How About Tomorrow?

By Adam Elmore & Dax RaadTechnology

How About Tomorrow? episodes

January 08, 2024Living Forever, Home Server Fun, Inheritance and Capitalism, and Adam's SST Wishlist
An episode recorded in the weird space in the first week of the new year. Dax downgrades to 1 grape instead of 12, Adam almost died (again), Home Assistant and Homebridge and Homekit, SST dreaming, React Miami party plans at Dax's house, and the ulimate question: Does Adam have a face for recording courses?
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Links:
homelab.
Apache Hadoop
Dream Machine Pro - Ubiquiti Store Canada
Synology Inc.
Tailscale · Best VPN Service for Secure Networks
Home Assistant
Homebridge
React Miami
Bryan Johnson’s Quest For Immortality | TIME
Emmett Shear on X
Devon Eriksen on X
Serial: Season One
Lore
(00:00) - We are beloved
(00:42) - Where are we streaming these days?
(01:52) - Back to work but kind of not
(04:48) - 1 grape instead of 12
(07:28) - Adam almost died. Again.
(09:30) - Setting up a home server aka homelabs
(25:38) - Filming with an iPhone 15 Pro
(29:02) - Home Assistant, Homebridge, HomeKit - Oh My!
(33:42) - Adam's wishlist for SST
(37:16) - Being comfortable with a group setting
(40:40) - Looking forward to React Miami
(46:38) - Iburpofen vs advil and living forever
(53:41) - Inheritance, capitalism, and taxes
(01:01:47) - 10,000 episodes to get good at podcasting
(01:04:43) - Does Adam have a face for making courses?
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1 hr 8 min
January 01, 2024We're Back! Ion, Twitter Monetization, The Triangle Company, and Weather Updates
What's happening with the new version of SST, Ion? Twitter has changed with monetization, Dax's thoughts on the triangle company, the debate between single-page applications (SPAs) and server-rendered apps, Adam's fascination with Fascinating, and an important weather update from Florida.
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Links:
Dax on X about Ion
SST
Terraform by HashiCorp
Pulumi
Fey
Fascinating (@fasc1nate)

Topics discussed:
(00:00) - Did I put you in a weird spot?
(00:31) - Florida weather update
(03:22) - What is SST doing with Ion?
(08:08) - Getting distracted by the internet because of cloud formation
(10:28) - Using NextJS construct + Ion?
(11:24) - Being busy... on Twitter
(12:14) - Dax slamming the triangle company
(18:01) - Native vs SPA
(28:40) - Fascinating on Twitter
(34:51) - DHH and one time payments
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41 min
November 10, 2023Bonus: Kombucha Influencers
Dax convinces Adam that the Kombucha he bought is exclusive so Adam is forced to buy it.
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Links:
Radiate Kombucha

Topics discussed:
(00:00) - Kombucha influencers
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8 min
November 09, 2023We're Stopping Until January and Moving to LinkedIn
Moving tech Twitter to LinkedIn, cleaning up Contacts.app, the hype and dread cycle of AI announcements, why Adam hates weekends, why are LLMs so dorky, and the idea of creating a 100% AI Tomorrow podcast.
Oh and we're taking a break until January, 2024!
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Links:
Adam Elmore on LinkedIn
Dax ⠀ on LinkedIn
Mercury | Banking for Startups
Show HN: The HN Recap – AI generated daily HN podcast

Topics discussed:
(00:32) - Tech Twitter moving to LinkedIn
(08:37) - Wesley Faulkner and LinkedIn
(14:24) - Have you cleaned up your Contacts app lately?
(15:48) - Credit card strategies
(24:08) - The dread over AI
(33:15) - Diversity of life
(34:43) - We're taking a break
(37:43) - Spending the holidays on LinkedIn
(42:53) - Adam hates weekends
(47:07) - Losing weight and being hungry
(48:44) - Why are LLMs so verbose and dorky?
(55:07) - Creating 100% AI content
(01:01:06) - Goodbye until Tomorrow
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1 hr 4 min
November 06, 2023Why Do People Hate Aurora Serverless?
Adam's wondering why people hate Aurora Serverless? What's happening with AWS rumors and Preinvent / Reinvent? Dax thinks Pulumi is the best infrastructure as code tool. And Adam wonders if he can stop being a jerk on Twitter.
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Links:
Features • GitHub Actions
Using Aurora Serverless v2 - Amazon Aurora
Let’s Encrypt
Low-Latency Content Delivery Network (CDN) - Amazon CloudFront - Amazon Web Services
RedwoodJS: The App Framework for Startups | RedwoodJS.com
AdonisJS - A fully featured web framework for Node.js
Pulumi - Universal Infrastructure as Code | Pulumi
Terraform by HashiCorp
Open Source Development Framework - AWS Cloud Development Kit - AWS

