Description

Intro topic: Smart homes

News/Links:

• SpaceX Starship Flight Test Five / Six
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKI7y3DTXk
• ShareDB
  • https://github.com/share/sharedb
• Orion AR Glasses
  • https://about.fb.com/news/2024/09/introducing-orion-our-first-true-augmented-reality-glasses/
• Blade and Sorcery 1.0 is out
  • https://www.meta.com/experiences/blade-sorcery-nomad/2031826350263349/
    

Book of the Show

• Patrick: 
  • The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
    • https://amzn.to/4fry2XW
• Jason: 
  • Masters of Doom
    • https://amzn.to/3YxuD3c
      

Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

Tool of the Show

• Patrick: 
  • Balatro
    • https://www.playbalatro.com/
• Jason: 
  • Cursor IDE
    • https://www.cursor.com/
      

Topic: Working from Home

• Intro
• Background & WFH experiences
• Is it Panacea?
  • Realizing it works better for some than others
  • Internally Motivated
• Scheduling
• Communications
• Home Setup
  • Dedicated space
  • Handling Non-work Distractions
  • Keyboards, Monitors, Music, … Desk related things
• The specter of RTO