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DHH Talks Apple, Linux, and Running Servers
09 Sep 2024
01:29:42
DHH talks with us about his journey back to Linux, Apple's control over the App Store, setting up servers on the web, and tries out Terminal coffee.
(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
The Kids These Days Don't Know How To Do It Right 👴
02 Sep 2024
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
Matt Pocock on Voice Coaching, Communication, Gaming, and Teaching How to Code
17 Jun 2024
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
In-Person, Eh?
05 Dec 2022
00:20:19
Adam & Dax discuss their first tech conference experience in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
Twitter Drama
14 Nov 2022
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?
Serverless is Dead
08 Nov 2022
00:25:52
Adam & Dax discuss the future of (pure) serverless after an ominous tweet from a prominent figure at AWS.
Renting Computers
07 Nov 2022
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.
Remix acquired by Shopify
31 Oct 2022
00:26:14
Adam & Dax talk about the Shopify acquisition of Remix and what it means for the web development landscape moving forward.
To the Edge and back again
30 Oct 2022
00:35:44
Adam & Dax talk about The Edge, serverless, big companies vs. small, CloudFlare vs. AWS, and more.
Next.js Conf 2022 Recap
27 Oct 2022
00:53:22
Adam & Dax discuss the big Next.js Conf takeaways and where the web is headed.
Dan Abramov on Working at Bluesky, React, and the Social Internet
10 Jun 2024
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?
How About Mostly Technical?
03 Jun 2024
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.
What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence
27 May 2024
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.
(16:17) - Is the frontend and backend team divide real?
(18:47) - Why isn't there a JavaScript community?
(36:32) - Are JavaScript frameworks in the best position to be the fullest stack?
(46:18) - What about Blitz.js?
(49:34) - What would Tayor like to see from the Remix community?
(54:41) - Is Rails worse than building an app with Cloudflare?
(56:38) - Is the top of funnel for web development JavaScript?
(01:07:17) - Is Laravel like Canada?
New Banana Ice Cream, Coffee Partners, Google IO and OpenAI, and Opportunity Costs for Engineers
20 May 2024
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.
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.
(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
The Last One Before React Miami
15 Apr 2024
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?
Is AI Just 5 Crypto Bros in a Trenchcoat?
08 Apr 2024
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
Native vs Web, Managers, and What's Happening Today in Dallas
26 Aug 2024
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?
Determining Success for a Startup, Bundling & Unbundling, Big vs Small Dev Teams
01 Apr 2024
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
SST Ion Update, Benefits of SQLite, Adam Goes Zed, Dax Goes Mac, and Getting Old
25 Mar 2024
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
PlanetScale, Devin and AI Future, Cameo, and Picking Movies for Adam
21 Mar 2024
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
Part 2 With Ken Wheeler - AI Farming, Adam Feels Nothing, and Dax Has Terrible Internet
18 Mar 2024
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?
Where Did Dax Move, Adam Learns About Grills, and a Chat with Ken Wheeler (Part 1)
11 Mar 2024
00:57:56
Dax is on the move, Adam learns about grills, and Ken Wheeler stops by for a two episode conversation arc. In this episode we're comparing weather, what we do in a hotel, fishing in the Ozarks and hunting in New Jersey, visiting a temple, using ChatGPT voice to learn, and the kids these days have no respect for NSync.
(11:24) - Adam learns something new today: grill edition
(14:05) - Do you ever think about doing a different profession?
(16:12) - Golf and data science
(21:31) - Introducing Ken Wheeler
(26:46) - Weather update
(31:40) - The hotel experience
(35:34) - Fishing in the Ozarks and hunting in New Jersey
(43:06) - Visiting a Hindu temple
(46:25) - Using ChatGPT voice to learn
(49:22) - No respect for NSync
AI Coworkers, Dax's Twitter Rules, Planetscale Insights, and Adam's Health(care)
04 Mar 2024
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?
Are Software Developers Like Movie Producers, or Are We Software Engineers?
26 Feb 2024
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
Dax's Vision Pro Review, Cloud Pricing, Rebuilding Plex, and Moving to an AI Utopia
19 Feb 2024
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
Do We Need More Haters? Why is SST Using Bun? And Does Adam Need Drugs?
12 Feb 2024
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
New Money vs Old Money, Dax Explains a Tweet, and Should Adam Skip Svelte and Go Solid?
05 Feb 2024
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
Slicing a Nice Piece of Bacon
19 Aug 2024
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
Dax's Viral AI App, Being a Role Model, Clerk Raising $$, and Hacker News Fears
29 Jan 2024
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
React, Reading, and Rituals
22 Jan 2024
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
Realtime, Dev Tooling, AWS Pain, and Sleep Resets
15 Jan 2024
01:14:12
Adam's lifestyle choices and sleep patterns, technical issues with CloudFlare, AWS and AI, real-time, push-based updates, the challenges faced by dev tool companies and the importance of scalability, the difficulty of learning AWS, and the role of SST in curtailing some of these complexities.