Topics discussed:
(00:00) - What's in a name?
(00:30) - Dax makes his own LUTS and Adam's still cold
(03:26) - Why do people hate Aurora Serverless V2
(10:31) - Preinvent, Reinvent, and AWS Rumors
(12:26) - Whats up with Open Search Serverless?
(29:18) - Lowering the bar for developer experience
(39:43) - SST update tease
(41:07) - Issues with Amazon CDK
(42:39) - Why is Pulumi is the best infastructure as code tool?
(51:00) - Do you lose the ability to roll back safely?
(52:37) - Being a jerk on Twitter
(59:02) - Hitting a milestone and stopping
(01:00:51) - Is AI really the next big thing?
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1 hr 5 min
November 02, 2023Serverless is Paid, Adam's GitHub Username, Dax VC'd, and Adam is Going to Teach
Serverless is going paid and Dax has thoughts, Adam really wants his GitHub username, why can you say illegal things on social media, Dax VC'd and learned a new word, Adam's obsessed with air purifiers, how can we Benjamin Button ourselves, and Adam is going to teach a AWS course.
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Links:
Shop Oura Ring
WHOOP | Unlock Your Potential
Serverless: Zero-Friction Serverless Apps On AWS Lambda & Beyond.
SST
Terraform by HashiCorp
Replicache
solidjs.com
Tailwind CSS - Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML.
Joel Hooks

Topics discussed:
(00:00) - Nice
(00:33) - Is Adam the only one staring at the sun?
(06:42) - Serverless is a paid thing now
(17:56) - Is open source sustainability an actual issue?
(21:03) - Cold plunge in fall weather
(23:10) - Adam's GitHub username
(28:16) - Why can you say illegal things on social media?
(32:29) - Are lawyers losing their job to ChatGPT?
(34:02) - Dax VC'd
(40:36) - Dax learns a new VC word
(41:43) - Being obsessed with air purifiers
(44:41) - Doing inside tracker
(46:22) - Getting old and still working
(48:36) - Adam is going to teach
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1 hr 2 min
October 30, 2023React'ing to Why Kent C. Dodds Won't Use Next.js
Dax and Adam read through Kent C. Dodds' article on Why He Won't Use Next.js and give their thoughts on the web platform, independence, Next.js eating React, collaboration, experimenting on users, too much magic, and complexity.
Oh and something's off with the X.
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Links:
Linear – A better way to build products
Dax on X: “the rest of us have literally no hope” / X
Next.js Conf
How About Tomorrow? | Next.js Conf 2022 Recap
Why I Won’t Use Next.js | Epic Web Dev by Kent C. Dodds
solidjs.com
Index - OpenNext
Scale & Ship Faster with a Composable Web Architecture | Netlify
Remix - Build Better Websites
Refactoring UI
Custom fonts without compromise using Next.js and next/font – Vercel
MooTools
Domainr · fast, free, domain name search, short URLs, new gTLDs, whois
Buy a domain name - Register cheap domain names from $0.99 - Namecheap
Live streaming with Riverside

