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07 Aug 2023
Astro and SST, Humans Are Amazing and Awful, and Superconductor Optimism
00:58:47
Adam's got Astro + SST + Lambda on the brain, and Dax has too many meetings with humans. But humans have had a breakthrough in superconductor tech, so maybe humans aren't the worst?
(20:31) - Is it difficult for a product company to contribute in an open source way?
(24:27) - Is it difficult to manage an open source community?
(25:49) - Is nepotism a bad word?
(29:54) - Do people have free will?
(34:50) - Superconductor Breakthrough
(43:39) - Humans hate ourselves a lot
(47:31) - Material advancements
(50:35) - Amazon's 2 pizza team is ahead of all of this
24 Aug 2023
50! SST Has Users, Dax Got Partner, TwitchCon 2023, and the Startup Money Situation
00:52:09
What is SST learning now that they have users? There's a lot of talk about Tailwind in this episode and Dax hates every minute of it. Are you going to TwitchCon 2023? Should Adam have vegan donuts at TwitchCon? And please shut up about Tailwind.
This is the first episode with an encore. It may also be the last episode with an encore.
(00:00) - Dax wants to know what you think about Tailwind
(00:32) - Food and energy level updates
(01:58) - Getting a massage thoughts
(03:28) - How About Old Man Podcast
(05:53) - How long have we been programming?
(07:03) - Dax is Twitch partnered
(08:21) - Can you be neutral about Tailwind?
(14:34) - Who's not going to TwitchCon?
(21:34) - SST has users!
(27:20) - What's the outlook for startups in the post free money environment?
(30:21) - Uber and food delivery
(36:45) - Just shutup about Tailwind already
(40:36) - Adam needs to pee and blow
(42:27) - The encore
22 Jul 2024
Being Weird About 100 Eps, Crowdstrike Bugs, and Chris Joins Us with Clips
00:54:03
It's episode 100 time but don't worry, Adam's not being weird about it at all. We're thinking about how normies understand things like the Crowdstrike bug, Adam thinks the economy is fake, and Chris joins us with clips from past episodes like Adam's thirst traps, Dax watching tv all the time, are they playing characters or real on the podcast, and Chris questions Dax's cryptic tweets.
(09:49) - Understanding IT in the normal non-cloud world
(16:06) - Adam still thinks most of the economy is fake
(20:01) - The value and hinderance of small teams
(24:46) - Adam as a Hero
(26:05) - Adam is not being weird about episode 100
(26:37) - Sponsor: SSH terminal.shop
(27:06) - Chris joins us
(32:02) - Is 100 episodes a lot?
(37:40) - The tweet with 13,000 views
(42:24) - ep30 Adam finds out something shocking about Dax
(46:16) - Adam's movie choices
(48:30) - Are they playing a character or is it reality?
(51:53) - Dax's cryptic tweets
19 Jun 2023
Entertainment, like anime and movies and such
00:33:17
Adam & Dax discuss what media they consume for entertainment, among other things.
(00:31) - I'm Kiwi
(02:39) - Lärabars and Jared Leto
(05:53) - Adam learns something shocking about Dax
(07:48) - What does Dax watch?
(10:26) - What is the draw of anime?
(14:29) - Our movie diet
(18:59) - Love you, bye
(19:45) - Uh oh. People.
(22:26) - Cerebral movies
(25:30) - Miami Heat sads
(26:24) - Dax's electric longboard
(31:41) - Adam's Reddit brain fart
03 Jul 2023
Talking ESM, Work Culture, and Our Biggest Fears with ThePrimeagen
00:58:16
Dax and Adam put life's biggest questions to ThePrimeagen: Why does he hate ESM? How tall is he? Do people around him know he's ThePrimeagen? Why has work culture changed around feedback? Can you still squat? Can we cringe? And what is your biggest fear in life?
(14:45) - Have you noticed an industry culture change?
(17:41) - When do you drink your preworkout?
(19:38) - Tech business life was too easy
(25:50) - Thinking with depth about anime
(30:34) - Making sure you can squat
(34:17) - What are you learning about in tech these days?
(40:34) - ThePrimeagen doesn't do cringe
(44:42) - Adam's biggest fear in life
(47:05) - ThePrimeagen's biggest fear
(55:43) - Do you listen to your own podcast?
04 Sep 2023
Terraform Licensing, Academic Research, Walking Backwards, and Google vs AI
00:48:18
Does writing long tweets help you game the algorithm? Has Dax lost faith in academic research? Has Adam unlocked the secret to good knee health by walking backwards? Has Terraform licensing changes ruined open source? Has AI destroyed Google search? Has radiation destroyed steel? These are a lot of questions that definitely get answered in this episode.
Adam & Dax discuss the future of (pure) serverless after an ominous tweet from a prominent figure at AWS.
19 Feb 2024
Dax's Vision Pro Review, Cloud Pricing, Rebuilding Plex, and Moving to an AI Utopia
01:23:47
Adam's brain gets thrown off course, software rot vs serverless life, subscription payments vs one time payment myths, framework devs vs app devs, Adam figures out what Supabase is, Dax reviews an Apple Vision Pro and has thoughts, all while we're headed towards an AI utopia.
(23:27) - Why can't cloud providers bake in dollar limits?
(27:27) - Marker 7
(33:42) - What do you do if you're getting ddos'd?
(38:40) - Cloudflare's origin story
(39:49) - What's Supabase? What's Firebase?
(42:42) - Reengineering Plex
(44:48) - Take a visit to Fabrice Bellard's Wikipedia
(50:43) - Dax's review of Apple Vision Pro
(01:08:41) - Heading towards an AI utopia
(01:19:35) - Adam's weight is not a static number and is always fluctuating
06 Jul 2023
Not Talking About React Drama, Dinosaurs, and Devrel
00:43:47
Adam and Dax are definitely not going to talk about React drama or devrel. Instead, they're sticking to questions about dinosaurs and interest rates and how they impact the economy. (The interest rates. Not so much the dinosaurs.)
(13:32) - Did they run out of things to build and moved to the server?
(15:08) - What is HTMX?
(16:56) - Fly's fly fundraising announcement
(20:16) - Dinosaurs
(29:41) - Fake Startup Simulator
(31:36) - Do we talk about things outside of tech?
(35:14) - The impact of fiscal policy is yet to be felt
(40:10) - Stripe made good docs, and made a bazillion dollars
03 Aug 2023
Threads, Twitter X, Board Sports, Jujitsu, and the SST Roadmap
00:47:18
Why is everyone wrong about everything - especially with Adam? Does an AI breakthrough mean utopia? Are we using Threads to post about X'ing Twitter? Dax has a new hobby, and Adam updates on his jujitsu hobby. Dax has some theories on Vercel and some SST Console roadmap updates.
(00:00) - The leaf blower rule of podcast recording
(00:38) - Why is everyone so wrong?
(03:08) - AI breakthrough means utopia
(08:13) - X Twitter
(13:46) - Are we still Threading?
(18:48) - You have to consume something to bring value to people
(20:51) - Dax getting into a new hobby
(25:17) - Jujitsu follow up
(28:43) - Does putting in the time work?
(33:22) - Theories on Vercel
(38:50) - The SST Console roadmap
10 Aug 2023
The Dream Is Over, Jujitsu & Skimboard Injuries, and NYC vs Ozarks vs Miami
00:47:37
Adam has secrets, and wonders if it's too late for him to be anonymous. The LK-99 dream might be over? Despite Adam's jujitsu injuries, they pale in comparison to Dax's skim board injury. Flight pricing is frustrating, and comparing spring in NYC vs the Ozarks.
