The hosts: Amos Wenger & James Munns

Amos (they/them) is known online as @fasterthanlime. After years working as a software engineer at companies in music, indie gaming and web infrastructure, they've now made "being nerd-sniped" their full-time job, writing long-form technical blog posts and videos.

James (he/him) is an independent researcher and full-time consultant. He founded OneVariable, where he works on Rust, embedded systems, and convincing computers to talk to each other.

What's the goal?

We’re doing this because we spend a lot of time figuring things out, and it’s frustrating to do that solo a lot of the time. Researching is fun, but not having anyone to talk to about it is demoralizing.

We’re doing this so that:

• We have a place to be excited about the stuff we are learning about or building
• We can show off what we’ve learned + built:
  • to help crystalize the ideas in our own heads
  • to share notes for people who want to follow along
  • as a preview for people who want an introduction to something new

Sometimes you spend way too much time learning about something, and have to share it.

Topics

• Rust development and experimentation
• Web and desktop programming
• Embedded engineering

Sponsors

Self-Directed Research is looking for technical sponsors in the domains that we work in, including Rust, Embedded Systems, and Web or Desktop programming.

Interested in sponsoring the podcast or any of our research on a specific topic? Please reach out to contact@sdr-podcast.com!

Ongoing Partners

• CodeCrafters: challenges for learning programming. Check it out for yourself here.
• Descript: a tool for audio and video editing. Check it out for yourself here.

Credits

Produced by Amanda Majorowicz.

Music by Jamie Dixon. You can reach out to him via email.

Logo by Bread. You can see more of their work and follow @somebreadkrumbs on Twitter/X or @apieceofbananabread on Instagram.