EPISODE · Oct 8, 2020 · 1H 27M
Local-first and freeform software with James Long
from Cyberdeck Users Weekly · host Paul Miller
In classic podcasting style, I managed to frontload this episode with highly technical questions up front and then we slowly morphed the conversation into a more conceptual what-is-the-future-of-computers sort of thing. James is a really wonderful guy from what I've learned over the decade or so I've been following him on Twitter and you should def check out Actual if you're in the market for budgeting software. SHOW NOTES James Long Prettier Actual Budget Stripe Mozilla XUL React Reason rustfmt Silicon Valley season three, episode six The Local-first software manifesto CRDT Clarity Money ewwww Quantified Self Roam "I want Roam to be not just a tool for thought, but a tool for computation" @jlongster Using CRDTs in the wild Jupyter Observable Literate programming Light Table A Visual History of Eve: 2014 - 2018 Microsoft Fluid Framework Project Xanadu If you have 100 hours to read a million words, check out this Wired piece on Xanadu SHOUTOUT Ryan Florence
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In classic podcasting style, I managed to frontload this episode with highly technical questions up front and then we slowly morphed the conversation into a more conceptual what-is-the-future-of-computers sort of thing. James is a really wonderful guy from what I've learned over the decade or so I've been following him on Twitter and you should def check out Actual if you're in the market for budgeting software. SHOW NOTES James Long Prettier Actual Budget Stripe Mozilla XUL React Reason rustfmt Silicon Valley season three, episode six The Local-first software manifesto CRDT Clarity Money ewwww Quantified Self Roam "I want Roam to be not just a tool for thought, but a tool for computation" @jlongster Using CRDTs in the wild Jupyter Observable Literate programming Light Table A Visual History of Eve: 2014 - 2018 Microsoft Fluid Framework Project Xanadu If you have 100 hours to read a million words, check out this Wired piece on Xanadu SHOUTOUT Ryan Florence
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