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Latest episode · Aug 5, 2026

#730 The Focus Knob Works

Dave and Chris celebrate 16 years of the show (1st episode was August 10th, 2010) by launching a brand-new static website featuring searchable transcripts and a "pissed-old amber" SVG scope with a working focus knob--and links to merch!. They also discuss Dave’s new employee, 10 cent RISC-V debuggers, and why naming your startup after an un-Googleable Australian cryptid is a bad move

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