

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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Nov 5, 2025 • 45min
The Robots are getting Hacked | The Standup
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https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream on Twitch
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Become Backend Dev: https://boot.dev/prime
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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
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:14 - Unitree Robot Security
00:02:09 - Merge Cop ep. 1
00:03:33 - Base unit robot
00:07:50 - Back to the Unitree story
00:12:07 - Robots spread virus by proximity
00:13:13 - Skynet is coming
00:15:59 - Automation for no reason
00:19:51 - Software Success
00:22:01 - Whos gonna buy these
00:24:55 - Laundry
00:26:57 - what are you going to do after robots
00:31:50 - Early adoption risks
00:37:32 - Price
00:38:22 - Band name loop holes
00:39:34 - Jelly eyeballs
00:43:40 - Outro

Nov 1, 2025 • 1h 11min
What even is Quantum Computing?!
https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream on Twitch
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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

Oct 31, 2025 • 58min
AWS Outage And ANOTHER AI BROWSER???? - 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
00:00:00 - Intro & Snacks
00:02:24 - AWS Outage and companies effected
00:07:54 - Insident report
00:10:22 - How do data centers work?
00:20:07 - Actual Post mortem
00:22:00 - Vibe coding brought down the internet
00:24:00 - Why is every company on US-EAST-1
00:27:00 - CDNS and cloudDBS
00:28:49 - 8sleep rant
00:35:08 - Dumb IOT devices
00:39:11 - Culture of new product companies
00:43:00 - How much is cloud storage
00:44:05 - OpenAI Browser, Atlas
00:56:00 - Outro

Oct 30, 2025 • 1h 6min
TheStandup - DHH Talks Omarchy
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

Oct 28, 2025 • 55min
The Standup - Jira Bought 2 Browsers???
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📍 Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:06 - Blacksmith #ad
00:04:44 - Who is Atlassian?
00:15:34 - How Enterprise Software really works
00:22:30 - Switching Browsers
00:24:15 - Terminal Coffee #ad
00:28:55 - Did AI make us lazy
00:42:15 - AI Data centers and their impacts
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

Oct 27, 2025 • 60min
The Most Insightful Apple Commentary | The Standup
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📍 Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:50 - Blacksmith #ad
00:04:27 - Is the IPhone Pro Strap cool?
00:12:40 - Airpods Live Translation
00:23:40 - The Worlds Best Scratchability Test
00:26:30 - Apple adds matmul acceleration to A19 Pro GPU
00:42:09 - GPT-5 Announcement
00:54:38 - Paying Trash's Bills
https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream!
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

Aug 22, 2025 • 1h 39min
Why Making a Debugger is So Hard! (ft Ryan Fleury)
Ship Faster with Neon Postgres #adNeon comes with Branching, Schema Diff, and Instant Point-In-Time Recovery to help you ship fast and recover faster. Get the free plan at https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream 5 days a Weekhttps://twitter.com/terminaldotshop - Want to order coffee over SSH?ssh terminal.shopBecome 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/ThePrimeagenKinesis Advantage 360: https://bit.ly/Prime-Kinesis📍 Chapters:00:00:00 Intro00:02:10 Printf Debugging00:10:20 RAD Debugger Origins00:25:00 PDB (Program Database) Limit00:27:27 RAD Linker00:28:40 Working for Epic00:32:13 What the hell is MUMPS00:33:28 D Sucks00:34:45 Oodle Adjacent00:35:40 How do steps work?00:42:50 INT 3 Instruction/Trap00:46:20 Step count00:47:50 Overwrite and replace00:49:42 The desire for user level INT 3 handling01:00:39 Alternative to User level INT 301:03:10 Chrome Debugger complaints01:07:51 RAD Debug features01:16:52 Compatible languages01:18:41 Gabe Newell annoucement strategy01:19:37 Outro 101:20:01 Cleverer than Stack pointers01:22:55 Prime pees on stream01:24:20 Faking addresses and the shadow stack01:27:50 Data breakpoints01:28:38 Prime shoots his shot01:32:46 TLDR01:34:28 Debugging in VM langs01:35:00 PUBE G01:36:28 Outro 2

Aug 18, 2025 • 1h 24min
2 Language Creators vs 2 Idiots
When traffic spikes, Neon’s serverless Postgres autoscales to meet demand, without all that extra ops work. Get the free plan at https://neon.comhttps://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream 5 days a Weekhttps://twitter.com/terminaldotshop - Want to order coffee over SSH?ssh terminal.shopBecome 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/ThePrimeagenKinesis Advantage 360: https://bit.ly/Prime-Kinesis00:00:00 - Intro00:02:13 - neon.com #ad00:03:23 - Why Functional Programming Failed?00:10:20 - Erlang is Functional AND OOP00:15:00 - The Ruby to Rust Pipeline00:26:00 - Ginger Bill Rust Rant00:29:53 - Are Macros Good or Evil?00:43:30 - Printing in Rust VS Odin00:48:00 - Mechanism Not Policy00:57:45 - LSP Hater VS LSP Lover01:04:20 - are Package Managers required?01:21:10 - Advice to Future Language Creators

Aug 16, 2025 • 1h 13min
The Evolution of Programming
Ship Faster with Neon Postgres #adNeon comes with Branching, Schema Diff, and Instant Point-In-Time Recovery to help you ship fast and recover faster. Get the free plan at https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream 5 days a Weekhttps://twitter.com/terminaldotshop - Want to order coffee over SSH?ssh terminal.shop📍 Chapters:00:00:00 - Prime is a Great Host00:04:06 - Neon #ad00:05:04 - Giving a 2 hour talk00:10:16 - C++ Launch Night00:14:15 - Mount Rushmore of Programming Languages00:18:40 - What languages were influential and died off?00:24:00 - What is Plex00:42:00 - The Evolution of Languages00:45:40 - How Casey does Research + HOPL 500:56:95 - Casey's Next Deep Dive01:00:00 - The Rise of Programming Historians

Aug 14, 2025 • 13min
Casey Muratori's Origin Story
🔗 Sponsored by Code Rabbit https://coderabbit.link/primeagen-vscode #sponsoredhttps://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen - I Stream 5 days a Weekhttps://twitter.com/terminaldotshop - Want to order coffee over SSH?ssh terminal.shopHosts:@ThePrimeagen@trash_dev@teej_dv@caseymuratoriFor more about Casey: https://www.computerenhance.comBecome 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/ThePrimeagenKinesis Advantage 360: https://bit.ly/Prime-KinesisDiscord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen00:00:00 - Intro00:01:12 - Running Galaga at compile time00:03:09 - J AI00:05:36 - The Ginger Bill Business model00:08:24 - OCaml + Rust features00:10:14 - Back on topic00:15:11 - Handmade Hero and inspiring others00:19:03 - Conferences


