Runtime Arguments

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

Podcasting since 2025 • 33 episodes

Runtime Arguments

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32: Why Rust?

High-points on Rust: how it’s different, how it might help you even if you never actually use it on a project, why people care. … And some things Jim and Wolf have (separately) been working on.Links:SQL 'SELECT * (EXCE...

July 11, 2026 • 1:45:12

31: Local LLMs: Good Enough Might Be Enough

Jim shares his adventure into running LLMs on his own hardware. For him it's less about saving money and more about privacy — working in healthcare, he can't send patient data to the cloud.App vs. model: Claude Code and Codex...

June 27, 2026 • 59:50

30: Available compute: way more than you need, right up until you need it!

You almost never have exactly the right amount of compute for the job. Either cores are sitting idle while your code runs on one, or you've got more problem than machine. This episode is about the two fundamental tools for closing that gap — an...

June 13, 2026 • 56:20

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

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