About this episode
Ben interviews Matt about optimizing program performance, leading to unexpected discussions.
Ben interviews Matt with a deceptively simple question: make my program go fast. 44 minutes later, robot dogs are falling over, Grace Hopper's wire makes an appearance, and Matt still hasn't gotten the job.
People in this episode
Host: Ben Rady
Guest: Matt Godbolt
Topics covered
- program optimization
- performance
- technology
- interview
- software engineering
Keywords
- fast
- program
- optimization
- robot dogs
- Grace Hopper
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