The Nonintuitive Bits
94 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTwo and a half engineers, three different viewpoints. At the intersection of technology, business, gaming and psychology, get a second opinion about the issues of the day in the tech industry. Each opinion is held only the host sharing it (and not by our employers). *Warning:* The host may no longer hold that opinion by the end of the episode.
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Episodes
Start with Principles - Episode 38
November 10, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBHow to make better group decisions? How do you understand what your management chain actually values? And how can you better retain what you learn? References: Get into the leader's head by Alex Danco Start with Principles technique by Shreyas Doshi Incorporate Space Repetition and Reflection by Zain Rizvi
Cruise One is coming! Episode 37
October 26, 2020 01:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBOur main topics of the show: request to remove (from github) the SDK that allows users to download videos from the YouTube Cruise One is coming to SFO Google Duplex been updated Hummer is back Didi's IPO in HongKong News source: TL;DR bot
Forgive and forget? Episode 36
October 17, 2020 04:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBWe ask "when is establishing psychological safety more important than holding people to standards?", discover some time zone madness, and hear the principles Jeff Bezos relied on when deciding Amazon's business model. References: Falsehoods programmers believe about timezones Nailing the things that never change
Personalized Wikipedia, the future that we all deserve. Episode 35
October 07, 2020 09:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBOur main topics tonight: Wikipedia did it Amazon allows you to pay with your hand OpenAI and Azure are now best friends No new gasoline cars in CA after 2035 Amazon now has a game subscription service Windows XP source code has been leaked
Origin stories & 5 year plans - Episode 34
September 30, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBHow we got into software engineering. sending a bat signals to attract like-minded people, and building your personal network. Show links: https://charity.wtf/2020/09/06/if-management-isnt-a-promotion-then-engineering-isnt-a-demotion by Charity Majors Interviews with the Masters, book by Robert Green https://lethain.com/network-of-peers by Will Larson
Will we work from home forever? Episode 33
September 24, 2020 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBSnowflake IPO - a group of cloud service startups are coming to the market. Linux OS is once considered safer than MS Windows. Is that true? Do you enjoy working from home? Will it revolutionize the tech industry? Show links: Warren Buffett invested Snowflake IPO Linux servers and workstations are hackers' next target The future of tech hubs
Apple vs EpicGames. Episode 32
September 20, 2020 18:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBiOS 14 is here Apple vs EpicGames Rus: a new git 101 course from Slava Best meeting hardware in the world Nikola track never worked WeChat and TikTok might be banned
It pays to over-communicate. Episode 31
September 09, 2020 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBToday: Communication and building for customers It's impossible to over-communicate. Think repeating a message five times is to much? Try repeating it twenty one times instead! Not all features you build will bring paying customers. Sometimes there might be people who really want it, but they're not the ones who can pay for it. If you want to sell, focus on features for people who can buy Show notes: Rise: 3 Practical Steps for Advancing Your Career, Standing Out as a Leader, and Liking ...
How To Fix Intel? Episode 30
August 29, 2020 21:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBZain's newsletter Book: "thinking fast and slow" Course: "learning how to learn" "How to fix Intel" Massive Data Breach Exposes Intel’s Intellectual Property for Its Flagship CPUs and SpaceX Sensors
Senior Engineering and Consumer Psychology - Episode 29
August 10, 2020 18:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBWe discuss the psychology behind gamification, how to be a senior and staff engineer, and how to have great ideas With returning guest host Yun Lu Show links: Zain Rizvi's newsletter Getting in the Room where it Happens The Psychology of Gamification The ultimate guild to becoming and idea machine What it's like as a senior engineer
I will double your BTC - Episode 28
August 03, 2020 19:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBTwitter claims 'social engineering attack' led to crypto scam tweets Hacker ransoms 23k MongoDB databases and threatens to contact GDPR authorities Windows DNS Server RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1350) Building a second brain
Hacking your psychology - Episode 27
July 27, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MBAre smart phones becoming less addicting? Can a plugin weaken the hooks social media sites embeds into it's viewers? Show links: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/amazon-bans-tiktok-on-employee-phones-as-us-govt-scrutinizes-chinese-app/ https://www.nirandfar.com/google-apple-less-phone-use/ https://howonlee.github.io/2020/02/12/I-20Add-2020-20Seconds-20of-20Latency-20to-20Every-20Website-20I-20Visit.html https://zainrizvi.io/blog/the-interview-advice-no-one-gives-you/
WWDC - Episode 26
July 11, 2020 21:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBTL;DR bot got a huge update (with the site: tldr.cloud) our views on WWDC 2020 Apple Silicone Windows also have tried and still trying Intel have tried also with ARM (Atom) and own 64bit (Itanium) Amazon have acquired Zoox
WWDC. Episode 26
July 11, 2020 21:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBTL;DR bot got a huge update (with the site: tldr.cloud) our views on WWDC 2020 Apple Silicone Windows also have tried and still trying Intel have tried also with ARM (Atom) and own 64bit (Itanium) Amazon have acquired Zoox
Reducing Scope vs Cutting Corners
June 28, 2020 21:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBWhat does reducing scope have to do with being a senior engineer? When have you crossed the line into cutting corners? How to hack your motivation when working on your side projects? And what are Raspberry Pis best used for? Zain and Slava discuss all that and more!
