How About Tomorrow?
How About Tomorrow?

How About Tomorrow?

Adam Elmore & Dax Raad

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Adam and Dax discuss web technologies, the internet, and the future of (basically) everything.

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OpenAI and MCP, Poking Replit, and Terminal's Launch Week
MAR 31, 2025
OpenAI and MCP, Poking Replit, and Terminal's Launch Week

Terminal's launch week was also a bad week for CEOs, prepping for ReactMiami, Adam unintentionally pokes Replit, thoughts on the new AI image models, and Dax updates Adam on the world news he missed while travelling.


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Sponsor: Terminal now offers a monthly box called Cron.

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Topics:

  • (00:00) - Adam loves goooooooooold
  • (00:38) - Good... how are you?
  • (01:39) - OpenAI and MCP
  • (07:28) - Where can I use opencontrol?
  • (16:10) - Are the vibes true? No cap?
  • (21:29) - Poking Replit
  • (29:30) - It was a bad week for CEOs
  • (31:57) - Terminal's launch week
  • (35:49) - Prepping for ReactMiami
  • (41:05) - Thoughts on the new AI image model
  • (47:17) - When things cross all the bubbles in Twitter
  • (49:59) - Adam unplugged - what's happening in the world?
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63 MIN
Sam Lambert Returns: Building Great Things by Playing the Long Game
MAR 17, 2025
Sam Lambert Returns: Building Great Things by Playing the Long Game

Sam Lambert returns to chat about the launch of PlanetScale Metal, the importance of looking past averages, constraints of working with Amazon, how building good software is like building an airline, thoughts on the standard software dev playbooks, advice for younger developers, and reflections on killing the free tier at PlanetScale.


Links:

Sponsor: Terminal now offers a monthly box called Cron.

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Topics:

  • (00:00) - The fun of building with paranoia
  • (00:39) - The party
  • (03:20) - How was the launch of PlanetScale Metal?
  • (09:34) - How is Planetscale Metal different?
  • (14:32) - The importance of looking beyond the averages
  • (20:46) - Constraints of working within Amazon
  • (27:48) - How do you know that a random bug won't bring everything down?
  • (33:08) - Building good software is like building an airline
  • (34:47) - PlanetScale changes one year later
  • (40:41) - Is there a standard playbook for selling software you follow?
  • (48:29) - Hype ruins so much software
  • (01:01:30) - I have no advice to give to younger developers
  • (01:08:09) - How do you reflect on killing the free tier?
  • (01:18:30) - Playing the long game instead of listening to tech Twitter
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87 MIN
Claude Code, MCP, Free Will, and the Price of Maple Syrup
MAR 10, 2025
Claude Code, MCP, Free Will, and the Price of Maple Syrup

Adam's hooked on Claude Code, why the sudden panic over MCP (model context protocol), OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Claude, why is Sam Altman so annoying, do we believe in free will, and are we on the slow decline of America—and more importantly, will Dax have to learn a new language?!


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Sponsor: Terminal now offers a monthly box called Cron.

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Topics:

  • (00:00) - A great start
  • (00:30) - Allergy season
  • (02:06) - Claude Code thoughts
  • (18:27) - Examples of using Claude Code to code
  • (20:32) - Contrasting OpenAI vs Anthropic's approach
  • (22:54) - What is it about Sam Altman that we don't actually like?
  • (26:49) - Believing in free will
  • (35:50) - What doesn't Dax want to have to do
  • (40:30) - How does the client actually work?
  • (44:55) - What's going on in geopolitical world?
  • (01:04:20) - What is Git Worktree?
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66 MIN
Aaron Boodman on Building Zero, Local-First, and Living in Hawaii
MAR 3, 2025
Aaron Boodman on Building Zero, Local-First, and Living in Hawaii

Aaron Boodman joins us to chat about his tech journey from building Greasemonkey, working on Google Chrome, being obsessed with sync on the web, Replicache, to his new project, Zero.


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Sponsor: Terminal now offers a monthly box called Cron.

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Topics:

  • (00:00) - He waved
  • (00:29) - Looking like Hawaii
  • (09:34) - Introducing Aaron Boodman
  • (14:34) - Aaron's journey in tech
  • (27:50) - Why is Aaron addicted to sync?
  • (43:04) - The struggles of marketing tech
  • (51:22) - Where does Zero fit in my tech stack?
  • (56:37) - Do you install a package on your server to use Zero?
  • (01:01:46) - If you have a lot of data, can you parse what to send down?
  • (01:09:03) - Why more people should use Zero
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76 MIN