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40:25ENA Language That Knows the World: Stephen Wolfram on Computable KnowledgeHost Lex FridmanIn this clip from the Lex Fridman Podcast, Stephen Wolfram explains what makes the Wolfram Language different from ordinary programming languages and how it grew into a computable knowledge base, from Wolfram Alpha to computational contracts.
14:47ENBuild Your Own Types: What Bjarne Stroustrup Learned from Simula, Fortran and LispGuest Bjarne Stroustrup · Host Lex FridmanThe creator of C++ traces how Simula's user-defined types shaped his language, and why he builds for constrained, long-lived systems.
1:45:10ENShape Up in Real Life: Fixed Time, Variable Scope, and the Shaping Session That Makes It WorkGuest Ryan Singer · Host Lenny RachitskyRyan Singer, author of Shape Up, explains appetites, six-week time boxes and live shaping sessions, and why copying Basecamp's method without its conditions fails.
1:40:03ENDo More Per Minute: Shopify's Farhan Thawar on Intensity, Hard Paths and Hiring by DoingGuest Farhan Thawar · Host Lenny RachitskyShopify's head of engineering explains how pair programming, relentless check-ins, deleted code and job trials keep a 10,000-person company moving fast.
17:32ENOver-Automating, Googling Doctors and Neural Nets: George Hotz Reviews Programming MemesHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman and George Hotz rate printed programming memes, and the jokes turn into candid talk about testing, hiring, social media and the power of neural networks.
1:19:39ENEngineers Become Sorcerers: OpenAI's Sherwin Wu on the Next 12 to 24 MonthsHost Lenny RachitskyThe head of engineering for OpenAI's API and developer platform describes life with Codex, how management is changing, and why builders should aim for where the models are going.
11:59ENFrom a Side Project to TensorFlow's Core: François Chollet on How Keras Came to BeGuest François Chollet · Host Lex FridmanThe creator of Keras recalls why he built it in 2015 around recurrent networks, how it moved onto TensorFlow, and what TensorFlow 2.0 means for its design.









