Motivated by play (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Annie Sexton has been on quite a journey since she was last on the show back in early ‘22. On this episode, Annie takes us on that journey, shares her new-found perspective & tells us about how she’s approaching her side project this time around.

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Sponsors:

• Tailscale – Adam loves Tailscale! Tailscale is programmable networking software that’s private and secure by default. It’s the easiest way to connect devices and services to each other, wherever they are. Secure, remote access to production, databases, servers, kubernetes, and more. Try Tailscale for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users at changelog.com/tailscale, no credit card required.
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• Coda – Your all-in-one collaborative workspace. Coda brings teams and tools together for a more organized work day.

Featuring:

• Annie Sexton – Twitter, LinkedIn, Website
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• Git your reset on (Changelog Interviews #480)
• I’m rebuilding my notes app, Typist, and here’s why
• Ben Gillin on Instagram
• How to talk to LLMs | Storybot demo - YouTube
• AI video post-processing in the cloud | Sieve + Daily - YouTube

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บท

1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Tailscale (00:00:38)

https://changelog.com/tailscale

3. Resets & Friends (00:02:23)

4. Define "out of money" (00:06:34)

5. Being a "YouTuber" (00:16:36)

6. A sweet setup (00:17:34)

7. Sponsor: Sentry (00:24:23)

https://sentry.io/

8. Workin' 9 to 5 (00:28:10)

9. Freelance (bad) clients (00:31:44)

10. Side project moderation (00:35:39)

11. Doing it for the love (00:39:13)

12. On gratitude (00:40:59)

13. Typist & Obsidian (00:46:31)

14. Obligatory AI mention (00:53:48)

15. Sponsor: Coda (00:55:04)

https://coda.io/changelog

16. The maps analogy (00:56:21)

17. Neurospicy lookups (01:01:45)

18. GenAI boundaries (01:04:18)

19. Back to paper maps (01:12:51)

20. Arists being replaced (01:19:03)

21. Prompting AI art (01:28:35)

22. Bye friends! (01:34:32)

23. Coming up next (01:36:00)