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Technology changes constantly

We help you reason through it.

Fallthrough is a long-form conversation about software, technology, computing, and the ideas that shape them.

Every episode starts with a handful of questions, but doesn't end where we began. We explore the systems behind software, the trade-offs behind the tools we use, and the assumptions that quietly shape technology. Along the way we wander through economics, language, design, open source, artificial intelligence, history, and whatever else helps us understand the question at hand.

We believe the best conversations are the ones that flow, not the ones that are scripted.

Hot Takes, Served Warm

The world rewards certainty. We prefer reasoning.

Sometimes we start with provocative ideas, but we spend time testing and challenging them. We explore to see where they lead. By the end, you might agree or disagree, but you'll understand why we're asking the questions we are.

Latest episode

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1:07:06 Episode 92

Close Encounters of the Human Kind

How should we spend our time now that writing code is cheap? In this episode, Kris and Matt are joined by Doug Soo, a staff engineer working on the storage systems at Honeycomb. They discuss his blog post Spend More Tim…

Recent episodes

  1. Keep Your Enemies Closer episode artwork

    October 3, 2026 · 76:43 · Episode 91

    Keep Your Enemies Closer

    Steve is back! He joins Kris and Matt to discuss the drama around DHH's latest keynote at Rails World and Steve's latest views on AI. Interestingly, Steve believes that he'll sit in opposition to how Kris and Matt see t…

  2. Thinking, Fast and Cheap episode artwork

    September 26, 2026 · 68:11 · Episode 90

    Thinking, Fast and Cheap

    Another week, another duo episode, but this time around it's Dylan who's joining Kris! He brings a fresh perspective to the AI conversation that Kris and Matt have been engaging in. The big question: is AI going to kill…

  3. Apocalypse Not Now episode artwork

    September 19, 2026 · 63:56 · Episode 89

    Apocalypse Not Now

    Kris and Matthew have some more spicy and it's about the latest AI news cycle: a greater than ten percent chance that AI wipes out humanity inside a decade. Neither of them are worried about it, what does is why everyon…

  4. The Elements of Slop episode artwork

    September 12, 2026 · 60:56 · Episode 88

    The Elements of Slop

    Kris and Matthew have some feelings about AI they want to discuss. No, not about benchmarks or agents, but about the people using it to write things they should be plenty capable of writing themselves: the five paragrap…