Episode 274: 268 RR Mazes For Programmers with Jamis Buck

Ruby Rogues

• Episode: Episode 274: 268 RR Mazes For Programmers with Jamis Buck
• Website: Ruby Rogues
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• Duration: 00:47:31
• Published: 2016-07-13 15:00

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01:55 - Jamis Buck Introduction

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Blog
• Medium.com: Jamis Buck

02:57 - Mazes

• Mazes for Programmers: Code Your Own Twisty Little Passages by Jamis Buck
• 3.5 Random Dungeon Generator for D&D
• Mazoo!

08:01 - Programing can be fun?! Play

• Jamis Buck: Second Wind @ Mountain West Ruby 2016 (Talk on burnout)

11:49 - Historical and Traditional vs Technical Mazes

13:51 - Jamis’ Backstory with Mazes; Algorithms

• Hunt-and-Kill Algorithm
• Wilson's Algorithm  
• Eller's Algorithm

21:14 - Discovering Algorithms

• Think Labyrinth
• Neo4j

28:01 - Varying Algorithms

• AST (Abstract Syntax Tree)

36:38 - Writing a Book

• Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter

39:16 - Text App for Generating Mazes

• ASCII
• ChunkyPNG

 

Picks

• The Walking Dead (Sam)
• The Codeless Code (Coraline)
• Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice (Jessica)
• Feeling sad about tragedy (Jessica)
• Completely Disconnect (Chuck)
• Being Outdoors (Chuck)
• Shooting Firearms (Chuck)
• Productive (Jamis)
• Kerbal Space Program (Jamis)

Special Guest: Jamis Buck.