How About Tomorrow?
Adam Elmore & Dax Raad
Adam and Dax discuss web technologies, the internet, and the future of (basically) everything.
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Jun 26, 2023 • 49min
Beyond survival, why do we do what we do?
Adam & Dax discuss a lot of things; arguably too many things. Among those things: the story of Elixir, what we do when life gets too easy, game dev dreams, dev conferences, bridge collapses, and monotony.
(00:27) - Talking to people on Twitch
(01:34) - The story of Elixr
(03:54) - Adam has adjusted
(06:52) - Is life too easy?
(08:49) - Dax's rich person goals?
(11:35) - Adam's game dream
(20:28) - Dax Theft Auto
(24:36) - Adam's rich person goals
(27:13) - Working + partners + hobbies
(30:29) - Dev Conferences
(35:03) - Bridges collapsing and Miami flooding
(37:18) - Dax's head floating in space
(46:18) - Monotony
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Jun 22, 2023 • 54min
Grass, polarization and a political take purge
Adam & Dax discuss lawns, weed—all the forms of grass, really. They also dip into some political topics, so brace yourself.
(00:26) - What's the fork foot rule?
(01:08) - Adam felt an emotion
(04:04) - Supplementing recommendations
(12:24) - Melting down for the views
(13:40) - Twitter Circles
(15:23) - Society sucks and is dumb: Grass edition
(24:34) - Can you be yourself?
(27:03) - Society and the norms around family and parenting
(35:58) - Getting polarized or being measured
(37:11) - Why not talk about immigration?
(45:29) - Does USA do too much in the world?
(52:07) - Adam wants to enter his villian era
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Jun 19, 2023 • 33min
Entertainment, like anime and movies and such
Adam & Dax discuss what media they consume for entertainment, among other things.
(00:31) - I'm Kiwi
(02:39) - Lärabars and Jared Leto
(05:53) - Adam learns something shocking about Dax
(07:48) - What does Dax watch?
(10:26) - What is the draw of anime?
(14:29) - Our movie diet
(18:59) - Love you, bye
(19:45) - Uh oh. People.
(22:26) - Cerebral movies
(25:30) - Miami Heat sads
(26:24) - Dax's electric longboard
(31:41) - Adam's Reddit brain fart
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Jun 15, 2023 • 39min
Dax uses arch and neovim, btw
Adam & Dax discuss using Linux and Neovim, being vegan, and other annoying personality traits they share.
(00:00) - Coward
(00:00) - Timestamp: 158760000
(00:27) - Stream Deck thoughts
(01:39) - Linux and Neovim
(10:09) - JavaScript doesn't suck, you suck
(16:08) - Developer education and courses
(22:44) - Having too many options
(31:51) - Why do we make more money as we get older?
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Jun 12, 2023 • 30min
Live Streaming Economics and Immortality
Adam & Dax discuss the recent Twitch developments and the challenges with running a live streaming service. They also talk about reading books and living forever.
(00:36) - AWS.fm
(01:34) - Topless Twitter photos
(03:06) - Gym thoughts
(06:19) - Twitch's unforced error
(10:50) - Go lower down the stack
(12:37) - Nothing lasts forever
(14:09) - Dax has read 10 books
(22:06) - Would you live forever?
(24:50) - Reddit API pricing
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Jun 8, 2023 • 34min
Tech Conferences and Apple's Headset
Adam & Dax discuss the realities of tech conferences as well as Apple's Vision Pro headset.
(00:00) - But AI, Dax?
(00:31) - Low energy vs depressed?
(01:58) - Post conference thoughts
(03:51) - Dax's theory on tech conferences
(11:46) - Experience brings the ability to relax
(12:49) - Apple Vision Pro thoughts
(27:05) - Would you want to develop for it?
(28:14) - A vision for AR in society
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Jun 5, 2023 • 26min
Replicache, Local First, and Sunburns
Adam & Dax spend way too much time discussing sun exposure, then dive into local-first patterns with Replicache and more.
(00:37) - Comparing sun burns
(05:14) - Replicache
(09:00) - Linear is an example of local first app
(09:42) - What UX wins do you get using Replicache?
(13:16) - What is it like to write code?
(16:34) - SPA vs not a SPA
(19:06) - Why isn't Replicache more popular?
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May 29, 2023 • 24min
The Dog Episode
Adam & Dax discuss dogs, Sam Altman's congressional hearing (that neither of them watched), the current state of the venture capital markets, and more.
(00:00) - Ruff start
(00:33) - Is Adam a dog person?
(01:55) - Adam's dog story
(04:43) - Dax's dog story
(07:11) - Sam Altman's congressional hearing
(09:14) - Why Y Combinator?
(11:59) - Is VC drying up?
(16:31) - How could they regulate AI?
(21:38) - Could the US get to civil war?
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May 25, 2023 • 22min
Twitter Usage and Rewrites
Adam & Dax discuss their Twitter usage and when it's ok to rewrite an app completely.
(00:00) - 20,000 vs 10,000
(00:34) - Why is Adam twice as important as Dax?
(02:11) - Why Dax had to stop using Twitter
(06:16) - Imposing a personal character limit
(07:48) - How much time do you spend looking at a tweet?
(08:33) - What is Adam working on these days?
(12:13) - How do you roll out a new version of the app?
(13:47) - To rewrite or not rewrite
(16:51) - Stale water revalidate
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May 22, 2023 • 32min
Vacation, Addiction, and The Jetsons
Adam & Dax discuss their upcoming vacations, alcohol & coffee, social media platforms, Dax becoming an Apple fanboy, and why nobody has invented the Jetsons shower.
(00:00) - Dax + Apple = 💜
(00:26) - Who's the online jerk here?
(02:37) - Vacation time
(05:53) - Drinking thoughts
(08:20) - What about coffee?
(10:36) - What dopamine hits are you in to?
(13:04) - If you're just working, are you missing out?
(17:00) - If you could pick one social media home, what would you pick?
(22:30) - Dax buys an iPhone
(26:08) - Adam's Jetson's shower thoughts
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