It’s that time of year again, Scott (as Dracula) and Wes (as a big bad shark) return for their annual Spooky Stories special! They’re joined by a mysterious guest for a round of creepy coding trivia and chilling true tales of web dev gone wrong; dropped databases, haunted passwords, and more. Beware: these are real developer horror stories.
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Oct 7
1045: Who can actually max out 5 AI subscriptions?
Scott and Wes answer listener questions about what replaced blogging, what to do while your AI agent works, and who should pay for token costs. They also cover keeping agents from going off the rails, getting your team excited about AI, and staying motivated when AI takes the fun ... Show More
52m 18s
Oct 5
1044: Ruby on Rails is Dead
Scott, Wes, and CJ ask whether Ruby on Rails is really dead (and whether Rust is just Rails you don't have to read), then dig into Meta's new Muse agent, which is free, comes with its own VM, and is already reading messages nobody asked it to. Plus: upm, a tiny TypeScript npm rep ... Show More
1h 20m
Sep 30
1043: I’m Using GPUI For Everything
Scott and Wes ditch Electron and Tauri for GPUI, the GPU accelerated Rust UI framework from the Zed team. They get into its React-like API, styling that feels a lot like Tailwind, GPUI Kit components, the community fork drama, and the tiny desktop apps Scott has built with it. Sh ... Show More
32m 43s
Oct 2023
Spooky, scary, skeletons at the movies. [Hacking humans goes to the movies]
Thanks for joining us again for a very special and scary episode brought to you by the team of Hacking Humans, the CyberWire's social engineering podcast. Hacking Humans co-host Dave Bittner is joined by Rick Howard in this series where they view clips from their favorite movies ... Show More
36m 43s
Oct 2020
SCARY STORIES!! *3rd Annual Halloween Episode*
It's time for the WWS annual scary stories episode! The girls read your submissions about ghosts, dark figures in photos, voice memos, and haunted rooms... Get ready to get SPOOKED! Happy Halloween! FOLLOW US! TAKE OUR HEALTH AND BUSINESS COURSES! https://balanced-boss-6f91.mykaj ... Show More
1h 3m
Jun 2023
The Internet Is a SCARY Place
This week on an all new Brain Leak, Sean and Ethan kick things off by talking about snooba...not scuba, snooba? Next, Ethan educates Sean on the number of bones in a baby’s body before a deep dive into the wild, scary works of the dark web, deep web, the Silk Road, etc…it’s all c ... Show More
1h 13m
Oct 2021
Halloween Spooktacular: Scary Stories, Haunting Music & More!
The scariest stories from Marvel’s past are resurrected in this very spooky Halloween special, as actor Nik Walker joins us for a reading of three stories from the frightening Strange Tales comic series. What’s more, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy video game has finally materia ... Show More
1h 16m
Oct 2023
138: Spooky Dark Edition..
Two Hot Takes host, Morgan, is joined by guest co-host Alejandra! Things take a turn into spookyville with this last scary episode of the season.. From ghosts that line up cat toys, to dark angels floating above this one has all the paranormal vibes we could handle. Thoughts on t ... Show More
1h 44m