How About Tomorrow?

How About Tomorrow?

Adam Elmore

Adam and Dax discuss web technologies, the internet, and the future of (basically) everything..

1 hour 29 minutes

DHH Talks Apple, Linux, and Running Servers
DHH talks with us about his journey back to Linux, Apple's control over the App Store, setting up servers on the web, and tries out Terminal coffee.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - Are we recording?
- (00:30) - How high is DHH really?
- (02:27) - Thoughts on AI + generative AI
- (05:31) - Linux on the desktop
- (18:07) - DHH's journey into Linux
- (27:51) - DHH's Omakub Linux set up
- (35:00) - The hardware journey
- (41:37) - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and connecting your computer to the internet
- (53:07) - Setting up servers like pets vs cattle
- (01:14:36) - Are we just doomed to repeat this every generation?
- (01:19:19) - What would make DHH want to stop programming?
- (01:26:51) - Plugging Terminal.shop
9 September 2024, 9:48 am
48 minutes 37 seconds

The Kids These Days Don't Know How To Do It Right 👴
Dax is sick, but his voice sounds amazing so you should still listen, we streamed a basketball game in Dallas, rented a Lambo, went to Laracon 2024, muse on VPS complexity, InstantDB impressions, kids not knowing how to program properly, taking the right size bets in a startup, and going viral on Twitter in 2024.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - Switching sides if the price is right
- (00:42) - Dax is *sick*
- (02:43) - Streaming a basketball game in Dallas
- (06:20) - We rented a lambo
- (08:21) - Laracon 2024
- (09:18) - Sponsor: Dax getting stuffed
- (09:57) - In person fun
- (14:33) - VPS complexity
- (24:38) - Initial InstantDB impressions
- (34:01) - The kids these days don't know how to do "x"
- (41:58) - Startups taking the right size bets
- (44:03) - Turk going viral
2 September 2024, 11:00 am
44 minutes 29 seconds

Native vs Web, Managers, and What's Happening Today in Dallas
We're flying (or in) Dallas as you listen to this - ps who is actually listening to this? We chat native vs web apps, backend vs frontend, managers vs no manager jobs, and how Dax defines what's worth glorifying.
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Topics:
- (00:27) - Matchy matchy cameras
- (01:37) - The joys of Primeagen chats
- (04:13) - The schedule for today in Dallas
- (10:49) - Who actually listens and knows us?
- (13:42) - Adam disappeared
- (17:23) - What's next for SST?
- (18:51) - Native app vs web apps
- (28:55) - Just build an API and not have to deal with front end
- (30:36) - We wish we could do more backend, less frontend
- (33:33) - Do we want to be a manager again?
- (41:21) - What is worth glorifying?
26 August 2024, 9:00 am
49 minutes 37 seconds

Slicing a Nice Piece of Bacon
Adam's moved his office, the arbitrary nature of exercise, prepping for the Laracon basketball game, Dax explains breaking at the Olympics, Dax sliced off a nice piece of bacon, how you can email us, trying to find your doctor and electrician for life, and taxes and humidity in Florida.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - No context Adam reacting to things
- (00:46) - Adam moved (his office)
- (02:57) - The arbitrary nature of exercise
- (06:26) - Basketball game at Laracon
- (12:35) - Breakdancing at the Olympics
- (23:45) - Dax sliced a piece of bacon off
- (25:35) - Adam's fantasy football league challenge
- (26:38) - Email us!
- (27:44) - Sponsor: Terminal.shop
- (28:22) - Finding your electrician or doctor for life
- (36:33) - Doing the same thing every day at work
- (39:50) - What autonomous vehicles could do for our economy?
- (41:49) - Florida man explains taxes
- (45:50) - Humidity measurements
19 August 2024, 11:14 am
1 hour 19 minutes

