

The Standup with ThePrimeagen
ThePrimeagen
ThePrimeagen and Teej host The Standup - a podcast where we talk about software, life, memes and more. It’s fun, it can be informative and sometimes Trash is also here. Joined by regular guests like Casey Muratori, Carson Gross and more!
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Jan 22, 2026 • 1h 17min
Scam Altman's Crypto Currency
Sam Altman’s “Worldcoin” is real… and somehow it’s even weirder than it sounds.TJ walks the crew through the orb, iris scans, “proof of human,” and the pitch for AI-funded UBI.We break down the funding, the rollout, the controversies, and why this all feels insanely ominous.Plus: classic Standup chaos, conspiracy energy, and too many jokes about where the orb shouldn’t go.

Jan 13, 2026 • 1h 2min
Casey breaksdown AWS outage (Whiteboard Edition)
SQUASH THOSE BUGS with Sentry - the best way to monitor your bugs in production (we know you have a lot of them) and fix them with ease. Check out https://sentry.io and get started today!Casey breaks down the AWS outage in great detail with literally the coolest whiteboard demonstration you have ever seen.

Jan 3, 2026 • 1h 5min
Legendary Game Dev Jonathan Blow
Jon Blow shows up to the podcast and tells us all about the journey from Braid to his newest game, Order of the Sinking Star. We talk Jai, Braid and so much more. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Jan 1, 2026 • 1h 8min
Our Spiciest 2026 Predictions
We each give our best and spiciest predictions for 2026 - Amazon, AI, Tech, Hacks, and so much more are in this episode.Hope you enjoy it, and enjoy the ad from our sponsor Code Rabbit! https://trm.sh/coderabbit

Dec 31, 2025 • 1h 16min
We gave $50,000 to Open Source!
Thanks to Planetscale for Open Source Santa this year! They gave us $30k to give away to open source projects we love, and so each of us picked a project we liked. We also gave some money from twitch chat, youtube chat and some final surprises! We hope you like the episode! Merry Christmas!!

Dec 30, 2025 • 41min
The Secret of the AWS Outage
We finally figured out WHY AWS had their outage… Casey reveals the absolutely unhinged and crazy story.00:00:00 - Intro00:00:54 - Caseys Intro00:01:15 - The Setup00:02:55 - The Story00:08:44 - The Post Mortem00:12:11 - The Informants00:14:10 - The Suspect00:15:34 - The Code00:20:33 - The Deal00:23:05 - The Conclusion00:24:37 - The Debrief00:26:40 - Google Testing Utility Failure00:28:43 - Production Code is Forever00:40:10 - Outro

Dec 19, 2025 • 1h 5min
Worst Onboarding Experience Ever
The gang talks about the craziest onboarding ever… and why Tom is a Genius!If you're on Mac or Windows, check out tuple today! And if you're on Linux, let's just say come back and check soon 🙂 Say thanks to our sponsor by checking out https://tuple.app/prime CODE: PRIME

Nov 27, 2025 • 52min
Thanksgiving Special - TheStandup
https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream on Twitch
https://twitter.com/terminaldotshop - Want to order coffee over SSH?
ssh terminal.shop
Become Backend Dev: https://boot.dev/prime
(plus i make courses for them)
This is also the best way to support me is to support yourself becoming a better backend engineer.
Great News? Want me to research and create video????: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePrimeagen
Kinesis Advantage 360: https://bit.ly/Prime-Kinesis

Nov 17, 2025 • 52min
Memory Safe C
Thanks to this week's sponsor: Code Rabbit
If you're tired of developers just replying with LGTM, then you NEED Code Rabbit. An actually useful application of AI where it can use your own rules, lints and more to provide instant feedback in your editor OR a review on Github.
https://coderabbit.link/primeagen-vscode
Fil-C creators: https://x.com/filpizlo
https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream on Twitch
https://twitter.com/terminaldotshop - Want to order coffee over SSH?
ssh terminal.shop
Become Backend Dev: https://boot.dev/prime
(plus i make courses for them)
This is also the best way to support me is to support yourself becoming a better backend engineer.
Great News? Want me to research and create video????: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePrimeagen
Kinesis Advantage 360: https://bit.ly/Prime-Kinesis
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:29 - Fil-C Demo
00:07:56 - Security
00:11:52 - Game Engine Use Case
00:14:20 - What cant it do
00:18:02 - Different to ASan
00:23:57 - How Fil-C works
00:36:38 - Choosing Fil-C over Rust
00:51:31 - Outro

Nov 9, 2025 • 28min
FFMPEG takes a Big Sleep
https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream on Twitch
https://twitter.com/terminaldotshop - Want to order coffee over SSH?
ssh terminal.shop
Become Backend Dev: https://boot.dev/prime
(plus i make courses for them)
This is also the best way to support me is to support yourself becoming a better backend engineer.
Great News? Want me to research and create video????: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThePrimeagen
Kinesis Advantage 360: https://bit.ly/Prime-Kinesis
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:23 - the issue
00:04:01 - the takes
00:09:16 - the bug
00:10:22 - AI Disclosure
00:11:42 - Prime weighs in
00:13:28 - Disclosure credit
00:14:40 - Big Sleep
00:15:24 - AI Bugs Finders vs Static Analysis
00:17:40 - Do they owe them anything at all
00:19:40 - Is this optional or worthwhile
00:23:33 - Bugs in general
00:26:08 - Triage timespend
00:27:01 - Outro


