ADSP: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs

In this episode, Conor and Bryce celebrate the 300th episode fo ADSP by catching up with Sean Parent!
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About the Guest:
Sean Parent is a principal scientist and software architect for Adobe Photoshop. Sean has been at Adobe since 1993 when he joined as a senior engineer working on Photoshop and later managed Adobe’s Software Technology Lab. In 2009 Sean spent a year at Google working on Chrome OS before returning to Adobe. From 1988 through 1993 Sean worked at Apple, where he was part of the system software team that developed the technologies allowing Apple’s successful transition to PowerPC.
Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2026-08-19
Date Released: 2026-08-21
POD GOD
CppCast
cpp.chat
Sean Parent - Papers and Presentations
ADSP Episode 299: Do We Need Humans in the Loop?
NVIDIA CCCL
cel-rs
Stepanov Papers
Bob Tarjan
Tarjan's strongly connected components algorithm
Soylent Green is people!
Claude Code
The Last Emperor - A Gentleman
Jonathon Blow on the Quality of Software (Software is in Decline)
Lean Programming Language
Dafny Programming Language
Creator of TypeScript: 10x Faster Typescript, Why AI Won't Replace SWEs | Anders Hejlsberg
autoresearch
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In this episode, Conor and Bryce discuss the role of humans in the loop with AI and code review in the age of AI.
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Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2026-08-12
Date Released: 2026-08-14
Red-tailed Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
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In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about the design of APIs, UIs & algorithms!
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Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2026-07-22
Date Released: 2026-08-07
C++Now 2018: Ben Deane “Easy to Use, Hard to Misuse: Declarative Style in C++”
NDC Toronto UI talk
The Design of Everyday Things
About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
User Interface Design For Programmers
Just My Type
The Elements of Typographic Style
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In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about networking in FPS vs RTS video games, the state of the video game industry and more!
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Date Recorded: 2026-07-22
Date Released: 2026-07-31
Real-time strategy (RTS)
First-person shooter (FPS)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Return of the Obra Dinn
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In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about video games, working in the video game industry and more!
Link to Episode 296 on Website
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Date Recorded: 2026-07-22
Date Released: 2026-07-24
videogamedunkey
CppCast
The Witness
The Witness - A Great Game That You Shouldn't Play
Jonathan Blow on Bad Video Game Criticism
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