In this conversation, Ben interviews Caleb Porzio, the creator of AlpineJS and Laravel Livewire. The discussion ranges from discussions about life in general to specific testing practices and which notebook Caleb uses.

Links
Tuple.app - The best app for pair programming
AlpineJS
Laravel Livewire
Caleb's VSCode Course

Takeaways

• Apply core truths to life outside of programming.
• Find ways to make difficult tasks easier.
• Change your environment to support your goals.
• Value tests as much as, if not more than, the code itself.
• Keep methods and functions short for better code quality.
• Embrace your strengths and delegate tasks that don't bring you joy.
• Focus on the meaty tasks that excite you.
• Consider rewrites carefully and prioritize other solutions first.
• Pull down unfamiliar code and interact with it to understand it better.
• Start the day with tasks that align with your goals and priorities.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Introduction and Background