José Valim, the creator of Elixir, joins Dax to tell us the story behind how it was born and what makes it great. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord . (00:00) - Intro (00:30) - José gets into streaming (02:34) - Dax's experience with Elixir (04:08) - The beginning (12:25) - Functional Programming (26:00) - Modules and functions (33:12) - Standard Library (42:19) - Should tooling be built in? (48:52) - Elixir ecosystem (01:00:19) - Patterns (01:02:02) - Typesafety (01:13:03) - ...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast How does Dax get his news? Should Adam start reading Hacker News? And Adam and Dax talk religion, spirituality, The Last Airbender, and how kids impact your mortality. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord . Links: THE FEYNMAN SERIES - Beauty Richard Feynman’s Love Letter to His Wife Sixteen Months After Her Death Esther Perel - Your Guide to Relational Intelligence Topics Discussed: (00:00) - Next up: religion! (00:40) - Does Dax consume the news? (08:17) - Dax's problem with Ha...
Jun 29, 2023•51 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss a lot of things; arguably too many things. Among those things: the story of Elixir, what we do when life gets too easy, game dev dreams, dev conferences, bridge collapses, and monotony. (00:27) - Talking to people on Twitch (01:34) - The story of Elixr (03:54) - Adam has adjusted (06:52) - Is life too easy? (08:49) - Dax's rich person goals? (11:35) - Adam's game dream (20:28) - Dax Theft Auto (24:36) - Adam's rich person goals (27:13) - Working + partners + hobbies (30:29...
Jun 26, 2023•49 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss lawns, weed—all the forms of grass, really. They also dip into some political topics, so brace yourself. (00:26) - What's the fork foot rule? (01:08) - Adam felt an emotion (04:04) - Supplementing recommendations (12:24) - Melting down for the views (13:40) - Twitter Circles (15:23) - Society sucks and is dumb: Grass edition (24:34) - Can you be yourself? (27:03) - Society and the norms around family and parenting (35:58) - Getting polarized or being measured (37:11) - Why...
Jun 22, 2023•54 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss what media they consume for entertainment, among other things. (00:31) - I'm Kiwi (02:39) - Lärabars and Jared Leto (05:53) - Adam learns something shocking about Dax (07:48) - What does Dax watch? (10:26) - What is the draw of anime? (14:29) - Our movie diet (18:59) - Love you, bye (19:45) - Uh oh. People. (22:26) - Cerebral movies (25:30) - Miami Heat sads (26:24) - Dax's electric longboard (31:41) - Adam's Reddit brain fart ★ Support this podcast ★...
Jun 19, 2023•33 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss using Linux and Neovim, being vegan, and other annoying personality traits they share. (00:00) - Coward (00:00) - Timestamp: 158760000 (00:27) - Stream Deck thoughts (01:39) - Linux and Neovim (10:09) - JavaScript doesn't suck, you suck (16:08) - Developer education and courses (22:44) - Having too many options (31:51) - Why do we make more money as we get older? ★ Support this podcast ★...
Jun 15, 2023•39 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss the recent Twitch developments and the challenges with running a live streaming service. They also talk about reading books and living forever. (00:36) - AWS.fm (01:34) - Topless Twitter photos (03:06) - Gym thoughts (06:19) - Twitch's unforced error (10:50) - Go lower down the stack (12:37) - Nothing lasts forever (14:09) - Dax has read 10 books (22:06) - Would you live forever? (24:50) - Reddit API pricing ★ Support this podcast ★...
Jun 12, 2023•30 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss the realities of tech conferences as well as Apple's Vision Pro headset. (00:00) - But AI, Dax? (00:31) - Low energy vs depressed? (01:58) - Post conference thoughts (03:51) - Dax's theory on tech conferences (11:46) - Experience brings the ability to relax (12:49) - Apple Vision Pro thoughts (27:05) - Would you want to develop for it? (28:14) - A vision for AR in society ★ Support this podcast ★...
Jun 08, 2023•34 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax spend way too much time discussing sun exposure, then dive into local-first patterns with Replicache and more. (00:37) - Comparing sun burns (05:14) - Replicache (09:00) - Linear is an example of local first app (09:42) - What UX wins do you get using Replicache? (13:16) - What is it like to write code? (16:34) - SPA vs not a SPA (19:06) - Why isn't Replicache more popular? ★ Support this podcast ★...