(01:30) - This is as official as it's going to get
(03:14) - Appreciation for material science
(08:40) - Taking a week off in Lake Tahoe
(10:37) - Dax beach board update
(16:59) - Jujitsu update
(21:16) - Is it too late to become anonymous?
(22:27) - Is it Twitter or X?
(27:18) - Dax flight rants
(31:14) - Getting hit by lightning
(37:05) - Building the tallest building
(39:57) - Comparing spring in NYC vs the Ozarks
(42:40) - ...and then there's Florida
(43:58) - What do people do with pumpkins?
01 Jan 2024
We're Back! Ion, Twitter Monetization, The Triangle Company, and Weather Updates
00:40:14
What's happening with the new version of SST, Ion? Twitter has changed with monetization, Dax's thoughts on the triangle company, the debate between single-page applications (SPAs) and server-rendered apps, Adam's fascination with Fascinating, and an important weather update from Florida.
(08:08) - Getting distracted by the internet because of cloud formation
(10:28) - Using NextJS construct + Ion?
(11:24) - Being busy... on Twitter
(12:14) - Dax slamming the triangle company
(18:01) - Native vs SPA
(28:40) - Fascinating on Twitter
(34:51) - DHH and one time payments
08 Jun 2023
Tech Conferences and Apple's Headset
00:33:30
Adam & Dax discuss the realities of tech conferences as well as Apple's Vision Pro headset.
(00:00) - But AI, Dax?
(00:31) - Low energy vs depressed?
(01:58) - Post conference thoughts
(03:51) - Dax's theory on tech conferences
(11:46) - Experience brings the ability to relax
(12:49) - Apple Vision Pro thoughts
(27:05) - Would you want to develop for it?
(28:14) - A vision for AR in society
08 Apr 2024
Is AI Just 5 Crypto Bros in a Trenchcoat?
01:47:03
How long do you think Adam's crazy expensive Apple monitor will last? Dax tries to pass off all his front end tasks to Liz, Lambda fixed a streaming bug, Adam catches up on Cloudflare Dev week, Dax tries to make fun of Adam about Huberman, AI rizz and Gaussian splatting, and LEGO, Disney, and Universal all nailed it.
(34:44) - Would you chill at a relaxed job vs going to create more in a company?
(38:15) - Lambda fixed the streaming bug
(45:19) - Cloudflare Dev week
(54:51) - How does Cloudflare pricing really work?
(01:06:49) - React Miami teaser
(01:08:33) - Was Twitter boring this week?
(01:10:36) - Is working long hours in software dev bad?
(01:18:50) - Andrew Huberman's methods of control
(01:26:08) - AI has no rizz
(01:30:47) - Gaussian splatting
(01:36:58) - LEGO nailed it
(01:41:31) - Disney nailed it
(01:43:08) - Universal nailed it
15 Jul 2024
Scrolling Bugs, Pursuing Optimization, and Number Go Up is Good
01:01:52
Dax went to hell and back for a scrolling bug, what do we lose in the pursuit of optimization at all costs, what kind of business do we want to build, Adam is definitely AI, Twitter drama over commit hooks, Adam hates pyramids and thinks they're stupid, and Adam tries meditation but as a result his brain doesn't work for podcasting.
(00:56) - Dax has been in hell for 48 hours because of scrolling
(08:59) - Has something shifted in programming?
(16:25) - We can lose a lot by pursuing optimizational at all costs
(19:37) - What is the business we want to make?
(24:50) - Number go up is good
(30:19) - Adam definitely is AI
(33:12) - Are you pro-Commit hook?
(38:32) - Hand operated calculators vs pyramids
(49:00) - What speed do you listen at?
(50:51) - Let's all leave Adam alone with his thoughts
(55:00) - Activists and vandalism
25 May 2023
Twitter Usage and Rewrites
00:22:06
Adam & Dax discuss their Twitter usage and when it's ok to rewrite an app completely.
(00:00) - 20,000 vs 10,000
(00:34) - Why is Adam twice as important as Dax?
(02:11) - Why Dax had to stop using Twitter
(06:16) - Imposing a personal character limit
(07:48) - How much time do you spend looking at a tweet?
(08:33) - What is Adam working on these days?
(12:13) - How do you roll out a new version of the app?
(13:47) - To rewrite or not rewrite
(16:51) - Stale water revalidate
31 Oct 2022
Remix acquired by Shopify
00:26:14
Adam & Dax talk about the Shopify acquisition of Remix and what it means for the web development landscape moving forward.
29 Jun 2023
Religion, Mortality, and The Last Airbender
00:50:31
How does Dax get his news? Should Adam start reading Hacker News? And Adam and Dax talk religion, spirituality, The Last Airbender, and how kids impact your mortality.
New Banana Ice Cream, Coffee Partners, Google IO and OpenAI, and Opportunity Costs for Engineers
01:25:40
Can you tell that Adam's moved his desk? We talk about how Adam's making banana ice cream, time travel possibilities, the opportunities afforded us as software engineers, being optimistic or a downer on Twitter, the Google IO event compared with the OpenAI event, and reasons to build identical houses.
(10:52) - Adam makes banana ice cream but with a new device
(15:03) - Is time travel possible?
(18:43) - Opportunity cost as a software engineer
(36:47) - Gamestop stock is surging again
(40:19) - Debbie Downer vs Optimistic Adam
(56:04) - Learning from Crypto to inform AI
(01:02:13) - The Google IO event
(01:07:22) - The OpenAI event
(01:11:17) - Her, Dune 2, and good audio
(01:15:13) - Why would you build an identical house?
(01:22:17) - Listening at 2x speed
31 Jul 2023
An Interview with Tuomas Artman of Linear
00:47:02
Dax has a conversation with Tuomas Artman of Linear about their mindset when starting Linear, how they developed the Linear Method, was being fast important from the beginning, what the difference is between collaboration and syncing, and what is Linear's tech stack.
(01:38) - What was the mindset when you started Linear?
(09:41) - Was the high level of polish intentional from the beginning?
(13:59) - How did you develop the Linear Method?
(17:46) - How does designing with big companies compare to a smaller company?
(19:50) - Was being a fast app important from the beginning?
(24:15) - Linear syncs a large portion of your data locally
(29:20) - Defining a finite set of data to work with
(34:16) - What's the difference between collaboration and syncing?
(40:30) - Have you seen more companies take this design approach?
(45:04) - What is Linear's tech stack?
29 Jan 2024
Dax's Viral AI App, Being a Role Model, Clerk Raising $$, and Hacker News Fears
01:12:12
Adam wants to know more about Dax's AI app for movies. Is LinkedIn working for anyone these days? Are Adam and Dax role models? How YC adjacent are you? And what does Clerk do to earn all that investment money?
(24:18) - Are our careers unique or can others do it too?
(45:31) - Are we in a good or bad tech cycle?
(50:34) - Being YC adjacent
(54:06) - Clerk raised a bunch of money
(01:08:39) - How Adam pronounces Radix makes us uncomfortable
02 Nov 2023
Serverless is Paid, Adam's GitHub Username, Dax VC'd, and Adam is Going to Teach
01:01:11
Serverless is going paid and Dax has thoughts, Adam really wants his GitHub username, why can you say illegal things on social media, Dax VC'd and learned a new word, Adam's obsessed with air purifiers, how can we Benjamin Button ourselves, and Adam is going to teach a AWS course.
(00:33) - Is Adam the only one staring at the sun?
(06:42) - Serverless is a paid thing now
(17:56) - Is open source sustainability an actual issue?
(21:03) - Cold plunge in fall weather
(23:10) - Adam's GitHub username
(28:16) - Why can you say illegal things on social media?
(32:29) - Are lawyers losing their job to ChatGPT?
