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Dax Raad

Dax Raad

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820 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

We feel good working there every single day.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

It's not this thing where it becomes miserable to work there.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

We can't get anyone good to join us because it's mostly about slogging through like legacy stuff.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Right, yeah, yeah.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

It feels like we're going fast.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

But then I look back and I'm like, like, I don't know if we actually are going that fast.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And I don't think we're going any slower than our competitors.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

We're certainly not going any faster than them.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

So you're trying to look at productivity.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

It's so easy to trick yourself into thinking you're being more productive.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And when you sit down and really look at it, oftentimes, like,

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

it's not as crazy as you expect.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

I really believe in just like

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

pairing a lot and setting the foundations right.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And then when you spring, you spring with so much more force than you would if you just forced it earlier on.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Well, it's funny because like, I'm just so tired.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

Every single day I wake up and I open the feed and just prediction after prediction.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

The future is going to be like this.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

If you're just going to be like that, if you're just going to be that.

The Pragmatic Engineer
Building OpenCode with Dax Raad

And we're just like making stuff up, right?