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16/06/2025

Go's Error Handling Is Handled

Error handling in Go is one of the language's most controversial topics. It ranks high in each Go Developer Survey and many different people have proposed many different solutions to the perceived problems. The Go Team's stance on error handling as a problem in need of a fix has changed recently, with a declaration that no proposals will be accepted for changes to Go's error handling syntax. In this episode, Kris is joined by Ian and Matt to discuss this news. They talk about whether error handling has ever actually been a problem, what the Go team actually is, and the benefits of deciding not to provided syntactic support for error handling. For our supporters, this episode contains an extended discussion. Get access by signing up at https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Notes: [ On | No ] syntactic support for error handling#71203 proposal: spec: reduce error handling boilerplate using ?#71460 discussion: spec: reduce error handling boilerplate using ?Go Wiki: SliceTricksslices packagemaps packageskriptble's Bluesky post on AI hype#19623 proposal: spec: change int to be arbitrary precision Table of Contents: Prologue (02:32)Chapter 1: It's Fine. (04:03)Chapter 2: But What Are Errors? (09:19)Chapter 3: Who's Responsible For Solving Problems? (26:53)Chapter 4: We Should Panic (38:24)Chapter 5: Go Is A Low Level Language (41:32) [Supporter Only]Chapter 6: What Is The Go Team? (41:56)Chapter 7: What's Next for Go? (50:41)Chapter 8: Boundaries & Backpressure (59:08)Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Proposals (59:39) [Supporter Only]Appendix WASM: The New FFI (59:43)Epilogue (01:05:36)Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram (02:32) - Prologue (04:03) - Chapter 1: It's Fine. (09:19) - Chapter 2: But What Are Errors? (26:53) - Chapter 3: Who's Responsible For Solving Problems? (38:24) - Chapter 4: We Should Panic (41:32) - Chapter 5: Go Is A Low Level Language [Supporter Only] (41:56) - Chapter 6: What Is The Go Team? (50:41) - Chapter 7: What's Next for Go? (59:08) - Chapter 8: Boundaries & Backpressure (59:39) - Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Proposals [Supporter Only] (59:43) - Appendix WASM: The New FFI (01:05:36) - Epilogue

16/06/2025

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1 h y 10 min
07/07/2025 · CONTENIDO EXTRA

Language and Codes of Misconduct

In episode 27, the panel discussed what languages are, what it means to know things, and what meaning is. In this bonus episode, we extend that conversation to discuss how language affects the tech and software communities. We delve into things like whether Codes of Conduct are actually a good thing, how efforts to make language more inclusive can be harmful, and much more. This content would usually be included as supporter only content, but we decided to release it to everyone! If you enjoy this kind of discussion (and the higher quality audio!), become a supporter today so you can get access to this extra content in each of our episodes! You can sign up by going to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Notes: Changelog Zulip discussion about overflowsLanguage MachinesAre We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria?How language shapes the way we think - Lera Boroditsky Table of Contents: Chapter 8: Language and Psychological Safety (01:28)Epilogue (01:00:23) Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Angelica Hill - Producer Steve Klabnik - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram (01:28) - Chapter 8: Language and Psychological Safety (01:00:23) - Epilogue

07/07/2025 · Contenido extra

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1 h y 8 min
20/01/2025

Do We Think You Should Learn To Code?

For years we've been told that everyone needs to learn to code. As career software people, what are our thoughts on this? Should you learn to code? Is coding the right career for you? In this first episode of a two part series, the panel discusses how they learned to code, whether they think everyone should learn to code, and of course they offer up some unpopular opinions. And if you're thinking, "I already know how to code", don't worry, this episode contains valuable advice for you as well. As always thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Notes & Links: Ben Eater's YouTube Channel (from 53:00)John Carmack's Fast Inverse Square Root (from 1:01:47)This is actually from Quake, not Doom.Change Interviews #581 It's Not Always DNS (from 1:04:15)Chapters: (00:00) - Intro (01:33) - How're we doing? (04:41) - Why did we learn to code? (06:10) - Why Kris learned to code (07:44) - Why Ian learned to code (08:54) - Why Dylan learned to code (10:36) - Why Matthew learned to code (14:22) - Computer Assembly Not Required (16:51) - Tangent: Why Are USB-C Cables? (17:36) - Should you focus on a specific language? (22:45) - Do you want to solve problems? (24:53) - Coding & Woodworking (27:09) - Curiosity & Itches that need scratching (31:07) - What do we mean when we say "code"? (32:34) - You should learn Excel (39:35) - Coding Is Configuring Computers (43:32) - Discrete Math, Not Binary (47:03) - Learn the low level stuff... eventually (53:42) - The desire to learn (57:41) - Sidequest: Networking (01:05:52) - Learning Design & Being Load Bearing (01:12:10) - Continual Learning (01:14:33) - What of AI and Automation? (01:21:49) - Share What You Learn (01:24:24) - Should You Learn To Code? (01:24:57) - Teaser: Episode 5 - Is Coding The Career For You? (01:26:02) - Unpopular Opinions (01:26:08) - Matthew's Unpop (01:28:51) - Ian's Unpop (01:29:29) - Dylan's Unpop (01:33:52) - Kris' Unpop (01:36:50) - Tangent: Chopper? (01:37:27) - Outro Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host Dylan Bourque - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram

