35: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore

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A secret field that summons lightning. A massive spiral that disappears into a salt lake. A celestial observatory carved into a volcano. Meet the wild—and sometimes explosive—world of land art, where artists craft masterpieces with dynamite and bulldozers. In our Season 2 premiere, guest Dylan Thuras, cofounder of Atlas Obscura, takes us off road and into the minds of the artists who literally reshaped parts of the Southwest. These works aren’t meant to be easy to reach—or to explain—but they just might change how you see the world. Land art you’ll visit in this episode: - Double Negative and City by Michael Heizer (Garden Valley, Nevada) - Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson (Great Salt Lake, Utah) - Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt (Great Basin Desert, Utah) - Lightning Field by Walter De Maria (Catron County, New Mexico) - Roden Crater by James Turrell (Painted Desert, Arizona) Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group.…

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Ian & Aaron are joined this week by Dax & Adam Elmore to discuss the Laravel vs. JavaScript discourse, selling coffee over the command line, and a lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

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(00:00) - Grownup Serious Stuff
(08:02) - The Meanest Person In The World
(10:41) - My Soul Hates New York
(14:36) - StatMuse
(20:18) - I Like The Health Insurance!
(25:03) - Why JavaScript?
(40:14) - The Discourse
(47:57) - Aaron's Video
(50:37) - Coffee From The Terminal
(01:05:26) - Terminal x Laracon
(01:14:54) - A Full On Course
(01:24:04) - Laravel Blend

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35: Laravel vs. JavaScript with Dax & Adam Elmore

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published about a year ago

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Ian & Aaron are joined this week by Dax & Adam Elmore to discuss the Laravel vs. JavaScript discourse, selling coffee over the command line, and a lot more.

Sponsored by LaraJobs & Screencasting.com.

Interested in sponsoring Mostly Technical? Head to https://mostlytechnical.com/sponsor to learn more.

(00:00) - Grownup Serious Stuff
(08:02) - The Meanest Person In The World
(10:41) - My Soul Hates New York
(14:36) - StatMuse
(20:18) - I Like The Health Insurance!
(25:03) - Why JavaScript?
(40:14) - The Discourse
(47:57) - Aaron's Video
(50:37) - Coffee From The Terminal
(01:05:26) - Terminal x Laracon
(01:14:54) - A Full On Course
(01:24:04) - Laravel Blend

Links:

84 episodes

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