
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
An aberrant generation of programmers (Friends)
Aug 18, 2023 · 1 hr 22 min · 78.9 MB
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Our friend Justin Searls recently published a widely-read essay on enthusiast programmers, inter-generational conflict & what we do with this information. That seemed like a good conversation starter, so we grabbed Justin and Landon Gray to discuss. Let’s talk!
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Featuring:
- Justin Searls – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
- Landon Gray – LinkedIn
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Justin’s post
- Justin’s monthly newsletter
- Justin’s Ruby Kaigi coverage
- Justin’s previous Changelog appearances
- Test Double
- nodenv
- Destroy All Software
- Louisville’s AI Schoolbus Route fiasco
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
widely-read essay
blog.testdouble.comJoin the discussion
changelog.zulipchat.comChangelog++
changelog.comFastly
fastly.comfastly.com
fastly.comFly.io
fly.ioTypesense
cloud.typesense.orgWebsite
justin.searls.coGitHub
github.comMastodon
mastodon.socialX
x.comLinkedIn
linkedin.comWebsite
jerodsanto.netGitHub
github.comLinkedIn
linkedin.comMastodon
changelog.socialX
x.comWebsite
adamstacoviak.comGitHub
github.comLinkedIn
linkedin.comMastodon
changelog.socialX
x.comJustin’s monthly newsletter
justin.searls.coJustin’s Ruby Kaigi coverage
blog.testdouble.comJustin’s previous Changelog appearances
changelog.comTest Double
testdouble.comnodenv
github.comDestroy All Software
destroyallsoftware.comLouisville’s AI Schoolbus Route fiasco
apnews.comPRs welcome!
github.com
- 0:00Let's talk!
- 0:38Old friends & new friends
- 1:034+ people podcasts
- 1:42Conferencing on hard mode
- 2:37Justin the Rubyist
- 4:45Justin & Friends
- 5:21Era of the enthusiast programmers
- 11:36Landon's introduction
- 13:39Thoughts on the post
- 16:25Experiment with the world
- 19:32Inter-generational conflict
- 26:47Jerod's passion
- 28:10Defining generations
- 30:30Evolved marketing
- 32:21Landon's coding journey
- 36:19Justin's intro to programming
- 37:52Napster
- 39:5110x dev
- 41:26Landon on passion
- 44:47Atypical traits
- 46:48#LearnToCode
- 48:55Friendly dev tools
- 50:12It's a numbers game
- 53:03Landon on persistence
- 57:37Obligatory shift to AI
- 1:02:40Stopping at 'make it work'
- 1:03:16AI as training wheels
- 1:07:07More grit
- 1:09:14This house of cards
- 1:14:47Taking the wheels off
- 1:15:30High stakes
- 1:18:14How do we land this plane
- 1:19:07We're going to figure it out!
- 1:20:23Landon'ing the plane
- 1:20:46Coming up next (Changelog++!)