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That's Girl Code
by thatsgirlcode
Hot takes, tech talk, and women who get it. All things tech, all things corporate, and all things women in STEM!
Episodes
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MCP 101: How AI Actually Touches Your Tools
MCPs are everywhere right now. Can Eden explain them in 10 under 10 mins? Not sure, but she'll try. In her last solo episode of Season 3, Eden breaks down the Model Context Protocol — the standard Anthropic released in 2024 and handed to the Linux Foundation in 2025 — using the hat business she…
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AI Chip Economics - What's Inside, Who Builds it, & Who Pays
Eden and Ellen break down the economics of AI chips. They talk through how a chip actually gets made (wafers, logic dies, HBM memory), why one company in Taiwan (TSMC) manufactures nearly every advanced chip on Earth, and why NVIDIA's record-breaking quarter might be propped up by companies...
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A Beginner's Guide to Git & GitHub
90% of the Fortune 100 run their code through GitHub, and this week it went down for 7 hours. If your reaction to that is questions and confusion .... this one is for you. Eden breaks down Git vs. GitHub (not the same thing!!): The 2005 drama that made Linus Torvalds rage-build Git in two weeks,...
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World Models: The Brains Behind Waymos & Humanoid Robots
LLMs predict the next word. World models predict the next moment. Eden explains the AI "brains" powering Waymos and humanoid robots and Ellen gets into the real-world applications: simulated tornado testing, robot hands that can hold an egg, NVIDIA's Cosmos, and why people are getting paid to…
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Basics for the Baddies: Quantum Computing
Ellen goes solo to tackle quantum computing! She walks through quantum computing basics: classical bits vs. qubits, what superposition and the Bloch sphere actually mean, why rotating qubits creates wave interference that amplifies right answers and cancels wrong ones, why that gives quantum...
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Tech Tea: AI Edition - OpenAI vs Apple, Hugging Face Hacked, AI 2040 and more
Episode Description In this episode, Eden and Ellen cover recent AI news. 1. Apple v. OpenAI LawsuitApple's federal lawsuit against OpenAI, two former employees, and hardware startup IO over alleged theft of trade secrets — plus the Musk-Altman fallout on X. 2. OpenAI Sandbox EscapeHow an OpenAI...
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The Phia Scandal: How an AI Powered Fashion App Got Caught Cookie Stuffing
Phia was supposed to be the Google Flights for fashion. An AI shopping assistant co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, backed by $43.5M and a Coachella lineup of celebrity investors. Then researcher Ben Edelman caught their browser extension cookie stuffing: silently taking affiliate…
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The Full Stack of a Health Wearable: Silicon to Software
It’s the golden episode (season 3, episode 3), and Eden and Ellen are getting a little science-y. This one’s all about health tech wearables — the rings, watches, and bands tracking your every move, and what’s really happening under the hood. We break down: How the hardware senses your body —...
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DAIS Recap
In this solo season-three opener, Ellen recaps Databricks' 2026 Data + AI Summit, unpacking the keynote's core framework — Context, Control, Cost, and Choice — and CEO Ali Ghodsi's argument that AGI already exists but lacks the enterprise access needed to be useful. She walks through the expanded...
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AI Needs a Mother
Why does representation in tech (especially in AI) actually matter? Because we've seen what happens when it's missing. Eden and Ellen walk through a history of products built without women in the room: crash-test dummies modeled on the average man that left women 47% more likely to be seriously...
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Off Season Recap - Vibe Coding Hackathons, Being Al Native, and Adjusting to New Coding Standards
It's an off-season check-in because some things just can't be an email. Ellen and Eden are back at the mic to catch up on everything since production wrapped — TGC Media is officially an LLC (yes, there's a prenup), merch is incoming, and the new website just went live thanks to Eden's Claude...
