PlanetScale's Postgres Launch with Sam Lambert
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Lambert, the CEO of PlanetScale, joins Dax for a candid discussion about the remarkable journey ...
Adam Wolff from AnthropicAI
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:18:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam Wolff from AnthropicAI discusses various aspects of AI development, particularly focusing on Cl...
Baby Registries, Cold Showers, and Launching opencode
Tue, 24 Jun 2025 02:19:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Links:Dax's tweet about opencode rewriteopencode.aiIntro | opencodeGitHub - sst/opencode: AI coding ...
Building Individual Apps with AI, Elon vs Trump, Screen Time and OpenAI Aquisitions
Tue, 10 Jun 2025 02:31:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Is AI going to help us build our own individual apps or are we years away from that happening, thoug...
Do You Look Up or Down When Your Job is Being Taken Away by AI?
Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax is ditching OpenAI and ChatGPT, Adam's looking down, are jobs being lost to AI or are we just as...
One of the Best Episodes We've Seen From the Standpoint of Water
Tue, 27 May 2025 03:08:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Teej sits in for Adam to chat with Dax about OpenCode, Heex, building an auto-scaling gym how to fix...
Dax's Lack of Stress, Confusing AI Models, and Organizing Twitter
Tue, 20 May 2025 03:24:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax has to work on his lighting, Adam's wondering if Dax ever gets stressed, an updated on OpenCode,...
Millennial Coders , Air Travel, and is AI the Best or the Worst?
Mon, 12 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
There's a new Pope and Dax (almost) knows him, new lighting, the fun of being a random at a wedding,...
Humanoid Robots, Flying a Drone, and Programmers Rapping
Mon, 28 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Why hasn't Adam gotten the humanoid robot servant he's been promised, the current state of AI progra...
Docs in MCP, Elon and Plinko, Finances with Dax, and a Big Announcement
Mon, 14 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Prepping for React Miami while Adam tries not to catch the plague, where are the tariffs at this wee...
Termai, SSTPhone, Young Men, and Tariffs
Mon, 07 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's excited about Termai, they debate whether they're in the prime or twilight of their careers, ...
OpenAI and MCP, Poking Replit, and Terminal's Launch Week
Mon, 31 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Terminal's launch week was also a bad week for CEOs, prepping for ReactMiami, Adam unintentionally p...
Sam Lambert Returns: Building Great Things by Playing the Long Game
Mon, 17 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sam Lambert returns to chat about the launch of PlanetScale Metal, the importance of looking past av...
Claude Code, MCP, Free Will, and the Price of Maple Syrup
Mon, 10 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's hooked on Claude Code, why the sudden panic over MCP (model context protocol), OpenAI vs Anth...
Aaron Boodman on Building Zero, Local-First, and Living in Hawaii
Mon, 03 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Aaron Boodman joins us to chat about his tech journey from building Greasemonkey, working on Google ...
Tapas, Longer Lasting Flu, and AI as the Way to Keep Up With News
Mon, 24 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Is the flu lasting longer this year, why is it so hard to keep up with conspiracy theories, Dax has ...
DOGE, o3-mini vs Google Flash, Why Sports, and Why Horowitz > Andreessen
Mon, 10 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What is happening with Musk and DOGE and government, who does the USA owe money to, o3-mini vs Googl...
How Dangerous Can AI Get, Dax is Down on DeepSeek, and AI First App Development
Mon, 03 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax is finally warming up in frigid Florida, AI isn't as dangerous as everyone thinks it is, DeepSee...
Being a Great Person, Adam's Diagnosis, LinkedIn Parents, and AI Money
Mon, 27 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam discusses a bipolar diagnosis, do we want to be great people, therapy and therapists who help t...
Adam Got Suckerberg'd, Humanoid Robots to Do Our Laundry, and Apple AI Sucking
Mon, 20 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Why is it so difficult to optimize a router at home in 2025, Dax has boring drone plans, where are o...
Miami is Cold, Adam's All in on AI, Dax Cracks YouTube, and Kids Are Expensive
Mon, 13 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We're back! Dax has complaints about Miami's weather, exploring a potentially "dumber" way to buy co...
Talking with Typecraft
Mon, 23 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
A real fear of heights, Typecraft's set up and content on YouTube, working in hard mode in the termi...
Open Source Security Theater
Mon, 16 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax kicks off an open source rant, plastics, TSA security theater and the connection to rich people ...
Dax's CSS Journey vs Adam's Exercise Journey
Mon, 09 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax recites every line of CSS he's ever written, what it's like teaching your partner to code, Adam ...
Adam Talks a Lot of Shit for Someone From the Ozarks
Mon, 02 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Legal notice: this is an international recording (we think). Adam pitches Dax on SST adding analytic...
