Episodes
Dax convinces Adam that the Kombucha he bought is exclusive so Adam is forced to buy it. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Radiate KombuchaTopics discussed: (00:00) - Kombucha influencers
Published 11/10/23
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. Oh and we're taking a break until January, 2024! Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Adam Elmore on LinkedIn Dax ⠀ on LinkedIn Mercury | Banking for Startups Show HN: The HN Recap – AI generated daily HN podcast Topics discussed: (00:32) - Tech Twitter moving...
Published 11/09/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Features • GitHub Actions Using Aurora Serverless v2 - Amazon Aurora Let’s Encrypt Low-Latency Content Delivery Network (CDN) - Amazon CloudFront - Amazon Web Services RedwoodJS: The App Framework for...
Published 11/06/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Shop Oura Ring WHOOP | Unlock Your Potential Serverless: Zero-Friction Serverless Apps On AWS Lambda & Beyond. SST Terraform by...
Published 11/02/23
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. Oh and something's off with the X. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Linear – A better way to build products Dax on X: “the rest of us have literally no hope” / X Next.js Conf How About Tomorrow? | Next.js Conf 2022 Recap Why I Won’t Use...
Published 10/30/23
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? Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: TwitchCon Ludwig Ahgren AWS re:Invent 2023 | Amazon Web Services Ricky Gervais | If You Spoil A Cat #shorts trash on X: adam currently holds the title of most handsome dude in tech Urban Dictionary: taint Next.js...
Published 10/26/23
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? Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: TwitchCon Age of Empires | Multiplayer Game Programming: An Overview of Networked Games React Miami Nico on X: “Part 2, it gets worse 💀💀 Apparently, @OpenDevLog was threatened by a Vercel employee because his domain...
Published 10/23/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Moonbow Bumi (@withbumi) / X Rocket Money Linear – A better way to build products Screens - Stewart JBL SCL-6 Speakers Letterboxd • Social film discovery. The Banshees of Inisherin...
Published 10/19/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Learn With Jason / LWJ on Twitch Slack bought by Salesforce @AdamNotDev on Instagram Midjourney Topics discussed: (00:36) - Adam streamed (00:50) - Can you hear me...
Published 10/16/23
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...
Published 10/12/23
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...
Published 10/09/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: ThePrimeagen Trash SST AWS CDK Tomorrow E43: An Interview with Tuomas Artman of Linear Post Malone Drizzle Topics discussed: (00:00)...
Published 10/05/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in...
Published 10/02/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Turso The Mom Test The Matrix Ooops I Did It Again Topics discussed: (00:00) - How do you pronounce SQL? (00:54) - Countries of origin (03:17) - Glauber's career path to this point (08:39) -...
Published 09/27/23
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? Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Elon Musk biography Steve Jobs biography Superhuman email Hey Jason Lengstorf / Twitch NextJS Conf Tomorrow Episode 001: NextJS Conference Recap Guillermo Rauch v0 Svelte Svelte introduces Ruins Astro Nanostore Astro 3.0...
Published 09/25/23
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? Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Bun 1.0 Prettier Rome Rspack Vite Vercel Cloudflare Fly Topics discussed: (00:00) - Where's Adam? (00:28) - What do we want out of creating content? (08:57) - Bun 1.0 (19:16) - What about...
Published 09/18/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: DHH on TypeScript TwitchCon Twitch Apps React Miami / @ReactMiamiConf Joplin 2011 tornado Happiness For Beginners Michael Pollan on Caffeine Topics discussed: (00:00) - It's the year of audio on Linux on...
Published 09/14/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Adam's tweets about coffee Astro Tor Mark Rober YouTube If you drink coffee... Topics discussed: (00:24) - Adam got choked (04:55) - The health insurance racket (12:05) - Are we tech bros? (21:54) - Upgrading to Astro...
Published 09/11/23
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! Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Texts.com AirMessage Astro Launch Week Starlight Terriform Topics discussed: (00:00) - Hi. It's Adam. Adam's the problem. It's Adam. (00:29) - Is unifying...
Published 09/07/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: One Sec Atomic Habits Wim Hof breathing HasiCorp Licensing Changes Docker...
Published 09/04/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: IONIQ 5 Home Assistant Sleep Like the Dead Sous vide Mark Sisson The Kneesovertoesguy AWS Bedrock Clownfish Topics...
Published 08/31/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning AWS re:Invent 2023 What I learned from Lego League DynamoDB Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance An Interview with Tuomas Artman of Linear Topics...
Published 08/28/23
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. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Tailwind Radix TwitchCon React Miami 2023 SST PlanetScale Uber Eats Slice Pizza Delivery Topics...
Published 08/24/23
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! Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Dax's tweet on working remote Basecamp's Remote B******t Jobs by David Graeber Topics discussed: (00:00) - This is all fake (00:34) - What's in Dax's ear? (03:15) - Help Dax find a new hat (06:33) - Talking remote and Dax's tweet (12:51) -...
Published 08/21/23
The one where Dax and Adam manage to piss off Marvel fans, Star Wars fans, Hayden Christensen fans, metric system fans, the rest of the world - but also talk about Rust, Go, and C#. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord. Links: Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers Neovim Christopher Nolan films Oppenheimer Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III TMNT...
Published 08/17/23