About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of AI on technology, the potential to eliminate CMS, and various personal topics including travel and music apps.

Show DescriptionMemories of Hawaii, people are not friction in the AI age, what do you pre-load for a flight, can you get rid of the CMS with AI involved, Dave's dream for a custom VS Code machine, CommonRSS follow up conversation, the hype for ATProto, and picking music apps for a family. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks People are not friction USB-C to 3.5mm Audio Cable (1.2m) - Apple (CA) The Shape of Friction · Matthias Ott Whiskey Web and Whatnot Coding Agents & Complexity Budgets | Lee Robinson "You should never build a CMS" | Sanity Blog | Studio303 Skyreader npmx - Package Browser for the npm Registry Sill | Top news shared by the people you trust

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Coyier, Dave Rupert

Topics covered

• AI
• CMS
• technology
• music apps
• flight preparation
• RSS
• coding

Keywords

• AI
• CMS
• technology
• flight
• music apps
• RSS
• coding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sanity Blog, Apple, npmx, ATProto

Products: USB-C to 3.5mm Audio Cable

Books & works: The Shape of Friction, Whiskey Web and Whatnot

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