Book Overflow

Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups

In a world of short-form content, it's important to engage with long-form ideas. Book Overflow is a podcast created for software engineers, by software engineers to discuss the best technical books in the world. Join co-hosts Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups each week as they discuss a new technical book! New episodes every Monday!

  1. HACE 4 D

    How Engineering Leaders Approach Strategy - Crafting Engineering Strategy by Will Larson

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Crafting Engineering Strategy by Will Larson!Try Mailtrap for free with our link! https://l.rw.rw/book_overflow_1Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Crafting Engineering Strategy by Will Larsonhttps://amzn.to/4uuUg3J------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 11 min

  2. 9 MAR

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan take a break from their usual discussion of technical books and review Project Hail Mary by (former software engineer) Andy Weir!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Nodahttps://amzn.to/40l1Pfw------Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 2 min

  3. 5 MAR

    Carl Brown Discusses All Things AI

    New Colab episode between https://www.youtube.com/@UC1U09Fb_5oEBo0mutiNYh5w and https://www.youtube.com/@UCfJRkBBiPtKZyZn_3PxWaiQ !In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan meet again with Carl Brown (Internet of Bugs) to discuss Reflections on Trusting Trust, Coding Machines, and all things AI!Join the Book Overflow Discord (Carl is on here as well!) https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ Check out Carl's new substack here: https://internetofbugs.substack.com/ where Carl is going to be doing some low-jargon writing on the intersection between tech (including AI) and Society.Carl's Site with Links to what he's working on:https://internetofbugs.com/Ted Chiang articles: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-ted-chiang.htmlhttps://kottke.org/21/04/ted-chiang-fears-of-technology-are-fears-of-capitalismhttps://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-webBrian Merchant's "Blood in the Machine" SubStackhttps://www.bloodinthemachine.com/Cory Doctorow's stuff we mentioned:https://pluralistic.net/tag/enshittification/https://www.versobooks.com/products/3035-the-internet-conhttps://www.versobooks.com/products/3341-enshittificationIlya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research on the Dwarkesh Patel Podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR20FWCCjAsArticle about adapting to AI in the classroomhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/magazine/ai-higher-education-students-teachers.html---00:00 Intro02:37 Welcome to Carl Brown05:42 Trusting Trust and Coding Machines12:57 AI Skepticism and the Limits of Scaling28:04 Vibe Coding and Code Quality43:02 AI Safety and the Doomer Narrative1:01:54 Every Decade They Say Programming Is Dead1:06:19 Disruption Culture and the AI Bubble1:23:57 Agentic Security and Trust1:32:42 Final Thoughts---Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's rojoroboto newsletter: https://rojoroboto.com/newsletterNathan's substack Functionally Imperative: https://functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 47 min

  4. 2 MAR

    The Shifting Role of Software Engineering - Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Nodahttps://amzn.to/40l1Pfw---Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 4 min

  5. 23 FEB

    DevEx in the Age of AI - Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Noda!Join the Book Overflow Discord here! https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! ------------------------------------------------------------Carterhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1Nathanhttps://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2-- Books Mentioned in this Episode --Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.----------------------------------------------------------Frictionless by Nicole Forsgren and Abi Nodahttps://amzn.to/40l1Pfw---------------- 00:00 Intro 04:57 About the Book and Authors 08:24 Initial Thoughts on Frictionless 13:02 What is Developer Experience \20:33 AI Agents and Code Safety 35:07 The DevX Framework 40:47 Making the Business Case for DevX 51:35 The RICE Framework 1:01:51 Final Thoughts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5LApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpodCarter on X: https://x.com/cartermorganNathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com----------------Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week!The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 11 min

  6. 16 FEB

    When Machines Can Code - Reflections on Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson + Coding Machines by Lawrence Kesteloot

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Ken Thompson's essay Reflections on Trusting Trust and the short story Coding Machines by Lawrence Kesteloot! Big thanks to user 0b00101010 from the Book Overflow Discord for the recommendation! Join it here: https://discord.gg/ZwS2fqW7ZZ -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Carter https://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1 Nathan https://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2 -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Reflections on Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf Coding Machines by Lawrence Kesteloot https://www.teamten.com/lawrence/writings/coding-machines/ ---------------- 00:00 Intro 02:55 About the Authors and Essays 06:14 Initial Thoughts 11:03 The Trusting Trust Attack 22:39 Coding Machines 32:05 AI Trust and Dark Patterns 44:01 AI-Generated Code and the Future 54:52 Stuxnet and Unintended Consequences 1:02:43 Final Thoughts Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5L Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325 X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpod Carter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan Nathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com ---------------- Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week! The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 16 min

  7. 9 FEB

    The Ethics of Data-Intensive Applications - Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan finish discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman! Join the official Book Overflow Discord! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Carter https://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1 Nathan https://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2 -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman https://amzn.to/3LNwzSK 00:00 Intro 03:05 About the Book and Author 05:15 Initial Thoughts on DDIA Part 4 11:44 Stream Processing and Message Brokers 20:00 Kafka, Event Sourcing, and Append-Only Logs 43:42 Fault Tolerance in Streaming Systems 49:05 The Future of Data Systems 57:43 Privacy, Surveillance, and Ethics 1:11:42 Final Thoughts ---------------- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5L Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325 X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpod Carter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan Nathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com ---------------- Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week! The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 26 min

  8. 2 FEB

    Time is an Illusion - Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan continue discussing Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman! Join the official Book Overflow Discord! -- Want to talk with Carter or Nathan? Book a coaching session! -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Carter https://www.joinleland.com/coach/carter-m-1 Nathan https://www.joinleland.com/coach/nathan-t-2 -- Books Mentioned in this Episode -- Note: As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. ---------------------------------------------------------- Designing Data-Intensive Application by Martin Kleppman https://amzn.to/3LNwzSK ---- 00:00 Intro 05:44 About the Book and Author 07:23 Initial Thoughts on DDIA Part 3 14:03 The Trouble with Distributed Systems 31:47 Byzantine Fault Tolerance 37:35 Consistency and Consensus 53:03 Batch Processing and the Unix Philosophy 1:10:55 Hot Takes and Book Recommendations 1:15:07 Final Thoughts ---------------- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kj6DLCEWR5nHShlSYJI5L Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/book-overflow/id1745257325 X: https://x.com/bookoverflowpod Carter on X: https://x.com/cartermorgan Nathan's Functionally Imperative: www.functionallyimperative.com ---------------- Book Overflow is a podcast for software engineers, by software engineers dedicated to improving our craft by reading the best technical books in the world. Join Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups as they read and discuss a new technical book each week! The full book schedule and links to every major podcast player can be found at https://www.bookoverflow.io

    1 h 22 min
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Información

In a world of short-form content, it's important to engage with long-form ideas. Book Overflow is a podcast created for software engineers, by software engineers to discuss the best technical books in the world. Join co-hosts Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups each week as they discuss a new technical book! New episodes every Monday!

Ficha técnica

  • Creado por
    Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups
  • Años en activo
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodios
    107
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Derechos de autor
    © Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups
  • Sitio web del podcast
    Book Overflow

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