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Mostly Technical48: Mostly NPTM with Caleb Porzio & Daniel CoulbourneAaron is joined this week by Caleb Porzio (back-to-back weeks!) and Daniel Coulbourne (first-time guest!) to dive deep into prep for Laracon, text editors, something called the "side eye verify", Aaron's recent blog post, and a whole lot more.Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.(00:00) - I Was A Reply Guy
(04:59) - Power Broker / King Maker
(11:10) - Torchlight Update
(16:38) - Editor Talk
(28:02) - Eeking Out
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(37:56) - Give Credit Where It's Due
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No Plans to MergeWe live. We die. We live againIt has been too long.Caleb's empire is taking new shape.Daniel sold out the mint and is in the beginning stages of HIS empire.Oculus questAdonisJSBotHeadAlpine by LivewireWe are gonna need some outhouses.
2022-05-062h 28No Plans to MergeThe 90We talk about the Dwight D. Eisenhower Interstate system.
Florida is full of people from New Jersey.
Input masking and React Plugins are both hard nuts to crack.
Caleb is home. It's grind time.
2022-04-071h 12No Plans to MergeThe Final Boss of Developer AestheticWe do a very good 40 minute Youtube recommendations segment.Devaslife: https://www.youtube.com/c/devaslifePrinces of the Yen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Ac7ap_MAYPrinciples for Dealing with the Changing World Order: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguam0TKMw8
2022-03-181h 16No Plans to MergeBack and Better than EverDaniel is a modern fullstack serverless buzzword bingo javascript developer.Caleb is doing yoga on the lanai.This episode brought to you by Tensorflow.
2022-02-171h 59No Plans to MergeAruba Jamaica Oooh I Wanna Take YaIt's a quick one because Caleb simply has to go.We talk about an Alpine pattern, seafood, and a brief outro on NFTs
2022-01-301h 002022-01-171h 392021-12-101h 02No Plans to MergeAeropress and ADHDWe talk about coffee mechanisms, some alpine news, and a big segment on ADHD. Also Daniel is very bullish on those Dapper Ducks.
2021-12-041h 39No Plans to MergeMax is not well-liked at schoolMax is a misunderstood good boy. Where is Daniel's passport? React. Dom. Collections just feel heavy....
2021-11-292h 09No Plans to MergeHome AutomationWe talk about home automation and Caleb starts to pitch us on his Pot Heads NFT when disaster strikes.
2021-11-131h 19No Plans to MergeCaleb Keeps Buying Things (House, Fridge, M1)We're back. Everyone was awake at the agreed upon time.
We talk about Caleb's house, The fridge. The facebook guys with trucks, the Macbooks and some Livewire and Alpine jazz
2021-11-041h 42No Plans to MergeThis is Your Brain on TransducersWe talk about drugs, and the great and good drug called transducers.
2021-10-091h 45No Plans to MergeNFTs Are a Scam and We are Doing OneBrock is here. NFTs are a total scam. We are making an NFT. We briefly touch on the super complicated topic of transducers.
2021-10-011h 13No Plans to MergeFour Hard Tech TopicsDaniel has no life, only programming. This leads to an episode with zero talk of knots.
2021-09-241h 23No Plans to MergeWhat's Coming To Livewire (etc.)LINKS:Melvor IdleHannanie - I Forced 100 People to Pick Cabbages... Now I'm Rich Caleb's 3 Approaches to Arrays of Models
2021-09-031h 50No Plans to MergeLil Livewire JobLil Dicky is great. Daniel's got a new Livewire gig with lots of fun problems to dive into. You know?
2021-08-271h 13No Plans to MergeEmbrace the GrindCaleb is streamlining his setup. All mini-wheats before noon. Daniel beat Dragon Slayer 2. What is the point of Minecraft? Whose trip is it? Can I bring my gat? Checksum invalid what does this even mean?
2021-08-201h 222021-08-051h 352021-07-231h 14No Plans to MergeGithub CopilotThe fellas dive deep into the technical social and political implications of Github Copilot.
