How About Tomorrow?

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:ThePrimeagenTrashSSTAWS CDKTomorrow E43: An Interview with Tuomas Artman of LinearPost MaloneDrizzleTopics discussed: (00:00) - npm downloads as a emotional chart (00:43) - Capturing all of it (01:09) - Routine changes and COVID (05:37) - Focusing on breaking even (07:44) - Finding balance between work and family (12:46) - How does SST make money? (18:54) - Why would you trust a smaller company instead of the incumbent? (22:52) - Could SST be bought by AWS? (26:56) - Determining if you can work wiith a startup (32:53) - Startups can make or break relationships (36:01) - Wanting to work at your best and be pushed (38:18) - Nobody cares about your work (42:42) - Comparison as inspiration or frustration (52:10) - Success is up to you (53:57) - Setting goals with intentionality ★ Support this podcast ★

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 Discord.Links:Cloudflare + AIAWS BedrockThe Enshittification of TechNintendoTopics discussed: (00:00) - Phoning it in (00:30) - Cold (02:08) - How long can you sleep? (03:32) - Living in a character house vs suburbs (11:00) - Getting back to something you have to stop (13:08) - Why does Dax have cats? (16:31) - Cloudflare announcements (22:12) - AWS, anthropic, and bedrock (27:29) - Rooting for Musk to fail? (33:04) - Where do we fit in politics? (42:32) - Enshittification of tech (50:55) - Retiring to tweet ★ Support this podcast ★

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:TursoThe Mom TestThe MatrixOoops I Did It AgainTopics discussed: (00:00) - How do you pronounce SQL? (00:54) - Countries of origin (03:17) - Glauber's career path to this point (08:39) - Starting over in areas you're not familair with (14:50) - When did you start Turso? (19:42) - Ending up with a tarpit idea (24:12) - The issue with Edge run times (28:23) - What Turso launched this week (35:22) - What types of applications are most common? (41:55) - It gets easier with actual users (46:40) - Pricing lesson ★ Support this podcast ★

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 biographySteve Jobs biographySuperhuman emailHeyJason Lengstorf / TwitchNextJS ConfTomorrow Episode 001: NextJS Conference RecapGuillermo Rauchv0SvelteSvelte introduces RuinsAstro NanostoreAstro 3.0 blog postTanstackRemixnpm TrendsTopics discussed: (00:00) - Morphine thread (00:25) - Adam's health update (11:05) - Jujitsu competition update (13:28) - Modern medicine (20:04) - Elon Musk & Steve Jobs biography (21:49) - iPhone upgrade? (24:22) - Remembering to take pictures (26:33) - Controlling (or not) your inbox (30:23) - Ranking Adams on tech Twitter (31:22) - Bluesky and Threads (34:44) - v0 from Vercel (38:25) - The timelessness of some designs (41:35) - Svelte + animations (50:19) - Global state in an app without a framework (55:07) - What's up with solid start? (01:03:55) - If Adam had died, who would Dax replace him with? (01:06:49) - Picking up new fears ★ Support this podcast ★

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 1.0PrettierRomeRspackViteVercelCloudflareFlyTopics 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 bundling? (24:30) - What about pnpm? (27:25) - Can JavaScript restart? (28:59) - Who's going to fix formating? (30:50) - What about TurboPack? (37:37) - What's the Vite business model? (40:14) - Vercel as the Dark Side ★ Support this podcast ★

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 TypeScriptTwitchConTwitch AppsReact Miami / @ReactMiamiConfJoplin 2011 tornadoHappiness For BeginnersMichael Pollan on CaffeineTopics discussed: (00:00) - It's the year of audio on Linux on the desktop (00:33) - DHH rants on TypeScript and revives Twitter (10:59) - Vacation + family plans (16:29) - SST and Enterprise sales (22:27) - Twitter Spaces, Twitch, and TwitchCon (26:10) - React Miami? (30:39) - Fall weather (33:29) - Tornado chasers and preppers (38:36) - Adam watched a movie (43:26) - Coming to terms with being a tech bro ★ Support this podcast ★

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 coffeeAstroTorMark Rober YouTubeIf 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 v3 (27:07) - Do we even use the web anymore? (29:40) - What are developers actually working on? (32:06) - How's the SST Console? (34:48) - Going down to the dark web (47:23) - Home security cameras (54:11) - Do you stand or sit in the bathroom? ★ Support this podcast ★

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.comAirMessageAstro Launch WeekStarlightTerriformTopics discussed: (00:00) - Hi. It's Adam. Adam's the problem. It's Adam. (00:29) - Is unifying messaging apps a tarpit problem? (07:02) - The iMessage moat (09:17) - Learning new technology as you get older (14:36) - Do you tattoo? (19:59) - How would you handle losing someone close to you? (21:15) - What are our personality test results? (24:29) - Dax's tweet schedule (26:40) - Cul-de-sac facts (30:51) - Astro v3 Launch Week (33:19) - Open source economics (40:16) - Hashicorp follow up (44:35) - Adam's always ready to record (46:31) - Adam's tattoo plan (51:46) - America has three great cities... ★ Support this podcast ★

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 SecAtomic HabitsWim Hof breathingHasiCorp Licensing ChangesDocker DesktopTopics discussed: (00:00) - Adam loves the sound of his own voice (00:27) - OBS and Twitter Live (01:23) - Writing long tweets (08:06) - Life hacking with Adam and Allan (09:27) - Dax lost faith in academic research (14:06) - Breathing and meditiation (16:05) - Walking backwards update (21:20) - Terraform licensing changes (32:24) - Google AI search results (35:19) - Radiated steel thoughts (43:02) - Kombucha ★ Support this podcast ★

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 5Home AssistantSleep Like the DeadSous videMark SissonThe KneesovertoesguyAWS BedrockClownfishTopics discussed: (00:00) - Being muted on Twitter (00:47) - Live on Twitter (03:58) - Using Home Assistant (08:26) - How do you shop for things? (11:02) - Why do we love buying things? (13:43) - Sous vide (16:20) - Adam doesn't feel 37 (23:51) - Dealing with knee issues (26:08) - Do you get embarrassed in public? (29:38) - Living in New York (33:38) - Should Adam gamble in Vegas? (38:36) - LLM and AWS Bedrock ★ Support this podcast ★