ASANAAAAAAAA!!!!! Episode 24
June 18, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBHow we hate/love asana TL;DR news telegram channel (and an article with an architecture) To Stadia or not to Stadia Neural network based Pac-Man
NVIDIA - Undisputed king of GPGPU - Episode 23
June 05, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBIn this episode, we do a dive deep into #nvidia #ampere #A100 architecture announcement by #NVIDIA. The A100 GPU enables building elastic, versatile, and high throughput data centers. A100 is powered with 54 billion transistors. #InformationFasting - Zain also talks about his week where he is not consuming any information from the internet. Challenges to achieving it, positive impact, and more. References https://devblogs.nvidia.com/nvidia-ampere-architecture-in-depth/ https://blogs.nvid...
When do you give up? - Episode 22
May 19, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBWe discuss: - How long should you stick with a project? - How did Gumroad's CEO handle Gumroad teethering on the brink of collapse? - Why didn't Gumroad get taken over by a large enterprise? - Creating feedback loops to be a better engineering leader Links: https://marker.medium.com/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build-a-billion-dollar-company-b0c31d7db0e7
#SquadGoals - Episode 21
May 14, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 47.1 MBIn this episode we have discussed: Spotify’s Failed #SquadGoals The Decline of Usability git-bug
The era of open source - Github, PyTorch, Kafka - Episode 20
May 01, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode, we cover 3 major announcements in the world of open-source: 1. Github makes it all free and lives to its mission - "Every developer on Earth should have access to Github. Price shouldn't be a barrier". 2. Exciting PyTorch 1.5 release including PyTorch Serve, PyTorch Elastic, Full parity C++ APIs and more. A treat for all deep learning users. 3. Confluent, a company founded by Apache Kafka developers, raises 250$ MM funding and kicks of project Metamorphosis to take the stre...
How Not to Build a Community - Episode 19
April 17, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBWhat's the right way to build a community? How can we track the spread of Covid 19? New applications of deep learning and conference building? All that and more in episode 19 of The Nonintuitive Bits Guest of the week: Chai Bapat (@chaibapat) Thoughts on this episode? Reach out to us! Twitter: Zain Rizvi: @zainrzv Viacheslav Kovalevskyi (Slava): @b0noi Sandeep Krishnamurthy: @skm4ml Slack: https://thenonintuitivebits.slack.com/ Show links: - https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/10/apple-and-g...
New iPad, is it really an iMac killer? Episode 18
April 08, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBMain topics: new iPad Pro The Configuration Complexity Clock The Apache® Software Foundation Celebrates 21 Years of Open Source Leadership
Mystery of facial recognition technology - Optimist, Pessimist views and ideas - Episode 17
April 01, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBFacial recognition technology has enabled solving many critical problems of our society - solving child trafficking to security cameras securing our house. However, due to the lack of complete understanding of the technology and lack of governing laws controlling the usage has made facial recognition technology one of the most contested and controversial topics. In this episode, we talk about Microsoft deciding not to invest in any 3rd party facial recognition based startups to our views on...
Working from Homeicide - Episode 16
March 25, 2020 10:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this episode we talk about: Amazon's automatic checkout system being offered to stores and their User Oriented Development Practice 3D Printing in the Coronavirus Era How to Survive Working From Home Links and References: (Book) The Incerto Series by Nasim Taleb https://blog.prusaprinters.org/designer-contest-everyday-necessities-for-life-during-a-pandemic-with-three-3d-printers-to-be-won/ https://justwalkout.com/
RIP Git Flow - Episode 15
March 17, 2020 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this episode we have covered: Coronavirus Please Stop Recommending git flow DigitalOcean Container Registry “Let’s use Kubernetes!” Now you have 8 problems
500 Million first time internet users and dangerous digital fraud - Episode 14
March 11, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBMore than 500 million first time internet users are being added across India, Africa, and many developing worlds, democratizing the economy and access to knowledge. However, the new-age digital world is all ripe with fraudsters waiting for these innocent first-time internet users. In this episode, we talk about Microsoft entering into the world of anti-virus, bigger companies, banks, digital payment companies, Facebook all getting ready with product design to help people fight these frauds...