00:57 Let's talk about sleep 09:23 Do you use a password manager? 10:48 Adam's Fancy Bed 14:34 Dax's sandbag workout 16:31 Tech layoffs 20:23 The AWS Exodus 23:57 Salaries in tech 24:53 Will Dax ever run out of tweets to tweet? 28:14 How's your CO2? 30:45 There's always money in the banana stand 33:16 Using Cloudflare 44:53 Everyone is stuck on ternarys 48:36 Is it stress or is it the cold plunges? 54:24 React Miami 01:01:08 Is the real time space heating up? 01:10:16 Adam's teaching
Living Forever, Home Server Fun, Inheritance and Capitalism, and Adam's SST Wishlist
08 Jan 2024
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?
We're Back! Ion, Twitter Monetization, The Triangle Company, and Weather Updates
01 Jan 2024
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.
We're Stopping Until January and Moving to LinkedIn
09 Nov 2023
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
Why Do People Hate Aurora Serverless?
06 Nov 2023
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?
Serverless is Paid, Adam's GitHub Username, Dax VC'd, and Adam is Going to Teach
02 Nov 2023
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
React'ing to Why Kent C. Dodds Won't Use Next.js
30 Oct 2023
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.
The History of the World and How it Scales with Sam Lambert
12 Aug 2024
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?
Is It Just About the Friends We Make Along the Way?
26 Oct 2023
00:46:45
Adam went to TwitchCon, apparently people still smoke, dogs are the ultimate hedonist, React taint conversations open up a whole new world, and who are we if we're not defined by our categories on Twitch livestreams?
(32:51) - Are we playing a caricature in tech, or is it just the friends we make along the way?
Where Does Our Motivation to Fix Bugs, Exercise, Shop, or Become a Politician Come From?
23 Oct 2023
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
Waking Up 💩, Learning and Pivoting, Serverless Apps, and the Committee on Entertainment
19 Oct 2023
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
Slacking, Adam Streamed, Hiking, Writing, and Getting Addicted to Things
16 Oct 2023
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
Local Weather + Food, Buying New vs Buying Used, and Planning for Retirement
12 Oct 2023
00:58:09
Adam and Dax discuss the importance of seasonal weather awareness and the concept of farm-to-table food. They delve into the idea of luxury goods debate between buying new or used items. Breakfast routines are talked about, followed by a lighthearted discussion on bananas. They also mention a Dev Rel 2.0 course, and contemplate the desire to not be retired while still wanting to be retired. The conversation shifts to homes, apartments, and mortgages, before concluding with a discussion on body weight and weightlifting. The episode ends with Adam and Dax pondering the possibility of streaming again in the future.
(00:29) - Seasonal weather awareness and farm to table food
(06:39) - What do we grow?
(09:50) - Luxury goods that are good
(12:06) - Buying new vs buying used
(14:14) - Getting into popcorn
(18:49) - Breakfast routines
(23:41) - Do you like bananas?
(26:41) - Being a tech contrarian
(30:22) - Jujitsu eyes
(33:12) - Dev Rel 2.0 course
(40:14) - Not wanting to be retired but wanting to be retired
(44:55) - Homes, apartments, and mortgages
(48:02) - Body weight and weight lifting
(56:00) - Are we going to stream again?
Recording Everything Everywhere All at Once
09 Oct 2023
00:56:10
In this episode Adam and Dax talk about the contrasting vibes between the real world and the computer world, the ethics of recording everything one sees or hears, followed by an exploration of the dynamics of finding things in a relationship. Cloudflare and AWS are mentioned, leading to a conversation about the perceived foolishness of being an investor and the potential future of being a venture capitalist. Climate change is checked in on, followed by a personal update on Adam's experience with shingles. They reflect on the impact of the COVID era, before pondering the naming of cities and towns with original names. The episode concludes with a contemplation on the simplicity and beauty of a dirt road.
(05:01) - Real world vs computer world clean vibes
(07:05) - The ethics of recording everything you see or hear
(13:19) - Dynamics of finding things in a relationship
(17:06) - Cloudflare + AWS
(22:25) - Being an investor is the dumbest job
(27:14) - Being a VC is in Adam's future
(29:34) - Checking in on climate change
(37:54) - Adam's shingles
(40:54) - The COVID era
(47:20) - Naming cities and towns with original names
(50:35) - The simplicity of a dirt road
Melkey and Dax on Routine, SST, Startup Relationships, and Goal Setting
05 Oct 2023
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
Adam Has a Cold and Dax Has Cats, and Everyone Is Retiring to Tweet More
02 Oct 2023
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.