Missouri Humidity and AI Hype Cycles

Dax and Adam talk about melted protein bars and the weather in Missouri, to deeper reflections on living conditions, food choices, aging, and the impact of technology on their lives. City versus suburban living, the complexities of homelessness, the current AI hype cycle, programming practices, and the evolution of technology trends, highlighting the challenges and excitement that come with adapting to new tools and workflows.

Links:

• Gartner hype cycle - Wikipedia
• v0 by Vercel
• ThePrimeagen - YouTube
• Arch Linux
• Buy Mac Studio - Apple (CA)
• i3 – i3: improved tiling X11 window manager
• Raycast - Your shortcut to everything
• AeroSpace Guide
• WezTerm - Wez’s Terminal Emulator
• Ghostty
• GitHub - sst/opentui: OpenTUI is a TypeScript library for building terminal user interfaces (TUIs)
• Bun – A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
• Home ⚡ Zig Programming Language
• GitHub - BurntSushi/ripgrep: ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
• The Go Programming Language

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Topics:

• (00:00) - Adam's going cordless
• (00:34) - Protein bars melt in the Florida heat
• (03:28) - Is there anything good about living in Missouri?
• (07:23) - Cursed with the knowledge of better things
• (11:38) - Living in the city vs rural country life
• (13:48) - Explaining homelessness to your kids
• (22:01) - Every city needs two mayors
• (23:31) - Eras of tech Twitter
• (26:25) - Where is AI coding in the hype cycle?
• (35:08) - Knowing when to reach for AI
• (42:52) - Dax's window management hack
• (46:17) - Local LLMs on macOS
• (49:00) - Wezterm vs Ghostty
• (53:28) - We need to talk about OpenTUI
• (01:06:37) - Being born sucks
• (01:11:30) - How did we survive castles and dragons and war?

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