The Psychology of Adam and the Strategy of AWS
Mon, 25 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax explains Canada, where has Adam actually been to, Dax hates pants, AWS announcements, a $10,000 ...
NYC Event, OCaml, and Dax Explains Steaks to Adam (Vegan Edition)
Mon, 18 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What are Adam and Dax - and Terminal - doing in NYC this week? And what do they need to build for it...
Offending Everyone by Sharing Tough Moments, The Video, and Politics
Mon, 11 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It's annoying when they skip a week but Adam and Dax explain why, Dax's Default, how did Adam's phon...
Time Moves Slowly, Friendships Drifting, and Adam Learns Something New About Dax
Mon, 28 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Time and friendships drifting slowly, what's going on with drones, movies made with iPhones, Dax is ...
New JavaScript Framework, Does Adam Feel, and a New Story Arc for Dax?
Mon, 21 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Is Adam going to leave Twitter for real this time, new JavaScript frameworks, buying zero.com, is Ad...
Vite, Docker, Hurricane Update, Board Games, and Pixar Movies
Mon, 14 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's gonna slow fade for 100 more episodes, Vite announces their round, what about Docker, playing...
Rita Kozlov on Building In Public, Cloudflare's Birthday Week, and How Long Software Actually Takes
Mon, 07 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Rtiz talks with Dax about building towards an event like Cloudflare's birthday week, launching and g...
Dax Is Definitely Not Sponsored By Cloudflare and Adam is Definitely a Real Human Being
Mon, 30 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Hear how Dax got into some trouble this week, Adam wishes he could be less midwestern, being mad at ...
Working Remote, AWS Lags, and Dax Explains the Economy
Mon, 23 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam has dreams of a perfect gated community, Statmuse's mobile app getting accepted, why is Amazon ...
DHH Talks Apple, Linux, and Running Servers
Mon, 09 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
DHH talks with us about his journey back to Linux, Apple's control over the App Store, setting up se...
The Kids These Days Don't Know How To Do It Right 👴
Mon, 02 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax is sick, but his voice sounds amazing so you should still listen, we streamed a basketball game ...
Native vs Web, Managers, and What's Happening Today in Dallas
Mon, 26 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
We're flying (or in) Dallas as you listen to this - ps who is actually listening to this? We chat na...
Slicing a Nice Piece of Bacon
Mon, 19 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's moved his office, the arbitrary nature of exercise, prepping for the Laracon basketball game,...
The History of the World and How it Scales with Sam Lambert
Mon, 12 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Sam Lambert stops by to talk Unifi networking, cooking meat, microplastics, disease research, the hi...
BS Jobs, Redundancy in Software, Self Driving Cars, and Dax's List
Mon, 05 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The eternal debate of freelance life vs being employed at a larger company, small teams vs big teams...
Being Weird About 100 Eps, Crowdstrike Bugs, and Chris Joins Us with Clips
Mon, 22 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It's episode 100 time but don't worry, Adam's not being weird about it at all. We're thinking about ...
Scrolling Bugs, Pursuing Optimization, and Number Go Up is Good
Mon, 15 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax went to hell and back for a scrolling bug, what do we lose in the pursuit of optimization at all...
Terminal Coffee Updates, and Dax Analyzes Adam (again)
Mon, 08 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam is tired, Dax tries to help analyze Adam in a surprisingly kind way, struggling to fend off gri...
Open Source Drama, Streaming Productivity, and the State of JavaScript
Mon, 01 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam and Dax both got hairdids, Adam learns how a tattoo is installed, why can't we be more producti...
Matt Pocock on Voice Coaching, Communication, Gaming, and Teaching How to Code
Mon, 17 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Matt chats with Adam and Dax about becoming a voice coach and how that's translated to creating cour...
Dan Abramov on Working at Bluesky, React, and the Social Internet
Mon, 10 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dan Abramov chats with us about getting hired at Meta, making the move to Bluesky, centralized vs de...
How About Mostly Technical?
Mon, 03 Jun
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam and Dax were guests on the Mostly Technical podcast and so we're rebroadcasting that conversati...
What Does “Full Stack” Mean? w/ Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence
Mon, 27 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Taylor Otwell and Ryan Florence join us to talk about whether "full stack" is a term worth using in ...
New Banana Ice Cream, Coffee Partners, Google IO and OpenAI, and Opportunity Costs for Engineers
Mon, 20 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Can you tell that Adam's moved his desk? We talk about how Adam's making banana ice cream, time trav...
Parenting is Exactly Like Owning a Dog—And What's the Point of Being Alive?
Mon, 13 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax has parenting advice for everyone, Adam worries about the point of even living, college as a sca...
The Origins of Terminal.Shop
Mon, 06 May
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Are Dax and Adam (and the rest of the Terminal.shop crew) drug dealers? We're talking about the coff...