2021-07-141h 36No Plans to MergeCaptain Tying KnotsThe bowline knot is useful for tying a fixed loop in the end of a line. Why would you ever need that? Tune in to find out.
Also Caleb killed issues, Daniel is excited about Medusa, Livewire is going to be on the first page next week.
Drinking out of Cups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm5o_r4Lyc0
2021-06-251h 302021-06-1038 minNo Plans to MergeJavaScript Framework GutsIn this ep. Deek and Caleb go deep on framework implications in Vue, React, Svelte, Alpine yayada. We also talk about all the things Caleb so selfishly needs to communicate to Daniel about what he's been up to. It's just a hoot if I ever had one.
2021-05-281h 40No Plans to MergeRecursive LivewireThis is episode is a real good deep tech one where we explore different Livewire component structures and Alpine yiznaz.
2021-05-2157 minNo Plans to MergeAlpine V3 InternalsThe YouTube live story arc continues. Daniel is getting a new bed. Alpine is getting a new mutation observer.
2021-05-071h 292021-05-012h 14No Plans to MergeThe Japan EpisodeCaleb takes the opportunity to finally ask all the questions he's ever wanted to know about Daniel's mysterious childhood in Japan.
2021-04-161h 212021-04-071h 47No Plans to MergeDaniel is Going Freelance!Daniel is going freelance. Caleb is speaking at Laracon Online. Daniel got a new dog (a good good boy). Open Source is not first-come-first-serve?
2021-03-161h 20No Plans to MergeFam- Daniel has a brand new package idea.- Caleb is an admiral. - Caleb has a business plan.- Alpine day is a conference.- What do you get the man who has everything?
2021-02-261h 33No Plans to MergeAlpine DayThe Reindeer are a bunch of hatin' ass clout-chasers.Alpine day is coming with lots of huge speakers.Building an RV can cause you to take drastic action.Brock will always bail you out, but at what cost.
2021-02-192h 05No Plans to MergeI'm a sailor. I sail.Caleb is considering adding a new unfinished project to the stack.
Daniel is experimenting with PHPStorm.
2021-02-051h 252021-01-291h 362021-01-151h 45No Plans to MergeHotwire, Websockets, And Extent Card GamesCaleb, where'd you go man? You're wandering in your mind palace.
2021-01-081h 54No Plans to MergeRefactoring EverythingThis week we talk about refactoring everything... and hip hop
2020-12-181h 142020-12-042h 06No Plans to MergeOur Thanksgiving SpecialDaniel and Caleb talk about aloooootttta things here folks. Tune in.
2020-11-252h 112020-11-131h 00No Plans to MergeHackingAs promised:https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/77/https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/54/
2020-10-301h 022020-10-231h 16No Plans to MergeThe Theoretical AgencyThis ones a good one. You should listen to the whole thing. We come up with something.
2020-10-161h 582020-10-091h 38No Plans to MergeWhat Even Is Event Sourcing Daniel?Curious about event sourcing? What it is? Pros, cons, tradeoffs? This is your episode.
2020-09-231h 362020-09-041h 022020-08-191h 182020-08-111h 18No Plans to MergeTank, Healer, DPSThis one was recorded about 2 weeks ago, but we like it a lot. Sorry for the downtime
2020-08-0657 minNo Plans to Merge♥️ JS Nation Live ♥️Caleb has been invited to speak at the most prestigious web conference in the world. He's also up for a major award.
2020-07-011h 24No Plans to MergeHoneyBadger.io is matching donations to Community Bail FundsDONATE HERE: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/nptmHey folks. We are the hosts of No Plans To Merge, a programming podcast. A sponsor of ours, Honeybadger.io, has agreed to match up to $2,000 worth of contributions to these bail fund charities. We are also personally matching up to $500 in contributions, meaning that if we can raise $2,500 dollars here, that will have $5,000 worth of impact to these organizations.We support the demonstrators who have been and continue to be protesting against police brutality in memory of George Floyd. Unfortunately police are continuing to abuse, harrass...
2020-06-0506 minNo Plans to MergeBalanceThis episode is about everything. All of it. All at once. In all the right ways.
