Best The Mad Botter Podcasts (2025)

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607: Warp's Zach Lloyd 31:12

2d ago31:12

31:12

Warp Zach on X Mike on X Mike on BlueSky Coder on X Coder on BlueSky Show Discord AliceBy The Mad Botter

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606: Coder's Next Steps 3:59

13d ago3:59

3:59

A brief important update from Chris about some upcoming changes to the podcast. Links: Michael Dominick on XBy The Mad Botter

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605: The Democrats Behind DeepSeek 46:01

21d ago46:01

46:01

DeepSeek has everyone freaking out; we'll look at what's legitimately fascinating, what bits have been an overreaction, and the big mistake that made this all possible. Plus, there's some bad news for Java fans. Sponsored By: Bitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitcoin. Immediate settlement, direct to self-cu…

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604: The Startup Myth 38:56

28d ago38:56

38:56

We dig into the Rails 8 Solid Trifecta, our thoughts on why fewer developers are taking jobs at startups, and a new buzzphrase: Framework Fatigue. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Bitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way…

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603: COSMIC Defenders 43:22

1M ago43:22

43:22

The CEO who bet on SwiftUI—and lost their job. Then poke some fun at Rust stans, SalesForce claims they're not hiring any developers in 2025, and more! Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Bitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safes…

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602: Dude, You're Getting a Dell Pro Max Micro Plus! 44:30

1M ago44:30

44:30

CES 2025 Secrets Revealed: A developer’s dream or just more hype? Plus, NVIDIA flexes its AI muscles, and we're admittedly impressed. Then, our thoughts on Dell's historic rebrand. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Bitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directl…

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601: The 10X Exec 58:13

2M ago58:13

58:13

Some debates never die, and this week, we’re reigniting one of our spiciest from the archives. Plus, our boldest 2025 predictions yet. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Bitcoin Well: Bitcoin sent directly to your wallet is the safest way to buy Bitc…

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600: Mikestrodamus 55:56

2M ago55:56

55:56

We’re taking a victory lap down memory lane. From spooky-accurate predictions to "did we really say that?" moments, this one’s for the history books. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Mission Control: UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and R…

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599: GPU Game Theory 42:11

2M ago42:11

42:11

Sam's Checkmate: How Open Source AI and Silicon Valley Kingmakers dethroned the OpenAI emperor! Plus, Tesla's API Apocalypse has arrived. Links: 💥 Gets Sats with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. Easily integrates with Fountain.fm. Setup your Strike account, and you have on…

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598: No Code is just Other People's Code 36:20

3M ago36:20

36:20

GitHub has done the research, brought the receipts, and knows just what to do to get more developers into the flow state. Is it legit or hype? We’ll dig in. Plus, making the case that Rails is better low code than low code, and we help someone go from Pizza to Rust. Sponsored By: Coder QA: 30% off the lifetime of your membership! Promo Code: blackf…

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597: Make Google Great Again 46:57

3M ago46:57

46:57

A survey found that nearly 10% of developers are ghosts doing nothing - our thoughts on that, AI Big Brother as a service comes to the workplace, OpenAI's NYT standoff, and Google's growing problem. Sponsored By: Coder QA: 30% off the lifetime of your membership! Promo Code: blackfriday Mission Control: UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter an…

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596: Chrome For Sale 52:16

3M ago52:16

52:16

We react to Microsoft's new vision for the desktop PC, discuss the realities of working with large dependency chains in your projects, and discuss Google selling off Chrome. Then, we read some spicy tech CEO emails! Sponsored By: Mission Control: UK-based Mission Control can build Flutter and React Apps for companies big and small, including Fortun…

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595: Year of the Snake 39:13

3M ago39:13

39:13

Python's eating the world - and AI's helping it digest. A cheeky look at why this programming language is suddenly everywhere and the bizarre tale of how AI infiltrated the last place you'd expect. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifeti…

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594: Smart Contracts for Dumb People 41:10

4M ago41:10

41:10

Malicious NPM packages are sneaking into codebases while FFmpeg devs prove old-school assembly skills can still smoke the competition. Plus, a rare bee species takes on Zuck's AI dreams. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Annual Membership - Jupiter …

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593: Bake Your Own Linux Cake 48:16

