147: Quantum Computing with Yonatan Cohen

Yonatan Cohen – Co-Founder & CTO of Quantum Machines – joins us in this episode to tackle quantum computing! Did you know anyone can run quantum programs on Amazon Web Services for mere dollars? Learn about this field early to take pole superposition in the race to understand and use quantum computers!

00:00:45 Introductions

00:01:20 Yonatan’s beginnings

00:03:49 The simulation question

00:05:51 How physics led to quantum computing

00:14:56 Richard Feynman

00:16:44 On the irreversibility of normal computers

00:21:25 Logic gates

00:25:04 Qubits

00:30:11 An example of qubits

00:38:19 Why simulating a quantum computer matters

00:42:23 NP-complete problems

00:48:57 More people at a higher development level are needed

00:54:16 Quantum machines in the middle layer

01:02:56 Working at Quantum Machines

01:05:05 Farewells

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Links:

• Quantum Machines:

• Website: https://www.quantum-machines.co/

• Careers: https://www.quantum-machines.co/careers/

• Yonatan Cohen:

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yonatan-cohen-10076b113/

References:

• Getting Started with Quantum Computing

• https://builtin.com/software-engineering-perspectives/how-to-learn-quantum-computing

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146: RubyShield, Ruby Central, and Shopify with Mike Dalessio and Evan Phoenix

In this tour-de-force, Mike Dalessio – Engineering Director at Shopify – and Evan Phoenix – self-described “long-time Rubyist” – join us for a practical discussion of all things Ruby! Ruby is a beautiful language, and we're really excited to cover the history and present of this language with two experts.

 

00:01:03 Introductions

00:01:49 Mike’s Ruby journey

00:12:28 Evan’s own Ruby experience

00:18:20 The pickaxe book

00:20:34 Weird programming interests

00:25:11 MINASWAN

00:30:33 Language conferences

00:36:38 Wrong answers on StackOverflow

00:41:53 RubyCentral

00:44:50 In-depth examination of Ruby

00:47:57 How Shopify sticks to vanilla Rails

00:50:28 A tale of two developers

00:59:59 Bringing Ruby up to Python’s level

01:04:48 Shopify’s largest app monolith

01:11:12 Tuning the knobs

01:18:01 How not to learn the hard way

01:18:57 Opportunities at Shopify

01:29:14 Working with the RubyShield program

01:32:07 Rails for API servers

01:33:21 Mike and Evan’s advice for listeners

01:36:00 Farewells

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Links:

• RubyCentral:
• Website: https://rubycentral.org/
• RubyShield: https://rubycentral.org/ruby-shield
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubycentralorg
• Shopify:
• Website: https://www.shopify.com/
• Careers: https://www.shopify.com/careers
• Dev Degree Program: https://devdegree.ca/pages/program
• HashiCorp
• Website: https://www.hashicorp.com/
• Careers: https://www.hashicorp.com/jobs
• Mike Dalessio:
• Website: http://mike.daless.io/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/flavorjones
• Evan Phoenix:
• Website: https://github.com/evanphx
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/evanphx
• RubyConf 2022 (Nov. 29 – Dec. 1, 2022):
• Website: https://rubyconf.org/

Other Episodes:

• Episode 47: Ruby
• Show Link: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2015/10/episode-47-ruby.html

 

References:

• “The Pickaxe Book” aka Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide 2^nd Edition:
• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Ruby-Pragmatic-Programmers-Second/dp/0974514055

 

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