Episodes
Sean and Rockwell discuss IntelliJ's Rails support, using Docker for development, and AWS Aurora. Sean starts a new Electron app, and Rockwell christens his new standing desk with a spilled beverage.
Published 02/09/21
Former DNC host Paul joins Rockwell to catch us up on the past couple years, focusing on the technical underpinnings, challenges, and a release date (!) for his new iOS game, Booster's Big Neighborhood.
Published 02/02/21
Sean and Rockwell talk about the importance of taking time off, then Sean shares his experience with React Query, and Rockwell finally tries out IntelliJ.
Published 01/26/21
Greg joins Sean and Rockwell to talk about what he's been up to this past year. They dive into the Firebase/Ionic stack that drives his newest app, ReadRally, and Greg imparts his wisdom on getting products out the door.
Published 01/19/21
Anthony Campolo (@ajcwebdev) joins Sean and Rockwell to talk all about Redwood.js: its inception, principles, tooling, deployments, and much more.
Published 01/12/21
Rockwell give his first impressions on rebuilding an iOS app with SwiftUI, then Sean and Twitch chat share their goals for 2021.
Published 01/05/21
Sean and Rockwell discuss Hotwire, serverless applications, React server components, and some important show announcements!
Published 12/30/20
Sean and Rockwell review some Apple devices, talk about Sean's sudden shift in workload, react-query, stripping out unncessary (?) complexity from your application, and Apple Fitness.
Published 12/22/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about Firebase document stores, Next.js and API routes, envisioning serverless applications, and RFC 1149.
Published 12/15/20
Sean and Rockwell talk more about Sean's increasing duties, 1Password, the difficulting in naming things, project tools, and Sean thoroughly reviews his new Moonlander keyboard.
Published 12/08/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about their respective M1-based Macs: RAM constraints, binary compatability, and trade-offs.
Published 12/02/20
Sean and Rockwell discuss the new M1 Mac Mini, hacking on hardware with Python, standing up simple web services with TypeScript, and being the no-because-the-API-endpoint-doesn't-even-have-that-feature-man.
Published 11/24/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about performance bottlenecks in Elixir and JS, Sean's journey managing his workload and introducing new processes, codifying CSS themes, and a walk down JS memory lane.
Published 11/17/20
Sean and Rockwell discuss the native app development and potential tradeoffs of React Native, a host of text editors including Onivim 2, work catch-up, and a very special snack challenge.
Published 11/10/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about the promise of Starlink, refactoring an overengineered Rails app, TypeScript testing frameworks, and when TypeScript is – or isn't – worth the overhead.
Published 11/06/20
Sean and Rockwell discuss applying design patterns across languages and frameworks, Prisma.js, developing against an in-development library, CSS hacks, and the most boring modern Web stack you've ever heard.
Published 10/27/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about streaming video games with WebRTC and OBS, exposing DBs to the web with a couple of niche tools, writing code for today instead of tomorrow, and reigniting that creative spark.
Published 10/20/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about Rails and gems from the past, integrating Rails and JS with Inertia, deploying to Dokku and DigitalOcean, mocking web services with Mirage.js, and battling scope creep with extreme prejudice.
Published 10/13/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about managing time as a manager, evaluating performance based on results, some follow-up on JS MVC frameworks, and the Cult of Done.
Published 10/06/20
Sean and Rockwell discuss jumping between two dev machines, if MVC is still relevant in the JS ecosystem, and comparing the flexibility of frameworks to fully-custom solutions.
Published 09/29/20
Rockwell talks about splitting Electron apps up for performance gains, .NET 5.0, and UDP packet fragmentation. Then Sean provides updates on settling into this new job, plus some new video game talk.
Published 09/22/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about developing new hardware and software protocols for some old communication methods, the evolution of guitar pedals and effects, Setapp, and defending your time estimates as an outlier.
Published 09/15/20
Sean tells us more about his new job: agile methodologies, some new tech to learn, job responsibilities, and Watson taking his Zoom-meeting spotlight. Rockwell provides updates on his Nuxt-powered homepage and revamping a 20-year-old project.
Published 09/08/20
Sean and Rockwell talk at about Sean easing into his new job, TypeScript, building a simple static site with Nuxt, and why you shouldn't always bet on JavaScript.
Published 09/01/20
Sean and Rockwell talk about vacation backlog, Sean's new job (!!!), transitioning to the new position, a retrospective of his time at DK, and learning new skills through spaced repetition.
Published 08/25/20