(34:02) - Dax VC'd
(40:36) - Dax learns a new VC word
(41:43) - Being obsessed with air purifiers
(44:41) - Doing inside tracker
(46:22) - Getting old and still working
(48:36) - Adam is going to teach
28 Aug 2023
A Conversation with AJ Stuyvenberg
01:12:08
Dax and AJ Stuyvenberg talk about speed running hobbies, how dangerous skydiving is, working remote vs in office, the Trader Joe's model of queuing theory, being bad at something before you can be ok, and what keeps us going years into our work.
Is unifying messaging apps a tarpit problem? And what can be done about the iMessage moat? Adam wants to try a temporary tattoo, but what should he get? Dax lets listeners in on his tweeting secret, and Astro's launch week just happened so why not talk open source economics!
(00:00) - Hi. It's Adam. Adam's the problem. It's Adam.
(00:29) - Is unifying messaging apps a tarpit problem?
(07:02) - The iMessage moat
(09:17) - Learning new technology as you get older
(14:36) - Do you tattoo?
(19:59) - How would you handle losing someone close to you?
(21:15) - What are our personality test results?
(24:29) - Dax's tweet schedule
(26:40) - Cul-de-sac facts
(30:51) - Astro v3 Launch Week
(33:19) - Open source economics
(40:16) - Hashicorp follow up
(44:35) - Adam's always ready to record
(46:31) - Adam's tattoo plan
(51:46) - America has three great cities...
30 Oct 2023
React'ing to Why Kent C. Dodds Won't Use Next.js
01:12:42
Dax and Adam read through Kent C. Dodds' article on Why He Won't Use Next.js and give their thoughts on the web platform, independence, Next.js eating React, collaboration, experimenting on users, too much magic, and complexity.
Glauber Costa of Turso on Startups, Naming, and Pricing
00:54:08
Dax chats with Glauber Costa about his career path to this point, starting Turso, avoiding ending up in the tarpit of ideas, issues with naming the Edge, what Turso is up to, how users make life easier, and lessons learned in pricing.
(08:39) - Starting over in areas you're not familair with
(14:50) - When did you start Turso?
(19:42) - Ending up with a tarpit idea
(24:12) - The issue with Edge run times
(28:23) - What Turso launched this week
(35:22) - What types of applications are most common?
(41:55) - It gets easier with actual users
(46:40) - Pricing lesson
21 Aug 2023
Remote Work, Big Companies without Big Teams, and Finding Dax a Hat
00:39:28
Dax needs your help finding a new hat, talking about Dax's controversial tweet on remote work, is most work fake, and why aren't medical records shared between doctors? Next up is episode 50!
(12:51) - It's easy to have a belief when you don't have to pay any price for it
(18:13) - Remote companies need someone super motivated
(19:43) - Is most work fake?
(23:10) - Can companies get big without being literally big?
(26:37) - It feels like we never make progress
(30:06) - Getting a good teacher in school
(34:26) - Why aren't medical records shared?
(36:53) - Motivated for episode 50
03 Apr 2023
ChatGPT
00:25:36
Adam & Dax discuss more AI craziness and whether anyone will catch OpenAI.
(00:32) - What's happened in AI since we last talked?
(04:19) - How does AI not take jobs?
(11:11) - What's coming after serverless?
(12:49) - Dax explains Jersey Shore to Adam
(14:06) - Is human intelligence going down?
(16:49) - How do you feel about ChatGPT now?
(20:37) - More opportunities at a different scale
(21:41) - Web3 shifted to AI
17 Jul 2023
Beards, Gray Hair, Overconfident Developers, and Touching Grass
00:55:54
Dax trimmed his beard and Adam doesn't like it. Who looks better with an old face filter? Were there any great software designs in the 90's? And should Adam be worried about hookworms while he's touching grass to stay away from toxic positivity?
(22:30) - Do we have great tools, but build like cavemen?
(26:12) - History of the web
(27:42) - What do old people do?
(29:15) - Cholesterol facts dispusted
(32:24) - ATM Fraud and technology decisions
(37:22) - Is daylight savings going away?
(40:19) - Fake names are weird
(43:15) - Dax's hookworm theory
(44:53) - Grounding yourself
(49:11) - Being bummed that something doesn't happen
(52:03) - Naming things after rich people
05 Aug 2024
BS Jobs, Redundancy in Software, Self Driving Cars, and Dax's List
01:12:16
The eternal debate of freelance life vs being employed at a larger company, small teams vs big teams, bullshit jobs, self driving cars are finally discussed, Twitter VC fights, politics and tech, and Dax's list of next things to do.
(00:49) - Hi. It's Adam. I'm the problem. It's Adam.
(02:22) - Freelance life vs employed life
(08:48) - Bullshit jobs
(12:03) - Building resilience and redundancy
(18:13) - Self driving vehicle hesitancy
(25:30) - Dax's neighborhood won't last forever
(29:29) - Where would Dax live if he had $100 million
(37:50) - How self driving car tech evolved
(40:24) - Ocular migraines
(44:36) - Dinosaurs and weird body parts
(48:58) - Dax's list of next things
(51:13) - Twitter VC fights and loyalty thoughts
(57:49) - Politics and tech
(01:06:54) - Finishing a project let down
09 Nov 2023
We're Stopping Until January and Moving to LinkedIn
01:03:18
Moving tech Twitter to LinkedIn, cleaning up Contacts.app, the hype and dread cycle of AI announcements, why Adam hates weekends, why are LLMs so dorky, and the idea of creating a 100% AI Tomorrow podcast.
(14:24) - Have you cleaned up your Contacts app lately?
(15:48) - Credit card strategies
(24:08) - The dread over AI
(33:15) - Diversity of life
(34:43) - We're taking a break
(37:43) - Spending the holidays on LinkedIn
(42:53) - Adam hates weekends
(47:07) - Losing weight and being hungry
(48:44) - Why are LLMs so verbose and dorky?
(55:07) - Creating 100% AI content
(01:01:06) - Goodbye until Tomorrow
22 Jun 2023
Grass, polarization and a political take purge
00:54:23
Adam & Dax discuss lawns, weed—all the forms of grass, really. They also dip into some political topics, so brace yourself.
(00:26) - What's the fork foot rule?
(01:08) - Adam felt an emotion
(04:04) - Supplementing recommendations
(12:24) - Melting down for the views
(13:40) - Twitter Circles
(15:23) - Society sucks and is dumb: Grass edition
(24:34) - Can you be yourself?
(27:03) - Society and the norms around family and parenting
(35:58) - Getting polarized or being measured
(37:11) - Why not talk about immigration?
(45:29) - Does USA do too much in the world?
(52:07) - Adam wants to enter his villian era
05 Feb 2024
New Money vs Old Money, Dax Explains a Tweet, and Should Adam Skip Svelte and Go Solid?
01:18:09
Why don't food companies sponsor podcasts? How rich does Adam need to get to build his own compound? Adam debates skipping on Svelte Melt and going all in on Solid with Dax. And a new segment arrives. Dax explains a tweet to Adam: Corporate Mumbo Jumbo edition.
(00:36) - Food companies should be sponsoring tech podcasts
(05:34) - New money vs old money
(09:00) - Bundle sizes but not really bundle sizes
(12:54) - Why is the web standards process so slow?
(20:13) - Web compponents, React, and why?
(26:19) - Should Adam skip Svelte and go to Solid?
(44:25) - Moving away from CDK
(51:09) - Dax explains a tweet to Adam: corporate mumbo jumbo edition
(01:03:53) - How's your memory doing?
(01:12:38) - How do you listen to podcasts?
(01:14:02) - Dax raps about React
26 Feb 2024
Are Software Developers Like Movie Producers, or Are We Software Engineers?
