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Author: Adam Elmore & Dax Raad

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Adam and Dax discuss web technologies, the internet, and the future of (basically) everything.
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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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Or send us an email at sliceoffalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm.Tokyo Night by enkiaVisual Studio Code • Dracula ThemeDracula PROThoughts on FlashOpenNextIndex - OpenNextdax on X: “@rauchg @0xblacklight how many times do i have to say “it’s not evil it’s not malicious” this has been in our docs for years, there is literally no sponsorship from cloudflare for opennext this has nothing to do with edge runtime” / XBreaking up with VercelDax’s Sponsored PostConnect EverywhereOptimize server locationGeForce NOW | The Next Generation in Cloud Gaming | NVIDIADiscover Game PassNext-Gen Flight SimulatorReact MiamiTopics:(00:00) - Recording with Adam (00:30) - Why is Dax in so much trouble? (07:42) - Adam wishes he could be less midwest (10:51) - What did Dax do to Vercel? (19:09) - Being mad at people from your dreams (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
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?Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Or send us an email at sliceoffalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm.Sustainable Clothing by tentree® | Shop Organic + Plant Trees‎Pleasantville (1998) directed by Gary Ross • Reviews, film + cast • LetterboxdSyd Kitson’s Sustainable CommunityBabcock Ranch TomorrowSearch StatMuse, save time.Ionic Cross-Platform DevelopmentAmazon Office ReturnEmail Delivery ServiceResendwip: terminal (initial commit)Build Modern WebsitesElixir ProgrammingAstroTopics:(00:31) - Talking about the trees (10 of them) (03:50) - Adam's planned community dreams (08:29) - Adam's been working on Statmuse's mobile app (16:44) - Can you ever just relax and enjoy where you're at? (20:03) - Amazon return to office decision (25:20) - Has AWS fallen behind? (27:41) - Remote work didn't accelerate like we thought (34:09) - Dax explains the economy to Adam (40:11) - Catching up Adam on Twitter (42:39) - Of all the reasons to found a company (49:07) - Sponsor: Terminal.shop (49:32) - Did we save PHP?
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Or send us an email at sliceoffalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm.HEY — A delightfully fresh take on email + calendar, from 37signalsHEY — Apple vs. HEY, antitrust, and monopolyFix Consumer ElectronicsMake your dayONCE — CampfireInstall WSLIntroducing OmakubOmakase Developer SetupVisual Studio Code LinuxTokyo NightHomeLazygit Terminal UIZen MaintenanceUncomplicatedFirewallGimpTopics:(00:00) - Are we recording? (00:30) - How high is DHH really? (02:27) - Thoughts on AI + generative AI (05:31) - Linux on the desktop (18:07) - DHH's journey into Linux (27:51) - DHH's Omakub Linux set up (35:00) - The hardware journey (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
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Or send us an email at sliceoffalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm.Transistor - modern podcast hosting and analyticsJustin Jackson (@mijustin) / XLaracon 2024Laravel FrameworkDax getting stuffedwip: terminal (initial commit)InstantTurk’s Opinion on NorwegianTopics:(00:00) - Switching sides if the price is right (00:42) - Dax is *sick* (02:43) - Streaming a basketball game in Dallas (06:20) - We rented a lambo (08:21) - Laracon 2024 (09:18) - Sponsor: Dax getting stuffed (09:57) - In person fun (14:33) - VPS complexity (24:38) - Initial InstantDB impressions (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
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Or send us an email at sliceoffalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm.Laracon 2024StatMuse | Search StatMuse, save time.How we sold coffee from the terminalterminaldotshop/terminalFlutter App DevelopmentExpoInside Out 2 (2024)Topics:(00:27) - Matchy matchy cameras (01:37) - The joys of Primeagen chats (04:13) - The schedule for today in Dallas (10:49) - Who actually listens and knows us? (13:42) - Adam disappeared (17:23) - What's next for SST? (18:51) - Native app vs web apps (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?
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Or send us an email at sliceoffalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm.Laracon 2024Scott Tolinski - Syntax.fm on X: “@a_txcllctr87033 Breaking is all about positivity.Australian B-Girl Raygun ‘devastated’ by online hate after Olympic performanceThe Australian Breaker Who Broke the InternetParis Olympics 2024: How Rachel Raygun Gunn qualified for Olympics, ‘travesty’, how the Olympics’ breaking farce was allowed to happenwip: terminal (initial commit)South of the Border AttractionTopics:(00:00) - No context Adam reacting to things (00:46) - Adam moved (his office) (02:57) - The arbitrary nature of exercise (06:26) - Basketball game at Laracon (12:35) - Breakdancing at the Olympics (23:45) - Dax sliced a piece of bacon off (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
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.The ultimate MySQL database platform — PlanetScaleUniFi - Introduction - UbiquitiNest Wifi Pro CoverageAztec EmpireBuddhas of BamiyanModern PostgreSQL BookTopics:(00:00) - Computers will always let you down (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?
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Bullshit JobsThe Rational OptimistHere’s why David Sacks, Paul Graham and other big Silicon Valley names had a brawl on X over VC behavior | TechCrunchTopics:(00:00) - What is in Adam's pocket? (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
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.xkcd: DependencyLemon Productions – Chris' podcast production companyChris on XChris' YouTube channelChris on TikTokBelow DeckDax’s WTF tweetTopics:(00:00) - Reminder to Chris to cut this part out (00:34) - Can you hear me now after 100 episodes (01:01) - Crowdstrike chaos is fun? (06:49) - The fragility of open source (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
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.wip: terminal (initial commit)charmbracelet/bubbletea: A powerful little TUI framework 🏗TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming🚨🚨 Doom Ascii 🚨🚨Dior Handbag ScandalLaracon 2024Dax’s CommentaryThe World Without UsThe Last QuestionProject Hail Mary AudiobookThis is where the link to Adam's 5 word tweet would go except he let everyone down and didn't follow through on tweeting a five word tweet. What else might Adam do to let us all down do you suppose? Maybe he doesn't actually like coffee? Maybe he's actually AI after all? Please click here to tweet at Adam and let him know how disappointed you are in him being an AI bot that kills baby seals for fun.Topics:(00:00) - Adam's a real boy! (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
Adam is tired, Dax tries to help analyze Adam in a surprisingly kind way, struggling to fend off grifters, Terminal Coffee updates, and Rspack news.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Mark Sisson (@marksissonprimal) • Instagram photos and videosBreathing Exercises | Wim Hof Methodwip: terminal (initial commit)RspackIndex - OpenNextInspire Creativity, Enrich LifeTopics:(00:00) - Say more words (00:27) - Adam's tired (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
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.WinterCGTC39 - Specifying JavaScript.Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtimeState of JavaScriptTopics:(00:00) - Nailed it first try. Perfect. (01:06) - Adam and Dax get their hairdid (06:04) - Getting a tattoo is wild (09:20) - Keeping live streaming productive (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
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Matt Pocock (@mattpocockuk)Professional TypeScript Training by Matt Pocock | Total TypeScriptFootball ManagerEuro Truck Simulator 2Formula 1 DocumentaryWatch The Queen’s GambitCosmic EncounterCastles of Mad King LudwigGeek EntertainmentTeach for Life-Changing MoneyTopics:(00:00) - Dax is excited for... (00:39) - Voice and accent coaching (05:26) - Teaching tech vs teaching voice (08:47) - Communication as a freelancing power up (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
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.dan abramovdan (@danabra.mov) — Blueskydan 2 (@dan_abramov2) / Xoverreacted — A blog by Dan Abramovgaearon (dan)ExpoAaron FrancisTopics:(00:00) - So called "entertainers" (00:45) - Hi Dan (02:11) - Hiring on a global scale (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?

