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• Friends and Relations

  We're talking about databases again.  Or database management systems, we're not totally sure.  In any case, they are relational databases (or database management systems).The relational database has been the go-to system for storing structured data since the 1980s, and is still the most popular type of system to use for applications and business reporting.  We discuss their history, what makes them relational, and our experiences with some of the better known commercial and open-source relational systems.A Relational Model of Shared Databanks - EF CoddDr. Michael Stonebraker - A Short History of Database SystemsSend us a text

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• Shoulders of Giants: Jim Gray

  Jim Gray was a key innovator in the area of database technology and he won the Turing Prize in 1998.  He was particularly influential with respect to the definition and formalization of transactions, and he identified and named the A, C, and D of ACID.   Gray, an avid hiker and sailor, disappeared in 2007 while sailing out of San Francisco to the Farallon Islands, and no trace of him was ever found.https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/video/behind-the-code-with-jim-gray/https://www.wired.com/2007/07/ff-jimgray-2/Send us a text

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• Language, Meaning, and Functional Programming with Matt Teichman

  This week Matt Teichman, host of the Elucidations podcast, dropped by the show to chat about functional programming and its surprising relationship to linguistics and philosophy. Matt teaches Linguistics, Philosophy, and Computer Science at the University of Chicago and he also works on open-source software for the University of Chicago library, including an interesting OCaml project used by archivists called Attachment Converter.Thanks to our newest Patreon subscribers: Ralph Minderhoud and Tim Lavoie!Stuff to Check OutMatt's podcast: ElucidationsMatt's website: Matt Teichman - Philosophy - University of ChicagoAttachment Converter, open-source library: Attachment ConverterStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Montague SemanticsSend us a text

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• UX Wing Fighters

  In this episode we talk to Jonathan Whitmire who designed the Picture Me Coding swag, logos, artwork (and t-shirts and stickers and coffee mugs!).He gives us a rundown on what it's like working alongside developers and what we talk about when we talk about UX.Send us a text

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• Our Flag Means Local-First

  This week Mike and Erik talk about the local-first software movement. There's a pretty cool paper about it from 2019 called "Local-First Software:You Own Your Data, in spite of the Cloud", and there's also a podcast, a company, and various projects. Come get inspired to build stuff!Send us a text

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