2020-05-201h 40No Plans to MergeCaleb's Beach DaysIn this episode we discuss Caleb's Beach Days, DocBlocks, and a new Design Fidelity System for reviewing collaborative designs.
2020-05-121h 25No Plans to MergeImprovisational Knot TyingIn this episode Daniel and Caleb discuss the wonderful science of Knot tying, some Alpine components, and so much more.
2020-05-061h 14No Plans to MergeHang a Lantern On ItMakem and Clancy - Red is the RoseYou Look Nice TodayHang a Lantern
2020-04-2659 minNo Plans to MergeThe Elements Of StyleDaniel and Caleb discuss Rogue Amoeba apps, the game of Go, and the Elements of StyleRogue AmoebaAlphaGo DocumentaryThe Elements of Style
2020-04-1740 minNo Plans to MergeThe Secret Alpine RewriteDaniel digs in on some crazy, wacky babel-in-blade stuff. Caleb insists that we invented it.Caleb is secretly rewriting Alpine.js. Please don't tell anyone. It's a secret.Boys are back. We have a new recording time. It's all coming up Milhouse.
2020-04-101h 34No Plans to MergeCatching UpIt's been a while! Lots has happened. Coronavirus is happening. Daniel started a new Job. Many conferences have been cancelled.
Sorry about the long interval. We're going to try to get back on a more regular schedule, but as you surely know, the world is crazy right now.
2020-04-031h 29No Plans to MergeMostly LaughingFor some reason we can't keep it together this week.
This episode was fully edited with Click!
2020-03-031h 08No Plans to MergeDaniel Quit TightenIt's all in the title today. Daniel is on to the next thing. It's right on the tin.InterNACHI
2020-02-201h 18No Plans to MergeFunding Opensource Software AKA Sponsorware™On this episode we try to figure out how Caleb can avoid getting a real job.Sponsorware?? Spoiler alert: It's sponsorware.
2020-01-311h 08No Plans to MergeThe Ultimate Podcast Workflow [RE-UPLOAD]We dedicate this entire episode to fixing the very bad workflow od recording and editing podcasts. We are going to build a thing and we need your help.EDIT: Irony of ironies, this podcast about how bad making podcasts is was totally corrupted. I've fixed the export and this is a re-upload
2020-01-261h 10No Plans to MergeLet's Become SEO Affiliate MarketersIn this episode Daniel and Caleb lay aside their ascetic ponchos in favor of the glitz and glamour of affiliate marketing and SEO. This week, folks, we're in the money.
2020-01-171h 10No Plans to MergeUgh, Webpack... Let's Talk BuildsCan we just be real about dealing with Webpack? Also, lots of other goods in this ep!
2020-01-081h 09No Plans to MergeThe Market Is Everything feat. Justin JacksonJustin Jackson, founder of Transistor.fm and host of the Build Your SaaS podcast joins us to talk about all kinds of stuff from finding a market for Livewire to the cause of avalanches. This is one of the good ones.
2019-12-271h 46No Plans to MergeVisual DebtThis week we talk nothing but visual debt. Exclusively. For the entire time.
2019-12-131h 21No Plans to MergeProject-X And An Obscure JavaScript Statement You've Never Heard OfThis week the fellas talk about a new JS framework Caleb is building called Project-X and all the fun obscure JavaScript features he's uncovered along the way. Good times here.
2019-12-0654 minNo Plans to MergeReligious ProgrammingThis episode, Daniel and Caleb talk about Europe traveling, troubling tweets, and objective truths of the universe.
2019-11-131h 08No Plans to Merge"Steeped" in Laravel NovaIn this episode, we talk about drinking tea and using Laravel Nova.
2019-10-3140 minNo Plans to MergeArguing About Writing Less JSThis episode Daniel and Caleb cover the "Write Less JS" fiercely. There's some real head to head stuff in here, but it ends in a resolution as always. Good times.
2019-10-172h 09No Plans to MergeFun Testing Technique, Inversion Of Control, And Other...ThingsThis week, we talk about a new technique Daniel used in his test and how it can be applied to other scenarios. We also talk about open source issues, IoC (and practical implementations), etc...
