182: AI Assisted Coding

Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci
Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:59:38 -0500

Intro topic: Getting an entry-level job

News/Links:

Mario Kart 64 Fully Decompiled

https://gbatemp.net/threads/mario-kart-64-decompilation-project-reaches-100-completion.671104/

Q-Learning is not yet scalable

https://seohong.me/blog/q-learning-is-not-yet-scalable/

Grover’s Algorithm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQWpF2Gb-gU&vl=en

OrangePi has a RISC-V SBC

https://linuxgizmos.com/orangepi-rv2-a-cost-effective-risc-v-board-with-m-2-2280-slot-and-dual-gigabit-ethernet/

Book of the Show

Patrick

The Will of the Many (James Islington)

https://amzn.to/44Dznsz

Jason

The Intelligence Trap

https://amzn.to/3TqoKCB

Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

Tool of the Show

Patrick

Pokemon Odyssey

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/1l9zdta/pok%C3%A9mon_odyssey_final_release/

Jason

Netflix Games

https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6891422865930303475&hl=en_US

Topic:

Why

Speed up development

Catch errors faster than type checking/compiling

Writing tedious boilerplate code

Ask questions and learn local information

Look good for hiring managers

How

Extensions for VSCode & other IDEs for inline suggestions

Chat with a selection/file

Command-line Tools run at the root directory

Local vs Cloud

Examples

Copilot (VSCode extension)

Use the experimental mode

Cursor (Custom IDE)

Jumps to suggest changes in other places

Similar to copilot experimental mode

RooCode (VSCode extension)