How About Mostly Technical?

2024-06-0301:30:22

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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Mostly Technical with Adam and DaxWatch it on YouTubeServerless FrameworkStatMuseLinearVercelAaron's video about Laravel + Livewire terminal dot shop on TwitterBillion Dollar Creator (Podcast)terminal x LaraconAdam's course on AWSTopics:
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.wip: terminalButcherBox: Meat Delivery SubscriptionCloud Monitoring as a Service | DatadogConnect, Protect and Build Everywhere | CloudflareAdam Wathan (@adamwathan) / XWhat is Amazon API Gateway? - Amazon API GatewayInertia.js - The Modern MonolithReason · Reason lets you write simple, fast and quality type safe code while leveraging both the JavaScript & OCaml ecosystems.Topics:(00:00) - Filthy JavaScript developers (00:30) - What does full stack mean? (10:46) - How Laravel different from Rails? (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?
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.wip: terminal (initial commit)Ninja™ CREAMi™The Order of TimeCarlo Rovelli’s Time OrderGoogle I/O 2024Introducing GPT-4oHerDune: Part TwoTopics:(00:00) - This is the beauty of editing (00:47) - Adam's moved (his desk) (02:47) - Our partner for coffee (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
Dax has parenting advice for everyone, Adam worries about the point of even living, college as a scam, and theories on the anxious generation.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Dax's picture of AdamApple apologizes for iPad Pro ‘Crush’ ad: it ‘missed the mark’ | Ad AgeiPad Pro CriticizedRyan Florence’s iPad AngerDax Interview ImpactAnxious Generation BookTopics:(00:00) - It's just like having a dog (00:33) - The third time's the charm (02:02) - Dax's good news (06:00) - Apple's iPad announcement (18:37) - Parenting and technology (28:53) - Haircuts (33:08) - What is the point of being alive? (42:28) - College is a scam (54:01) - Terminal shipping
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.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.wip: terminal (initial commit)Charmbashbunni - TwitchTopics:(00:00) - Dax realizes (again) how amazing he is (00:29) - Dax ruins oat milk (06:14) - EVery company is now a tech company (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
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! Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.terminal.shopTwitchConTopics:(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
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