

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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Oct 16, 2023 • 1h 4min
Slacking, Adam Streamed, Hiking, Writing, and Getting Addicted to Things
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 TwitchSlack bought by Salesforce@AdamNotDev on InstagramMidjourneyTopics discussed:
(00:36) - Adam streamed
(00:50) - Can you hear me now?
(02:38) - Slacking on Slack
(07:07) - Working where there's an IT department
(11:10) - Will Adam ever build something in PHP?
(12:08) - iPhone Log Mode
(13:56) - Will Adam stream more?
(16:05) - Forgetting how to write
(19:47) - What do you want to be when you grow up?
(23:58) - Do you hike?
(29:30) - Loving to program again
(32:05) - Hackintosh
(34:51) - Being addicted to the right things
(41:04) - Wanting to do well vs wanting someone else to lose
(44:22) - Designing logos in Midjourney
(53:33) - Are we living in the golden age of humanity?
(54:45) - Cold plunges are cold
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Oct 12, 2023 • 58min
Local Weather + Food, Buying New vs Buying Used, and Planning for Retirement
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 body weight and weightlifting. The episode ends with Adam and Dax pondering the possibility of streaming again in the future.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:6 Seasons$100 worth of groceriesWhirlypopTheo's devrel courseRucksacksTopics discussed:
(00:29) - Seasonal weather awareness and farm to table food
(06:39) - What do we grow?
(09:50) - Luxury goods that are good
(12:06) - Buying new vs buying used
(14:14) - Getting into popcorn
(18:49) - Breakfast routines
(23:41) - Do you like bananas?
(26:41) - Being a tech contrarian
(30:22) - Jujitsu eyes
(33:12) - Dev Rel 2.0 course
(40:14) - Not wanting to be retired but wanting to be retired
(44:55) - Homes, apartments, and mortgages
(48:02) - Body weight and weight lifting
(56:00) - Are we going to stream again?
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Oct 9, 2023 • 56min
Recording Everything Everywhere All at Once
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 with shingles. They reflect on the impact of the COVID era, before pondering the naming of cities and towns with original names. The episode concludes with a contemplation on the simplicity and beauty of a dirt road.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:Rewind📺 Introducing Rewind PendantBlack MirrorTwitch ConTopics discussed:
(00:00) - Hunter gathering
(00:30) - Rewind
(05:01) - Real world vs computer world clean vibes
(07:05) - The ethics of recording everything you see or hear
(13:19) - Dynamics of finding things in a relationship
(17:06) - Cloudflare + AWS
(22:25) - Being an investor is the dumbest job
(27:14) - Being a VC is in Adam's future
(29:34) - Checking in on climate change
(37:54) - Adam's shingles
(40:54) - The COVID era
(47:20) - Naming cities and towns with original names
(50:35) - The simplicity of a dirt road
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Oct 5, 2023 • 1h 6min
Melkey and Dax on Routine, SST, Startup Relationships, and Goal Setting
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
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Oct 2, 2023 • 55min
Adam Has a Cold and Dax Has Cats, and Everyone Is Retiring to Tweet More
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
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Sep 27, 2023 • 54min
Glauber Costa of Turso on Startups, Naming, and Pricing
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
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Sep 25, 2023 • 1h 9min
Adam Nearly Dies, Upgrading iPhones, Svelte, and More Astro Fun
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
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Sep 18, 2023 • 45min
Bun 1.0, Restarting JavaScript, and Darth Vercel
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
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Sep 14, 2023 • 55min
DHH on TypeScript, Enterprise Sales, Weather Fears, and Adam Watches a Movie
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
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Sep 11, 2023 • 1h 4min
Health Insurance, Astro v3, and Adam Becomes a Tech Bro
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?
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