The Bootloader
Hosted by Paul and Tod and Tod Kurt · Paul Cutler
5.0from 4 ratings
- 39
- Episodes
- 10
- Transcribed
- 4
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 962
- YouTube views
About The Bootloader
A monthly podcast loading you up with news, project updates and product talk from the CircuitPython and maker communities. Hosted by Tod Kurt and Paul Cutler.
- Publisher
- Paul Cutler
- Category
- technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Sept 2022
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
10 of 39 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Spirit of Radio
7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
CircuitPython Day 2026
3 Aug 2026
Thank You For The Music
Inside a recent episode
The Spirit of Radio
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And instead of doing it on the chip, you can choose to do it on your computer by compiling your code. If you could see my fingers, they're making quotes now. Compiling your code ahead of time with the mpy cross tool. This results in a .mpy file that contains a tokenized version of your code. This is what we normally use. We want to make our code kind of smaller and faster anyway. But it can also contain any native code functions that you've decorated. But the problem with MPY files currently is that they hold native code. If they have native code, they hold native code for a single chip architecture. […]
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- Liz Clark
- John Park
- Paul K
- Andy Piper
- Brent Rubell
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 962
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 3 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 66
- Engagement
- 60
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Questions about The Bootloader
Who hosts The Bootloader?
Paul and Tod and Tod Kurt host the show. Published by Paul Cutler.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Bootloader take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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