2019-10-101h 10No Plans to MergeHow Much Money Do We Make?This week we talk about how much money we've made in the past, and how much money we currently make. Real numbers, no vagueness.
2019-10-0353 minNo Plans to MergeThe Problem With Updating FactoriesThis week, we talk about some common scenarios where your tests pass, but production fails. The root cause? Updating model factories without migrating old data in production. We dig into the problem and see if there are any silver bullet solutions.
2019-09-251h 00No Plans to MergeThe War On Webpack (And how ridiculously smart Phoenix LiveView is)This week we talk about how to avoid bundling your JavaScript (at least in the traditional webpacky sense), and we dive into what's new with Phoenix LiveView (spoiler: a ton!)
2019-09-191h 19No Plans to Mergegetenv() & Livewire CachingToday, Caleb and D Coul talk about an odd situation involving Laravel's new strategy for handling Laravel's environment variables. They also go into a hawt new feature for Livewire: backend caching.
2019-09-111h 08No Plans to MergeLaravel 6, Space, And A Cool Eloquent TrickThis episode, we talk Laravel 6, deploying to the ISS, and a sweet Eloquent tactic max has been using recently to refactor legacy code.
2019-09-041h 12No Plans to MergeAsk Us Anything #1This episode we answer ~30 questions from listeners. We cover lots of ground - gear up!
2019-08-271h 47No Plans to MergeWe Brainstorm Insanely Cool Livewire ThingsThis episode, we talk about building Livewire Fiddle, some cool new features in Livewire and we brainstorm a ridiculously cool potential addition to Livewire that will most certainly blow your mind as it has ours.
2019-08-191h 43No Plans to MergeThe Power Of Pair ProgrammingThis week we talk about some not as obvious benefits of pair programming. And of course a bunch of other stuff.
2019-08-121h 14No Plans to MergeLaunching Livewire At LaraconThis week, we talk about the fun we had at Laracon. We do lots of other fun meanderings, talk about working on things casually, and the good ole' days!
2019-08-031h 23No Plans to MergeListen To This On The Flight To LaraconThis week Daniel and Caleb talk about gearing up for Laracon, twitter stuff, debugging code, and probably a bunch of other good stuff. It's the perfect Laracon flight companion.
2019-07-221h 25No Plans to MergeLaravel Testing Problems (And Solutions!)This week we talk about some things we find annoying when writing tests in Laravel and brainstorm some cool solutions!
2019-07-151h 18No Plans to MergeWhat's On Your Desk?Today, Daniel and Caleb ask each other the question on everybody's mind: What's on your desk?
2019-06-2558 minNo Plans to MergeIs Laravel Even Secure?D Coul & Caleb talk about submitting forms with JavaScript, and how the heck security works in Laravel. It's just a couple a goobers havin' a good ole' time.
2019-06-071h 23No Plans to MergeMaking Web Apps That Everyone Can UseWe talk about web accessibility, why it's hard to care about it, what we can do to improve our practices a little bit, and a bunch of other random fun stuff as always. Enjoy.
2019-05-301h 25No Plans to MergeCalling Ourselves "Engineers"This week we talk about the beauty of Twitter, whether or not it's ok to call ourselves "Engineers" and an interesting problem relating to Toilet design.
2019-05-231h 23No Plans to MergeThe One Where We Don't Talk About CodeThe first episode ever that we don't talk about code or programming at all. That doesn't mean the episode isn't chocked full of general geekery though. We talk electronics, soldering, spray-painting, blue's guitar playing. It's a good time.
2019-05-1757 min
No Plans to MergeYour Feature Branches Are Too Long And We Can Prove It!This week, we talk about the similarities between dirty socks and merge conflicts, and end up with a tangible tool to prove that long-standing feature branches are bad news. It's a reaaaalllly good time.
2019-05-101h 14
No Plans to MergeHow To Write A Viral TweetCaleb wrote a tweet that went kinda-sorta-viral. Daniel & Caleb talk about it. That's all you need to know.
The Tweet: https://twitter.com/calebporzio/status/1121054728148926467
2019-05-0243 min
No Plans to MergeThe Developer ConditionThis week we talk about the dynamics that seem common amongst all developer-project relationships, and how it can feel like an almost impossible task to manage them well.