Java for hipsters - Episode 13
March 02, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBA lot of things have happened for the last week, we have covered just a few topics: new Java each 6 months (JDK 14) Windows 10x Samsung Z Flip Essential Phone is dead
The Hidden Costs of Everything - Episode 12
February 26, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBWhat does NASA, SpaceX, and the Iowa Democratic caucus result tallying app have in common? They both have to make feature vs costs trade offs. We go on to discuss when it makes sense to go serverless and when it doesn't (hint: it's not a binary decision) Resources: Iowa Democratic Caucus voting app woes: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/4/21122737/iowa-democractic-caucus-voting-app-android-testfairy-screenshots-app-store Monolith's are the Future: https://changelog.com/posts/monoliths-a...
Rise of the new age gaming: Billions of people, Millions of hours - Episode 11
February 17, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBWith ~3 billion people playing games and more than 1 billion of them spending money to play, we wanted to look at the gaming industry, to learn and share, in this episode. We discussed 2 arenas - game playing and game watching. Rise of cloud providers in gaming - Google Stadia, Microsoft XCloud, Apple Arcade, Sony Playstation Now. Rise of the game-watching industry - Twitch, Facebook Game Live, YouTube Game Live more and more and more. Popular streamers earn up to 500k$ per month! Falling i...
PlayStation 5 is coming... - Episode 10
February 10, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB* latest updates on all PlayStation 5 rumors * Digital Ocean laying off people * apple now owns 70% of the market of AirPods * Slava's new studio setup
PlayStation 5 is coming...
February 10, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB* latest updates on all PlayStation 5 rumors * Digital Ocean laying off people * apple now owns 70% of the market of AirPods * Slava's new studio setup
#9 Standing Out
February 05, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBWe've rebranded our podcast from Tech Stuff to The Nonintuitive Bits! We go into why that rebranding was needed in order to stand out, and how you can make your own products stand out from your competitors. We also discuss how you can better stand out at work and in your career Our new website is TheNonintuitiveBits.com Resources referenced Rise (book) https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Practical-Advancing-Career-Standing/dp/1607742608/ So you want to do Deep Work? https://zainrizvi.io/blog/s...
Standing Out - Episode 9
February 05, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBWe've rebranded our podcast from Tech Stuff to The Nonintuitive Bits! We go into why that rebranding was needed in order to stand out, and how you can make your own products stand out from your competitors. We also discuss how you can better stand out at work and in your career Our new website is TheNonintuitiveBits.com Resources referenced Rise (book) https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Practical-Advancing-Career-Standing/dp/1607742608/ So you want to do Deep Work? https://zainrizvi.io/blog/s...
Social Effects of Upcoming Technology - Episode 8
January 22, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBCES raised many questions about the future of society and our talk took many tangents. Topics discussed included recurring cycles in tech, optimizing for the wrong metrics, advertising with self driving cars, unintended consequences of AI-based makeup products, and wanting the human touch
#8 Social Effects of Upcoming Technology
January 22, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBCES raised many questions about the future of society and our talk took many tangents. Topics discussed included recurring cycles in tech, optimizing for the wrong metrics, advertising with self driving cars, unintended consequences of AI-based makeup products, and wanting the human touch
May the Law be With You
January 16, 2020 05:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBOur naive thoughts about situation with nginx and overall different aspects of legal ownership of your code.
Inventing at re:Invent
January 07, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.4 MBRe:Invent 2019. Our personal subjective (probably incorrect) opinions on main releases from AWS.
Code faster with the right IDE
December 08, 2019 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBWe are going to share our most favorite IDEs with you and some of our secrets how to be more productive when working with code. Resources for this Episode: http://gitpod.io https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/whyvscode https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#development-environments-and-tools https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#development-environments-and-tools https://octoverse.github.com/#trends https://github.com/microsoft/vscode https://github.com/electro...
Where has all the Good News Gone?
November 25, 2019 02:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBToday discuss news, business, and psychology. We share our favorite sources to keep up to date with the tech industry. Then we analyze two business models that bootstrapped some of today's most successful tech companies (FaceBook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft & Netflix). Finally, there's a talk about tactics used by various online communities to self-regulate and nudge their members towards good behavior.
Why do Enterprises get Special Treatment?
November 04, 2019 00:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBTopics: Reasons behind software Enterprise and Long Term Support Bid farewell to Python inventor Guido (and the walrus returns) Related Links: TensorFlow enterprise TensorFlow world Python creator Guido van Rossum quits Dropbox, triggering his retirement
Open Source: To License or Not to License
October 27, 2019 03:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB* Python 3.8 * GitLab and "use only for good" licenses
Open Source: To License or Not to License - Episode 2
October 27, 2019 03:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB* Python 3.8 * GitLab and "use only for good" licenses
How Random is Success?
October 16, 2019 02:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBHow much of a startup’s success comes from skill vs luck? Should managers prefer hiring expensive visionaries or a bunch of cheaper code monkeys?
How Random is Success? - Episode 1
October 16, 2019 02:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBHow much of a startup’s success comes from skill vs luck? Should managers prefer hiring expensive visionaries or a bunch of cheaper code monkeys?