Jun 05, 2023•26 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss dogs, Sam Altman's congressional hearing (that neither of them watched), the current state of the venture capital markets, and more. (00:00) - Ruff start (00:33) - Is Adam a dog person? (01:55) - Adam's dog story (04:43) - Dax's dog story (07:11) - Sam Altman's congressional hearing (09:14) - Why Y Combinator? (11:59) - Is VC drying up? (16:31) - How could they regulate AI? (21:38) - Could the US get to civil war? ★ Support this podcast ★...
May 29, 2023•24 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss their Twitter usage and when it's ok to rewrite an app completely. (00:00) - 20,000 vs 10,000 (00:34) - Why is Adam twice as important as Dax? (02:11) - Why Dax had to stop using Twitter (06:16) - Imposing a personal character limit (07:48) - How much time do you spend looking at a tweet? (08:33) - What is Adam working on these days? (12:13) - How do you roll out a new version of the app? (13:47) - To rewrite or not rewrite (16:51) - Stale water revalidate ★ Support this p...
May 25, 2023•22 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss their upcoming vacations, alcohol & coffee, social media platforms, Dax becoming an Apple fanboy, and why nobody has invented the Jetsons shower. (00:00) - Dax + Apple = 💜 (00:26) - Who's the online jerk here? (02:37) - Vacation time (05:53) - Drinking thoughts (08:20) - What about coffee? (10:36) - What dopamine hits are you in to? (13:04) - If you're just working, are you missing out? (17:00) - If you could pick one social media home, what would you pick? (22:30) - ...
May 22, 2023•32 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss how each generation views friendship, how SST finally cracked open source marketing, and some serverless topics. (00:00) - Cold open (00:28) - Making YouTube videos is hard (03:03) - Age gets blurry online (05:06) - Friends (10:01) - SST updates (15:19) - SST update #2 (17:38) - Creating a Lambda warmer ★ Support this podcast ★...
May 18, 2023•26 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss how PHP & Laravel are taking over the narrative. (00:33) - That sounds like something a scammer would say (02:50) - Dax has read all the Laravel docs (04:33) - What is the performance story? (06:40) - What about type safety and diversity? (08:44) - Helping build a thumbnail generator (12:37) - How well did Dax's algorithm work? (14:27) - Is serverless perfect for indie hacking? (17:48) - Dark matter devs (22:18) - Do you want to do the work or just talk about the idea ...
May 15, 2023•26 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss Dax's recent efforts in benchmarking Vercel against OpenNext and then bring on Aaron Francis to discuss type systems and what good hustle looks like. (00:00) - Cold opens are cold (00:27) - Benchmarking stuff (05:38) - Vercel's response (08:04) - Adam is now a Laravel developer (09:38) - ...or maybe Svelte? (11:13) - Why Laravel? (13:06) - Why is PHP so chill and Javascript not? (19:35) - What makes it difficult in Javascript? (22:07) - Why doesn't someone use types? (23:1...
May 11, 2023•51 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss... nothing at all, really. (00:30) - Adam's gonna Florida (01:20) - Driving alone vs driving with someone (04:48) - Hating things that people love (08:16) - Adam's drawn to people who are mean to him (10:17) - Dax goes to relationship therapy with Adam (13:20) - Reclaiming the word dramatic (14:32) - Do you eat peanut better and jelly sandwiches? (18:09) - Adam's relationship with food (21:47) - Struggle of putting on weight (23:34) - Miami Only Fans Towers (24:25) - Adam'...
May 08, 2023•32 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss how they got into open source and interview a surprise guest. (00:33) - How'd Dax get into open source? (05:39) - Should everything be open source? (08:44) - Should you get into open source to start your career? (14:09) - What are the downsides of getting involved in open source? (17:00) - Is monetizing open source projects bad? (22:49) - Open source helps careers in a variety of ways (25:05) - What was Adam's experience with open source software? (29:34) - What was Teej's...
May 01, 2023•44 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss Vercel, the culture around it, and the pros and cons of using it. (00:50) - Therapy for Adam (01:53) - Hating something people love (05:26) - I can say things because people use my thing (07:43) - What are some of the reasons not to build everything on Vercel? (10:30) - Vercel pricing (11:44) - Understanding what you're off loading (16:31) - Understanding vendor priorites and challenges (18:25) - Support during growth (20:31) - Hiring React team brings more scrutiny (24:17...
