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Publisher

Software Engineering

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Sept 2017

Latest episode

25 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

107 of 362 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   25 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Almost Correct System

   This episode discusses the RexIDE system, but provides no further information about its purpose or functionality.

2. 

   24 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Design Local Delivery Service - GoPuff - System Design Interview Series

   RexIDE (https://rex.mindmeld360.com) - https://rex.mindmeld360.com In this episode, we design a local, ultra-fast delivery system inspired by GoPuff. We break down: service boundaries (ordering, inventory, dispatch) real-time courier assignment warehouse-centric delivery vs marketplace models latency, batching, and failure scenarios

3. 

   22 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Java Memory Model (JMM)

   This episode of Programmers Podcast explores the Java Memory Model and the Happens-Before relationship, which ensures visibility and ordering in multithreaded applications.

Inside a recent episode

The Almost Correct System

Published 25 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Walk us through it. Why is Pac -Man relevant to modern cloud architecture? Okay, so imagine you're writing the code for the original Pac -Man game. It's the 1980s. It runs on a single arcade machine. You have a line of code, something like board got fined Pac -Man. Simple enough, find the yellow guy on the grid. Right, and what happens? The CPU looks at the memory, finds the coordinates, and returns them. It's nearly instantaneous nanoseconds. But more importantly, the code shares fate with the machine. Fate sharing, that sounds dramatic. It is dramatic, it's a critical concept. It means if the power cord gets pulled, the whole thing dies. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

2.9 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

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Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

89

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