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From North Meets South Web Podcast by Jacob Bennett and Michael Dyrynda
October 9, 2025 · 48 min · Episode 184
About this episode
Michael and Jake discuss retro gaming, family activities, and the resurgence of tactile gadgets while diving into development topics.
Michael and Jake open with retro arcade serendipity (a Mortal Kombat cabinet sighting!) and tumble into family bowling, kid-approved card games, and why tactile gadgets are back in style. Then they pivot hard into dev-mode: shadcn/ui (and shadcn-vue), Inertia, React-ish forms, and the age-old tradeoff between “batteries-included” simplicity and modern real-time UX. Highlights: Mortal Kombat cabinet & mini arcades, gift ideas for Laracon AU Duckpin bowling explainer and family bowling stories (plus UNO, Yahtzee, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza) The “analog is cool again” thread: mechanical keyboards, a Keychron board, and a retro 3D-printed mouse shell for a Logitech M185 Dev deep-dive: shadcn docs, Inertia forms, partial reloads vs full refresh, Livewire/Alpine, and real-time updates with Pusher/Reverb Show links RetroPie / Arcade1Up Laracon AU Duckpin bowling Keychron keyboard 3D-printed retro mouse shell for Logitech M185 Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Inertia.js shadcn/ui shadcn-vue Livewire Alpine.js Pusher Laravel Reverb Axios fetch
People in this episode
Hosts: Michael, Jake
Topics covered
- retro gaming
- family activities
- tactile gadgets
- development tools
- real-time UX
- analog technology
Keywords
- Mortal Kombat
- bowling
- card games
- mechanical keyboards
- shadcn/ui
- Inertia.js
- real-time updates
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: shadcn/ui, shadcn-vue, Inertia.js, Livewire, Alpine.js, Pusher, Laravel, Reverb, RetroPie, Arcade1Up
Products: Mortal Kombat cabinet, UNO, Yahtzee, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, Keychron keyboard, 3D-printed retro mouse shell for Logitech M185
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