2019-04-2548 min
No Plans to MergeOn Leaving Jobs and Being EmployedThis week we talk about Caleb's experience leaving his day job and more generally, interesting ways to view employment in general. Of course, this conversation turns into hard code talk about JavaScript DOM nodes, Eager Loading data, and String.replace.
2019-04-181h 16
No Plans to MergeExplaining React Hooks to a Vue DeveloperDaniel teaches Caleb about React "hooks", and their use cases. Caleb only knows Vue.
2019-04-121h 24
No Plans to MergeOpen Source DramaWe start with a discussion about a recent argument amongst Laravel contributors, and it unfolds into a broader discussion about open source engagement: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
2019-04-031h 02
No Plans to MergeUser Testing, React Native, and The Laravel Game ShowCaleb is struck by the power of user-testing projects, Daniel talks about his new work in React Native, and both of us test our skills on a new game we just made up.
"Don't Make Me Think" (book): https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Revisited-Usability/dp/0321965515/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=241894971557&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9005489&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12435570088820794014&hvtargid=kwd-308506890665&keywords=dont+make+me+think+book&qid=1553782872&s=gateway&sr=8-1
The AirBnB blog post: https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/react-native-at-airbnb-f95aa460be1c
2019-03-2840 min
No Plans to MergeDavid Hemphill, Convince Us To WIPDavid Hemphill joins us to talk about something controversial he's been trolling the Laravel community with recently. Daniel and I explore the concept with him to discover if he has struck gold, or if he's simply out of his mind.
David's Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidhemphill
WIP Hats: https://gum.co/wipcrack
Laravel Elite Tees: https://gum.co/laravelelite
Laravel Nova: https://nova.laravel.com
2019-03-2051 min
No Plans to MergeWhat Apps Do You Use?Today we ask each other a simple question: "What apps do you use?". We cover mail clients, screenshot tools, terminals, image editors, list apps, and note-taking apps, to name a few. Along the way, we also explore our shared history as Photoshop cool-kids.
2019-03-0558 min
No Plans to MergeFrom "Getting Things Done" to Eastern PhilosophyThis episode is special. We start with some concrete talk on popular productivity tools and methods and end up in the abstract world of Eastern Philosophy. It's unlike any episode we've done so far. If you like "going deep", this episode's for you.
2019-03-0530 min
No Plans to MergeDoes PHP Suck?Today we ask the big question on every PHP developer's mind. We weigh out the pros and cons of the language, things we like and dislike, and ultimately, what keeps us coming back.
2019-03-041h 04
Fits + Starts22: I call it poetry, you call it content (with Aaron Belz)John's cousin Aaron Belz drops by to talk about how businesses use language, the difference between students and young employees, how social media can shape the way people make creative stuff online, baseball, and more!
Aaron is a poet and essayist who works in marketing.
Special Guest: Aaron Belz.
Links:
- [Patreon (Listener Support)](https://www.patreon.com/fitsandstarts "Patreon (Listener Support)")
- [Captain D's, please! (this week's bonus content)](https://www.patreon.com/posts/14998949 "Captain D's, please! (this week's bonus content)")
- [A. Belz (@aaronbelz) | Twitter](https://twitter.com/aaronbelz?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor "A...
2017-10-2500 minFits + Starts15: Bottle EpisodeWe just saw each other in Chicago! John is a friend of Tighten.co. The show is changing. John is afraid that his life is too comfortable. Daniel thinks it's all about leaning into your fear. We think that Donald Trump and Smash Mouth are indications that we are indeed living in a simulation.
Hit us up on Twitter:
John Drexler: @johnrudolphdrex
Daniel Coulbourne: @DCoulbourne
Fits and Starts: @fits\_and\_starts
Links:
- [Twenty Percent Time](http://twentypercent.fm/ "Twenty Percent Time")
- [Tighten Co. | Product Development for Web + Mobile | Laravel + Vue.js](https://tighten.co/ "Tighten Co. | Product Development...
2017-05-2400 min