and all sorts of other things related to data centers. It was a fun episode to research and very eye-opening. Links: https://statista.com https://cloudscene.com/region/datacenters-in-north-america https://venturebeat.com/infrastructure/inference-is-splitting-in-two-nvidias-usd20b-groq-bet-explains-its-next-act https://energyattheedge.substack.com/p/how-utilities-make-money-capital Wolf’s dotfiles: https://github.com/wolf/dotfiles Direct link to Wolf's Alabaster theme for Helix (now both light and dark): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wolf/alabaster-for-helix/main/helix/dot-config/helix/themes/wolf-alabaster-light.toml The repo for the dotx tool: https://github.com/wolf/dotx Hosts: Jim McQuillan can be reached at jam@RuntimeArguments.fm Wolf can be reached at wolf@RuntimeArguments.fm Follow us on Mastodon: @RuntimeArguments@hachyderm.io If you have feedback for us, please send it to feedback@RuntimeArguments.fm Checkout our webpage at http://RuntimeArguments.fm Theme music: Dawn by nuer self, from the album Digital Sky

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  • #18
    Dec 27, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    18: The one where Jim asks Wolf questions

    This episode is a little different from our normal format. When you listen to podcasts, watch Youtube videos or even sit in a conference room listening to a speaker, they almost always will mention things and assume you know what they are talking about. And lets face it, we don't always know what they are talking about. In this episode, Jim asks Wolf questions. Questions about things you hear in other podcasts (maybe even ours) or other places and you don't really understand what they said so, if you are like us, you have to go look up whatever it was they mentioned, just so you can follow along. It's a fun one and we're sure you'll get something out of it. And, if you have questions you'd like answered, please send them to us. We'll probably do this again sometime. Links: HackerNews: https://news.ycombinator.com/ Advent of Code: https://adventofcode.com/ Hosts: Jim McQuillan can be reached at jam@RuntimeArguments.fm Wolf can be reached at wolf@RuntimeArguments.fm Follow us on Mastodon: @RuntimeArguments@hachyderm.io If you have feedback for us, please send it to feedback@RuntimeArguments.fm Checkout our webpage at http://RuntimeArguments.fm Theme music: Dawn by nuer self, from the album Digital Sky

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