Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 40 minutes ago
In this episode, Lane talks to Dax Raad, a well rounded engineer that is currently a developer for SST, a framework that helps people build Full-Stack applications on AWS with ease. Today, they talk about personal opinions on industry practices, scale, financial decisions, infrastructure mistakes, reflections on long-term company commitments and many more!
Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev
Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm
Dax's Twitter: twitter.com/thdxr
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Dax's Tweets and Personal Branding
01:31 You have to learn to be yourself
02:56 Intrusive thoughts
03:33 When did Dax become active in the Tech Twitter scene
06:30 What was the Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon (ZIRP) in the tech scene
09:33 Should people choose fun early in their career?
12:22 Lane's take on the expertise when abstracting
14:15 SST's Philosophy in regards to abstractions
16:35 Merging roles
19:28 People don't want to care about the cloud
21:31 Less stressed about work = better results
24:10 Managers vs leaders
25:20 Dax shares stories about managing vs leading
29:36 Did Dax ever have users?
31:24 Most Startups Fail
32:09 Dax's reason for joining startups
33:25 Staying at a company for decades
35:53 Main downside of staying at an established company for a long time
36:34 The World changes, so don't look at how already established companies do things
37:57 Scale has a different meaning for different companies
40:07 So much goes away when you have less people at the company
41:51 Sometimes not saving money is a better option
43:35 Moving off Stripe
46:54 Rolling your own payment processor
49:05 Which debate on Tech Twitter annoys Dax the most
50:52 Stored Procedure debate
53:31 What's a BIG mistake in the infrastructure space?
57:31 Kubernetes
01:02:58 What Dax misses from Google Cloud
01:03:19 Is Sundar Pichai a bad CEO?
01:04:51 Where to find Dax
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In this episode, Lane talks to Dax Raad, a well rounded engineer that is currently a developer for SST, a framework that helps people build Full-Stack applications on AWS with ease. Today, they talk about personal opinions on industry practices, scale, financial decisions, infrastructure mistakes, reflections on long-term company commitments and many more!
Learn back-end development - https://boot.dev
Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm
Dax's Twitter: twitter.com/thdxr
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:51 Dax's Tweets and Personal Branding
01:31 You have to learn to be yourself
02:56 Intrusive thoughts
03:33 When did Dax become active in the Tech Twitter scene
06:30 What was the Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon (ZIRP) in the tech scene
09:33 Should people choose fun early in their career?
12:22 Lane's take on the expertise when abstracting
14:15 SST's Philosophy in regards to abstractions
16:35 Merging roles
19:28 People don't want to care about the cloud
21:31 Less stressed about work = better results
24:10 Managers vs leaders
25:20 Dax shares stories about managing vs leading
29:36 Did Dax ever have users?
31:24 Most Startups Fail
32:09 Dax's reason for joining startups
33:25 Staying at a company for decades
35:53 Main downside of staying at an established company for a long time
36:34 The World changes, so don't look at how already established companies do things
37:57 Scale has a different meaning for different companies
40:07 So much goes away when you have less people at the company
41:51 Sometimes not saving money is a better option
43:35 Moving off Stripe
46:54 Rolling your own payment processor
49:05 Which debate on Tech Twitter annoys Dax the most
50:52 Stored Procedure debate
53:31 What's a BIG mistake in the infrastructure space?
57:31 Kubernetes
01:02:58 What Dax misses from Google Cloud
01:03:19 Is Sundar Pichai a bad CEO?
01:04:51 Where to find Dax
Like & subscribe for the algo if you enjoyed the video!
