I'd Rather Be Scripting

This episode was recorded on April 14th, 2024 So... it's been awhile... So, it's been a little while since we last posted an episode... it feels like it's been about a hundred years or so! How is it possible we're already so far through the year? We have a lot of topics in this episode given that it was a long time since our first episode of the year, so buckle up, get settled, and enjoy as we cov...

This episode was recorded January 14th, 2024. What's in store, 2024? Welcome to a near year and new season of I'd Rather Be Scripting ! In this episode Ash and Kerri chat about the things they'd like to learn or do in 2024. Buckle up—we've got a lot to talk about in this one! Kerri's topics: FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) development using the Alchitry Au kit and Vivado . One learning alread...

This episode was recorded on December 17, 2023. Since we mention a lot of companies and products in this episode, it's worth noting that our episodes (including this one) are not sponsored. Our opinions are entirely our own. Links to any products do NOT contain affiliate links. In this episode, Ash and Kerri look back at the year that was 2023, including some notable work and personal milestones w...

This episode was recorded on October 1, 2023. The events mentioned in this podcast episode have already occurred, but you should be able to watch them online by visiting the Adobe MAX website. In this episode, Kerri shares some Adobe updates with Ash, including some new features for Adobe Firefly and the general availability of the developer platform for Adobe Express add-ons. She also mentions a...

This episode was recorded on September 4, 2023 Intro In this episode, Ash and Kerri talk about the various resources they use to stay up-to-date with technology and related news. But first, they chat about some events that were coming up (in the past as of the release of this recording). Traveling & Events: apiDays London 2023 ( YouTube playlist ) Adobe Max We also chat a little bit about sett...

Recorded July 23, 2023 Intro This episode is all about desk setups! (And a little about desktop menu bar setups…) But first, Kerri and Ash catch up on We Connect the Dots , Apple II Basic , and summer movies.  Desk setups It's been alluded to a few times, and now it's actually happening—Kerri and Ash share all about their home desk setups. Some of the gear they cover includes: Insta 360 Link...

Beyond OpenAI APIs Recorded Jul 9, 2023 Intro Kerri and Ash kick things off by talking about their 4th of July celebrations. Also they talk about learning Japanese and not learning German. Music ML Update Kerri has some follow-up regarding a recent episode on music and ML. Topics covered include: Google’s AI Music Kitchen MusicLM ( Example ; Dataset ; Paper ) Kerri notes how these tools today can...

Adobe Express Add-ons Recorded Jun 25, 2023 Intro To kick things off, Kerri gives us an update on Adobe Creative Cloud Partner Days, where Creative Cloud platform developers gather to learn more about in-app and cloud APIs for Creative Cloud. Kerri also tells Ash about the Star Trek Resurgence game, while Ash is trying to avoid talking about his new Mac Studio. Adobe Express extensibility Ash is e...

Intro Ash kicks things off by sharing his recent appearance on the API Intersection podcast . The API Intersection episode covers best practices in Developer Relations (DevRel), particularly around Ash's 3 C's of hiring Developer Advocates (with a new 4th C added in the convo!), kickstarting your company's DevRel function, and making space for Developer Advocates to get great work done. Then back...

Intro Kerri and Ash talk trees! Unfortunately for us all, Ash turns this into a recurring analogy about giving in to our AI overlords. Talk to your OpenAPI spec If a tree is going to fall on your house, do you ignore it... or talk to ChatGPT? Well, Ash is excited about OpenAPI specs that talk back. Our co-hosts talk through a fun approach to this: Paste in your OpenAPI spec Ask some yes/no questio...

Intro Ash re-discovers the Upper West Side of Manhattan while Kerri goes fishing in Dredge on the Steamdeck! Also! Star Trek feelings for both co-hosts at the end of Star Trek: Picard . For the true 80s kids, watch LeVar Burton's TNG Reading Rainbow Special for maximum feels. Experimenting with AI in Developer Relations Ash wrote a blog post about how DevRel teams can start using AI. The post cove...

Kerri and Ash play with AI! Image generation First up, our co-hosts look at text-to-font and text-to-image capabilities of these tools: Adobe Firefly Midjourney Stable Diffusion You can see all of the images we mention in this Mastodon thread . Code generation Next up, code-generation tools like GitHub Copilot, GitHub Copilot for Docs, and ChatGPT get a look. Here's the Adobe UXP plugin code that...

Intro: Time! Kerri and Ash kick this one off by chatting about time! ⏱️ JavaScript libraries mentioned: Luxon data-fns Moment Also an old blog post by Ash showing how to avoid accidental object mutation with Moment . tl;dr for 2023 and beyond : Don't use Moment. They say so too ! Main topic: Mermaid For this episode's main topic, Kerri introduces Mermaid , which is a: JavaScript based diagramming...