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AISPIRATION: (AI + Inspiration) An ideation session of practical AI use cases
In our season two finale, we’re talking all things AISPIRATION: (AI + Inspiration) the AI tools, automations, and workflows helping us work smarter, create faster, and make life a little less manual. From streamlining podcast production and prepping for high-stakes presentations to building…
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Data Centers 101: Where AI lives and where its going
This week I'm diving into one of the most fascinating infrastructure stories happening right now — data centers. We're going full 101 on what they actually are, how they work, and why AI has completely broken everything the industry thought it knew. We cover the four pillars every data center is...
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What are Claude Skills? And How to Use Them to Boost Your Productivity
If you've ever copy-pasted the same giant prompt into Claude over and over again... this episode is for you. Eden breaks down Claude Skills: what they are, how they work, and how to set them up. Whether you're a developer or someone just trying to get more out of AI in your everyday life, Skills...
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Four Tech Startups You Need To Know: Runway, Fauna Robotics, Daydream, and Neko Health
This week, we're covering four companies sitting at the bleeding edge of AI and robotics. We start with Runway, the $5.3B NYC startup quietly reshaping Hollywood from the inside out. Founded by three NYU art students, Runway's text-to-video tools are already in Oscar-winning films and our very…
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Databricks Deep Dive
In this solo episode of That’s Girl Code, Ellen breaks down Databricks: why it exists, what problem it solved, and how data actually flows through it. She explains how companies got stuck between messy data lakes and expensive data warehouses, and how Databricks’ lakehouse approach keeps data in...
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AI Tech Tea: China’s Robots, Meta’s Name Tag, Amazon Ring & Flock Safety Partnership, & Space AI
This week’s tech tea covers everything from China’s jaw-dropping humanoid robot showcase to Meta’s rumored facial recognition rollout in smart glasses. We unpack the Amazon Ring and Flock Safety controversy, surveillance creep, and what happens when facial data meets federal subpoenas. Then we...
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OpenClaw: The Autonomous Agent That Took the Tech World by Storm
OpenClaw is the open-source AI agent that exploded across GitHub almost overnight. It runs locally, connects to your email, calendar, social accounts, and developer tools, and can take action on your behalf without you in the loop. It’s the personal AI assistant many frontier labs have hinted at...
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Two Truths and a Lie: The Social Network, Super Pumped, & Swiped
In this episode, Eden and Ellen step away from their usual technical topics and analyze how tech startups are portrayed in popular media. They break down three startup origin stories: The Social Network (Facebook/Meta), Super Pumped (Uber), and Swiped (Whitney Wolfe Herd, Tinder, and Bumble). For...
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How Data Flows Through your Apps
On this episode of That’s Girl Code, Ellen breaks down how data actually moves through modern applications, from the moment you tap your screen to the systems that learn from that behavior and quietly reshape what you see next. Using Instagram as a running example, she walks through the full data...
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Agentic Systems: Details for the Developers
In this episode of That’s Girl Code, we explore agentic AI systems that go beyond traditional generative models to perceive their environment, reason about goals, take action, and learn over time. We define what an AI agent is, how agentic systems differ from standard large language model...
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(Book Recap) Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
In this episode of "That's Girl Code," Eden takes the mic solo to explore the concepts of "Technofeudalism" as presented by Yanis Varoufakis in his book Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. Delving into the evolution from capitalism to a new economic structure, Eden discusses the role of…
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The Price of Winning the AI Race: Social and Geopolitical Costs of Building without Regulation (Part 2)
Part two of our deep but digestible conversation on AI, social media, and the incentives shaping the future. Inspired by The Social Dilemma and Tristan Harris’ interview on Diary of a CEO, we unpack how tech moved from monetizing attention to monetizing intimacy - and what that means for mental...