The History of the World and How it Scales with Sam Lambert
Sam Lambert stops by to talk Unifi networking, cooking meat, microplastics, disease research, the history of the world, scaling at PlanetScale, and why people love PostGres.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - Computers will always let you down
- (00:27) - Falling asleep to self driving Tesla chats
- (02:17) - Using Unifi networking gear
- (12:02) - Cooking meat
- (18:24) - Why are microplastics everywhere?
- (22:55) - Ordering diseases and cells for research from a JC Penny Catalogue
- (30:25) - American history with Adam and Dax
- (34:26) - South American history with Dax
- (38:24) - Could all the data get wiped out and we lose everything?
- (54:52) - Scaling and PlanetScale
- (01:08:48) - Why do people love PostGres?
12 August 2024, 11:34 am
1 hour 12 minutes

BS Jobs, Redundancy in Software, Self Driving Cars, and Dax's List
The eternal debate of freelance life vs being employed at a larger company, small teams vs big teams, bullshit jobs, self driving cars are finally discussed, Twitter VC fights, politics and tech, and Dax's list of next things to do.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - What is in Adam's pocket?
- (00:49) - Hi. It's Adam. I'm the problem. It's Adam.
- (02:22) - Freelance life vs employed life
- (08:48) - Bullshit jobs
- (12:03) - Building resilience and redundancy
- (18:13) - Self driving vehicle hesitancy
- (25:30) - Dax's neighborhood won't last forever
- (29:29) - Where would Dax live if he had $100 million
- (37:50) - How self driving car tech evolved
- (40:24) - Ocular migraines
- (44:36) - Dinosaurs and weird body parts
- (48:58) - Dax's list of next things
- (51:13) - Twitter VC fights and loyalty thoughts
- (57:49) - Politics and tech
- (01:06:54) - Finishing a project let down
5 August 2024, 10:27 am
54 minutes 3 seconds

Being Weird About 100 Eps, Crowdstrike Bugs, and Chris Joins Us with Clips
It's episode 100 time but don't worry, Adam's not being weird about it at all. We're thinking about how normies understand things like the Crowdstrike bug, Adam thinks the economy is fake, and Chris joins us with clips from past episodes like Adam's thirst traps, Dax watching tv all the time, are they playing characters or real on the podcast, and Chris questions Dax's cryptic tweets.
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- xkcd: Dependency
- Lemon Productions – Chris' podcast production company
- Chris on X
- Chris' YouTube channel
- Chris on TikTok
- Below Deck
- Dax’s WTF tweet
Topics:
- (00:00) - Reminder to Chris to cut this part out
- (00:34) - Can you hear me now after 100 episodes
- (01:01) - Crowdstrike chaos is fun?
- (06:49) - The fragility of open source
- (09:49) - Understanding IT in the normal non-cloud world
- (16:06) - Adam still thinks most of the economy is fake
- (20:01) - The value and hinderance of small teams
- (24:46) - Adam as a Hero
- (26:05) - Adam is not being weird about episode 100
- (26:37) - Sponsor: SSH terminal.shop
- (27:06) - Chris joins us
- (32:02) - Is 100 episodes a lot?
- (37:40) - The tweet with 13,000 views
- (42:24) - ep30 Adam finds out something shocking about Dax
- (46:16) - Adam's movie choices
- (48:30) - Are they playing a character or is it reality?
- (51:53) - Dax's cryptic tweets
22 July 2024, 11:03 am
1 hour 1 minute

