In this episode, we cover a lot of ground, from diving into Charm's cool libraries and their real-world applications to chatting about the self-taught programming journey. We also touch on TikTok and addictive social media use, content creation and its intricacies, and share some insights into the world of Golang.

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Charm's video that Bashbunni mentioned: https://charm.sh/blog/100k/

Timestamps:

00:36 When did Bashbunni start working with Go?

02:10 School during COVID and education nowadays

04:23 Is self-taught still a viable way to learn programming?

08:50 Discipline can be learned

10:04 Why it is much harder to focus nowadays?

11:08 TikTok and Addictive Social Media Use

14:31 What kind of media does BashBunni consume, if not short-form content

18:14 Is creating content for Charm a bit part of the job?

21:05 On Tech content creators being technical

24:41 Quality vs Quantity

25:31 What is Charm?

29:09 Why Golang is the best language for CLI Applications

32:52 US vs Canadian Accents

34:05 Melt - One of Charm's Libraries

36:24 Soft serve - Self hostable git server

37:39 VHS - Terminal GIFs as code

39:10 How many people are behind Charm?

39:17 How does Charm make money?

42:40 GUI's are bloated, Terminal is the GOAT

45:56 Bashbunni's beef with JavaScript

48:47 Where to find Bashbunni