Reacting to Miami + Launching a Company in the Terminal
Mon, 29 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Everyone's recovering from React Miami and the party at Dax's - oh and we launched a company for buy...
The Last One Before React Miami
Mon, 15 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's flying as you read this, and he's definitively not still sick. We're talking about Adam's int...
Is AI Just 5 Crypto Bros in a Trenchcoat?
Mon, 08 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How long do you think Adam's crazy expensive Apple monitor will last? Dax tries to pass off all his ...
Determining Success for a Startup, Bundling & Unbundling, Big vs Small Dev Teams
Mon, 01 Apr
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam tries on a chain for Florida, Linear fixes GitHub Issues issue for Dax, big vs small vs medium ...
SST Ion Update, Benefits of SQLite, Adam Goes Zed, Dax Goes Mac, and Getting Old
Mon, 25 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax talks about the launch of SST Ion, a video he shot to promote it and get ahead of the q's people...
PlanetScale, Devin and AI Future, Cameo, and Picking Movies for Adam
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:20:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
A brief list of topics discussed in this brief episode: New Jersey follow up from last episode, Plan...
Part 2 With Ken Wheeler - AI Farming, Adam Feels Nothing, and Dax Has Terrible Internet
Mon, 18 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax's internet is bad, but so are all the internet providers. Should Ken buy a farm as a backup plan...
Where Did Dax Move, Adam Learns About Grills, and a Chat with Ken Wheeler (Part 1)
Mon, 11 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax is on the move, Adam learns about grills, and Ken Wheeler stops by for a two episode conversatio...
AI Coworkers, Dax's Twitter Rules, Planetscale Insights, and Adam's Health(care)
Mon, 04 Mar
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The SM7B is everywhere. Adam and Dax can't wait for their AI coworkers to arrive, but should you be ...
Are Software Developers Like Movie Producers, or Are We Software Engineers?
Mon, 26 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam and Dax recognize they love monotony and physicality in work, and so are making plans for a pos...
Dax's Vision Pro Review, Cloud Pricing, Rebuilding Plex, and Moving to an AI Utopia
Mon, 19 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's brain gets thrown off course, software rot vs serverless life, subscription payments vs one t...
Do We Need More Haters? Why is SST Using Bun? And Does Adam Need Drugs?
Mon, 12 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Can you control your body with your mind? What about your stomach and food? Adam's got more question...
New Money vs Old Money, Dax Explains a Tweet, and Should Adam Skip Svelte and Go Solid?
Mon, 05 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Why don't food companies sponsor podcasts? How rich does Adam need to get to build his own compound?...
Dax's Viral AI App, Being a Role Model, Clerk Raising $$, and Hacker News Fears
Mon, 29 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam wants to know more about Dax's AI app for movies. Is LinkedIn working for anyone these days? Ar...
React, Reading, and Rituals
Mon, 22 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What's with the current discourse around React and RFCs? Adam's worried about his consumerism, and t...
Realtime, Dev Tooling, AWS Pain, and Sleep Resets
Mon, 15 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's lifestyle choices and sleep patterns, technical issues with CloudFlare, AWS and AI, real-time...
Living Forever, Home Server Fun, Inheritance and Capitalism, and Adam's SST Wishlist
Mon, 08 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
An episode recorded in the weird space in the first week of the new year. Dax downgrades to 1 grape ...
We're Back! Ion, Twitter Monetization, The Triangle Company, and Weather Updates
Mon, 01 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What's happening with the new version of SST, Ion? Twitter has changed with monetization, Dax's thou...
Bonus: Kombucha Influencers
Fri, 10 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax convinces Adam that the Kombucha he bought is exclusive so Adam is forced to buy it.Want to carr...
We're Stopping Until January and Moving to LinkedIn
Thu, 09 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0800
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Moving tech Twitter to LinkedIn, cleaning up Contacts.app, the hype and dread cycle of AI announceme...
Why Do People Hate Aurora Serverless?
Mon, 06 Nov
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's wondering why people hate Aurora Serverless? What's happening with AWS rumors and Preinvent /...
Serverless is Paid, Adam's GitHub Username, Dax VC'd, and Adam is Going to Teach
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:08:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Serverless is going paid and Dax has thoughts, Adam really wants his GitHub username, why can you sa...
React'ing to Why Kent C. Dodds Won't Use Next.js
Mon, 30 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax and Adam read through Kent C. Dodds' article on Why He Won't Use Next.js and give their thoughts...
Is It Just About the Friends We Make Along the Way?
Thu, 26 Oct 2023 04:10:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam went to TwitchCon, apparently people still smoke, dogs are the ultimate hedonist, React taint c...
Where Does Our Motivation to Fix Bugs, Exercise, Shop, or Become a Politician Come From?
Mon, 23 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Is Dax really not going to TwitchCon? Why hasn't video calling gotten better? Vercel makes an AI ima...
