No-frills discussions between @bruceeckel and @jamesward about programming, what it is, and what it should be.

Joined September 2020
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In episode #119 we chat again with @JustDeezGuy about FP, Effects, AI, sustainable computing, and many other things. As usual, learning a ton! youtube.com/watch?v=M1MRCjzq…

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2025 was a wild year for developers! In the latest Happy Path Programming podcast, @BruceEckel and I recap the highlights and ponder what may be ahead for Effect Oriented Programming and AI: youtu.be/U3AUlfVv73o
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22 Sep 2025
I recently went on the Happy Path podcast to talk about @alchemy_run and its upcoming “Infrastructure-as-Effects” project.
22 Sep 2025
I spend a lot of time in the IaC pain cave so I'm super excited about what @samgoodwin89 is cooking up with Alchemy and the upcoming Effect Oriented version! We had Sam on the Happy Path Programming podcast to chat about all this. Grab it wherever you get your podcasts or on YT.
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3 Jul 2025
There has been a huge gap between the world of AI and enterprises' needs. In episode #112 of Happy Path Programming, @BruceEckel and I chat with @springrod about his Embabel Agent Framework and how it helps improve reliability, cost, and other 'ilities when building agents.
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We are now publishing video versions of the podcast on YouTube: youtube.com/@happypathprogra…
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10 Apr 2025
Had a great chat with Justin Reock from getdx.com about developer productivity on Episode 110 of @happypathprog: creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…

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24 Feb 2025
I had a fun talk with @_JamesWard and @BruceEckel on @HappyPathProg podcast, they roasted me about AI models, and then we switched to the real fun: tools, agents, MCP servers 🥳
24 Feb 2025
In episode 109 of @HappyPathProg we dove into AI models, LLMs, and MCP with @LizeRaes: creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…
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Episode 108 is out! @BruceEckel and @_JamesWard chat about the Winter Tech Forum (March 3-7 in Crested Butte, Colorado) and what they've been working on lately. spotifycreators-web.app.link…

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30 Dec 2024
I had a really nice chat with @bruceeckel and James Ward about creators.spotify.com/pod/sho…

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18 Oct 2024
Nathan was recently on the Happy Path Programming podcast (@HappyPathProg). Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Episode 104 is out!
7 Oct 2024
After 4 years in development, @BruceEckel, Bill Frasure, and I are excited to announce our Effect Oriented Programming book! "A paradigm for creating reliable, adaptable, testable systems" Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s… Available in mobile & print: effectorientedprogramming.co…
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After 4 years in development, @BruceEckel, Bill Frasure, and I are excited to announce our Effect Oriented Programming book! "A paradigm for creating reliable, adaptable, testable systems" Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s… Available in mobile & print: effectorientedprogramming.co…
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20 Aug 2024
For Happy Path Programming #103 we talked with @Stephan007 about AI Augmented Programming and WOAH! We are at the beginning of something really significant & wild. Have a listen and let us know what you think: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…

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Really enjoyed being guest on the Happy Path Programming podcast - one of my favourite developer podcasts covering topics beyond the typical "web stuff". We talked about who Effect is for and what local-first is about. Hope you enjoy the conversation!
8 Jul 2024
Had a great chat with @schickling for Happy Path Programming #101 about @EffectTS_ and Local-First! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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19 Jun 2024
Just hit 100 episodes of the Happy Path Programming Podcast! And oh wow, #100 is such a great one! We talked to @dianamontalion about Systems Thinking ("Thinking about Thinking") and what it means for those of us in software. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…

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10 Jun 2024
In "The Agile Illusion" on Happy Path Programming #99 with @trondhjort, we discussed why Agile has failed in so many organizations. I really enjoyed this conversation! podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…

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21 Apr 2024
For the latest episode of Happy Path Programming we chatted with @EsseValentina about her upcoming book on Continuous Deployment and reducing the risks to keeping HEAD not just always deployable, but automatically deployed to production: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…

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I've been using the new Pkl Configuration lately and really enjoyed learning more about it from Philip Hölzenspies, one of the project maintainers, on the latest @HappyPathProg episode: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…

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🎧 New podcast interview! Thanks to @BruceEckel and @_JamesWard of Happy Path Programming for a fun chat about: - Engineer-friendly training - Nonviolent communication - Perfectionism - Processing pandemic grief - Vulnerability in leadership podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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It was fun to chat with the awesome James and Bruce about the impedance mismatch between what developers need to build and what databases actually support today. We got each other riled up a bit 😅
10 Mar 2024
I've been trying to get the amazing @gwenshap on Happy Path Programming for a while and it finally happened! We had a great chat about Gwen's journey to co-founding @niledatabase and the future of databases: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…
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