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The Price of Winning the AI Race: Social and Geopolitical Costs of Building without Regulation (Part 1)
Season 2 kicks off with a deep, but digestible, two-part conversation on AI, social media, and the incentives shaping the future. Inspired by The Social Dilemma and Tristan Harris’ interview on Diary of a CEO, we unpack how tech moved from monetizing attention to monetizing intimacy - and what…
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Bias in the Code: Why Tech Still Feels so Male Dominated
In this episode of That’s Girl Code, Eden and Ellen pull back the curtain on what it really means to be a woman in tech — not just through personal experience, but through decades of data. They trace the fictional journey of “Hannah,” a composite of every woman who’s ever written code, sat…
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Leading with Intuition: Michelle's Playbook for Success in Tech
This week, Ellen and Eden sit down with Michelle Meyer—a seasoned technology executive who’s been both a role model and a mentor to women in tech. From sports to sales to the boardroom, Michelle shares stories of grit, growth, and leadership, plus a few unexpected detours. Together we unpack how…
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Moments we want to Ctrl Alt Delete: Embarrassing Corporate Stories
A chaos in comfort episode: Ellen and Eden trade their most mortifying corporate and studio slip-ups—from double-joining a C-suite call to starting class 10 minutes early—plus internet gems from Slack gone wrong to interview fumbles. Come for the trauma bonding, stay for the reminder that it’s...
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WWDC - Past Present & Future
WWDC: Past, Present, and the Very Glassy Future. Eden calls this her personal Super Bowl, Ellen brings the history tea, and together we connect Apple’s June WWDC promises to what actually shipped. We break down iOS 26’s Liquid Glass glow-up, the skinny-iPhone discourse, and why some “wow”…
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ALGO (I'll go) to the Party
Algorithms, but make it a party. We turn classic coding patterns into memorable, real-life stories so you can spot them fast, choose the right approach under interview pressure, and explain your thinking clearly. This is your your totally unboring guide to important algorithms in swe. Expect...
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Tech Tea: What's Been Brewing Lately
From Microsoft’s AI job study shaking up automation fears, to GPT-5’s messy launch, to Figma’s record-breaking IPO, we’re spilling every drop. We also dive into Apple’s Liquid Glass design overhaul and Figure AI’s humanoid robots—yes, the ones folding laundry and maybe stealing jobs. Whether you...
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Data Structures and their Astrological Signs
What do coding fundamentals and astrology have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode of That’s Girl Code, Ellen and Eden break down core data structures — arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs, and hash maps — and match each one to its perfect zodiac sign. From the...
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Ballmer's Peak and Other Computer Science Lore
Pour yourself a glass and join us as we Ballmer’s Peak our way through some of computer science’s wildest lore and tech drama. We cover the science behind Ballmer’s Peak, the messy origin story of OpenAI (and the Elon vs. Sam Altman feud), the person whose “NULL” license plate made him the final...
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Top 10 Tips to be THAT Corporate Girl
From building a morning routine to setting strategic goals, from staying organized with tools like Notion to learning when (and how) to say no, this episode is your go-to guide for thriving in the workplace with confidence and clarity. We’re sharing the 10 tips that helped us grow in our careers,...
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The Code Behind Your Favorite Apps
This week, Eden & Ellen break down the tech behind four of your favorite apps—TikTok, Pinterest, Uber, and Netflix. We’re talking real-time data, machine learning, microservices, and the wild backend magic that makes these platforms work. Whether you’re tech-savvy or just app-obsessed, we’re...
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Artificial Intelligence: Basics for the Baddies
This week, we’re breaking down how modern AI actually works — from machine learning and tokenization to model training and those mysterious “parameters.” We’ll walk you through how models learn patterns, why they sometimes make things up (aka hallucinate), and how new techniques help them get...
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GIT to know us
In the premiere episode of That’s Girl Code, Eden & Ellen introduce themselves, share how they got into tech, and break down why they started this podcast. Using Git as their metaphorical roadmap (because obviously), they branch into origin stories, tech stacks, favorite projects, and the power…
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Hot takes, tech talk, and women who get it. All things tech, all things corporate, and all things women in STEM!
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