How About Tomorrow?

Adam Elmore & Dax Raad

Adam and Dax discuss web technologies, the internet, and the future of (basically) everything.

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Termai, SSTPhone, Young Men, and Tariffs

How About Tomorrow?

04/07/25 • 69 min

Adam's excited about Termai, they debate whether they're in the prime or twilight of their careers, what even is CoPilot and Microsoft's AI approach, Dax's plans for building the SSTPhone, what's happening with young men, and what's happening with tariffs—and are they related? (No.)

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Topics:

(00:00) - Podcasts are dumb
(00:27) - Kujtim and a Claude Code replacement
(13:24) - AI handling larger contexts
(16:19) - Are we in our prime or the twilight of our careers? Or is it just vibe coding?
(24:03) - Using Claude Code to compare a SST on Windows PR
(26:30) - What is CoPilot now?
(30:01) - SSTPhone
(40:13) - Why is Python growing?
(44:18) - What's happening with younger men?
(54:18) - What's up with the tariffs?
(01:05:06) - People are what they look like
(01:06:58) - Sponsor: Terminal Cron

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Claude Code, MCP, Free Will, and the Price of Maple Syrup

How About Tomorrow?

03/10/25 • 66 min

Adam's hooked on Claude Code, why the sudden panic over MCP (model context protocol), OpenAI vs Anthropic vs Claude, why is Sam Altman so annoying, do we believe in free will, and are we on the slow decline of America—and more importantly, will Dax have to learn a new language?!

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Topics:

(00:00) - A great start
(00:30) - Allergy season
(02:06) - Claude Code thoughts
(18:27) - Examples of using Claude Code to code
(20:32) - Contrasting OpenAI vs Anthropic's approach
(22:54) - What is it about Sam Altman that we don't actually like?
(26:49) - Believing in free will
(35:50) - What doesn't Dax want to have to do
(40:30) - How does the client actually work?
(44:55) - What's going on in geopolitical world?
(01:04:20) - What is Git Worktree?

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Docs in MCP, Elon and Plinko, Finances with Dax, and a Big Announcement

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04/14/25 • 65 min

Prepping for React Miami while Adam tries not to catch the plague, where are the tariffs at this week, moving off Astro, building docs in MCP, financial literacy is underrated, using Claude in AWS or Google Cloud, and why aren't more people playing to win? Oh and a 👼 🎉

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Sponsor: Terminal now offers a monthly box called Cron.

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Topics:

(00:00) - This was originally a 3 hour episode
(00:28) - Adam shakes his fist at the Riverside cloud
(01:16) - Prepping for React Miami and staying healthy
(05:22) - Docs in MCP
(16:37) - Moving off Astro for our docs
(21:49) - Llama 4 thoughts
(27:23) - Adam explains plinko
(29:37) - Being near Elon
(31:41) - Is there tariffs?
(34:43) - Financial Literacy with Dax
(40:01) - Making things for yourself as a motivating factor
(42:20) - Working on OpenCode
(44:50) - Using Claude in AWS or Google Cloud
(49:28) - Vibe coding for normal people
(54:37) - Are people playing to win?
(59:10) - Dax announces a new employee

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Renting Computers

How About Tomorrow?

11/07/22 • 24 min

Adam & Dax discuss a blog post by DHH where he explains why they're moving away from the cloud and managing their infrastructure in-house.

Entertainment, like anime and movies and such

How About Tomorrow?

06/19/23 • 33 min

Adam & Dax discuss what media they consume for entertainment, among other things.

(00:31) - I'm Kiwi
(02:39) - Lärabars and Jared Leto
(05:53) - Adam learns something shocking about Dax
(07:48) - What does Dax watch?
(10:26) - What is the draw of anime?
(14:29) - Our movie diet
(18:59) - Love you, bye
(19:45) - Uh oh. People.
(22:26) - Cerebral movies
(25:30) - Miami Heat sads
(26:24) - Dax's electric longboard
(31:41) - Adam's Reddit brain fart

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Beyond survival, why do we do what we do?

How About Tomorrow?

06/26/23 • 48 min

Adam & Dax discuss a lot of things; arguably too many things. Among those things: the story of Elixir, what we do when life gets too easy, game dev dreams, dev conferences, bridge collapses, and monotony.

