Anil Dash, VP of developer experience at Fastly, joins the show to talk about the decline of community in software circles, the value of following your passions as a developer, what he learned working with Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow and Glitch, and the evolution of developer tools.

6:00 Going from hobbyist to professional developer

11:00 The decline of software communities

18:00 The importance of following your passion as a developer

29:00 Working with Joel Spolsky

47:00 Adapting to a more corporate role and the pitfalls of 'founder mode'

53:00 Anil's Priority Zero: Making Fastly tools more accessible to developers by focusing on the experience

Anil's recommendation: Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin by David Ritz

Christmastide - Ed Gungor