Cleaning up build systems and gathering computer history with Adam Gordon Bell

<p>As promised, here is the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quietwear-Mens-Camo-Grass-Hole/dp/B00P18W59K">grass hat</a>.</p><p>You can find out more about Earthly <a href="https://earthly.dev/">here.</a></p><p>We spend a little time talking about <a href="https://nixos.org/'">Nix OS </a>the operating system you can roll back if you don't like a patch.</p><p>Raise your hand if you remember learning computer science with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Pascal">Turbo Pascal</a>.</p><p>Maybe you didn't know, but discs aren't as slow as people think. Adam's <a href="https://corecursive.com/frontiers-of-performance-with-daniel-lemire/">recent episode</a> is about upending common assumptions on IO performance. </p><p>Shoutout to our Lifeboat badge winner of the week, Josh Smift, for answering the question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34949595/how-to-delete-web-files-only-if-they-exist/40050348#40050348">How to delete *.web files only if they exist</a>.</p><p> </p>