Why is it so difficult to optimize a router at home in 2025, Dax has boring drone plans, where are our humanoid laundry folding robots, Adam's got a new JavaScript framework coming, Zuckerberg isn't cool again and Dax is happy, Explode from Nikita Bier, Grok vs ChatGPT vs Google vs Apple AI, and Sam Altman is a Zuckerberg lizardman.

Links:

• NICGIGA
• Physical AI Accelerated by Three NVIDIA Computers for Robot Training, Simulation and Inference | NVIDIA Blog
• Three-Body Problem
• Unspoken AI Risks
• Explode - App Store
• Explode - Jacob Rushfinn
• Reflections - Sam Altman

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• (00:00) - Adam got suckerberg'd

We're back! Dax has complaints about Miami's weather, exploring a potentially "dumber" way to buy coffee, childcare costs, Dax has figured out YouTube, Adam is re-evaluating his approach to using AI coding assistants, how has Prime affected Rust.

The most important thing you need to know is that the episode wraps up with a quirky mention of "urine everywhere," leaving listeners entertained and informed.

Links:

• wip: terminal (initial commit)
• SST
• Claude AI Overview
• AI Applications and Innovations
• AI Code Editor
• Create and Share Notes
• Meaningful Connections
• Free AI Code Completion
• DeepSeek Search Engine
• Qwen Documentation
• Devin’s Personal Website
• Tui Open Source Projects
• Dax on VS Code Terminal
• Ghostty Chat
• Aaron Francis on Solo
• Laravel Solo Package
• I Will Not Write Rust Again

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• (00:00) - What does Adam love so much? Stick around to find out...

A real fear of heights, Typecraft's set up and content on YouTube, working in hard mode in the terminal, development with Ruby on Rails, developers selling coffee, plant based vs meat eating, and tracking holiday traditions and family KPI's.

Links:

• Kevin Shen - We Design Video Studios 🎥✨ (@theKevinShen) / X
• Dream Studio
• Typecraft
• typecraft Development
• Learn Typecraft
• Bare Metal & Servers
• Homelab Setup
• Consumer Electronics Fix
• Arch Linux Features
• Enterprise Open Source
• Ghostty 👻
• Zellij Terminal Workspace
• NetworkChuck

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• (00:00) - Welcome to the Typecraft fears hour

Dax kicks off an open source rant, plastics, TSA security theater and the connection to rich people getting murdered, Adam wonders if he can become a romantic or if he's stuck being a disconnected robot, and thoughts on building an API.

Links:

• dax on X: “openauth beta is here you’re gonna wanna watch this video more info in thread
• OpenAuth Beta | SST
• OpenAuth
• openauthjs/openauth: ▦ Universal, standards-based auth provider.
• Byung-Chul Han Philosophy
• Composable Web Architecture
• Generate Best-in-Class SDKs

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• (00:00) - This is not podcast content

Dax recites every line of CSS he's ever written, what it's like teaching your partner to code, Adam relearns the importance of exercise and is mad about it, American football and F1 as product lessons, and Adam's getting into hard sci fi.

Links:

• Tailwind CSS - Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML.
• Does Adam say "button" weird?
• Watch Formula 1: Drive to Survive | Netflix Official Site
• Three-Body Problem Audiobook
• Ted Chiang’s Sci-Fi
• Home of Brandon Sanderson
• Blade Runner 1982
• Blade Runner 2049
• Michael Crichton

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• (00:00) - Adam flirts with the listeners

Legal notice: this is an international recording (we think). Adam pitches Dax on SST adding analytics and other things he wants SST to build, justifying flying first class, Dax is such a 'lil bro, Adam is learning how to curse more in public, how to assess a new hire in engineering, and the controversy over never hiring anyone over 30.

Links:

• SST
• Juliane Koepcke
• You can’t hire anybody over 30

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• (00:00) - Why is Dax's couch too wet to record?

Dax explains Canada, where has Adam actually been to, Dax hates pants, AWS announcements, a $10,000 pizza, the psychology of Adam, and should we want to improve ourselves?

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• (00:00) - Burp

What are Adam and Dax - and Terminal - doing in NYC this week? And what do they need to build for it? Why is OCaml involved? Adam realizes he hasn't been using AI in regular life, watching YouTube to sort out trauma, and did we all waste our 20's?

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• Family Feud Game Overview
• Tanner Linsley
• Kent C. Dodds
• JSNation 2025
• React Summit
• Ken Wheeler
• Wes Bos Developer
• Scott Tolinski’s Homepage
• Carson Gross
• chantastic
• Liz
• Terminal Initial Commit
• OCaml
• Sentry
• ahrefs
• ReScript Language
• User Management
• Jane Street
• Podcast Hosting
• Mythical Kitchen Recipes
• Reddit Discussions

Topics:

• (00:33) - 3rd time's the Terminal charm

It's annoying when they skip a week but Adam and Dax explain why, Dax's Default, how did Adam's phone break, politics happened and we have some theories, Liz's Theories, and Dax considers getting hair while Adam ponders getting a wig.

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• The ultimate MySQL database platform — PlanetScale
• the decision
• Guillermo Rauch on Trump
• Zoo Tycoon Game Overview

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• (00:00) - Adam's bandwidth issues

Time and friendships drifting slowly, what's going on with drones, movies made with iPhones, Dax is going to do something for the first time this year, is not being online a sign of mental health, naming things is hard, and Ghossty explained.

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• Transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. | Anduril
• 28 Years Later: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15 | WIRED
• The Office Bankruptcy Declaration
• Next.js Conf by Vercel
• Svelte 5 is alive
• Ghostty Mitchell Hashimoto
• Mitchell Hashimoto

Topics:

• (00:00) - Adam is white