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Ryan Peterman
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Quit my job to build the podcast & ergonomic keyboard I wish existed • ex-software engineer @instagram, @meta • See what I'm building here ↓
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    Ryan Peterman
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    Feb 3
    I quit the best job I ever had to try and build what I wish existed in the world. Two projects I'm working on now: 1. The Peterman Pod - When I first started at Meta, the career stories of incredible engineers always inspired me. I aim to share transparent career stories that I
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    Ryan Peterman
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    Feb 3
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    I quit my job at Meta
    I spent a few months working at Amazon before joining Meta over 7 years ago. At Amazon, I worked in a small satellite office on a team that wasn’t using source control and a lot of what I worked on...
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    Ryan Peterman
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    Aug 3
    Roberto Ierusalimschy is the creator of the Lua programming language. I interviewed him about Lua's unique strengths, programming language design and predictions for how AI will impact programming languages. In this episode: • Lua design choices that set it apart • JIT
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    Ryan Peterman
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    Jul 27
    Judea Pearl (@yudapearl) is a Turing Award winner famous for his contributions to artificial intelligence and causal reasoning. We talked about the greatest scientist of all time, his major breakthroughs and his predictions for AI today. Full conversation also on my YouTube,
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    Ryan Peterman
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    Jul 27
    PR1 robot from Stanford (2007), didn't realize the hardware was that capable back then This is teleoperated so there is a human in the loop but still thought it was interesting given the year it came out
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    Ryan Peterman
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    Jul 20
    Xavier Leroy (creator of OCaml) is an expert in compilers, formal verification of software and functional programming. This interview should be an approachable resource if you're curious about formal verification of software since I was learning that on the fly during it. In
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