01:01:04
Adam and Dax recognize they love monotony and physicality in work, and so are making plans for a post software career, Adam needs your help picking out a good movie to watch, why are web ad companies programming so poorly, how can we save our companies from AI, and how do you cope with being connected to everything everywhere all at once?
(07:50) - Are software developers like film producers?
(10:45) - Help Adam find a good movie to watch
(15:57) - Finding weird reasons things work in the data
(22:10) - Why are ads programmed so poorly?
(25:15) - Will we always be a software programmer?
(33:36) - How can I save my business from AI?
(37:58) - Are we called software engineers? Developers?
(44:49) - AI + databases as the future
(51:14) - Coping with being connected to everything all at once at the same time
14 Aug 2023
Podcast Fights, SST Astro API Issues, and Being Wired for Bad Things
00:35:08
Tomorrow has some competition and Adam's fired up (not really), why are we wired for bad things, SST and Astro API questions, and what's up with Dax's dumb challenges?
Determining Success for a Startup, Bundling & Unbundling, Big vs Small Dev Teams
01:01:04
Adam tries on a chain for Florida, Linear fixes GitHub Issues issue for Dax, big vs small vs medium dev teams, how long do startup devs actually have to develop, how much of a factor is luck in a startup's success or failure, Disney and media bundling and unbundling, and are Adam Sandler movies actually any good?
(00:28) - Adam tries on a chain - or is it a necklace?
(03:55) - Do you track your sleep?
(04:38) - Linear fixes GitHub issues?
(10:08) - Big team vs small team vs medium team
(20:57) - Where do startup founders go when their startup dies?
(25:02) - How long is the window for a developer?
(30:11) - Do you feel like it's all going to come down to luck?
(38:21) - It feels like any aquisition feels like a failure
(42:08) - Disney, IP, ESPN, and sports rights
(48:08) - Bundling and unbundling
(50:07) - LLM pricing instability
(54:02) - Let's cool it on the robots
(56:11) - Are Adam Sandlar
05 Jun 2023
Replicache, Local First, and Sunburns
00:26:08
Adam & Dax spend way too much time discussing sun exposure, then dive into local-first patterns with Replicache and more.
(00:37) - Comparing sun burns
(05:14) - Replicache
(09:00) - Linear is an example of local first app
(09:42) - What UX wins do you get using Replicache?
(13:16) - What is it like to write code?
(16:34) - SPA vs not a SPA
(19:06) - Why isn't Replicache more popular?
12 Jun 2023
Live Streaming Economics and Immortality
00:29:36
Adam & Dax discuss the recent Twitch developments and the challenges with running a live streaming service. They also talk about reading books and living forever.
(00:36) - AWS.fm
(01:34) - Topless Twitter photos
(03:06) - Gym thoughts
(06:19) - Twitch's unforced error
(10:50) - Go lower down the stack
(12:37) - Nothing lasts forever
(14:09) - Dax has read 10 books
(22:06) - Would you live forever?
(24:50) - Reddit API pricing
31 Aug 2023
Home Assistant, Bad Knees, Sous Vide, and LLMs
00:49:56
How do we shop for things in 2023? And why do we love buying things? Adam confuses sous vide for a bidet and yet somehow doesn't get embarrassed in public. Do you get embarrassed in public? Dax explains living in NYC, while Adam debates gambling in Vegas. And tech returns with LLMs and AWS Bedrock.
Are Dax and Adam (and the rest of the Terminal.shop crew) drug dealers? We're talking about the coffee industry, what Terminal.shop is built on, the origin story of Terminal.shop, and how cool it feels to ship physical goods in the real world that real humans will hold in their real human hands.
(11:57) - Learning about the coffee industry first hand
(15:05) - Terminal coffee update
(30:41) - How did we build terminal.shop?
(38:19) - The fun of running a physical goods business vs software
(45:04) - The origin story behind Terminal.shop
(53:49) - Working with a legal drug
02 Oct 2023
Adam Has a Cold and Dax Has Cats, and Everyone Is Retiring to Tweet More
00:55:12
In this episode: Adam gets a cold, living in a character house versus the suburbs, the challenge of returning to something you had to give up, reasons behind Dax's love for cats, and where Cloudflare announcements sit alongside AWS, anthropic, and bedrock. Is it ok to root for Elon Musk's failure? What's the state of politics in the US? The episode concludes with an examination of the enshittification of tech, and the idea of retiring to tweet.
(11:00) - Getting back to something you have to stop
(13:08) - Why does Dax have cats?
(16:31) - Cloudflare announcements
(22:12) - AWS, anthropic, and bedrock
(27:29) - Rooting for Musk to fail?
(33:04) - Where do we fit in politics?
(42:32) - Enshittification of tech
(50:55) - Retiring to tweet
05 Dec 2022
In-Person, Eh?
00:20:19
Adam & Dax discuss their first tech conference experience in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
01 Jul 2024
Open Source Drama, Streaming Productivity, and the State of JavaScript
00:58:34
Adam and Dax both got hairdids, Adam learns how a tattoo is installed, why can't we be more productive while live streaming, bringing out our different personalities in different groups, open source drama, issues with TC39 and bureaucracy on the web, Dax's stamp of package approval, and discussing the State of JavaScript.
(15:01) - Do you have different personalities with different people?
(21:34) - Open source drama
(34:32) - Issues with TC39
(41:32) - Stamping packages as Good
(47:44) - State of JavaScript survey
11 Sep 2023
Health Insurance, Astro v3, and Adam Becomes a Tech Bro
01:03:46
Adam gives up his health insurance and gets injured shortly after: coincidence? Are we tech bros just because we care about things? Is Dax going to upgrade to Astro v3? And Dax introduces Adam to the dark web.
(29:40) - What are developers actually working on?
(32:06) - How's the SST Console?
(34:48) - Going down to the dark web
(47:23) - Home security cameras
(54:11) - Do you stand or sit in the bathroom?
27 May 2024
What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence
01:10:59
Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence join us to talk about whether "full stack" is a term worth using in 2024, how Laravel differs from Rails, why there isn't a real JavaScript community, what Taylor would like to see from the Remix community, and whether Laravel is like Canada.
(41:37) - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and connecting your computer to the internet
(53:07) - Setting up servers like pets vs cattle
(01:14:36) - Are we just doomed to repeat this every generation?
(01:19:19) - What would make DHH want to stop programming?
(01:26:51) - Plugging Terminal.shop
26 Aug 2024
Native vs Web, Managers, and What's Happening Today in Dallas
00:44:29
We're flying (or in) Dallas as you listen to this - ps who is actually listening to this? We chat native vs web apps, backend vs frontend, managers vs no manager jobs, and how Dax defines what's worth glorifying.
(28:55) - Just build an API and not have to deal with front end
(30:36) - We wish we could do more backend, less frontend
(33:33) - Do we want to be a manager again?
(41:21) - What is worth glorifying?
25 Sep 2023
Adam Nearly Dies, Upgrading iPhones, Svelte, and More Astro Fun
01:08:51
Adam finds out the hard way that everyone is using morphine totally wrong, Adam and Dax debate upgrading their iPhones, Dax educates Adam on Svelte and Astro, and if Adam died who would Dax replace him with?
(50:19) - Global state in an app without a framework
(55:07) - What's up with solid start?
(01:03:55) - If Adam had died, who would Dax replace him with?
(01:06:49) - Picking up new fears
18 Mar 2024
Part 2 With Ken Wheeler - AI Farming, Adam Feels Nothing, and Dax Has Terrible Internet
01:24:32
Dax's internet is bad, but so are all the internet providers. Should Ken buy a farm as a backup plan to when AI takes over? And does Adam ever feel anything at all? What if this is all a simulation? And how has humanity survived this long really?