20/01/2025

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1 h y 39 min
09/06/2025

A Discourse On AI Discourse

AI is a divisive topic. Some people are AI boosters while others are AI doomers. And then there are those of us who sit in the middle, feeling both sides are not just wrong but that they aren't experiencing a shared reality with the rest of us. In this episode, Kris and Matt are joined by Steve Klabnik to talk about the state of AI and the discourse around it. For our supporters, this episode contains extra chapters of discussion. Get access by signing up at https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe. Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Notes: Carl Sagan Responds To Christian Grad Student Question About GodWeapons of Math DestructionGoogle apologises for Photos app's racist blunderMy AI Skeptic Friends Are All NutsPlaying to WinThe Infinite GameGlenn Vanderburg of LivingSocial on why software development is an engineering disciplineAnalogs All The Way Down Table of Contents: Prologue (01:35)Chapter 1: Chemistry Is Just Alchemy Rebranded (07:30)Chapter 2: Quantity Is A Quality All On Its Own (15:57)Chapter 3: Optimizing The Individual, Not The Collective (25:39)Chapter 4: What Is Fun? (30:09)Chapter 5: Balancing The Good And The Bad [Supporter Only] (38:18)Chapter 6: The Art of Constructive Criticism [Supporter Only] (38:28)Chapter 7: Embracing The Meta (38:44)Chapter 8: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular (44:56)Chapter 9: What Is A Computer? (51:29)Chapter 10: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular Part II (01:09:24)Epilogue (01:14:09) Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Steve Klabnik - Guest Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram (01:35) - Prologue (07:30) - Chapter 1: Chemistry Is Just Alchemy Rebranded (15:57) - Chapter 2: Quantity Is A Quality All On Its Own (25:39) - Chapter 3: Optimizing The Individual, Not The Collective (30:09) - Chapter 4: What Is Fun? (38:18) - Chapter 5: Balancing The Good And The Bad [Supporter Only] (38:28) - Chapter 6: The Art of Constructive Criticism [Supporter Only] (38:44) - Chapter 7: Embracing The Meta (44:56) - Chapter 8: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular (51:29) - Chapter 9: What Is A Computer? (01:09:24) - Chapter 10: What's Popular Is Popular Because It's Popular Part II (01:14:09) - Epilogue

09/06/2025

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1 h y 18 min
06/01/2025

War Stories

Our experiences are what make us the software people we are today. In this episode, Kris is joined by the hosting panel of Ian, Matt, and Dylan and they're talking war stories. You'll hear tales of coworker frustrations, our own hubris, and plenty of weird software bugs. To close the episode out, Dylan, Ian, and Kris provide some unpopular opinions! Let us know on social media if you think their opinions are unpopular as they seem to think they are! Thank you so much for listening to our first episode. Happy listening! (00:00) - Introduction (00:43) - Talkin' Bout The Rain (01:39) - Dates, Times, and "Helpful" Platforms (14:17) - Y2K Flashback (16:20) - Non-Refreshing Refresh Tokens (21:53) - TCP, Locks, and Load Balancers (34:16) - tar != tar (39:52) - Bonus Story: Too Many Modules (43:58) - pprof to the rescue! (47:18) - netcat: the ultimate database backup tool (49:03) - The Perfect API (In Theory) (53:30) - Hubris and the ease of ETL (55:38) - Problems with Proactive Fixes (58:39) - Unpopular Opinions (59:00) - Dylan's Unpop (01:03:08) - Ian's Unpop (01:09:26) - Kris' Unpop (01:12:32) - Outro Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host Dylan Bourque - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram

06/01/2025

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1 h y 13 min
28/07/2025

AI Booster? AI Doomer? You're Wrong Either Way

It's a rarity in recent years to have a conversation and not have the topic of AI brought up. There are those who think we're on the cusp of AI super-intelligence, those who think AI will destroy the job market, and those who completely write the entire thing off. What these conversations lack is nuance. In this episode, Kris is joined by Matt and Steve to bring some much needed nuance to the conversation around artificial intelligence. They discuss the history of AI; how everything old is new again, sometimes literally; why boosters and doomers are wrong; what intelligence actually is (in reference to computers); and so much more. We've also have a new episode of Break! We've decided that Break will be video first, so you can watch it on YouTube or in your favorite podcast app by going to: https://break.show/ep/3. For our supporters, we have a whole bunch of extra content. This episode was one large, unstructured conversation, so we've included interludes of related or slightly tangential conversations as supporter content. Not a supporter yet? You can fix that by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today! Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Notes: How AI is Ruining the Electrical Grid Table of Contents: Prologue (03:12)Chapter 1: A Brief History of AI (04:35)Chapter 2: The AI Boom & Bust (09:00)Interlude: Why Are People Mad at Duolingo? [Supporter Only] (10:07)Chapter 3: The Problem Isn't AI, It's The Products (10:07)Interlude: Why AI Coding Assistants are like Debuggers [Supporter Only] (18:33)Interlude: Bankified Companies [Supporter Only] (20:22)Interlude: The Uber of Past Successes [Supporter Only] (23:30)Chapter 4: Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (23:33)Interlude: How The Power Grid Works [Supporter Only] (36:34)Interlude: Congestion Pricing, Capacity Planning, & Subway Cars [Supporter Only] (42:10)Chapter 5: Startups Aren't Businesses [Supporter Only] (42:11)Chapter 6: The Machines Have Been Intelligent The Entire Time (42:39)Chapter 7: The Interface Is A Means To An End (53:14)Chapter 8: We Need More Naunce (01:02:08)Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions (01:10:29)Epilogue (01:15:58) Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Steve Klabnik - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram (03:12) - Prologue (04:35) - Chapter 1: A Brief History of AI (09:00) - Chapter 2: The AI Boom & Bust (10:07) - Interlude: Why Are People Mad at Duolingo? [Supporter Only] (10:07) - Chapter 3: The Problem Isn't AI, It's The Products (18:33) - Interlude: Why AI Coding Assistants are like Debuggers [Supporter Only] (20:22) - Interlude: Bankified Companies [Supporter Only] (23:30) - Interlude: The Uber of Past Successes [Supporter Only] (23:33) - Chapter 4: Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (36:34) - Interlude: How The Power Grid Works [Supporter Only] (42:10) - Interlude: Congestion Pricing, Capacity Planning, & Subway Cars [Supporter Only] (42:11) - Chapter 5: Startups Aren't Businesses [Supporter Only] (42:39) - Chapter 6: The Machines Have Been Intelligent The Entire Time (53:14) - Chapter 7: The Interface Is A Means To An End (01:02:08) - Chapter 8: We Need More Naunce (01:10:29) - Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions (01:15:58) - Epilogue

28/07/2025

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1 h y 21 min
19/11/2025 • SÓLO PARA PERSONAS CON SUSCRIPCIÓN

The AI Marketing Problem

The tech industry is terrible at marketing things. From AI to Blockchain to Git, we constantly miss the actual innovation by looking too closely at the surface level. In this episode, Kris is joined by the full panel of Ian, Matthew, and Dylan to discuss the marketing problem AI seems to have and its wider implications. This week's episode of break continues the conversation, with a deeper discussion around the marketing point and a whole bunch more. Watch it on YouTube or listen with your favorite podcasting app! Learn more by going to https://break.show/16 ( https://break.show/ep/16 ). And we've got bonus content for our supporters, where you'll hear how the panel is currently using AI and the importance of embracing being human. Not a supporter yet? Fix that today by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe ( https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe ) where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today! Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Table of Contents: * Prologue (00:00:00) * Chapter 1: The AI Marketing Problem (00:06:15) * Chapter 2: What Does It Mean To Adopt AI? [Extended] (00:09:53) * Chapter 3: SciFi Computer or Reference System? (00:16:24) * Chapter 4: Embrace Being Human [Extended] (00:42:22) * Chapter 5: Context Is Important (00:53:39) * Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions and Panic & Recover (01:06:25) * Epilogue (01:19:59) Host: Kris Brandow Co-Hosts: Ian Wester-Lopshire, Matthew Sanabria, and Dylan Bourque Beats: Breakmaster Cylinder Fallthrough is produced by Kris Brandow and Angelica Hill. Socials: * Website ( https://fallthrough.fm/ ) * Bluesky ( https://bsky.app/profile/fallthrough.fm ) * Threads ( https://www.threads.net/@fallthroughfm ) * X/Twitter ( https://x.com/fallthroughfm ) * LinkedIn ( https://linkedin.com/company/fallthrough ) * Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/fallthroughfm/ )

