Known for co-creating Django and Datasette, as well as his thoughtful writing on LLMs, Simon Willison joins the show to chat about blogging as an accountability mechanism, how to build intuition with LLMs, building a startup with his partner on their honeymoon, and more. Segments: (00:00:00) The weird intern (00:01:50) The early days of LLMs (00:04…

Today Dad, Matthew, and I chat it up on Mother's Day about some of our favorites things about Mom, as well as reading the Gospel of John, Peru, parenting, family and more. If you'd like to support my family and I create more content, please come visit us at Patreon. patreon.com/dogbo Podcast Corrections: I was wrong about our inside joke. Matthew w…

A Silicon Valley veteran and known for his writings like "The Death of the Junior Developer", Steve Yegge joins the show to chat about his "AI Midlife Crisis", the unique writing process he employs, and building the future of coding assistants. Segments: (00:00:00) The AI Midlife Crisis (00:04:53) The power of rants (00:09:55) “You gotta be able to…

Owain Evans is an AI Alignment researcher, research associate at the Center of Human Compatible AI at UC Berkeley, and now leading a new AI safety research group. In this episode we discuss two of his recent papers, “Me, Myself, and AI: The Situational Awareness Dataset (SAD) for LLMs” and “Connecting the Dots: LLMs can Infer and Verbalize Latent S…

Today on Two Peas and a Pa we talk about family, Dad's friend Toad, cultural movements, social media, home videos, and the future of society. If you'd like to support my family and I create more content, please come visit us at Patreon. patreon.com/dogbo We ended this podcast with he song, Hermano Del Hippie By: Dizzy Stilettos Support the Show.…

A veteran of early Twitter's fail whale wars, Dmitriy joins the show to chat about the time when 70% of the Hadoop cluster got accidentally deleted, the financial reality of writing a book, and how to navigate acquisitions. Segments: (00:00:00) The Infamous Hadoop Outage (00:02:36) War Stories from Twitter's Early Days (00:04:47) The Fail Whale Era…

Known for hosting the CoRecursive podcast, which dives into the stories behind the code, Adam joins the show to chat about discovering that the great engineers he had looked up to are actually great communicators, his framework for building one of the best storytelling engineering podcasts, and the journey getting into DevRel. Chapters: (00:00:00) …

As the original architect and API design lead of Kubernetes, Brian joins the show to chat about why "APIs are forever", the keys to evangelizing impactful projects, and being an Uber Tech at Google, and more. Segments: (00:03:01) Internship with Mark Ewing (00:07:10) “Mark and Brian's Excellent Environment” manual (00:11:58) Poker on VT100 terminal…

Today Matthew and I reminisce about early childhood memories like kicking Dad in the nuts, being stung by a swarm of bees, the "NBA Jam Slap", and some of our most shameful moments like the "Black and White Stick", and much more. Also Matthew mentioned a movie called "The PeanutButter Gang" when in fact the movie he's referring to is called The But…

From building a new kind of server to building a new kind of company, co-founders Bryan and Steve join the show to chat about their "meet cute" and the origin story of Oxide, their unconventional recruiting process, transparent and uniform salaries, and their solution to the "N+1 shithead problem". Segments: (00:03:03) Bryan and Steve's "meet cute"…

From building a data platform and Parquet at Twitter to using AI to make biology easier to engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks, Dmitriy joins the show to chat about the early days of big data, the conversation that made him jump into SynBio, LLMs for proteins and more. Segments: (00:03:18) Data engineering roots (00:05:40) Early influences at Lawrence Berk…

Having quit Google in 2018 to bootstrap indie software businesses, Michael is known for writing very transparently about the ups and downs of his journey. After recently selling his hardware business TinyPilot for $600K, Michael returns to the show to chat about the misconceptions about running an indie business, the hardest part of selling a compa…

Like the song goes, “Opportunity comes once in a lifetime, Yo.” Then, “Something… Something… Mom’s Spaghetti!” And like the song this episode of the Savage FINcast is about missing opportunity. Craig, Raven, Jim, and Mark take a look at Savage Dragon 271 as several running plot threads seem to pop off while another heads turns a major corner. Do th…

Well-known for his insightful and meticulous write-ups on testing distributed systems, Kyle (aka Aphyr) joins the show to chat about the origins of Jepsen, how he built a business around testing distributed systems, his writing process, favorite databases, and more. Segments: (00:03:29) From Physics to Software Engineering (00:07:47) The origins of…

From creating one of the Python’s most influential libraries to co-founding Voltron Data, Wes joins the show to chat about why the book cover of the pandas book doesn’t feature a panda, open source pitfalls to avoid, the pros and cons of hiring engineers at a non-profit, and more. Segments: (00:02:50) Guang’s complaint about the pandas book cover (…

From creating Envoy to co-founding bitdrift to reimagine mobile observability, Matt joins the show to chat about being told to simply “write some proxy in Python” in the early days of building Envoy, early influences from building “shrink wrap” software at Microsoft, the process of spinning bitdrift out of Lyft, and much more. Segments: (00:03:10) …

