Metamuse

42 // Self-made tools with Linus Lee


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In a world dominated by mass-produced software, making your own tools is a way to take back agency in your digital life. Linus joins Mark and Adam to talk about his experiences building a personal software ecosystem; tools that are a reflection of the maker’s values and taste; and packaging/sharing solutions like Docker, CodePen, Replit, and Deno. And: is it possible for software to ever be “done”? — Linus thinks so.

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Show notes
  • Linus Lee @thesephist
  • Surface Duo
  • Nintendo DS
  • Backbone.js
  • Spensa (farming technology startup)
  • Django
  • Replit
  • Monocle
  • full-text search
  • Ink (programming language)
  • changing lightbulb meme
  • DigitalOcean
  • August (Linus’ self-made x86 assembler)
  • Metamuse episode with Weiwei Xu
  • situated software
  • stream fusion in mathematics
  • reverse proxy
  • software erosion aka bit rot
  • FileMaker Pro
  • newline-delimited JSON
  • flat dependency trees
  • dynamic linked libraries
  • Go static linking
  • not invented here
  • Hundred Rabbits
  • lil apps
  • Szymon Kaliski
  • An app can be a home-cooked meal
  • Lucerne (Linus' self-made Twitter client)
  • TweetDeck
  • Taylor Swift
  • Go by Example
  • multi-tenancy
  • Metamuse episode on local-first
  • whoami
  • game modding
  • Deno
  • Deno’s sandboxing and permissions
  • Qubes OS
  • Docker container
  • Heroku Buttons
  • macOS .app bundles
  • CodePen
  • xkcd on modern software dependencies
  • ProseMirror
  • Metamuse episode on filmmaking
  • curl maintainer has been at it for 23 years
  • ...more
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