Waking Up 💩, Learning and Pivoting, Serverless Apps, and the Committee on Entertainment
Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax woke up to a crappy situation, Adam's got a home theater problem and may have been kicked off th...
Slacking, Adam Streamed, Hiking, Writing, and Getting Addicted to Things
Mon, 16 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam streamed! Live! On Twitch! What's happened to Slack? Cloud based vs on prem servers. How do you...
Local Weather + Food, Buying New vs Buying Used, and Planning for Retirement
Thu, 12 Oct 2023 04:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam and Dax discuss the importance of seasonal weather awareness and the concept of farm-to-table f...
Recording Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mon, 09 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode Adam and Dax talk about the contrasting vibes between the real world and the compute...
Melkey and Dax on Routine, SST, Startup Relationships, and Goal Setting
Thu, 05 Oct 2023 04:05:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Melkey's back to talk with Dax about routine changes, getting COVID, finding balance between life an...
Adam Has a Cold and Dax Has Cats, and Everyone Is Retiring to Tweet More
Mon, 02 Oct
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In this episode: Adam gets a cold, living in a character house versus the suburbs, the challenge of ...
Glauber Costa of Turso on Startups, Naming, and Pricing
Wed, 27 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax chats with Glauber Costa about his career path to this point, starting Turso, avoiding ending up...
Adam Nearly Dies, Upgrading iPhones, Svelte, and More Astro Fun
Mon, 25 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam finds out the hard way that everyone is using morphine totally wrong, Adam and Dax debate upgra...
Bun 1.0, Restarting JavaScript, and Darth Vercel
Mon, 18 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Is it better to burn out or to fade away as a content creator—or is Adam just a quiet quitter? Our...
DHH on TypeScript, Enterprise Sales, Weather Fears, and Adam Watches a Movie
Thu, 14 Sep 2023 04:00:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The fun of a DHH rant and the ensuing storm of reactions, planning vacations, how SST is looking at ...
Health Insurance, Astro v3, and Adam Becomes a Tech Bro
Mon, 11 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam gives up his health insurance and gets injured shortly after: coincidence? Are we tech bros jus...
iMessage Moat, Adam's Tattoo Dilemma, Dax's Tweet Schedule, and Astro Launch Week
Thu, 07 Sep 2023 04:15:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Is unifying messaging apps a tarpit problem? And what can be done about the iMessage moat? Adam want...
Terraform Licensing, Academic Research, Walking Backwards, and Google vs AI
Mon, 04 Sep
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Does writing long tweets help you game the algorithm? Has Dax lost faith in academic research? Has A...
Home Assistant, Bad Knees, Sous Vide, and LLMs
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:16:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
How do we shop for things in 2023? And why do we love buying things? Adam confuses sous vide for a b...
A Conversation with AJ Stuyvenberg
Mon, 28 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax and AJ Stuyvenberg talk about speed running hobbies, how dangerous skydiving is, working remote ...
50! SST Has Users, Dax Got Partner, TwitchCon 2023, and the Startup Money Situation
Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:11:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
What is SST learning now that they have users? There's a lot of talk about Tailwind in this episode ...
Remote Work, Big Companies without Big Teams, and Finding Dax a Hat
Mon, 21 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax needs your help finding a new hat, talking about Dax's controversial tweet on remote work, is mo...
Rust, Go, C#, and Why Oppenheimer and Star Wars Can Both Be Good
Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:31:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The one where Dax and Adam manage to piss off Marvel fans, Star Wars fans, Hayden Christensen fans, ...
Podcast Fights, SST Astro API Issues, and Being Wired for Bad Things
Mon, 14 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Tomorrow has some competition and Adam's fired up (not really), why are we wired for bad things, SST...
The Dream Is Over, Jujitsu & Skimboard Injuries, and NYC vs Ozarks vs Miami
Thu, 10 Aug 2023 04:11:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam has secrets, and wonders if it's too late for him to be anonymous. The LK-99 dream might be ove...
Astro and SST, Humans Are Amazing and Awful, and Superconductor Optimism
Mon, 07 Aug
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Adam's got Astro + SST + Lambda on the brain, and Dax has too many meetings with humans. But humans ...
Threads, Twitter X, Board Sports, Jujitsu, and the SST Roadmap
Thu, 03 Aug 2023 04:39:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Why is everyone wrong about everything - especially with Adam? Does an AI breakthrough mean utopia? ...
An Interview with Tuomas Artman of Linear
Mon, 31 Jul
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax has a conversation with Tuomas Artman of Linear about their mindset when starting Linear, how th...
An Interview with Liz Raad on Her Journey into Startup Life
Thu, 27 Jul 2023 04:02:00 -0700
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Dax interviews Liz about her journey into tech and startups, how Dax and Liz met, working in a healt...