How About Tomorrow?

AJ Stuyvenberg, a speed running hobbyist and skydiving enthusiast, discusses dangerous aspects of skydiving, comparison between working remote and in office, Trader Joe's model of queuing theory, and the importance of being bad at something before becoming okay. They also touch on three levels of fun theory and what keeps you going in your work.

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:TailwindRadixTwitchConReact Miami 2023SSTPlanetScaleUber EatsSlice Pizza DeliveryTopics discussed: (00:00) - Dax wants to know what you think about Tailwind (00:32) - Food and energy level updates (01:58) - Getting a massage thoughts (03:28) - How About Old Man Podcast (05:53) - How long have we been programming? (07:03) - Dax is Twitch partnered (08:21) - Can you be neutral about Tailwind? (14:34) - Who's not going to TwitchCon? (21:34) - SST has users! (27:20) - What's the outlook for startups in the post free money environment? (30:21) - Uber and food delivery (36:45) - Just shutup about Tailwind already (40:36) - Adam needs to pee and blow (42:27) - The encore ★ Support this podcast ★

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 remoteBasecamp's RemoteBullshit Jobs by David GraeberTopics 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) - It's easy to have a belief when you don't have to pay any price for it (18:13) - Remote companies need someone super motivated (19:43) - Is most work fake? (23:10) - Can companies get big without being literally big? (26:37) - It feels like we never make progress (30:06) - Getting a good teacher in school (34:26) - Why aren't medical records shared? (36:53) - Motivated for episode 50 ★ Support this podcast ★

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 developersNeovimChristopher Nolan filmsOppenheimerTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the OozeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IIITMNT (2007)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseSpider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseStar Wars films listHayden ChristensenGoRustRust Foundation so sorry for scaring the C out of you with trademark crackdown talkC#SST on GitHubTopics discussed: (00:00) - Pee and pivot (00:29) - How did Bram create Vim? (05:02) - Oppenheimer (08:09) - TMNT, Marvel, and Star Wars (15:49) - Disney, Apple, and Sports (17:35) - Metric vs imperial (21:10) - Are Go and Rust comparable languages? (27:04) - What is the best language to use in serverless with Lambda? (29:38) - Why is nobody talking about C#? (36:46) - Dax's knee and Adam's jujitsu update ★ Support this podcast ★

Tomorrow has some competition and Adam's fired up (not really), why are we wired for bad things, SST and Astro API questions, and what's up with Dax's dumb challenges?Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:Mostly Technical podcastIs Laravel the happiest developer community on the planet?GitHub Issue on SSTTopics discussed: (00:00) - Stressing Adam (00:32) - Competition for Tomorrow (03:41) - Why are we wired for bad things? (09:15) - Being busy is good (09:54) - Accidentally doing things on social media (14:33) - Dax's dumb dumb challenges (21:27) - Astro and SST API situation (32:56) - Tomorrow community building ★ Support this podcast ★

Adam has secrets, and wonders if it's too late for him to be anonymous. The LK-99 dream might be over? Despite Adam's jujitsu injuries, they pale in comparison to Dax's skim board injury. Flight pricing is frustrating, and comparing spring in NYC vs the Ozarks.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:LK99 dream is over?Making a toaster from scratchHow to With John WilsonTopics discussed: (00:00) - Talking Xirty (00:31) - Not talking about the things (01:30) - This is as official as it's going to get (03:14) - Appreciation for material science (08:40) - Taking a week off in Lake Tahoe (10:37) - Dax beach board update (16:59) - Jujitsu update (21:16) - Is it too late to become anonymous? (22:27) - Is it Twitter or X? (27:18) - Dax flight rants (31:14) - Getting hit by lightning (37:05) - Building the tallest building (39:57) - Comparing spring in NYC vs the Ozarks (42:40) - ...and then there's Florida (43:58) - What do people do with pumpkins? ★ Support this podcast ★

Adam's got Astro + SST + Lambda on the brain, and Dax has too many meetings with humans. But humans have had a breakthrough in superconductor tech, so maybe humans aren't the worst?  Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:AstroAWS Lambda Response StreamingAstro Hybrid RenderingCloudFront routingVercelElizabeth HolmesSuperconductor breakthroughTony Hawk rides a hoverboardMalthusianismAmazon is working on LLM stuff tooFine-tune LLaMA 2 on Amazon SageMakerTopics discussed: (00:00) - The links don't change (00:56) - Astro, Lambda, and SST thoughts (04:46) - Route splitting explained (13:16) - How are meetings still happening? (16:56) - Which team is Dax's favorite? (20:31) - Is it difficult for a product company to contribute in an open source way? (24:27) - Is it difficult to manage an open source community? (25:49) - Is nepotism a bad word? (29:54) - Do people have free will? (34:50) - Superconductor Breakthrough (43:39) - Humans hate ourselves a lot (47:31) - Material advancements (50:35) - Amazon's 2 pizza team is ahead of all of this ★ Support this podcast ★

Why is everyone wrong about everything - especially with Adam? Does an AI breakthrough mean utopia? Are we using Threads to post about X'ing Twitter? Dax has a new hobby, and Adam updates on his jujitsu hobby. Dax has some theories on Vercel and some SST Console roadmap updates.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:Why does Musk want an everything X app?VercelNetlifySST ConsoleDrizzleAstroTopics discussed: (00:00) - The leaf blower rule of podcast recording (00:38) - Why is everyone so wrong? (03:08) - AI breakthrough means utopia (08:13) - X Twitter (13:46) - Are we still Threading? (18:48) - You have to consume something to bring value to people (20:51) - Dax getting into a new hobby (25:17) - Jujitsu follow up (28:43) - Does putting in the time work? (33:22) - Theories on Vercel (38:50) - The SST Console roadmap ★ Support this podcast ★

Dax has a conversation with Tuomas Artman of Linear about their mindset when starting Linear, how they developed the Linear Method, was being fast important from the beginning, what the difference is between collaboration and syncing, and what is Linear's tech stack.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:LinearSuperhumanReplicacheGraphQLTopics discussed: (00:21) - Introducing Tuomas Artman & Linear (01:38) - What was the mindset when you started Linear? (09:41) - Was the high level of polish intentional from the beginning? (13:59) - How did you develop the Linear Method? (17:46) - How does designing with big companies compare to a smaller company? (19:50) - Was being a fast app important from the beginning? (24:15) - Linear syncs a large portion of your data locally (29:20) - Defining a finite set of data to work with (34:16) - What's the difference between collaboration and syncing? (40:30) - Have you seen more companies take this design approach? (45:04) - What is Linear's tech stack? ★ Support this podcast ★

Dax interviews Liz about her journey into tech and startups, how Dax and Liz met, working in a health startup in the pandemic, deciding to do your own thing, almost quitting, expectations of what it's like to be a founder, and dealing with potential embarrassment.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:WhimsicalBumiPaul Graham: How to Not DieSSTSST on YouTubeTopics discussed: (00:37) - Introducing Liz (03:19) - What did you think were options when you were growing up? (05:59) - Was it difficult to get into tech as a non-engineer? (08:15) - How Dax and Liz met (14:28) - Liz's master plan (17:55) - Working in a health startup in the pandemic (20:24) - Build vs buy struggle (24:16) - How did Liz decide to leave and start her own thing? (28:32) - The difference between Dax and Liz (31:58) - Almost quitting (37:01) - Expectations of what it would be like to be a founder (42:37) - Being surprised at how long it takes (48:28) - Dealing with the potential embarrassment ★ Support this podcast ★