Episodes

  • Being Weird About 100 Eps, Crowdstrike Bugs, and Chris Joins Us with Clips
    Jul 22 2024

    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.

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    • xkcd: Dependency
    • Lemon Productions – Chris' podcast production company
    • Chris on X
    • Chris' YouTube channel
    • Chris on TikTok
    • Below Deck
    • Dax’s WTF tweet

    Topics:

    • (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
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    54 mins
  • Scrolling Bugs, Pursuing Optimization, and Number Go Up is Good
    Jul 15 2024

    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.

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    • wip: terminal (initial commit)
    • charmbracelet/bubbletea: A powerful little TUI framework 🏗
    • TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming
    • 🚨🚨 Doom Ascii 🚨🚨
    • Dior Handbag Scandal
    • Laracon 2024
    • Dax’s Commentary
    • The World Without Us
    • The Last Question
    • Project Hail Mary Audiobook
    • This 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
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Terminal Coffee Updates, and Dax Analyzes Adam (again)
    Jul 8 2024

    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.

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    • Mark Sisson (@marksissonprimal) • Instagram photos and videos
    • Breathing Exercises | Wim Hof Method
    • wip: terminal (initial commit)
    • Rspack
    • Index - OpenNext
    • Inspire Creativity, Enrich Life

    Topics:

    • (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
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    50 mins
  • Open Source Drama, Streaming Productivity, and the State of JavaScript
    Jul 1 2024

    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.

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    • WinterCG
    • TC39 - Specifying JavaScript.
    • Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
    • State of JavaScript

    Topics:

    • (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
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    59 mins
  • Matt Pocock on Voice Coaching, Communication, Gaming, and Teaching How to Code
    Jun 17 2024

    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.

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    • Matt Pocock (@mattpocockuk)
    • Professional TypeScript Training by Matt Pocock | Total TypeScript
    • Football Manager
    • Euro Truck Simulator 2
    • Formula 1 Documentary
    • Watch The Queen’s Gambit
    • Cosmic Encounter
    • Castles of Mad King Ludwig
    • Geek Entertainment
    • Teach for Life-Changing Money

    Topics:

    • (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
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Dan Abramov on Working at Bluesky, React, and the Social Internet
    Jun 10 2024

    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.

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    • dan abramov
    • dan (@danabra.mov) — Bluesky
    • dan 2 (@dan_abramov2) / X
    • overreacted — A blog by Dan Abramov
    • gaearon (dan)
    • Expo
    • Aaron Francis

    Topics:

    • (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?
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • How About Mostly Technical?
    Jun 3 2024

    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.

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    • Mostly Technical with Adam and Dax
    • Watch it on YouTube
    • Serverless Framework
    • StatMuse
    • Linear
    • Vercel
    • Aaron's video about Laravel + Livewire
    • terminal dot shop on Twitter
    • Billion Dollar Creator (Podcast)
    • terminal x Laracon
    • Adam's course on AWS

    Topics:

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence
    May 27 2024

    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: terminal
    • ButcherBox: Meat Delivery Subscription
    • Cloud Monitoring as a Service | Datadog
    • Connect, Protect and Build Everywhere | Cloudflare
    • Adam Wathan (@adamwathan) / X
    • What is Amazon API Gateway? - Amazon API Gateway
    • Inertia.js - The Modern Monolith
    • Reason · 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?
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    1 hr and 11 mins