Apr 17, 2023•33 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss their startup founding experiences and lessons learned. (00:51) - Adam's start up journey (02:56) - Dax's startup journey (07:17) - Not giving up for enough time (10:19) - Adam and Dax's similar startup stories (14:57) - At what stage in your career is a startup a logical pursuit? (18:01) - Is location important for your startup? (20:10) - How does equity dilution impact engineers? (24:46) - Did you cold call for sales? (25:57) - How should you handle employees and hiring ...
Apr 10, 2023•36 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss more AI craziness and whether anyone will catch OpenAI. (00:32) - What's happened in AI since we last talked? (04:19) - How does AI not take jobs? (11:11) - What's coming after serverless? (12:49) - Dax explains Jersey Shore to Adam (14:06) - Is human intelligence going down? (16:49) - How do you feel about ChatGPT now? (20:37) - More opportunities at a different scale (21:41) - Web3 shifted to AI ★ Support this podcast ★...
Apr 03, 2023•26 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss their latest project: a Discord server for developers who stream programming, and those that like to watch them. (00:00) - Watch.dev (01:53) - What is Dev Streaming? (04:28) - Getting in to streaming (07:27) - It doesn't have to be your full day (09:07) - Find your thing (11:18) - Not getting as much done due to streaming (13:11) - Watching people code has value (14:45) - Are you anxious about people watching you code? (16:19) - Do you prepare for streaming or just go live...
Mar 27, 2023•24 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss the SVB collapse and how the government stepped in to prevent catastrophe. (00:41) - What happened at Silicon Valley Bank? (03:09) - What could've the impact been? (08:13) - Why are people upset about bailing out a bank? (11:26) - Individual bank accounts weren't affected (12:44) - VC chatter (16:22) - Simon Wardley's Twitter thread (19:07) - Hearing the end of the 2008 crash (19:57) - How do you stay on top of things? ★ Support this podcast ★...
Mar 20, 2023•24 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss their most recent fights on Twitter and the forces that are driving increased anger on the internet. (00:00) - Not a fighter... but on Twitter (01:16) - What the conflict was about (03:52) - Looking for people to agree (08:08) - Parameters around productive conversation online (12:32) - Is that just the nature of Twitter? (16:35) - Fake Twitter fights (17:29) - Communities that do it well ★ Support this podcast ★...
Mar 16, 2023•24 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss signals and what the future looks like for React. (00:24) - What are signals? (02:07) - React vs Solid and signals? (05:35) - You think you know something, but you need to unlearn your React brain (07:07) - What is different? (10:22) - Derived state and effects (11:59) - Tradeoffs in choosing Solid over React (15:57) - Does bundle size matter? (17:57) - Big picture implications? (22:31) - Sites vs apps decision ★ Support this podcast ★...
Mar 13, 2023•24 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss their recent side project: Rebase.tv, a live game show for developers. (00:33) - We're making something together (01:57) - Making a landing page (05:52) - AWS issues we've had (08:51) - Quality over speed (11:22) - Drop the things that are nagging you (14:32) - What would you do if you didn't have a side project? (16:36) - Is it unique to be passionate about software development? (19:30) - Where does software development land outside of developers? (22:45) - Rebase.tv ★ Su...
Mar 06, 2023•24 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss the recent tsunami of AI advancements. Also, Adam might be an AI bro. (00:35) - Adam's AI hype (03:36) - AI tools are available to non-experts now (07:05) - Is it stealing from artists? (10:18) - What AI tools are you using? (14:12) - Astro's langchain for docs (16:53) - When is something AI? (21:47) - AI music generation (23:46) - Can we automate the bad jobs? (30:00) - Is there hope? ★ Support this podcast ★...
Mar 02, 2023•32 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss the release of SST v2. (00:01) - SST 2 is out (01:05) - Was there any doubt in what you were building? (05:58) - What's new in SST? (08:17) - Adam's experience with SST (13:00) - Who's building on SST? (17:33) - Deploy Next.js into an AWS account (23:38) - Podcast hibernation ★ Support this podcast ★...
Feb 27, 2023•25 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss their first tech conference experience in a hotel room in Las Vegas.
Dec 05, 2022•20 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss the ongoing Twitter drama. Can the remaining staff keep the platform running? Is the world overreacting? Is Mastodon a viable alternative?
Nov 14, 2022•27 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Adam & Dax discuss the future of (pure) serverless after an ominous tweet from a prominent figure at AWS.
Nov 08, 2022•26 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast 