In this episode, Ash and Kerri talk about ChatGP, the challenges of automating macOS, and a cool tool called "Bunch" by Brett Terpstra. First up, our hosts catch up to see how the last few weeks have gone, including talking about coding with kids, and learning to exercise a new muscle with AI tools like ChatGPT and getting in the habit of keeping tabs on where these technologies are going. As a bo...

It’s been a few weeks since Kerri and Ash sat down to talk and they had a lot to say! --- First up—follow-up! Kerri reports back on the We Connect the Dots Code-A-Thon . Topics covered include: The care required when guiding early programming learners from local to prod An update on JavaScript notebooks (covered in depth in the previous episode ) Tools mentioned:  RunKit CodeSandbox GitHub Pa...

I'd Rather Be Scripting is back after the holiday break! Kerri and Ash start with follow-up from "Episode 7: Decker, Lil, and a good dose of HyperCard nostalgia" . Decker developer John Earnest reached out with a few app updates relevant to episode 7, including: X-Ray Specs, a super power for seeing through the Lil script editor into the deck to speed up script development Improved column formatti...

In this episode Ash and Kerri look back at what technologies were on our minds in 2022, and we do a rapid fire look ahead at those technologies we want to learn more about in 2023. Kerri's 2022 Lookback First, Kerri talks about her experiences learning Swift and Swift UI in 2022 as a way to learn new technologies and also build a MIDI-based macOS and iOS app. Along the way we talk a little about A...

Kerri and Ash are deep diving into Logic Pro MIDI scripting this time. === But first! WiFi routers! 🥱😴😪 Because Ash is done with Eero yet has Mesh Needs™️. He's opted for the Asus ZenWiFi AX 6600 2-pack and things are good so far. Aaand while we're in WiFi router corner, can we just pour one out for Apple AirPort Express ? Ash's finally died a few years ago, but Kerri still has one doing its th...

Kerri and Ash talk CSS frameworks and the difference between component-first and utility-first frameworks.  The frameworks in the mix are: Bootstrap : the venerable component-first framework that has made it easy to create responsive, grid-based layouts for over a decade. Tailwind CSS : a utility-first CSS framework that encourages use of utility classes over creating bespoke names for every...

Kerri and Ash have spent some time with Decker —created by John Earnest—which bills itself as: a multimedia platform for creating and sharing interactive documents, with sound, images, hypertext, and scripted behavior. It's a new take on HyperCard , a classic Mac app from the 80s and 90s that both of our hosts share their nostalgia for. If you're getting started with Decker, here are the 3 key res...

Kerri and Ash continue chatting about Open API tooling for Node.js and Express! This episode of I'd Rather Be Scripting is all about OAS Tools , an open source Node.js server-side framework with full support for OpenAPI v3. Our co-hosts use the OAS Tools Quickstart as a path to discussing the tool's features, including: What an "entity resource" is Creating an OpenAPI document from an entity resou...

Kerri and Ash are back in the command line, which will surprise no one. First up, is a discussion of Kerri’s recent adventures with Warp terminal and Fig CLI . Our hosts discuss autocompletes and AI tools in the terminal. Kerri also shares a difficulty she found getting Warp and Spaceship prompt to play well together. If you’re following along, this was her remedy: ``` if [[ $TERM_PROGRAM != "Warp...

Kerri and Ash cover a couple favorite topics: command line shells and coding on the iPad. First up! Spaceship prompt, which bills itself as a "minimalistic, powerful and extremely customizable Zsh prompt". https://spaceship-prompt.sh Kerri and Ash explore what Spaceship's async capabilities can enable for a zsh prompt and consider why having a battery indicator in your shell prompt might be useful...

Kerri and Ash go down a GitHub Copilot rabbit hole, but not for coding apps like you might expect! Instead, they are exploring the possibilities of authoring technical tutorials for developers where 95% of the writing is done by AI/ML. In this episode, you'll get to listen to *thrilling* audio content wherein Ash hits the tab button in VS Code until he's got a Node.js and Express tutorial written...

Kerri and Ash reappear after a Marvel-style blip for episode 2 of I'd Rather Be Scripting. This episode covers some fun stuff including: Node.js, Deno, and Bun: emerging variety in JavaScript server runtimes The JavaScript spec versus browser APIs: the oft-overlooked distinction between the two Browser APIs, Node APIs, and popular node modules: factors in choosing what to support in new developmen...