Topics discussed:
(00:00) - Meeting Trash
(00:30) - X feels off
(03:28) - Design, easter eggs, and clothing style
(08:05) - NextJS Conf is our origin story
(10:07) - Why Kent C Dodds Won't Use Next.js
(16:41) - Whatever you use is probably fine
(19:21) - The web platform
(24:10) - Independance
(34:10) - NextJS is eating React
(36:04) - Collaboration has gone down
(40:22) - Experimenting on my users
(45:16) - Too much magic
(52:45) - Complexity
(55:39) - Stability
(56:34) - Capabilities
(58:05) - Twitter's logo as a unicode character
(01:01:40) - Back to the conclusion
(01:05:07) - Tech conference fomo
(01:08:00) - Is Dax an F1 fan?
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1 hr 13 min
October 26, 2023Is It Just About the Friends We Make Along the Way?
Adam went to TwitchCon, apparently people still smoke, dogs are the ultimate hedonist, React taint conversations open up a whole new world, and who are we if we're not defined by our categories on Twitch livestreams?
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Links:
TwitchCon
Ludwig Ahgren
AWS re:Invent 2023 | Amazon Web Services
Ricky Gervais | If You Spoil A Cat #shorts
trash on X: adam currently holds the title of most handsome dude in tech
Urban Dictionary: taint
Next.js Conf
Clerk | Authentication and User Management
Guillermo Rauch’s blog
Steve Jobs | Book by Walter Isaacson | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

Topics discussed:
(00:31) - TwitchCon was smoking
(09:10) - Sessions as panels instead of talks
(10:29) - What else was at TwitchCon
(16:34) - Dogs as the ultimate hedonist
(18:36) - React Taint
(28:15) - Can you have enemies in tech?
(32:51) - Are we playing a caricature in tech, or is it just the friends we make along the way?
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47 min
October 23, 2023Where Does Our Motivation to Fix Bugs, Exercise, Shop, or Become a Politician Come From?
Is Dax really not going to TwitchCon? Why hasn't video calling gotten better? Vercel makes an AI image generator mess. Are politicians really necessary? Does Florida have the worst drivers? And how is Adam so buff?
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Links:
TwitchCon
Age of Empires | Multiplayer Game Programming: An Overview of Networked Games
React Miami
Nico on X: “Part 2, it gets worse 💀💀 Apparently, @OpenDevLog was threatened by a Vercel employee because his domain name was too similar to the employee’s personal project. He threatened to get lawyers involved if the name wasn’t changed
lil uzi perf on X: “When you think about it, politicians are an antiquated technology, really only useful back when there wasn’t instant communication so we had to send a representative” / X
Fidel Castro
Adam's workout body tweet
Rogue Echo Bike V3.0

Topics discussed:
(00:00) - Transitioning from the previous episode...
(00:37) - Is Dax really sure he's not going to TwitchCon?
(02:06) - Learning about programming in video games
(05:45) - Will video ever not stop freezing?
(10:48) - Being motivated to fix bugs
(12:49) - Vercel AI image generator mess
(18:31) - Startup Marketing advice from Dax
(20:28) - Buying decisions influenced by bad behaviour
(24:43) - Are our opinions in the majority or minority?
(27:12) - Are politicians necessary?
(35:17) - Could Adam be a politician?
(37:20) - Getting pulled over by the police
(44:34) - Does self driving eliminate driving tickets?
(46:00) - Does Florida have the worst drivers?
(49:06) - Social accountability for fitness
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57 min
October 19, 2023Waking Up 💩, Learning and Pivoting, Serverless Apps, and the Committee on Entertainment
Dax woke up to a crappy situation, Adam's got a home theater problem and may have been kicked off the committee of entertainment, and Dax talks about how and what Bumi might pivot to become, and the lessons they've learned from the experience.
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Links:
Moonbow
Bumi (@withbumi) / X
Rocket Money
Linear – A better way to build products
Screens - Stewart
JBL SCL-6 Speakers
Letterboxd • Social film discovery.
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Topics discussed:
(00:00) - This is Me Trying
(01:02) - Waking up to a lovely smell
(05:11) - Sleeping as a superpower
(07:00) - Learning new natural phenomenons
(10:27) - Learning from Bumi about building for others
(18:14) - What Bumi could become instead
(27:16) - Serverless apps on maintenance mode
(34:27) - Home theater woes
(41:03) - Being moved to the committee of entertainment
(48:50) - Deciding on what movies to watch
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56 min

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