(00:27) - Talking to people on Twitch
(01:34) - The story of Elixr
(03:54) - Adam has adjusted
(06:52) - Is life too easy?
(08:49) - Dax's rich person goals?
(11:35) - Adam's game dream
(20:28) - Dax Theft Auto
(24:36) - Adam's rich person goals
(27:13) - Working + partners + hobbies
(30:29) - Dev Conferences
(35:03) - Bridges collapsing and Miami flooding
(37:18) - Dax's head floating in space
(46:18) - Monotony

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Rust, Go, C#, and Why Oppenheimer and Star Wars Can Both Be Good

How About Tomorrow?

08/17/23 • 38 min

The one where Dax and Adam manage to piss off Marvel fans, Star Wars fans, Hayden Christensen fans, metric system fans, the rest of the world - but also talk about Rust, Go, and C#.

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Topics discussed:

(00:00) - Pee and pivot
(00:29) - How did Bram create Vim?
(05:02) - Oppenheimer
(08:09) - TMNT, Marvel, and Star Wars
(15:49) - Disney, Apple, and Sports
(17:35) - Metric vs imperial
(21:10) - Are Go and Rust comparable languages?
(27:04) - What is the best language to use in serverless with Lambda?
(29:38) - Why is nobody talking about C#?
(36:46) - Dax's knee and Adam's jujitsu update

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Remix acquired by Shopify

How About Tomorrow?

10/31/22 • 26 min

Adam & Dax talk about the Shopify acquisition of Remix and what it means for the web development landscape moving forward.

Signaling the End of React

How About Tomorrow?

03/13/23 • 24 min

Adam & Dax discuss signals and what the future looks like for React.

(00:24) - What are signals?
(02:07) - React vs Solid and signals?
(05:35) - You think you know something, but you need to unlearn your React brain
(07:07) - What is different?
(10:22) - Derived state and effects
(11:59) - Tradeoffs in choosing Solid over React
(15:57) - Does bundle size matter?
(17:57) - Big picture implications?
(22:31) - Sites vs apps decision

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Millennial Coders , Air Travel, and is AI the Best or the Worst?

How About Tomorrow?

05/12/25 • 77 min

There's a new Pope and Dax (almost) knows him, new lighting, the fun of being a random at a wedding, AI is maybe going to save us or maybe not, and what techniques should we hang on to and what should we leave in the past?

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Topics:

(00:00) - Married in Conneticut and got COVID
(00:29) - New Pope, new Dax
(03:24) - More light = better negativity
(04:25) - The money pit of blinds, security systems, and home theatres
(07:32) - How many weddings have you been to?
(16:37) - Dax met Frank
(17:46) - Has air travel always been bad or is it getting worse?
(26:02) - AI is going to save us... or maybe it won't?
(37:42) - Thinking through OpenAI's strategy for the application layer
(47:26) - Sonnet 3.7 is still the best model
(57:06) - What techniques should we hang on to and which ones should we leave behind?
(01:06:09) - Thoughts on Roy Lee
(01:11:28) - We should rethink the protype of a startup CEO

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How many episodes does How About Tomorrow? have?

How About Tomorrow? currently has 135 episodes available.

What topics does How About Tomorrow? cover?

The podcast is about Web, Software, Podcasts, Technology, Internet and Programming.

What is the most popular episode on How About Tomorrow??

The episode title 'Renting Computers' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on How About Tomorrow??

The average episode length on How About Tomorrow? is 55 minutes.

How often are episodes of How About Tomorrow? released?

Episodes of How About Tomorrow? are typically released every 6 days, 21 hours.

When was the first episode of How About Tomorrow??

The first episode of How About Tomorrow? was released on Oct 27, 2022.

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How About Tomorrow?

Adam Elmore & Dax Raad

Top 10 How About Tomorrow? Episodes

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How many episodes does How About Tomorrow? have?

What topics does How About Tomorrow? cover?

What is the most popular episode on How About Tomorrow??

What is the average episode length on How About Tomorrow??

How often are episodes of How About Tomorrow? released?

When was the first episode of How About Tomorrow??

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