(13:11) - Buying a farm instead of dealing with AI
(14:52) - Mango talk
(21:27) - Does Adam feel anything? EveR?
(27:41) - What do you do when you hang out with people?
(28:38) - Ken's thoughts on AI
(37:07) - What if we end up in a simulation?
(42:41) - Shogun and exploration
(47:12) - How has humanity (and Dax) survived?
(01:02:14) - Do people just hang out anymore?
25 Mar 2024
SST Ion Update, Benefits of SQLite, Adam Goes Zed, Dax Goes Mac, and Getting Old
01:20:28
Dax talks about the launch of SST Ion, a video he shot to promote it and get ahead of the q's people ask, what the migration path is like, should companies still do a launch week, the benefits of an SQLite production, catching up on Astro DB, should Adam take a detour into Zed land, Dax goes Mac, finding time to watch movies or play video games, and physical limitations overcome with neural implants.
(15:30) - Should companies still do a launch week?
(18:39) - What are the benefits of SQLite based development?
(25:26) - Catching up on Astro DB?
(31:18) - What is SST competing with?
(34:07) - Should Adam take a detour into Zed land?
(35:31) - Dax goes Mac
(44:20) - Finding time to game or watch movies
(01:06:14) - Did you remember Neural Link?
(01:12:19) - Physical limitations of getting older
19 Oct 2023
Waking Up 💩, Learning and Pivoting, Serverless Apps, and the Committee on Entertainment
00:55:30
Dax woke up to a crappy situation, Adam's got a home theater problem and may have been kicked off the committee of entertainment, and Dax talks about how and what Bumi might pivot to become, and the lessons they've learned from the experience.
(10:27) - Learning from Bumi about building for others
(18:14) - What Bumi could become instead
(27:16) - Serverless apps on maintenance mode
(34:27) - Home theater woes
(41:03) - Being moved to the committee of entertainment
(48:50) - Deciding on what movies to watch
14 Nov 2022
Twitter Drama
00:26:45
Adam & Dax discuss the ongoing Twitter drama. Can the remaining staff keep the platform running? Is the world overreacting? Is Mastodon a viable alternative?
08 Jan 2024
Living Forever, Home Server Fun, Inheritance and Capitalism, and Adam's SST Wishlist
01:07:32
An episode recorded in the weird space in the first week of the new year. Dax downgrades to 1 grape instead of 12, Adam almost died (again), Home Assistant and Homebridge and Homekit, SST dreaming, React Miami party plans at Dax's house, and the ulimate question: Does Adam have a face for recording courses?
(29:02) - Home Assistant, Homebridge, HomeKit - Oh My!
(33:42) - Adam's wishlist for SST
(37:16) - Being comfortable with a group setting
(40:40) - Looking forward to React Miami
(46:38) - Iburpofen vs advil and living forever
(53:41) - Inheritance, capitalism, and taxes
(01:01:47) - 10,000 episodes to get good at podcasting
(01:04:43) - Does Adam have a face for making courses?
24 Jul 2023
Adam Questions Nice App Design, JavaScript Dictators, and Jiu-jitsu
00:56:06
Adam has questions this episode: Why does Tailwind bring out the worst in people? Why don't more people just make nice fast apps like Linear? Why is Notion slow? Is sites vs apps a real debate? Is the developer experience getting better? And should Adam help Dax become the Benevolent Dictator of JavaScript that he was born to be?
(00:26) - Why does Tailwind bring out the worst in everyone?
(01:55) - Cables and gear make the office vibe off
(05:12) - Avoiding bloat like Notion
(07:17) - Who takes care of planning and logistics in life?
(08:16) - Talking Linear and local first
(15:53) - Why aren't we all designing better apps?
(21:32) - Request for startups to build
(26:21) - Is sites vs apps a real thing?
(29:19) - Is the developer experience getting better or more complex?
(33:21) - Is doing the ESLint dance worth it?
(35:30) - Dax the Benevolent Dictator
(38:40) - Adam's a martial artist now
(47:37) - Why are certain podcasters controversial?
15 Apr 2024
The Last One Before React Miami
01:03:11
Adam's flying as you read this, and he's definitively not still sick. We're talking about Adam's internet being hacked, updates on our secret project, Cloudflare news, NextJS and Vercel benchmarking drama, and very important planning for React Miami and what to feed Adam.
(00:00) - Adam is basically here. Here being in Miami.
(00:37) - Dr. Dax diagnosing Adam
(04:34) - Why is sound on the web so bad?
(07:05) - Is someone hacking Adam's internet?
(12:09) - Update on our secret project
(13:11) - Cloudflare news
(17:48) - NextJS Vercel infastructure
(27:45) - Benchmarking Vercel
(33:21) - Is it possible to have a good console?
(38:00) - There's only so much caring in a company
(41:05) - Plans for React Miami
(51:49) - How we going to feed Adam?
20 Jul 2023
A Conversation with Trash about TypeScript and the Ozarks
01:22:06
Trash is here but before he arrives, Adam and Dax cover some important ground like Lotion vs Sand, drinking energy drinks, and driving until your brain shuts off. Trash joins the call and wonders about renting vs owning, if the Ozarks are real or just on Netflix, being rich adjacent in Miami, and what he's working on these days. And the there of them wonder about the state of TypeScript in 2023.
(01:03:43) - How has developing with a community gone?
(01:13:11) - Being aware of who's watching or listening
(01:18:29) - Is this really hard work?
07 Nov 2022
Renting Computers
00:24:24
Adam & Dax discuss a blog post by DHH where he explains why they're moving away from the cloud and managing their infrastructure in-house.
23 Oct 2023
Where Does Our Motivation to Fix Bugs, Exercise, Shop, or Become a Politician Come From?
00:56:52
Is Dax really not going to TwitchCon? Why hasn't video calling gotten better? Vercel makes an AI image generator mess. Are politicians really necessary? Does Florida have the worst drivers? And how is Adam so buff?
(00:00) - Transitioning from the previous episode...
(00:37) - Is Dax really sure he's not going to TwitchCon?
(02:06) - Learning about programming in video games
(05:45) - Will video ever not stop freezing?
(10:48) - Being motivated to fix bugs
(12:49) - Vercel AI image generator mess
(18:31) - Startup Marketing advice from Dax
(20:28) - Buying decisions influenced by bad behaviour
(24:43) - Are our opinions in the majority or minority?
(27:12) - Are politicians necessary?
(35:17) - Could Adam be a politician?
(37:20) - Getting pulled over by the police
(44:34) - Does self driving eliminate driving tickets?
(46:00) - Does Florida have the worst drivers?
(49:06) - Social accountability for fitness
16 Oct 2023
Slacking, Adam Streamed, Hiking, Writing, and Getting Addicted to Things
01:03:35
Adam streamed! Live! On Twitch! What's happened to Slack? Cloud based vs on prem servers. How do you define a hike? Dax contemplates building a Hackintosh. Getting addicted to the right things, and differentiating between personal success and wanting others to fail.
(19:47) - What do you want to be when you grow up?
(23:58) - Do you hike?
(29:30) - Loving to program again
(32:05) - Hackintosh
(34:51) - Being addicted to the right things
(41:04) - Wanting to do well vs wanting someone else to lose
(44:22) - Designing logos in Midjourney
(53:33) - Are we living in the golden age of humanity?
(54:45) - Cold plunges are cold
18 Sep 2023
Bun 1.0, Restarting JavaScript, and Darth Vercel
00:45:14
Is it better to burn out or to fade away as a content creator—or is Adam just a quiet quitter? Our thoughts on Bun's 1.0, bundling, pnpm, rebooting JavaScript, and is Vercel the dark side in the great Star Wars analogy of our dev world?
