The Top Shelf

ThePrimeagen and teej_dv are on a quest to find the best possible technical speakers and ask the best possible questions we can find. You all know ThePrimeagen can't read, so this is a great format for him to really shine. Teej is here to make sure that Prime knows who the guest is and also to interrupt Prime wherever possible

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The Greatest Software Engineers of All Time

Twitch https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Discord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen https://www.youtube.com/@teej_dv ### LINKS Code Rabbit: Review your code, find bugs and ship FASTER! Check it out here: https://www.coderabbit.ai/ - Use promo code TOPSHELF ! Sentry: Application performance monitoring for developers & software teams to see errors clearer, solve issues faster & continue learning continuously. Use code topshelf for $100 off (3 months of team plan, or 150k total free errors). Try it out h...

Feb 10, 2025

Creator of Ghostty talks Zig over Go

Thanks to the sponsor for today's video - Graphite! Check out stacked PRs, code review tools and more: http://gt.dev/topshelf 0:00 - Intro 0:52 - CTO to Open Source 7:00 - Graphite Ad 8:10 - Future Of Ghostty 21:30 - How It Started 25:29 - Zig vs Rust 29:53 - Go’s Place In The Stack 34:28 - Managing Open Source 42:42 - Motivation 45:49 - AI 52:21 - Live Q&A Twitch https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Discord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen This is also the best way to support me is to support yourself...

Jan 12, 2025

Jose Valim: Creator of Elixir

Today's Sponsors: Code Rabbit: https://www.coderabbit.ai - Use promo code TOPSHELF ! Boot dot dev: https://boot.dev/btw Twitch https://twitch.tv/ThePrimeagen Discord https://discord.gg/ThePrimeagen

Dec 17, 2024

Ryan Dahl: Creator of Node & Deno talks Deno 2.0

Today we had Ryan Dahl on the podcast and talk about the history of Node, Deno and so much more. Really hope you enjoy this talk with him! Thanks everyone. Big thanks to the sponsor of today's episode: Code Rabbit https://coderabbit.ai/ .

Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Yacine: How a Rejected Side Project Turned into a Job At X

We talk about how to psyop yourself into loving work, working out and respecting your users. I hope you enjoy the episode! The Yapper Himself: https://x.com/yacineMTB

Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Taylor Otwell: Laravel, PHP, OSS & VC

Today we talk with Taylor Otwell, the creator of Laravel. We start at Laravel's humble beginnings and move all the way to the exciting new Series A raise with Accel and all that it is enabling Laravel to do today! Sponsor for the Show: Infinite Red If your company needs help moving to mobile, Infinite Red could be a great choice for you! From the smallest startups to some of the largest companies, Infinite Red is ready to help you ship an elegant and effective mobile application with React Nativ...

Oct 17, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 4

DHH: On Competency, Coding and Children

DHH is the Creator of Ruby on Rails, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals (Basecamp & HEY), NYT best-selling author, and Le Mans 24h class-winner. X: https://x.com/dhh Personal Site: https://dhh.dk/

Sep 17, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Ginger Bill: Creator of Odin (a better C)

Ginger Bill, Creator of the Odin Language. I (TJ) think it's a better C in a lot of ways. Very fun language to write. You should check it out! X: https://x.com/TheGingerBill YouTube: https://youtube.com/gingergames...

Sep 17, 2024•49 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Chris Lattner: Creator of LLVM, Swift, and Mojo

Chris Lattner gives history on creating LLVM, Swift and Mojo. As well as lessons learned along the way. You'll definitely learn a few things about how crazy PhD projects can accidentally change the world in this one! X: https://x.com/clattner_llvm Mojo: https://www.modular.com...

Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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