Scrolling Bugs, Pursuing Optimization, and Number Go Up is Good
Dax went to hell and back for a scrolling bug, what do we lose in the pursuit of optimization at all costs, what kind of business do we want to build, Adam is definitely AI, Twitter drama over commit hooks, Adam hates pyramids and thinks they're stupid, and Adam tries meditation but as a result his brain doesn't work for podcasting.
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- wip: terminal (initial commit)
- charmbracelet/bubbletea: A powerful little TUI framework 🏗
- TIDAL - High Fidelity Music Streaming
- 🚨🚨 Doom Ascii 🚨🚨
- Dior Handbag Scandal
- Laracon 2024
- Dax’s Commentary
- The World Without Us
- The Last Question
- Project Hail Mary Audiobook
- This is where the link to Adam's 5 word tweet would go except he let everyone down and didn't follow through on tweeting a five word tweet. What else might Adam do to let us all down do you suppose? Maybe he doesn't actually like coffee? Maybe he's actually AI after all? Please click here to tweet at Adam and let him know how disappointed you are in him being an AI bot that kills baby seals for fun.
Topics:
- (00:00) - Adam's a real boy!
- (00:56) - Dax has been in hell for 48 hours because of scrolling
- (08:59) - Has something shifted in programming?
- (16:25) - We can lose a lot by pursuing optimizational at all costs
- (19:37) - What is the business we want to make?
- (24:50) - Number go up is good
- (30:19) - Adam definitely is AI
- (33:12) - Are you pro-Commit hook?
- (38:32) - Hand operated calculators vs pyramids
- (49:00) - What speed do you listen at?
- (50:51) - Let's all leave Adam alone with his thoughts
- (55:00) - Activists and vandalism
15 July 2024, 11:10 am
50 minutes 20 seconds

Terminal Coffee Updates, and Dax Analyzes Adam (again)
Adam is tired, Dax tries to help analyze Adam in a surprisingly kind way, struggling to fend off grifters, Terminal Coffee updates, and Rspack news.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - Say more words
- (00:27) - Adam's tired
- (03:52) - Dax tries to analyze Adam but also be kind. It's weird. But it works.
- (16:08) - Sensing happiness from people you look up to
- (18:47) - Mo money mo problems
- (21:03) - The world is set up to tap into Adam's personality
- (28:00) - Is the SAD American diet to blame?
- (31:28) - After you admit you're lost, what next?
- (33:38) - Dax's non-pretentious pretentious way of speaking
- (35:19) - Sponsor: Terminal.shop
- (35:32) - SST's new multiplexer
- (37:10) - Terminal coffee update
- (37:44) - Are all kids jerks or just the ones around Adam?
- (40:07) - Does the business owner life ever slow down or stop?
- (43:51) - Rspack news
8 July 2024, 11:28 am
58 minutes 34 seconds

Open Source Drama, Streaming Productivity, and the State of JavaScript
Adam and Dax both got hairdids, Adam learns how a tattoo is installed, why can't we be more productive while live streaming, bringing out our different personalities in different groups, open source drama, issues with TC39 and bureaucracy on the web, Dax's stamp of package approval, and discussing the State of JavaScript.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - Nailed it first try. Perfect.
- (01:06) - Adam and Dax get their hairdid
- (06:04) - Getting a tattoo is wild
- (09:20) - Keeping live streaming productive
- (15:01) - Do you have different personalities with different people?
- (21:34) - Open source drama
- (34:32) - Issues with TC39
- (41:32) - Stamping packages as Good
- (47:44) - State of JavaScript survey
1 July 2024, 11:37 am
1 hour 7 minutes

Matt Pocock on Voice Coaching, Communication, Gaming, and Teaching How to Code
Matt chats with Adam and Dax about becoming a voice coach and how that's translated to creating courses and writing books for people wanting to learn TypeScript and coding, the differences between America and European living, Formula 1 racing, juggling, video games, board games, and what Matt's working on next.
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Topics:
- (00:00) - Dax is excited for...
- (00:39) - Voice and accent coaching
- (05:26) - Teaching tech vs teaching voice
- (08:47) - Communication as a freelancing power up
- (14:19) - Is working 8hrs a week the actual dream?
- (21:36) - Educating Dax and Adam on European life
- (24:30) - Key (not pee) break
- (26:00) - Fit and fat, sit and sat
- (27:19) - Learning to juggle
- (29:05) - What video games does Matt play?
- (34:22) - Formula 1 watching
- (38:47) - Getting into chess
- (43:37) - Board gaming
- (48:50) - What's Matt working on next?
- (57:24) - How many browser tabs do you have open at once?
- (58:36) - The economics of book publishing
17 June 2024, 11:32 am
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