(00:28) - What do we want out of creating content?
(08:57) - Bun 1.0
(19:16) - What about bundling?
(24:30) - What about pnpm?
(27:25) - Can JavaScript restart?
(28:59) - Who's going to fix formating?
(30:50) - What about TurboPack?
(37:37) - What's the Vite business model?
(40:14) - Vercel as the Dark Side
22 Jan 2024
React, Reading, and Rituals
00:46:47
What's with the current discourse around React and RFCs? Adam's worried about his consumerism, and the possible significance of rituals in everyday life. Dax has started reading actual books again, and wonders about the productivity boost of maintaining a clean working environment.
00:43 Two Twitch Things 04:34 The Lamborghini SUV is a scam 06:38 Does Adam have a problem with consumerism? 14:12 Do you have any spiritual or meditation in life? 20:23 Reacting about React 31:22 Musk's macadamia nut beef 32:55 Brian Johnson study 34:32 Will Adam ever eat a steak again? 41:18 Manifesting a productivity boost 42:42 Dax is reading actual books again
15 May 2023
PHP & Laravel Having a Moment
00:26:28
Adam & Dax discuss how PHP & Laravel are taking over the narrative.
(00:33) - That sounds like something a scammer would say
(02:50) - Dax has read all the Laravel docs
(04:33) - What is the performance story?
(06:40) - What about type safety and diversity?
(08:44) - Helping build a thumbnail generator
(12:37) - How well did Dax's algorithm work?
(14:27) - Is serverless perfect for indie hacking?
(17:48) - Dark matter devs
(22:18) - Do you want to do the work or just talk about the idea of it?
27 Oct 2022
Next.js Conf 2022 Recap
00:53:22
Adam & Dax discuss the big Next.js Conf takeaways and where the web is headed.
17 Jun 2024
Matt Pocock on Voice Coaching, Communication, Gaming, and Teaching How to Code
01:07:38
Matt chats with Adam and Dax about becoming a voice coach and how that's translated to creating courses and writing books for people wanting to learn TypeScript and coding, the differences between America and European living, Formula 1 racing, juggling, video games, board games, and what Matt's working on next.
(14:19) - Is working 8hrs a week the actual dream?
(21:36) - Educating Dax and Adam on European life
(24:30) - Key (not pee) break
(26:00) - Fit and fat, sit and sat
(27:19) - Learning to juggle
(29:05) - What video games does Matt play?
(34:22) - Formula 1 watching
(38:47) - Getting into chess
(43:37) - Board gaming
(48:50) - What's Matt working on next?
(57:24) - How many browser tabs do you have open at once?
(58:36) - The economics of book publishing
12 Feb 2024
Do We Need More Haters? Why is SST Using Bun? And Does Adam Need Drugs?
01:11:47
Can you control your body with your mind? What about your stomach and food? Adam's got more questions about Dax's tweets, SST is changing to Bun, Adam's tired of all the things but can't stop all the things, Dax is trying to move, and we all have a graph partitioning problem.
(11:31) - Does the amount of people on earth feel more positive or negative?
(15:25) - The developer family tree
(18:22) - Do we need more haters?
(27:26) - Who is Dax subtweeting?
(33:05) - Why SST is using Bun
(34:48) - SST live Lambda change
(38:02) - What about our guests?
(39:40) - Are you tired of everything?
(46:04) - What about drugs?
(49:19) - Dax is trying to move - you'll never guess where
(57:41) - Our online persona vs reality
(01:06:49) - Adam's graph partitioning problem
05 Oct 2023
Melkey and Dax on Routine, SST, Startup Relationships, and Goal Setting
01:05:56
Melkey's back to talk with Dax about routine changes, getting COVID, finding balance between life and work, how SST makes money, could SST get bought, determining if you can work at a startup, the fact that nobody cares about your work, comparison as the thief of joy, and success being up to you.
(18:54) - Why would you trust a smaller company instead of the incumbent?
(22:52) - Could SST be bought by AWS?
(26:56) - Determining if you can work wiith a startup
(32:53) - Startups can make or break relationships
(36:01) - Wanting to work at your best and be pushed
(38:18) - Nobody cares about your work
(42:42) - Comparison as inspiration or frustration
(52:10) - Success is up to you
(53:57) - Setting goals with intentionality
27 Mar 2023
Watch.dev
00:23:48
Adam & Dax discuss their latest project: a Discord server for developers who stream programming, and those that like to watch them.
(00:00) - Watch.dev
(01:53) - What is Dev Streaming?
(04:28) - Getting in to streaming
(07:27) - It doesn't have to be your full day
(09:07) - Find your thing
(11:18) - Not getting as much done due to streaming
(13:11) - Watching people code has value
(14:45) - Are you anxious about people watching you code?
(16:19) - Do you prepare for streaming or just go live?
(17:47) - Learning about the tech behind streaming
(20:40) - Having a creative outlet that's just fun
27 Feb 2023
SST v2
00:24:33
Adam & Dax discuss the release of SST v2.
(00:01) - SST 2 is out
(01:05) - Was there any doubt in what you were building?
(05:58) - What's new in SST?
(08:17) - Adam's experience with SST
(13:00) - Who's building on SST?
(17:33) - Deploy Next.js into an AWS account
(23:38) - Podcast hibernation
11 May 2023
Benchmarking, Type Systems, and Good Hustle
00:50:41
Adam & Dax discuss Dax's recent efforts in benchmarking Vercel against OpenNext and then bring on Aaron Francis to discuss type systems and what good hustle looks like.
(00:00) - Cold opens are cold
(00:27) - Benchmarking stuff
(05:38) - Vercel's response
(08:04) - Adam is now a Laravel developer
(09:38) - ...or maybe Svelte?
(11:13) - Why Laravel?
(13:06) - Why is PHP so chill and Javascript not?
(19:35) - What makes it difficult in Javascript?
(22:07) - Why doesn't someone use types?
(23:12) - Does PHP have types?
(29:01) - The benefits of waiting
(32:42) - Is this Aaron's first role in devrel?
(33:38) - What is your goal in your job?
(39:11) - Devrels for hire
(41:28) - What's your perfect Saturday?
(45:27) - Once more for Laravel
03 Jun 2024
How About Mostly Technical?
01:30:22
Adam and Dax were guests on the Mostly Technical podcast and so we're rebroadcasting that conversation on our feed for your listening pleasure. We take on the Laravel vs. JavaScript discourse, selling coffee over the command line, and a lot more.
Adam & Dax discuss their startup founding experiences and lessons learned.
(00:51) - Adam's start up journey
(02:56) - Dax's startup journey
(07:17) - Not giving up for enough time
(10:19) - Adam and Dax's similar startup stories
(14:57) - At what stage in your career is a startup a logical pursuit?
(18:01) - Is location important for your startup?
(20:10) - How does equity dilution impact engineers?
(24:46) - Did you cold call for sales?
(25:57) - How should you handle employees and hiring at a startup?
(27:43) - How do you know your product is ready for development?
(29:56) - How do I convince my cofounder it's time to abandon?
29 May 2023
The Dog Episode
00:24:29
Adam & Dax discuss dogs, Sam Altman's congressional hearing (that neither of them watched), the current state of the venture capital markets, and more.
(00:00) - Ruff start
(00:33) - Is Adam a dog person?
(01:55) - Adam's dog story
(04:43) - Dax's dog story
(07:11) - Sam Altman's congressional hearing
(09:14) - Why Y Combinator?
(11:59) - Is VC drying up?
(16:31) - How could they regulate AI?
(21:38) - Could the US get to civil war?
17 Apr 2023
Vercel
00:33:07
Adam & Dax discuss Vercel, the culture around it, and the pros and cons of using it.
