Josh and Austin Figure It Out

We're back after a break. Josh and Austin discuss seasonal illnesses, the challenges of selling a house with kids, and moving into a new home. They share their holiday experiences, including family gatherings and managing kids' excitement. Then they talk VIBE CODING: AI's practical applications in coding and the hype surrounding new AI models. Despite facing some failures and frustrati...

It's Turkey Time! Austin discusses the challenges of moving homes during the holiday season, dealing with family sickness, and navigating Daylight Savings Time with young kids. Josh shares his recent travels to Toronto and Chicago, and an upcoming trip to New York City. They also chat AI hype and recent innovations from Cloudflare like Cap'n Web and Worker Loaders. 00:00 Welcome and Introd...

Holy cow: Austin has some updates! We're talking major life events, people. His first whittling project comes to a finale, a new job as a senior software engineer at Workiva, and a potential new house purchase in Ames. Not to be outdone, Josh talks about his recent upgrade to the iPhone 17 Pro and details the Alexa Plus experience. The episode is rounded out with a discussion on why autumn is...

It sure feels like fall, folks! Football season and sending kids off to kindergarten. We recap Josh's trip to Okoboji, and Austin dives deep into his new hobby: whittling a spoon out of wood. Then we discuss how best to build a blogging stack with interactive widgets, and weigh the pros and cons of MDX, Markdoc, and more. Also: do you have a second brain?00:00 Welcome00:30 Summer's End and...

We're back, already?! Austin recounts an exhausting road trip to Northern Michigan, involving a harrowing 5.5-hour traffic standstill. They also discuss their plans to meet in person with their families, Josh's upcoming trip to Okoboji, and Barrett starting kindergarten soon. The episode finishes with a technology segment where they chat about Laracon 2025, Josh's project to replace Am...

Austin and Josh reconnect after a two-month break from their podcast. Austin has a new baby! We talk all about experience with a newborn, and the ups and downs of parenthood. Then we dive into summer road trips and house hunting. Austin shares his new project idea for building a custom grocery list app using Convex, while Josh talks about his aspiration to create a DIY Amazon Alexa with Cloudflare...

We're back! Austin's gonna have a second child soon so we talk about that. Working remotely is neat—or is it? Josh talks ear infections, OneWheel scooters, and his React Miami experience. Then we yammer on about "vibe coding" with tools like Cursor and talk about a couple personal projects created with AI assistance. Zed Editor comes up, too. Jam packed! Tune in!00:00 Welcome Bac...

Aaron Francis is here! We chat about open source projects, Fusion and Solo, his company Try Hard Studios, and his educational courses. Is Aaron an LLM? Maybe! He also tweets viral things sometimes. Enjoy! 00:00 Introduction and Welcoming Aaron Francis 03:23 Introducing Aaron Francis: Developer and Educator 04:53 Deep Dive into Fusion 19:43 Exploring Solo: Simplifying Local Development 29:05 Busine...

Our very first guest! Eric Bailey, a talented developer at Bluesky. Eric shares his journey from Iowa to New York to Chicago, detailing his transition from design to development while highlighting his experiences with various tech companies. We talk a bunch about React Native and what it's been like working at Bluesky during its explosive growth in the past few months.00:00 Welcome and Introdu...

Austin shares details about his recent ankle injury over Thanksgiving, and Josh announces the birth of his third son, Levi. Then they dive into the sale of Josh's side business, Barkpass. Topics include due diligence, legal processes, accounting, technical security audits, and more. You won't want to miss this one! Links: - Open Auth - React 19 00:00 Welcome and Thanksgiving Recap 01:57 Ankle Inju...

Josh and Austin hop on the pod to chat about cold weather and late night DNS cutovers. Josh shares his trip down memory lane on the Iowa State campus over the weekend, and they discuss some of the architectural design decisions of campus buildings from the 80s. Then, Josh and Austin dive into the challenges and pitfalls of transitioning a site to server-side rendering. Josh shares his discovery th...

It's Halloween! Josh and Austin dish on the "Beggars Night" tradition from Central Iowa and talk about their Halloween costumes. They also touch on Christmas shopping (is it too early?). Then they dive into Svelte: a high-level intro, what's new in Svelte version 5, and a hot topic: Runes. One of the podcasters also happens to make a cameo on the Svelte homepage. 00:05 Halloween Traditions and Beg...

Josh and Austin reconnect after a month-long hiatus to discuss how to make our houses not cold during the winter, updates on Josh's new car, Your Iowa State Cyclones, and a new segment they're calling: "Shout-outs!" Then they discuss announcements coming out of this year's Laracon US, including a $57 million investment in Laravel, the introduction of Laravel Cloud, a new VS Code plugin and Inertia...

It's local-first day on the pod! Josh and Austin start by talking about children's clothing, Josh's car shopping adventures, and the big Iowa vs Iowa State football game. Then we dive in to "local-first" software: what it is, what problem it solves, and how it's hard to get it right. They compare it to traditional client-server models and offline-first approaches, highlig...

Josh and Austin dive into full-stack JavaScript, discussing the longevity of podcasts, intense potty training sessions, and the Iowa State Fair. They explore frameworks, serverless, and the benefits of a batteries-included approach in web development. "Potty Training in 3 Days" : Amazon Radix UI : https://www.radix-ui.com/ Cursor : https://www.cursor.com/ Video of girl using Cursor IDE :...

Josh and Austin Figure Out How to Start A Podcast In the inaugural episode of 'Josh and Austin Figure It Out', hosts Josh Larson and Austin Crim introduce themselves, discuss their backgrounds, and share how they met. They talk about the challenges of starting a podcast, dive into problems they're currently facing in their tech careers, and explore strategies for debugging and promotin...