The Top Shelf

Latest Episodes:

Yacine: How a Rejected Side Project Turned into a Job At X Oct 30, 2024

We talk about how to psyop yourself into loving work, working out and respecting your users. I hope you enjoy the episode!

The Yapper Himself: https://x.com/yacineMTB

Taylor Otwell: Laravel, PHP, OSS & VC Oct 17, 2024

Today we talk with Taylor Otwell, the creator of Laravel. We start at Laravel's humble beginnings and move all the way to the exciting new Series A raise with Accel and all that it is enabling Laravel to do today!

Sponsor for the Show: Infinite Red

If your company needs help moving to mobile, Infinite Red could be a great choice for you! From the smallest startups to some of the largest companies, Infinite Red is ready to help you ship an elegant and effective mobile application with React Native. Check them out at: https://infinite.red/

Links from the show:

Taylor's X: https://x.com/taylorotwell

Laravel: https://laravel.com/

DHH: On Competency, Coding and Children Sep 17, 2024

DHH is the Creator of Ruby on Rails, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals (Basecamp & HEY), NYT best-selling author, and Le Mans 24h class-winner.

X: https://x.com/dhh

Personal Site: https://dhh.dk/

Ginger Bill: Creator of Odin (a better C) Sep 17, 2024

Ginger Bill, Creator of the Odin Language. I (TJ) think it's a better C in a lot of ways. Very fun language to write. You should check it out!

X: https://x.com/TheGingerBill

YouTube: https://youtube.com/gingergames

Chris Lattner: Creator of LLVM, Swift, and Mojo Sep 17, 2024

Chris Lattner gives history on creating LLVM, Swift and Mojo. As well as lessons learned along the way. You'll definitely learn a few things about how crazy PhD projects can accidentally change the world in this one!

X: https://x.com/clattner_llvm

Mojo: https://www.modular.com