Change my mind (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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 – 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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1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Retool (00:00:38)

https://retool.com/changelog

3. Start the show! (00:03:23)

4. Wordsmithing blog titles (00:03:53)

5. REPLs are not useful design tools (00:08:43)

6. Most programing should be done long before code is written (00:13:02)

7. Take no pride in understanding complexity (00:21:25)

8. Adam hasn't changed his mind on...? (00:22:11)

9. Jerod hasn't changed his mind on...? (00:29:53)

10. Sponsor: Augment Code (00:39:07)

https://www.augmentcode.com

11. Colaboration is still hard (if not harder) (00:42:37)

12. Software can't solve people problems (00:45:58)

13. Let's talk to Steph Ango (Obsidian) (00:53:40)

14. Don't obsessively tweak your environment (00:55:48)

15. Tweaking htop (00:58:10)

16. My tools can't help you do what I do (at the level I do it) (01:12:19)

17. Sponsor: Temporal (01:18:55)

https://temporal.io

18. Every dev should learn SQL (01:20:59)

19. Just in time learning (01:31:33)

20. Adam's AI Homelab is runnning on Windows 11 Pro (01:45:03)

21. Should we be running AI services locally? (01:48:07)

22. Bye friends (01:52:53)

23. Closing thoughts and stuff (01:52:59)