4M ago48:16

48:16

Mike reports in from the COSMIC frontier! Plus: Microsoft's juicy Google drama, GPU eye candy that'll make your wallet nervous, and the tea on why OpenAI's AGI Czar went full scorched-earth on his exit. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with …

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592: C++ Safety Dance 45:24

4M ago45:24

45:24

C++'s Borg-like mission continues, and some thoughts on Rails 8.1. Plus, there is a little trouble in Microsoft Paradise. And why Chris finally paid for an LLM. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app…

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591: FOSS does what Nintendont 37:07

4M ago37:07

37:07

We get frustrated with Nintendo. Then, dig into the 30-year-old backdoor that was recently exploited and the hard lesson we should learn from it. Then, we'll break down some "hot tips" that promise to make you the next DevRel star. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 G…

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590: Google’s Loss is Our Win 34:45

4M ago34:45

34:45

Our reaction to Google's major legal blow, forcing them to open the Play Store wide, our thoughts on the world's lovefest with AI-generated podcasts, and the next tool Microsoft is porting over from Linux. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy wi…

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589: Blame the Tools using the Tools 1:15:51

5M ago1:15:51

1:15:51

Our thoughts on big tech firing up old nuclear reactors to satisfy the AI growth plans, Sam's big week, and debate if Meta just had their iPhone moment. Sponsored By: Annual Membership - Jupiter Party: Put your support on auto-pilot and get one month for free! Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that le…

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A Coder PSA 1:46

5M ago1:46

1:46

A quick update from Chris on where the show is at this week, and what to watch out for next week! Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply g…

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588: Hulk Smash “PUNY DEVS” 59:32

5M ago59:32

59:32

The insidious undercurrents threatening to crush open-source AI projects, plus our thoughts on Microsoft's "big changes" to Windows post-CrowdStrike. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a ligh…

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587: Surfing the WSL Wave 1:00:01

5M ago1:00:01

1:00:01

Our thoughts on the iPhone 16, and then Mike surfs the WSL wave. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 100 countries. …

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586: Mike's Clone Army 1:06:03

6M ago1:06:03

1:06:03

How Mike plans to win the Clone Wars with Dokku, we review some shocking developer data and say goodbye to another project DMCA'd by Apple. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powe…

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585: From Ops to Dev and Back Again 53:30

6M ago53:30

53:30

We reflect on the rise of DevOps and the frustrating dynamics that led to it. Plus, tech's latest bright idea: Roombas with attitude. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered ap…

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584: Google’s Poisoned Apple 47:35

6M ago47:35

47:35

The walled garden wrecking ball is fueling up - where we think it strikes first. Plus, what was really behind the recent GitHub outage. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered …

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Episode 16: Dan's Retro Firesale 19:36

6M ago19:36

19:36

Daniel talks about selling most of his physical games. We talk about best practices for buying/selling off of sites, stores, and in person meetups. Daniel has gone all in on Fedora Atomic OSes and has installed Bazzite on both the LCD and OLED Steam Decks. What Daniel’s been playing Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends (PS3) Sonic Origins (Steam Deck…

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583: A Shekel for Every Click 53:45

6M ago53:45

53:45

Apple goes into full crackdown mode and begins to squeeze even more out of developers and creators. Plus, why tiny models are suddenly the rage. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly. Promo Code: summer Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning…

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582: Intel: It Hurts Inside 55:36

7M ago55:36

55:36

We take a look at SeaweedFS, roast Apple Intelligence, and reveal the vendor that caught Intel's mess before it shipped. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets yo…

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581: Lunacy Lake 48:51

7M ago48:51

48:51

Why is Google feeling lucky, and the Intel situation slips into pure lunacy. Plus, thoughts on the C# Type Union proposal. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets …

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580: Error Lake 1:05:26

7M ago1:05:26

1:05:26

Our thoughts on the CrowdStrike outage and why Intel is in the hot seat with developers. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats …

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579: The Insufferable Small Business 52:35

7M ago52:35

52:35

Are small business owners just the worst? The rant that hits close to home. And how AI is looking more like a unicorn, not a horse, but big tech keeps trying to put a saddle on it. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy wi…

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578: Cancel the 100X 1:05:15

7M ago1:05:15

1:05:15

Apple finally stands down in its battle with Epic, and Google gets caught with its hand in the full access to everything jar. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets…

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577: Holy Order of the Admins 47:50

8M ago47:50

47:50

Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests, and the crazy deals new AI companies are getting themselves into to access hardware. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that…

