Dax Raad

Dax Raad

building @SST_dev and @withbumi

Appears in 106 Episodes

DHH Talks Apple, Linux, and Running Servers

DHH talks with us about his journey back to Linux, Apple's control over the App Store, setting up servers on the web, and tries out Terminal coffee.Want to carry on th...

The Kids These Days Don't Know How To Do It Right đź‘´

Dax is sick, but his voice sounds amazing so you should still listen, we streamed a basketball game in Dallas, rented a Lambo, went to Laracon 2024, muse on VPS comple...

Native vs Web, Managers, and What's Happening Today in Dallas

We're flying (or in) Dallas as you listen to this - ps who is actually listening to this? We chat native vs web apps, backend vs frontend, managers vs no manager jobs,...

Slicing a Nice Piece of Bacon

Adam's moved his office, the arbitrary nature of exercise, prepping for the Laracon basketball game, Dax explains breaking at the Olympics, Dax sliced off a nice piece...

The History of the World and How it Scales with Sam Lambert

Sam Lambert stops by to talk Unifi networking, cooking meat, microplastics, disease research, the history of the world, scaling at PlanetScale, and why people love Pos...

BS Jobs, Redundancy in Software, Self Driving Cars, and Dax's List

The eternal debate of freelance life vs being employed at a larger company, small teams vs big teams, bullshit jobs, self driving cars are finally discussed, Twitter V...

Being Weird About 100 Eps, Crowdstrike Bugs, and Chris Joins Us with Clips

It's episode 100 time but don't worry, Adam's not being weird about it at all. We're thinking about how normies understand things like the Crowdstrike bug, Adam thinks...

Scrolling Bugs, Pursuing Optimization, and Number Go Up is Good

Dax went to hell and back for a scrolling bug, what do we lose in the pursuit of optimization at all costs, what kind of business do we want to build, Adam is definite...

Terminal Coffee Updates, and Dax Analyzes Adam (again)

Adam is tired, Dax tries to help analyze Adam in a surprisingly kind way, struggling to fend off grifters, Terminal Coffee updates, and Rspack news.Want to carry on th...

Open Source Drama, Streaming Productivity, and the State of JavaScript

Adam and Dax both got hairdids, Adam learns how a tattoo is installed, why can't we be more productive while live streaming, bringing out our different personalities i...

Matt Pocock on Voice Coaching, Communication, Gaming, and Teaching How to Code

Matt chats with Adam and Dax about becoming a voice coach and how that's translated to creating courses and writing books for people wanting to learn TypeScript and co...

Dan Abramov on Working at Bluesky, React, and the Social Internet

Dan Abramov chats with us about getting hired at Meta, making the move to Bluesky, centralized vs decentralized, product work vs framework work, Bluesky's development ...

How About Mostly Technical?

Adam and Dax were guests on the Mostly Technical podcast and so we're rebroadcasting that conversation on our feed for your listening pleasure. We take on the Laravel ...

What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence

Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence join us to talk about whether "full stack" is a term worth using in 2024, how Laravel differs from Rails, why there isn't a real JavaSc...

New Banana Ice Cream, Coffee Partners, Google IO and OpenAI, and Opportunity Costs for Engineers

Can you tell that Adam's moved his desk? We talk about how Adam's making banana ice cream, time travel possibilities, the opportunities afforded us as software enginee...

Parenting is Exactly Like Owning a Dog—And What's the Point of Being Alive?

Dax has parenting advice for everyone, Adam worries about the point of even living, college as a scam, and theories on the anxious generation.Want to carry on the conv...

The Origins of Terminal.Shop

Are Dax and Adam (and the rest of the Terminal.shop crew) drug dealers? We're talking about the coffee industry, what Terminal.shop is built on, the origin story of Te...

Reacting to Miami + Launching a Company in the Terminal

Everyone's recovering from React Miami and the party at Dax's - oh and we launched a company for buying products like coffee in the terminal! Want to carry on the conv...

The Last One Before React Miami

Adam's flying as you read this, and he's definitively not still sick. We're talking about Adam's internet being hacked, updates on our secret project, Cloudflare news,...

Is AI Just 5 Crypto Bros in a Trenchcoat?

How long do you think Adam's crazy expensive Apple monitor will last? Dax tries to pass off all his front end tasks to Liz, Lambda fixed a streaming bug, Adam catches ...

Determining Success for a Startup, Bundling & Unbundling, Big vs Small Dev Teams

Adam tries on a chain for Florida, Linear fixes GitHub Issues issue for Dax, big vs small vs medium dev teams, how long do startup devs actually have to develop, how m...

SST Ion Update, Benefits of SQLite, Adam Goes Zed, Dax Goes Mac, and Getting Old

Dax talks about the launch of SST Ion, a video he shot to promote it and get ahead of the q's people ask, what the migration path is like, should companies still do a ...

PlanetScale, Devin and AI Future, Cameo, and Picking Movies for Adam

A brief list of topics discussed in this brief episode: New Jersey follow up from last episode, PlanetScale layoffs and performative twitter responses, free tiers aren...

Part 2 With Ken Wheeler - AI Farming, Adam Feels Nothing, and Dax Has Terrible Internet

Dax's internet is bad, but so are all the internet providers. Should Ken buy a farm as a backup plan to when AI takes over? And does Adam ever feel anything at all? Wh...

Where Did Dax Move, Adam Learns About Grills, and a Chat with Ken Wheeler (Part 1)

Dax is on the move, Adam learns about grills, and Ken Wheeler stops by for a two episode conversation arc. In this episode we're comparing weather, what we do in a hot...

AI Coworkers, Dax's Twitter Rules, Planetscale Insights, and Adam's Health(care)

The SM7B is everywhere. Adam and Dax can't wait for their AI coworkers to arrive, but should you be concerned about your job with AI? And what does E/ACC mean? Adam as...

Are Software Developers Like Movie Producers, or Are We Software Engineers?

Adam and Dax recognize they love monotony and physicality in work, and so are making plans for a post software career, Adam needs your help picking out a good movie to...

Dax's Vision Pro Review, Cloud Pricing, Rebuilding Plex, and Moving to an AI Utopia

Adam's brain gets thrown off course, software rot vs serverless life, subscription payments vs one time payment myths, framework devs vs app devs, Adam figures out wha...

Do We Need More Haters? Why is SST Using Bun? And Does Adam Need Drugs?

Can you control your body with your mind? What about your stomach and food? Adam's got more questions about Dax's tweets, SST is changing to Bun, Adam's tired of all t...

New Money vs Old Money, Dax Explains a Tweet, and Should Adam Skip Svelte and Go Solid?

Why don't food companies sponsor podcasts? How rich does Adam need to get to build his own compound? Adam debates skipping on Svelte Melt and going all in on Solid wit...

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