
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Change my mind (Friends)
Feb 21, 2025 · 1 hr 56 min · 168.0 MB
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Jerod and Adam use Chris Kiehl’s post on development topics he’s changed his mind on (over the last 10 years) as a proxy for discussion on dev things they HAVE and HAVE NOT changed their minds on.
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Featuring:
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Software development topics I’ve changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry
- File over app — Steph Ango
- ssh - How can I set customise settings for htop? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
- The Cleanest Mac/PC Hybrid Desk Setup You’ve Seen by @Ludalx on YouTube
- Amy Hoy
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temporal.ioReplay in London, March 3-5
replay.temporal.ioFly.io
fly.ioCheck out the speedrun
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jerodsanto.netGitHub
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linkedin.comMastodon
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linkedin.comMastodon
changelog.socialX
x.comFile over app — Steph Ango
stephango.comssh - How can I set customise settings for htop? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
unix.stackexchange.com@Ludalx on YouTube
youtube.comAmy Hoy
amyhoy.comPRs welcome!
github.com
- 0:00Let's talk!
- 0:38Sponsor: Retool
- 3:23Start the show!
- 3:53Wordsmithing blog titles
- 8:43REPLs are not useful design tools
- 13:02Most programing should be done long before code is written
- 21:25Take no pride in understanding complexity
- 22:11Adam hasn't changed his mind on...?
- 29:53Jerod hasn't changed his mind on...?
- 39:07Sponsor: Augment Code
- 42:37Colaboration is still hard (if not harder)
- 45:58Software can't solve people problems
- 53:40Let's talk to Steph Ango (Obsidian)
- 55:48Don't obsessively tweak your environment
- 58:10Tweaking htop
- 1:12:19My tools can't help you do what I do (at the level I do it)
- 1:18:55Sponsor: Temporal
- 1:20:59Every dev should learn SQL
- 1:31:33Just in time learning
- 1:45:03Adam's AI Homelab is runnning on Windows 11 Pro
- 1:48:07Should we be running AI services locally?
- 1:52:53Bye friends
- 1:52:59Closing thoughts and stuff