(00:50) - Therapy for Adam
(01:53) - Hating something people love
(05:26) - I can say things because people use my thing
(07:43) - What are some of the reasons not to build everything on Vercel?
(10:30) - Vercel pricing
(11:44) - Understanding what you're off loading
(16:31) - Understanding vendor priorites and challenges
(18:25) - Support during growth
(20:31) - Hiring React team brings more scrutiny
(24:17) - Comparing it to Astro
(26:07) - What is Astro's business model?
(28:24) - Companies have cultures
(30:30) - Be aware of the vortex you might be sucked into
30 Jun 2023
José Valim tells us about Elixir
01:14:09
José Valim, the creator of Elixir, joins Dax to tell us the story behind how it was born and what makes it great.
Adam & Dax discuss their upcoming vacations, alcohol & coffee, social media platforms, Dax becoming an Apple fanboy, and why nobody has invented the Jetsons shower.
(00:00) - Dax + Apple = 💜
(00:26) - Who's the online jerk here?
(02:37) - Vacation time
(05:53) - Drinking thoughts
(08:20) - What about coffee?
(10:36) - What dopamine hits are you in to?
(13:04) - If you're just working, are you missing out?
(17:00) - If you could pick one social media home, what would you pick?
(22:30) - Dax buys an iPhone
(26:08) - Adam's Jetson's shower thoughts
30 Oct 2022
To the Edge and back again
00:35:44
Adam & Dax talk about The Edge, serverless, big companies vs. small, CloudFlare vs. AWS, and more.
16 Mar 2023
Internet Fights
00:24:08
Adam & Dax discuss their most recent fights on Twitter and the forces that are driving increased anger on the internet.
(00:00) - Not a fighter... but on Twitter
(01:16) - What the conflict was about
(03:52) - Looking for people to agree
(08:08) - Parameters around productive conversation online
(12:32) - Is that just the nature of Twitter?
(16:35) - Fake Twitter fights
(17:29) - Communities that do it well
06 Nov 2023
Why Do People Hate Aurora Serverless?
01:04:44
Adam's wondering why people hate Aurora Serverless? What's happening with AWS rumors and Preinvent / Reinvent? Dax thinks Pulumi is the best infrastructure as code tool. And Adam wonders if he can stop being a jerk on Twitter.
(00:30) - Dax makes his own LUTS and Adam's still cold
(03:26) - Why do people hate Aurora Serverless V2
(10:31) - Preinvent, Reinvent, and AWS Rumors
(12:26) - Whats up with Open Search Serverless?
(29:18) - Lowering the bar for developer experience
(39:43) - SST update tease
(41:07) - Issues with Amazon CDK
(42:39) - Why is Pulumi is the best infastructure as code tool?
(51:00) - Do you lose the ability to roll back safely?
(52:37) - Being a jerk on Twitter
(59:02) - Hitting a milestone and stopping
(01:00:51) - Is AI really the next big thing?
10 Jul 2023
Worrying about Data Privacy, Dax's Neighbor, and Having Fun on Twitter
00:53:18
Is Adam washed out - in comparison to Dax? Do Adam or Dax worry about data privacy these days? What should Dax do about his weird neighbor - or is he the weird neighbor? And recognizing when your tech stack isn't the source of your power.
(09:31) - GDPR, capitalism, Europe, and privacy triggers
(15:50) - Dax's neighbors
(29:01) - Adam's sauna and ice baths
(30:48) - Data privacy clarification
(34:13) - Being willing to change your mind vs knowing a little bit
(36:22) - Being successful in spite of your tech stack
(43:49) - Twitter is fun
(51:03) - Fireworks edition
06 Mar 2023
Rebase.tv
00:24:01
Adam & Dax discuss their recent side project: Rebase.tv, a live game show for developers.
(00:33) - We're making something together
(01:57) - Making a landing page
(05:52) - AWS issues we've had
(08:51) - Quality over speed
(11:22) - Drop the things that are nagging you
(14:32) - What would you do if you didn't have a side project?
(16:36) - Is it unique to be passionate about software development?
(19:30) - Where does software development land outside of developers?
(22:45) - Rebase.tv
18 May 2023
Friendships, Open Source Marketing, and Event Driven Architectures
00:25:47
Adam & Dax discuss how each generation views friendship, how SST finally cracked open source marketing, and some serverless topics.
(00:00) - Cold open
(00:28) - Making YouTube videos is hard
(03:03) - Age gets blurry online
(05:06) - Friends
(10:01) - SST updates
(15:19) - SST update #2
(17:38) - Creating a Lambda warmer
19 Aug 2024
Slicing a Nice Piece of Bacon
00:49:37
Adam's moved his office, the arbitrary nature of exercise, prepping for the Laracon basketball game, Dax explains breaking at the Olympics, Dax sliced off a nice piece of bacon, how you can email us, trying to find your doctor and electrician for life, and taxes and humidity in Florida.
(25:35) - Adam's fantasy football league challenge
(26:38) - Email us!
(27:44) - Sponsor: Terminal.shop
(28:22) - Finding your electrician or doctor for life
(36:33) - Doing the same thing every day at work
(39:50) - What autonomous vehicles could do for our economy?
(41:49) - Florida man explains taxes
(45:50) - Humidity measurements
27 Jul 2023
An Interview with Liz Raad on Her Journey into Startup Life
00:56:59
Dax interviews Liz about her journey into tech and startups, how Dax and Liz met, working in a health startup in the pandemic, deciding to do your own thing, almost quitting, expectations of what it's like to be a founder, and dealing with potential embarrassment.
(03:19) - What did you think were options when you were growing up?
(05:59) - Was it difficult to get into tech as a non-engineer?
(08:15) - How Dax and Liz met
(14:28) - Liz's master plan
(17:55) - Working in a health startup in the pandemic
(20:24) - Build vs buy struggle
(24:16) - How did Liz decide to leave and start her own thing?
(28:32) - The difference between Dax and Liz
(31:58) - Almost quitting
(37:01) - Expectations of what it would be like to be a founder
(42:37) - Being surprised at how long it takes
(48:28) - Dealing with the potential embarrassment
14 Sep 2023
DHH on TypeScript, Enterprise Sales, Weather Fears, and Adam Watches a Movie
00:55:19
The fun of a DHH rant and the ensuing storm of reactions, planning vacations, how SST is looking at enterprise sales, TwitchCon plans, enjoying fall weather and tornado fears, and Adam watches a bad movie and doesn't enjoy it.
(00:00) - It's the year of audio on Linux on the desktop
(00:33) - DHH rants on TypeScript and revives Twitter
(10:59) - Vacation + family plans
(16:29) - SST and Enterprise sales
(22:27) - Twitter Spaces, Twitch, and TwitchCon
(26:10) - React Miami?
(30:39) - Fall weather
(33:29) - Tornado chasers and preppers
(38:36) - Adam watched a movie
(43:26) - Coming to terms with being a tech bro
26 Jun 2023
Beyond survival, why do we do what we do?
00:48:47
Adam & Dax discuss a lot of things; arguably too many things. Among those things: the story of Elixir, what we do when life gets too easy, game dev dreams, dev conferences, bridge collapses, and monotony.
(00:27) - Talking to people on Twitch
(01:34) - The story of Elixr
(03:54) - Adam has adjusted
(06:52) - Is life too easy?
(08:49) - Dax's rich person goals?
(11:35) - Adam's game dream
(20:28) - Dax Theft Auto
(24:36) - Adam's rich person goals
(27:13) - Working + partners + hobbies
(30:29) - Dev Conferences
(35:03) - Bridges collapsing and Miami flooding
(37:18) - Dax's head floating in space
(46:18) - Monotony
29 Apr 2024
Reacting to Miami + Launching a Company in the Terminal
00:37:08
Everyone's recovering from React Miami and the party at Dax's - oh and we launched a company for buying products like coffee in the terminal!
