December 21, 2023

Open-Source, Payload, and Sim Racing with James Mikrut

1 hour 1 minute

The world of programming can be complex, but some developers find beauty in keeping coding clean, simple, and straightforward. This philosophy led developer James Mikrut to write his entire codebase in functional programming.

James is the founder and CEO of Payload, an application framework that he describes as a backend with an API and an automatically generated admin panel. The framework is built with React, Node.js, and Typescript. James reveals the evolution of his project from a licensed tool to a thriving open-source platform. He explains the pivotal decision to embrace open-source, and shares how user feedback steered Payload towards greater heights.

In this episode, James talks to Robbie and Chuck about the culture of open-source, the reason Payload switched to open-source, and the world of sim racing.

Key Takeaways

[00:39] - Introduction to James Mikrut.

[02:36] - A whiskey review: Coopers’ Craft Bourbon.

[17:47] - Tech hot takes.

[41:52] - Why Payload switched to open-source.

[55:18] - Chuck, Robbie, and James talk about gaming.

[57:37] - What career would James choose if he wasn’t in tech?

Quotes

[01:10] - “I saw the need for a proper application framework in Typescript and all the modern bells and whistles, and I started Payload.” ~ James Mikrut

[32:06] - “The web is winning, and I’m a big fan of that.” ~ James Mikrut

[48:25] - “Really, what Payload is, it's a back end with an API and an automatically generated admin panel.” ~ James Mikrut

Links

James Mikrut Twitter

James Mikrut LinkedIn

Payload

Coopers' Craft Bourbon

Old Forester

Brown-Forman Brand

Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey

Woodford Reserve

New Holland Brewing

Founders Brewing Co.

Milwaukee's Best

Intuit

Internal Revenue Service

Drizzle

SST

React Miami

React

SvelteKit

Next.js

Angular JS

National Geographic

Backbone.js

ThePrimeagen

Next.js Conf

Counter-Strike

Tailwind CSS

Vanilla CSS

Beekeeper Studio

Slack

Discord

Microsoft Teams

GitHub

NPM

FIFA 23

Twitter

Mac

Zoom

Cloudflare

Linux

Jira

Zendesk

WordPress

Fortnite

PUBG

iRacing

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Chuck Carpenter

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By RobbieTheWagner, Charles William Carpenter III, Adam Argyle, and The Radcast Network

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