David Flanagan created a successful YouTube channel but knew to take things to the next level he’d need to own more of the stack.

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Jerod & Adam share our Zulip first impressions, react to Elasticsearch going open source (again), discuss Christian Hollinger’s blog post on why he still self-hosts & answer a listener question: how do we produce podcasts?

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Chris Shank has been on sabbatical since January, so he’s had a lot of time to think deeply about the web platform. On this episode, Jerod & KBall pick Chris’ brain to answer questions like, what does a post-component paradigm look like? What would it look like if the browser had primitives for building spatial canvases? How can we make it easier to make “folk interfaces” on the web?

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Erez Zukerman shares the story of launching the ErgoDox EZ on Indiegogo (May 2015), what it takes to create customizable ergonomic keyboards, the benefits of split keyboards and custom key layouts, repairability and longevity, community engagement, and the attention to detail required in everything they create. We talk through their keyboard lineup, our personal experience with how we mouse and keyboard…we cover it all.

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Dinis Cruz drops by to chat about cybersecurity for generative AI and large language models. In addition to discussing The Cyber Boardroom, Dinis also delves into cybersecurity efforts at OWASP and that organization’s Top 10 for LLMs and Generative AI Apps.

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Join Johnny as he dives into the world of home automation with Ricardo Gerardi & Mike Riley, two tinkerers who’ve taken the plunge with Go. We explore the challenges (and the fun) they encounter along the way. If you’re interested in automating your home (or working with micro controllers) come learn how to get started!

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A Rust for Linux developer resigns amidst rising tension in the Linux community, Bret Victor shows off what he’s been working on for years, Rachel (by the bay) laments how useless “SRE” has become as a role, Doug Turnbull makes the case for hiring junior devs & Baldur Bjarnason says the LLM honeymoon phase is about to end.

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Emily Freeman joins the show alongside our Ship It co-host, Justin Garrison! We hear Emily’s burnout story & learn how she and Forrest Brazeal are putting tech-focused influencers on tap. But first: area code turf wars, bad movie reboots & buying used DVDs… at Starbucks?!

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Du’An Lightfoot, dev advocate at AWS, joins Justin & Autumn to discuss networking, a knowledge gap people many people have. You can ignore the things you don’t understand or you can invest time to learn it.

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Jerod, Nick & Chris discuss a next-gen JavaScript bundler, Node getting even tighter with TypeScript, the top programming languages according to IEEE Spectrum, Chris’ feelings on Node’s built-in test runner & more!

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