Dax Raad
building @SST_dev and @withbumi
Appears in 114 Episodes
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...
Dax's Viral AI App, Being a Role Model, Clerk Raising $$, and Hacker News Fears
Adam wants to know more about Dax's AI app for movies. Is LinkedIn working for anyone these days? Are Adam and Dax role models? How YC adjacent are you? And what does ...
React, Reading, and Rituals
What's with the current discourse around React and RFCs? Adam's worried about his consumerism, and the possible significance of rituals in everyday life. Dax has start...
Realtime, Dev Tooling, AWS Pain, and Sleep Resets
Adam's lifestyle choices and sleep patterns, technical issues with CloudFlare, AWS and AI, real-time, push-based updates, the challenges faced by dev tool companies an...
Living 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 Homebri...
We'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 applic...
Bonus: Kombucha Influencers
Dax convinces Adam that the Kombucha he bought is exclusive so Adam is forced to buy it.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:Radiate KombuchaTop...
We'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 o...
Why 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 too...
Serverless 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, ...
React'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, collabora...
Is 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...
Where 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 h...
Waking 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...
Slacking, Adam Streamed, Hiking, Writing, and Getting Addicted to Things
Adam streamed! Live! On Twitch! What's happened to Slack? Cloud based vs on prem servers. How do you define a hike? Dax contemplates building a Hackintosh. Getting add...
Local Weather + Food, Buying New vs Buying Used, and Planning for Retirement
Adam and Dax discuss the importance of seasonal weather awareness and the concept of farm-to-table food. They delve into the idea of luxury goods debate between buying...
Recording Everything Everywhere All at Once
In this episode Adam and Dax talk about the contrasting vibes between the real world and the computer world, the ethics of recording everything one sees or hears, foll...
Melkey and Dax on Routine, SST, Startup Relationships, and Goal Setting
Melkey's back to talk with Dax about routine changes, getting COVID, finding balance between life and work, how SST makes money, could SST get bought, determining if y...
Adam Has a Cold and Dax Has Cats, and Everyone Is Retiring to Tweet More
In this episode: Adam gets a cold, living in a character house versus the suburbs, the challenge of returning to something you had to give up, reasons behind Dax's lov...
Glauber Costa of Turso on Startups, Naming, and Pricing
Dax chats with Glauber Costa about his career path to this point, starting Turso, avoiding ending up in the tarpit of ideas, issues with naming the Edge, what Turso is...
Adam Nearly Dies, Upgrading iPhones, Svelte, and More Astro Fun
Adam finds out the hard way that everyone is using morphine totally wrong, Adam and Dax debate upgrading their iPhones, Dax educates Adam on Svelte and Astro, and if A...
Bun 1.0, Restarting JavaScript, and Darth Vercel
Is it better to burn out or to fade away as a content creator—or is Adam just a quiet quitter? Our thoughts on Bun's 1.0, bundling, pnpm, rebooting JavaScript, and is ...
DHH on TypeScript, Enterprise Sales, Weather Fears, and Adam Watches a Movie
The fun of a DHH rant and the ensuing storm of reactions, planning vacations, how SST is looking at enterprise sales, TwitchCon plans, enjoying fall weather and tornad...