19/11/2025

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1 h y 22 min
30/09/2025

Solve The Small Problems

Welcome back to Break, a Fallthrough aftershow! In this episode, Kris and Matt talk extend their discussion from Fallthrough episode #39. Enjoying the aftershow? Let us know on social media! If you prefer to watch instead of just listen, head over to YouTube where you watch this episode of Break! Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Chapters: Prologue (00:00:00)Chapter 1: Small Tools, Not Big Solutions (00:00:50)Chapter 2: The Plight of Streaming (00:09:36)Chapter 3: Making A Living Solving Small Problems (00:31:25)Epilogue (00:36:47) Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram

30/09/2025

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38 min
25/11/2025 • SÓLO PARA PERSONAS CON SUSCRIPCIÓN

Magic Numbers Take Down The Internet

This cannot keep happening. Another day, another outage. On this week's episode Kris and Matt talk about the recent Cloudflare outage. And boy do they have thoughts, we really hope you enjoy this exchange of monologues. If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4nGG8Mv4L88 ( https://youtu.be/4nGG8Mv4L88 ) This week's episode of break continues the conversation, with a few more monologues and some thinking about the state of things. Watch it on YouTube or listen with your favorite podcasting app! Learn more by going to https://break.show/17 ( https://break.show/ep/17 ). And we've got bonus content for our supporters, where you'll hear about the Cloudflare outage in a bit more depth and hear the duos take on being a generalist versus a specialist. Not a supporter yet? Fix that today by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe ( https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe ) where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today! Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Table of Contents: * Prologue (00:00:00) * Chapter 1: The Cloudflare Outage (00:02:17) * Chapter 2: Too Much Centralization? (00:20:24) * Chapter 3: Communication Matters (00:26:22) * Chapter 4: Magic Numbers Take Down The Internet [Extended] (00:29:50) * Chapter 5: Programming Language Hate and AI versus Tools (00:30:19) * Chapter 6: The Generalist and The Specialist [Extended] (00:49:29) * Epilogue (00:50:03) Host: Kris Brandow Co-Hosts: Matthew Sanabria Beats: Breakmaster Cylinder Fallthrough is produced by Kris Brandow and Angelica Hill. Socials: * Website ( https://fallthrough.fm/ ) * Bluesky ( https://bsky.app/profile/fallthrough.fm ) * Threads ( https://www.threads.net/@fallthroughfm ) * X/Twitter ( https://x.com/fallthroughfm ) * LinkedIn ( https://linkedin.com/company/fallthrough ) * Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/fallthroughfm/ )

25/11/2025

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1 h y 10 min
25/12/2025 • SÓLO PARA PERSONAS CON SUSCRIPCIÓN

Worse Is Better

There's a famous joke essay called Worse Is Better, which compares the New Jersey and the MIT ideologies. In this episode, Kris and Matt discuss these two different ideologies and how they show up in technology, from Go, to dependency management, to electric vehicles. If you prefer to watch this episode, you can view it on YouTube. This week's episode of break continues the conversation. Watch it on YouTube or listen with your favorite podcasting app! Learn more by going to https://break.show/21 ( https://break.show/ep/21 ). In this week's bonus content, the duo discusses how idealistic thinking has slowed down the adoption of electric vehicles and what a better path forward might have looked like. Not a supporter yet? Fix that today by heading over to https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe ( https://fallthrough.fm/subscribe ) where you'll get not only extra content but also higher quality audio. Sign up today! Thanks for tuning in and happy listening! Show Notes: * Worse Is Better ( https://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html ) * Simple Made Easy ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4 ) * Less Is Exponentially More ( https://commandcenter.blogspot.com/2012/06/less-is-exponentially-more.html ) * Go += Package Versioning ( https://research.swtch.com/vgo-intro ) * govulncheck ( https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck ) * The Bizarre Logic of the F-150 Lightning ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OvA__3Dzk ) Table of Contents: * Prologue (00:00:00) * Chapter 1: Worse Is Better? (00:02:58) * Chapter 2: Go Got Stranded In The Middle (00:10:39) * Chapter 3: SemVer Is Fundamentally Broken (00:33:32) * Chapter 4: We Don't Live In The Ideal World (00:47:19) * Chapter 5: BEVs vs EREVs [Extended] (00:56:26) * Chapter 6: Holistic vs Deep (01:13:06) * Epilogue (01:17:46) Host: Kris Brandow Co-Host: Matthew Sanabria Beats: Breakmaster Cylinder Fallthrough is produced by Kris Brandow and Angelica Hill. Socials: * Website ( https://fallthrough.fm/ ) * Bluesky ( https://bsky.app/profile/fallthrough.fm ) * Threads ( https://www.threads.net/@fallthroughfm ) * X/Twitter ( https://x.com/fallthroughfm ) * LinkedIn ( https://linkedin.com/company/fallthrough ) * Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/fallthroughfm/ )

25/12/2025

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1 h y 19 min

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Solve The Small Problems

Magic Numbers Take Down The Internet

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