From being a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems to co-founding Oxide Computer Company to build a new kind of server, Bryan joins the show to chat about being told that he’s on a suicide mission when starting Oxide, the moment he felt “I’m actually living HBO Silicon Valley”, and lessons from Sun. And much more. Chapters: (00:02:24) The Orig…

Ready for a three hour episode? Because the Savage FINcast has got three hour episode for ya. Craig, Raven, Jim, and Mark peel back the cover of Savage Dragon 270 to witness the aftermath of last issue. With Walter is on the run, Mickey lurking in the shadows, and Frank is slumming it in Dimension X this issue has got more plot threads then you can…

From writing the first lines of Kafka over a Christmas break as a LinkedIn engineer to running a public company as the CEO of Confluent, Jay joins the show to chat about how he and his co-founders convinced investors to take a chance on their vision, what many engineers get wrong about communication, and why engineers can make great CEOs - even whe…

The bro is back in town! Matthew flew into town so we could do some podcasting. Today we got together with Dad. Some of the things we talked about were O.J. Simpson, training for Body For Life, Matthew dating twins, and more. If you'd like to support my family and I create more content, please come visit us at Patreon. patreon.com/dogbo Support the…

If you’ve worked on data problems, you probably have heard of Airflow and Superset, two powerful tools that have cemented their place in the data ecosystem. Building successful open-source software is no easy feat, and even fewer engineers have done this back to back. In part 2 of the conversation, we talk about Max’s journey in open source. Segmen…

This is a special crosspost episode where Adam Gleave is interviewed by Nathan Labenz from the Cognitive Revolution. At the end I also have a discussion with Nathan Labenz about his takes on AI. Adam Gleave is the founder of Far AI, and with Nathan they discuss finding vulnerabilities in GPT-4's fine-tuning and Assistant PIs, Far AI's work exposing…

If you’ve worked on data problems, you probably have heard of Airflow and Superset, two powerful tools that have cemented their place in the data ecosystem. Building successful open-source software is no easy feat, and even fewer engineers have done this back to back. In Part 1 of this conversation, we chat about how to adapt to the LLM-age as engi…

Out of thousands of engineers at Uber, there’s only a handful of Distinguished Engineers and Joakim was one of them. In this conversation we chat about Why software engineering is a lot like a sausage factory. Considerations for leaving big tech for a startup. “How to beat the promo commitee”. How can one effectively shape engineering culture? “Men…

Its a moderately tardy episode of the Savage FINcast! Hosts Jim, Craig, Raven, and Mark take a look at Savage Dragon 269, where not even a singular 69 occurs. Malcolm and the new SOS is acclimating to San Fran life. But something fishy is going on down. And possibly something Mickey as well. All this, and Erik Larsen news, listener letters, and FIN…

We’re super excited to have Kelsey back on the show! Our last conversation was around his incredible career journey - from working at McDonald’s after school to starting his own computer store, to hacking on python infrastructure with the core developers, to meeting Satya Nadella for an interview. In part two of this conversation, we dive deep into…

Ethan Perez is a Research Scientist at Anthropic, where he leads a team working on developing model organisms of misalignment. Youtube: ⁠https://youtu.be/XDtDljh44DMEthan is interviewed by Mikita Balesni (Apollo Research) and Henry Sleight (Astra Fellowship)) about his approach in selecting projects for doing AI Alignment research.A transcript & wr…

Today my Dad asks me some questions about my phone and wallet being stolen recently and about my 18 year old cat Hendrix. We also talk about encouraging strangers at the gym and persevering through tough circumstances. If you'd like to support my family and I create more content, please come visit us at Patreon. patreon.com/dogbo Support the Show.…

We’re super excited to have Kelsey back on the show! Our last conversation was around his incredible career journey - from working at McDonald’s after school to starting his own computer store, to hacking on python infrastructure with the core developers, to meeting Satya Nadella for an interview. In part one of this conversation, we dive deep into…

Today Pops and I talk about faith, grace, will, and how different couples process things emotionally. If you'd like to support my family and I create more content, please come visit us at Patreon. patreon.com/dogbo Support the Show.توسط Mark Castleman McClanahan

As a self-described “gainfully unemployed data person”, Josh Wills is an angel investor and has worked on and led data teams at Slack, Cloudera, WeaveGrid and Google. We discuss: How to get started with angel investing without a ton of $$ Attributes that define great engineering managers What’s it like transitioning from management back to IC Chall…

Known for coining the term “Data Scientist”, DJ is a renowned technologist with a diverse background spanning academia, industry, and government. Having led product teams at companies like RelateIQ and LinkedIn, DJ was appointed by President Obama to be the first U.S. Chief Data Scientist where his efforts led to the establishment of nearly 40 Chie…

