In a world dominated by mass-produced software, making your own tools is a way to take back agency in your digital life. Linus joins Mark and Adam to talk about his experiences building a personal software ecosystem; tools that are a reflection of the maker’s values and taste; and packaging/sharing solutions like Docker, CodePen, Replit, and Deno. And: is it possible for software to ever be “done”? — Linus thinks so.
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Show notes * Linus Lee @thesephist * Surface Duo * Nintendo DS * Backbone.js * Spensa (farming technology startup) * Django * Replit * Monocle * full-text search * Ink (programming language) * changing lightbulb meme * DigitalOcean * August (Linus’ self-made x86 assembler) * Metamuse episode with Weiwei Xu * situated software * stream fusion in mathematics * reverse proxy * software erosion aka bit rot * FileMaker Pro * newline-delimited JSON * flat dependency trees * dynamic linked libraries * Go static linking * not invented here * Hundred Rabbits * lil apps * Szymon Kaliski * An app can be a home-cooked meal * Lucerne (Linus' self-made Twitter client) * TweetDeck * Taylor Swift * Go by Example * multi-tenancy * Metamuse episode on local-first * whoami * game modding * Deno * Deno’s sandboxing and permissions * Qubes OS * Docker container * Heroku Buttons * macOS .app bundles * CodePen * xkcd on modern software dependencies * ProseMirror * Metamuse episode on filmmaking * curl maintainer has been at it for 23 years