Book Overflow

Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups
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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. 1D AGO

    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

    1h 16m

  2. FEB 9

    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

    1h 26m

  3. FEB 2

    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

    1h 22m

  4. JAN 30

    Austen McDonald Reflects on Mastering Behavioral Interviews

    In this special episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan are joined by Austen McDonald, author of Mastering Behavioral Interviews! Original book discussion: https://youtu.be/ZA_rG3O46Bw Join the official Book Overflow Discord! 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. ---------------------------------------------------------- Mastering Behavioral Interviews by Austen McDonald https://amzn.to/4k3jnpF (Paid Link) ---------------- 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

    1h 6m

  5. JAN 26

    Replication, Partitioning, & Transactions - 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 01:53 About the Book and Author 03:12 Initial Thoughts on DDIA Chapters 5-7 19:10 Chapter 5: Replication 43:00 Chapter 6: Partitioning 52:39 Chapter 7: Transactions 1:05:12 Hot Takes 1:11:59 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

    1h 19m

  6. JAN 19

    Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability - Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan begin 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 02:04 About the Book and Author 06:31 Initial Thoughts on DDIA16:39 Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability 21:45 The Twitter Scalability Problem 33:52 Maintainability and AI-Generated Code 37:31 Data Models and Query Languages 47:20 LLMs as CNC Machines for Engineers 54:40 Storage Engines and Indexing 58:35 OLTP vs OLAP 1:05:08 Encoding and Evolution 1:13:16 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

    1h 20m

  7. JAN 12

    Mastering Behavioral Interviews by Austen McDonald

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan discuss Mastering Behavioral Interviews by Austen McDonald!Join the official Book Overflow Discord! 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.----------------------------------------------------------Mastering Behavioral Interviews by Austen McDonaldhttps://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Behavioral-Interviews-Guide-Storytelling---00:00 Intro04:54 About the Book and Author07:58 Initial Thoughts on Mastering Behavioral Interviews16:30 Pitfalls and Anti-patterns - I vs We19:53 The Eight Signal Areas28:20 The CARL Framework35:33 The Big Three Questions38:57 Questions to Ask Your Interviewer56:06 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 Newsletter Functionally Imperative: https://functionallyimperative.comNathan's Platform Engineering Newsletter at https://rojoroboto.com/newsletter----------------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

    1h 6m

  8. 12/15/2025

    March Madness in December! Comparing Every Book We've Ever Read!

    In this episode of Book Overflow, Carter and Nathan stick everything they've ever read into a March Madness-style bracket to determine what their favorite thing they've ever read is! Big thanks to some of our superfans who helped with this episode! Jose Villalta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jvillalta/ Nick Severinchik: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-severinchik-56463176/ David Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-johnson-09891732/ -- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Tao of Programming by Geoffrey James https://www.talisman.org/tao/ ---------------- 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

    1h 25m
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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!

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  • Creator
    Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    102
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Carter Morgan and Nathan Toups
  • Show Website
    Book Overflow

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