It’s another exciting episode of the Savage FINcast, show hosts Craig, Jim, and Mark take a look at Savage Dragon 268 as Malcolm and Maxine settle into their new San Fransisco lives. Unexpected foes, unexpected visitors, and unexpected heart break! This and more, with Erik Larsen News, Listener letters, and FINteresting Conversations. Oh yeah, and …

Emil is the co-founder of palette.fm (colorizing B&W pictures with generative AI) and was previously working in deep learning for Google Arts & Culture. We were talking about Sora on a daily basis, so I decided to record our conversation, and then proceeded to confront him about AI risk. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theinsideviewSora: https://o…

Erica is a former VP of Engineering at LinkedIn. Having almost dropped out of college, Erica’s journey in tech is a testament to her perseverance and dedication. In addition to leading engineering teams at LinkedIn, Erica founded WIT (Women In Tech) to empower women within the company as well as the broader tech community. We discuss: How to create…

Evan Hubinger leads the Alignment stress-testing at Anthropic and recently published "Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs That Persist Through Safety Training".In this interview we mostly discuss the Sleeper Agents paper, but also how this line of work relates to his work with Alignment Stress-testing, Model Organisms of Misalignment, Deceptive…

Now that we are both working full time from home I sit down with Sam to talk about how life is going since we had our second child. We also talk about God's grace and our own faith growing in our lives. We also discuss how 2024 is the year for family, fitness, and finances, and what our goals are. If you'd like to support my family and I create mor…

Mitchell co-founded HashiCorp in 2012 and created many important infrastructure tools, such as Terraform, Vagrant, Packer, and Consul. In addition to being a prolific engineer, Mitchell grew HashiCorp into a multi-billion-dollar public company. We discuss: How to structure large projects to avoid demotivation or burnout The "A.P.P.L.E" framework fo…

Jeffrey Ladish is the Executive Director of Palisade Research which aimes so "study the offensive capabilities or AI systems today to better understand the risk of losing control to AI systems forever". He previously helped build out the information security program at Anthropic. Audio is a edit & re-master of the Twitter Space on "AI Governance an…

When I say God and you say source are we talking about the same thing? When two people say "source" are we talking about the same thing? If not, what are some of the different meanings of "source"? Today my Dad and I talk about the origins of the name Dogbo. Then I bounce some audio clips off him with people talking about, what is "source"? If you'…

Holly Elmore is an AI Pause Advocate who has organized two protests in the past few months (against Meta's open sourcing of LLMs and before the UK AI Summit), and is currently running the US front of the Pause AI Movement. Prior to that, Holly previously worked at a think thank and has a PhD in evolutionary biology from Harvard. [Deleted & re-uploa…

After a long wait, the Savage FINcast returns to celebrate the nuptials of Angel Murphy and Frankie Darling. Craig, Jim, and Mark take a look at the highly anticipated 100 page giant anniversary issue Savage Dragon 267! Extended flashback, pre-wedding jitters, and unexpected guests. This issue has it all, but does it live up to to the anticipation?…

After 17 years building SRE teams at Google and serving as the Site Lead for Engineering in Dublin, Dave joined Elastic as the Sr Director of Engineering and later VP of Engineering at Twilio. Following a recent career break, Dave now divides his time between coaching engineering leaders and consulting to help busy teams be more effective. In the h…

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Today I'm excited to kick off Dogbo Season 2 by having my dad back on, only this time joined by my favorite brother on his 42nd birthday. We ended up talking about facing adversity, living a plain vanilla life, and the infamous story of my dad cutting his hand off with a chainsaw a year after he broke his femur, and much more... Special shoutout to…

At the personal request of Reid Hoffman to emerge from early retirement, David joined LinkedIn in 2009 during a period of rapid growth to help stabilize the chaos, cultivating a much-needed culture of “Site Up and Secure.” Before this, David served as SVP of Engineering and Operations at Yahoo!, overseeing their Search Marketing organization and th…

Today I sit down with my dad Pastor Pat on his 69th birthday and have a talk about life. My dad is one of my favorite people in the world and I hope to have him on way more. This man was built for podcasting and today he makes his first ever podcasting debut as he did not disappoint. Hope you enjoy. Special shout out to Sing Me Happy Birthday on Sp…

The Savage FINcast Retro returns after a slight delay. Sorry about that. Craig, Jim, and Mark take a look at the first two issues of the Star mini-series and talk a lot about the premise of Star. What worked, what really didn’t, and what might have.توسط Craig, Jim, & Raven

Before joining CueIn last year as a Founding Data Scientist, Melissa was a Lead Data Scientist at Salesforce working on the Einstein Platform that focused on automating Data Science workflows. In this conversation we dive into Melissa’s unique journey, what to do in the face of increasing job automation and explore the latest developments in practi…

What's it like to open source an internal project at a big tech company like LinkedIn? When should a company open source a project and what are the benefits and challenges that come along with it? If you want to open source an internal project, how should you go about advocating for it? Félix is a Principal Staff Engineer at LinkedIn where he works…