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576: The New 800-pound Gorilla 59:15

8M ago59:15

59:15

Big Tech vs. Big Brother, how Ashley Madison predicted the rise of AI bots and the messy world of "open source" AI. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quick…

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575: The Omakub Directive 51:36

8M ago51:36

51:36

A couple of our long-standing forecasts are coming true. We unpack the recent developments. Plus, our thoughts on OpenAI going commercial and more. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning…

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574: Craig Stans Unite 40:25

8M ago40:25

40:25

Our thoughts and reactions to Apple's WWDC '24, and more importantly what was missed. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in ov…

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573: The Ultimate Computer 54:02

9M ago54:02

54:02

The story of how Mike got in a fight with a supercomputer and, like Captain Kirk, came out on top. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply gr…

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572: Foxes In The Henhouse 1:08:10

9M ago1:08:10

1:08:10

OpenAI has a new security team led by Sam Altman, and the Biden Administration has a new AI security board led by Sam Altman. We also discuss C# 13 and .Net 9, popping bubbles, and more. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and E…

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571: Old Wine New Bottle 45:23

9M ago45:23

45:23

Big Tech's latest AI flex? More like a desperate grab for attention. Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft are hyping up underwhelming updates while Sam Altman spills the tea on their shady motives. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick a…

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570: 4o 28:46

9M ago28:46

28:46

OpenAI has pulled a fast one, and everyone is eating it up. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly and cheaply grab sats in over 36 countries. 📻 Boost w…

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569: Whatever It Takes 39:44

10M ago39:44

39:44

Altman's on a spending spree for AGI – why the huge price tag? Mike's back from NYC with juicy API gossip, and we break down the incentives pumping up a giant AI bubble. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike —…

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568: The Junior Jump 35:15

10M ago35:15

35:15

How one clever developer has launched his own Appstore on iOS, our thoughts on how this was pulled off, and making a transition into development work late in life. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strik…

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567: The year of Small Models 42:53

10M ago42:53

42:53

Llama 3 and Phi-3-mini are up and running on phones, Raspberry Pis, and we give them a go. Plus Google kills the vibe, and Meta opens up Horizon OS. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightnin…

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566: FOSS Feed & Care 29:51

10M ago29:51

29:51

We delve into the top 3 open-source revenue streams, expose the pitfalls, and discuss what could be done quickly to improve the situation. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered …

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565: The Great Llama 50:11

11M ago50:11

50:11

Why does Meta give away Llma for free? What's in it for them? Plus, our thoughts on the data showing the trades are starting to see a boom, and new coding jobs are declining. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $1 a month off your membership for a year, and contribute to our show directly! Promo Code: darthjarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Str…

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564: Re-Re-Rewrite it in Rust 46:36

11M ago46:36

46:36

Microsoft wins the foot-in-mouth award this week, and Google gets the Rust religion - but Mike is skeptical. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that lets you quickly an…

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563: Mike’s No Good Very Bad Rails Update 57:16

11M ago57:16

57:16

Mike makes the case for just going vanilla, a look at Google Carbon, and then we address the expensive elephant in the room. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — Strike is a lightning-powered app that let…

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562: Apple Loses It's Shine 1:08:26

11M ago1:08:26

1:08:26

The antitrust gloves are off as Apple’s legal brawl with Uncle Sam kicks into high gear. We dig through the documents and are surprised by a few things that seem off. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: jarjar Links: 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike — …

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Episode 15: Welcome Back, Gamers! 22:29

11M ago22:29

22:29

What we’re playing Mike Analogue Pocket Sonic Advanced Super Mario Advanced 2 Age of Empires IV MTG Arena Markov Limited Dan Dynasty Warriors 7: Xtreme Legends (PS3) HorizonXI (Steam Deck and Bazzite Desktop) Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (Steam Deck) Classic Game Design VS Modern Goal Oriented VS Open World Simplicity Over Complexity Sponsor A…

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561: No CUDA for You! 23:50

11M ago23:50

23:50

NVIDIA locks CUDA down further, and we ponder what it might take to break their stranglehold on the market, Zuck's brilliant move that put an egg on his face, and we take a minute to appreciate new developments with Java. Sponsored By: Coder QA: Take $2 a month off for the lifetime of your membership and contribute to our show directly Promo Code: …

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