(00:31) - This episode brought to you by our sponsor
(01:53) - Catching everyone up on the last few weeks
(06:48) - How was Miami?
(12:28) - Waving at the summit
(18:50) - How walkable is your city?
(24:43) - How late do you eat?
(31:26) - Building for the terminal
30 Sep 2024
Dax Is Definitely Not Sponsored By Cloudflare and Adam is Definitely a Real Human Being
00:48:52
Hear how Dax got into some trouble this week, Adam wishes he could be less midwestern, being mad at people in your dreams, Cloudflare container like stuff, who gets to DDOS everyone, gaming on PC vs streaming, and how to kill drain flies.
(22:12) - Dax was a container boy, Adam said "see you later boy"
(29:29) - Who is DDOS'ing?
(32:27) - Gaming on PC vs streaming
(42:44) - Drain flies and mosquitos update
02 Mar 2023
AI Takes Over
00:32:05
Adam & Dax discuss the recent tsunami of AI advancements. Also, Adam might be an AI bro.
(00:35) - Adam's AI hype
(03:36) - AI tools are available to non-experts now
(07:05) - Is it stealing from artists?
(10:18) - What AI tools are you using?
(14:12) - Astro's langchain for docs
(16:53) - When is something AI?
(21:47) - AI music generation
(23:46) - Can we automate the bad jobs?
(30:00) - Is there hope?
02 Sep 2024
The Kids These Days Don't Know How To Do It Right 👴
00:48:37
Dax is sick, but his voice sounds amazing so you should still listen, we streamed a basketball game in Dallas, rented a Lambo, went to Laracon 2024, muse on VPS complexity, InstantDB impressions, kids not knowing how to program properly, taking the right size bets in a startup, and going viral on Twitter in 2024.
(34:01) - The kids these days don't know how to do "x"
(41:58) - Startups taking the right size bets
(44:03) - Turk going viral
04 Mar 2024
AI Coworkers, Dax's Twitter Rules, Planetscale Insights, and Adam's Health(care)
01:11:25
The SM7B is everywhere. Adam and Dax can't wait for their AI coworkers to arrive, but should you be concerned about your job with AI? And what does E/ACC mean? Adam asks Dax about his tweets and rules for Twitter. And the US healthcare system is broken with no fix in sight.
(18:09) - What does the best programming language look like in the future?
(24:39) - Are we too optimistic about AI's future?
(29:28) - AI is great for cleaning up data
(33:17) - You don't have to be human with AI
(38:16) - What does E/ACC mean?
(40:39) - The White House says we should write Rust
(42:07) - Adam asks Dax about his tweets
(44:00) - Dax's Twitter avatar rule
(46:24) - What's PlanetScale Insights?
(53:18) - The state of health care in America
(01:02:13) - Interest rates going down - or up?
(01:03:39) - Meta ask: leave us a rating please!
(01:08:03) - Would you get Neuralink?
10 Jun 2024
Dan Abramov on Working at Bluesky, React, and the Social Internet
01:06:16
Dan Abramov chats with us about getting hired at Meta, making the move to Bluesky, centralized vs decentralized, product work vs framework work, Bluesky's development and future, and how mean Dax is on the internet.
(05:02) - What's the process like for getting hired by Meta?
(09:09) - How has it been at Bluesky?
(19:06) - How do you feel about centralized vs decentralized?
(23:46) - How do you enjoy product work vs framework work?
(27:53) - What's the next milestone for Bluesky?
(34:19) - Using Expo
(43:11) - How does Facebook think about React?
(50:19) - Is the internet too mean?
13 Mar 2023
Signaling the End of React
00:24:04
Adam & Dax discuss signals and what the future looks like for React.
(00:24) - What are signals?
(02:07) - React vs Solid and signals?
(05:35) - You think you know something, but you need to unlearn your React brain
(07:07) - What is different?
(10:22) - Derived state and effects
(11:59) - Tradeoffs in choosing Solid over React
(15:57) - Does bundle size matter?
(17:57) - Big picture implications?
(22:31) - Sites vs apps decision
21 Mar 2024
PlanetScale, Devin and AI Future, Cameo, and Picking Movies for Adam
01:37:15
A brief list of topics discussed in this brief episode: New Jersey follow up from last episode, PlanetScale layoffs and performative twitter responses, free tiers aren't going to last forever, the Devin AI demo, Astro's file format choices, Adam has no thoughts about capitalism, does online bitterness extend to real life, why aren't more of us using Cameo for shit posting, Adam needs more movies to watch, and Dax learns about Adam's LOTR obsession.
(00:00) - Adam leaves special messages for you on YouTube
(00:37) - New Jersey slander on Twitter
(06:00) - PlanetScale layoffs
(14:37) - Performative Twitter and the stupidity of responses
(21:14) - The free tier system
(29:22) - Weird noises in the yard
(31:52) - The Devin demo
(41:07) - Astro choosing their own file format
(45:01) - Adam doesn't think about capitalism
(51:44) - Does online bitterness extend to real life?
(57:58) - Is the future going to be cleaner or messier?
(01:04:16) - Why is Twitter the best developer community?
(01:05:20) - Cameo as an underutilized service for shitposting
(01:09:10) - What movies should Adam watch?
(01:17:08) - Miami plans
(01:34:52) - Adam sold a domain
01 May 2023
Open Source
00:43:47
Adam & Dax discuss how they got into open source and interview a surprise guest.
(00:33) - How'd Dax get into open source?
(05:39) - Should everything be open source?
(08:44) - Should you get into open source to start your career?
(14:09) - What are the downsides of getting involved in open source?
(17:00) - Is monetizing open source projects bad?
(22:49) - Open source helps careers in a variety of ways
(25:05) - What was Adam's experience with open source software?
(29:34) - What was Teej's open source journey?
(37:22) - Did open source grow on you and change your views?
23 Sep 2024
Working Remote, AWS Lags, and Dax Explains the Economy
00:58:53
Adam has dreams of a perfect gated community, Statmuse's mobile app getting accepted, why is Amazon returning everyone to the office, has AWS fallen behind, Dax explains the economy to Adam, Adam catches up on Twitter email sending drama, and did Terminal Coffee save PHP?
(03:52) - Dax tries to analyze Adam but also be kind. It's weird. But it works.
(16:08) - Sensing happiness from people you look up to
(18:47) - Mo money mo problems
(21:03) - The world is set up to tap into Adam's personality
(28:00) - Is the SAD American diet to blame?
(31:28) - After you admit you're lost, what next?
(33:38) - Dax's non-pretentious pretentious way of speaking
(35:19) - Sponsor: Terminal.shop
(35:32) - SST's new multiplexer
(37:10) - Terminal coffee update
(37:44) - Are all kids jerks or just the ones around Adam?
(40:07) - Does the business owner life ever slow down or stop?
(43:51) - Rspack news
12 Aug 2024
The History of the World and How it Scales with Sam Lambert
01:19:18
Sam Lambert stops by to talk Unifi networking, cooking meat, microplastics, disease research, the history of the world, scaling at PlanetScale, and why people love PostGres.
(00:27) - Falling asleep to self driving Tesla chats
(02:17) - Using Unifi networking gear
(12:02) - Cooking meat
(18:24) - Why are microplastics everywhere?
(22:55) - Ordering diseases and cells for research from a JC Penny Catalogue
(30:25) - American history with Adam and Dax
(34:26) - South American history with Dax
(38:24) - Could all the data get wiped out and we lose everything?
(54:52) - Scaling and PlanetScale
(01:08:48) - Why do people love PostGres?
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