ADSP: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs

In this episode, Conor and Ben chat about the design of APIs, UIs & algorithms!
Link to Episode 298 on Website
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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!
Link to Episode 297 on Website
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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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Show Notes
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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In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about CityStrides, graph algorithms, GPT 5.6 Solver, and more!
Link to Episode 295 on Website
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Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2026-07-13
Date Released: 2026-07-17
ADSP Episode 149: CityStrides.com, Graph Algorithms and More!
Carlo de Lorenzi: Toronto runner with terminal brain cancer runs every street in the city
Carlo's fundraiser for Community Music Schools of Toronto Foundation
CityStrides.com
Open Street Maps
city-strides-hacking GitHub Repo
Hamiltonian Path
Eulerian Path
Episode 220: Graph Algorithms & 7 Bridges of Königsberg
NVIDIA cuopt
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In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about histogram algorithms, histocache and more!
Link to Episode 294 on Website
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Bryce Adelstein Lelbach: Twitter
Show Notes
Date Recorded: 2026-07-09
Date Released: 2026-07-10
Bryce's Tweet
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Miss You by Sarah Jansen https://soundcloud.com/sarahjansenmusic
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