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CoRecursive: Coding Stories

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Adam Gordon Bell - Software Developer

The stories and people behind the code. Hear stories of software development from interesting people.

#114

Story: The Aging Programmer

Kate Gregory has been writing C++ for over forty years. Books, keynotes, a consulting firm... more

02 Apr 2026

41 MINS

41:52

02 Apr 2026

#113

From Hacker News to TikTok - How Algorithms Learned to Hook Us

Corey told me about his AI cat reel problem. He found these AI-genearted cat videos hilari... more

02 Mar 2026

41 MINS

41:32

02 Mar 2026

#112

Notes: The Universal Paperclip Clicker

Multiple VS Code windows. "Agent stopping" in a robot voice. A laptop stand on the treadmi... more

04 Feb 2026

11 MINS

11:05

04 Feb 2026

#111

Story: Inside Early Google - Race Conditions, Java Pain, and the Birth of AdWords

Ron Garret left JPL for a 100-person startup he'd just discovered on Usenet. Four a.m. ala... more

02 Jan 2026

37 MINS

37:40

02 Jan 2026

#110

Story: The Bug He Couldn't Name - A 15-Year Fight Inside One Developer's Mind

Imagine facing a problem you can't name, something that feels bigger than any bug you've e... more

02 Dec 2025

44 MINS

44:27

02 Dec 2025

#109

Story: Godbolt's Rule - When Abstractions Fail

What do you do when your code breaks and the only fix is to dig into the runtime below? Ma... more

04 Nov 2025

44 MINS

44:13

04 Nov 2025

#108

Story: Risk Rolls Downhill - The Software Bug That Sent People to Prison

What if a software bug drained your savings, ruined your reputation, and nobody believed i... more

02 Oct 2025

54 MINS

54:58

02 Oct 2025

#107

Quick Update

A quick update from Adam about the podcast's current state, consistency challenges, and wh... more

02 Sep 2025

08 MINS

08:52

02 Sep 2025

#106

Coding in the Red-Queen Era

What do we risk when we let AI do the heavy lifting in our coding? Are we giving up the th... more

06 Aug 2025

42 MINS

42:24

06 Aug 2025

#105

When AI Codes, What's Left for me?

I've always found meaning—and a lot of strength—in building things. Now, with AI coding ag... more

02 Jul 2025

39 MINS

39:51

02 Jul 2025

#104

Story: Coding Through Chaos : Addiction, Recovery and Acceptance

What if your search for connection took you somewhere you never meant to go—almost costing... more

03 Jun 2025

48 MINS

48:06

03 Jun 2025

#103

Story: The Power of Context: Reimagining Learning

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where learning felt like an uphill battle? Lik... more

02 May 2025

45 MINS

45:06

02 May 2025

#102

Story: briffa_sep98_e.pro - The File That Sparked a Storm

Can a single line of code change the way we see science, policy, and trust? In this episod... more

02 Apr 2025

57 MINS

57:47

02 Apr 2025

#101

Story: Hatetris - Obsession, Friendship, and World Records

What if a simple game became a gateway to computational breakthroughs? David Freiberg and ... more

03 Mar 2025

48 MINS

48:27