178: Working from Home | Programming Throwdown

Programming Throwdown

Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci

177: Vector Databases

179: Project Planning

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Intro topic: Smart homes

News/Links:

SpaceX Starship Flight Test Five / Six
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIKI7y3DTXk
ShareDB
- https://github.com/share/sharedb
Orion AR Glasses
- https://about.fb.com/news/2024/09/introducing-orion-our-first-true-augmented-reality-glasses/
Blade and Sorcery 1.0 is out
- https://www.meta.com/experiences/blade-sorcery-nomad/2031826350263349/

Book of the Show

Patrick:
- The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
  - https://amzn.to/4fry2XW
Jason:
- Masters of Doom
  - https://amzn.to/3YxuD3c

Patreon Plug https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h

Tool of the Show

Patrick:
- Balatro
  - https://www.playbalatro.com/
Jason:
- Cursor IDE
  - https://www.cursor.com/

Topic: Working from Home

Intro
Background & WFH experiences
Is it Panacea?
- Realizing it works better for some than others
- Internally Motivated
Scheduling
Communications
Home Setup
- Dedicated space
- Handling Non-work Distractions
- Keyboards, Monitors, Music, … Desk related things
The specter of RTO