Runtime Arguments

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

Podcasting since 2025 • 30 episodes

Runtime Arguments

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29: The Alphabet Soup of Wi-Fi

Jim talks about his struggles to get decent Wi-Fi in all corners of his house. The big issue is all of the numbers and codes and things they use to describe the different Wi-Fi technologies.Hosts:Jim McQuillan can be rea...

May 30, 2026 • 1:06:31

28: Don't let the language be the problem — let the problem be the problem

Don't let the language be the problem — let the problem be the problem.You're not picking a language; you're picking an ecosystem.Boring is a feature.Resume-driven development is real, it's expensive, and everyon...

May 16, 2026 • 1:31:51

27: SSH and how we got here

From rsh to certificates: The story of how we learned to log in safely.SSH has been around for a long time, over 30 years in fact. In this episode we talk about what came before and why SSH is such a huge improvement. We talk abou...

May 02, 2026 • Episode 27 • 1:26:33

26: Why You'll Never Switch Editors (And What You're Missing)

You already have an editor. You already love it. Nothing we say is going to change that — and we know it. But your editor shapes how you think about editing, which means there are problems it could solve for you that you've never even thought t...

April 18, 2026 • Episode 26 • 1:16:21

25: The X Window System and Wayland

If you've been using Linux on the desktop you almost certainly have been using the X Window System.In this episode we dive into what that is, where it came from and what kinds of choices you have.We get into the toolkits like GTK ...

April 04, 2026 • Episode 25 • 1:08:14

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