Grumpy old Coders
by Thomas Glaser and David Maier
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Grumpy old Coders - S3Ep4 - Transformers everywhere
Grumpy old Coders - S3Ep4 - Transformers everywhere
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Podcast by Thomas Glaser and David Maier
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- Grumpy old Coders - S3Ep4 - Transformers everywhere · 1 h 22 minDavid and Thomas dive into the inner workings of the Transformer architecture behind modern Large Language Models. They break down foundational concepts including vectors…
- Grumpy old Coders - S3Ep3 - Motorcycle tour · 1 h 23 minDavid and Thomas recap their multi-country motorcycle journey through Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and Italy. They share key moments from the road, including navigating winding…
- Grumpy old Coders - S3Ep2 - Context matters · 1 h 13 minDavid and Thomas dive into the critical role of context management and agentic memory with large language models. They explore the core mechanics of AI agents, breaking down the…
- Grumpy old Coders - S3Ep1 - Just chaos · 38 minAfter a year-long break, David and Thomas return to discuss CHAOSS (Community Health Analytics in Open Source Software), a Linux Foundation framework for evaluating open source…
- Grumpy old Coders - S2Ep3 - Product-led · 1 h 20 minIn this episode, David and Thomas delve into the concept of Product-Led Growth (PLG). They discuss the differences between sales-led and product-led approaches, emphasizing the…
- Grumpy old Copders - S2Ep2 - Electrified · 1 h 23 minIn this episode, Thomas and David discuss the evolving landscape of e-mobility, focusing on electric vehicles (EVs) and their implications for consumers and the environment. They…
- Grumpy old Copders - S2Ep1 - AI again · 1 h 0 minIn this episode, David and Thomas discuss their use of a large language model to build a chatbot based on documentation. They explain the concept of prompt engineering and how it…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep20 - Code camp · 53 minMerry Christmas (or just a happy holiday season)! Thomas and David discuss how technology is part of a wider definition of culture and how techies can contribute to technical…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep19 - Scaling pains · 1 h 3 minThomas and David talk about Technical Enablement, how David came to work on Technical Enablement projects, how it can help compensating the pains of scaling quickly, Learning…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep18 - Rollercaster · 1 h 13 minThomas and David talk about how to produce a podcast. You will learn which equipment is needed, which software can be used and how the prep work and post-production looks like…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep17 - Life complexities · 1 h 5 minThomas and David talk about complexity classes, book recommendations, the meaning of the number 37, far too many books, and other life complexities.
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep16 - Agile Tamarin · 1 h 20 minThe March episode is about 'Agile Software Development'. We explore the history, discuss why 'agile' makes sense, and give a brief introduction into several methodologies. We are…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep15 - Kryptonite · 1 h 11 minThomas and David chat about cryptocurrencies, blockchain and NFT-s. Do you want to know why we are all living in a big bubble? Then listen to this episode ;-) .
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep14 - Retrospective II · 1 h 14 minThomas and David talk about the year 2021. We had a lot of fun recording this year's episodes of the 'Grumpy old Coders', but there were indeed also deeper topics. We wish you a…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep 13 - Women in Tech · 1 h 25 minIn this episode our guest, Elena Kolevska, shares her experiences of being a women in technology and software development. We will learn how Elena came to the tech industry, why…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep 12 - Just Thingies · 1 h 0 minThe 12th episode is called 'Just thingies'. Thomas and David are talking about a piece of art which got some human-machine interaction added with the help of the Arduino…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep 11 - The dark side · 1 h 5 minThe 11th episode of the Grumpy old Coders podcast covers a more serious topic. Thomas and David discuss about the dark side of working in ever-changing and demanding work…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep 10 - Data what? · 1 h 30 minData what? Thomas and David are discussing a bit about Data Engineering and Data Science. Not exactly being experts, they are trying to make sense out of it. Interested in what…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep 9 - Coding With Kotlin · 1 h 13 minThis is the ninth episode of the tech podcast ‘Grumpy old Coders’. David started to work a bit with Kotlin. So Thomas and David take a look at two of David’s toy projects which…
- Grumpy old Coders: Ep 8 - Open World · 1 h 7 minThis is the eighth episode of the tech podcast ‘Grumpy old Coders’. We have two special guests this time. Christoph and Martin are the ‘The Linux in Laws’ and that said they love…







