Benchmarking, Type Systems, and Good Hustle
Adam & Dax discuss Dax's recent efforts in benchmarking Vercel against OpenNext and then bring on Aaron Francis to discuss type systems and what good hustle looks like.
- (00:00) - Cold opens are cold
- (00:27) - Benchmarking stuff
- (05:38) - Vercel's response
- (08:04) - Adam is now a Laravel developer
- (09:38) - ...or maybe Svelte?
- (11:13) - Why Laravel?
- (13:06) - Why is PHP so chill and Javascript not?
- (19:35) - What makes it difficult in Javascript?
- (22:07) - Why doesn't someone use types?
- (23:12) - Does PHP have types?
- (29:01) - The benefits of waiting
- (32:42) - Is this Aaron's first role in devrel?
- (33:38) - What is your goal in your job?
- (39:11) - Devrels for hire
- (41:28) - What's your perfect Saturday?
- (45:27) - Once more for Laravel
Creators and Guests
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Guest
Aaron Francis
Sincere poster. No cynicism, no hot takes. Educator at @planetscaledata. Tweets about Laravel, MySQL, and building things.
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