Luculent Lollygag

Dan, Raph, and Richard are back with an actually pretty great conversation this time. We talk both theory and practice of the current state of vibe coding and wrap some logic around how to think of the present moment.

Dan, Matt, Richard, and Raph chat it up about the last year in software development.We cover our bleeding edge experiments with AI and how we're getting along day to day in these chaotic times.Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!

We got a full show today, joined by the regulars: Raph, Richard, and Dan, and first time guest calling in from the car: Matt! We also are lucky to have Connor back for this one!Today we cover AI. When and how we use it, where it's all going, and so much more!

Raph shares his experience with starting an event sourcing system in production and we talk over some common concerns with this type of an architecture

The fear of worms, throughs and strategies Community and Connections Balancing consumption and creation The role of sleep in problem solving State in FP vs OOP

Is Tailwind the greatest way to write CSS, or just a trick for newbs? We talk the whens and whys of Tailwind.

We get less technical and dive into anthropology and the interesting play of technical norms on our careers

We talk about how art, science, and skepticism play into our lives as software engineers in the AI age.

We talk about the current and future impacts of AI on software engineering careers and how we think you can best optimize for the future.

Raph, Dan, and Richard talk about growing up with video games and the many life and career lessons we've learned from gaming.