Elm Town 76 – Between the paving stones with Andrew Lenards

Elm Town

Andrew Lenards illuminates the liminal spaces of his mind, from lo-fi, DIY, punk rock, meditation, & coaching to Joël's Triangle & The Mental Side of Programming.

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Music by Jesse Moore.

Recording date: 2024.03.05.

Guest

• Andrew Lenards

Show notes

[00:00:25] Sponsored by Logistically

[00:00:58] Introducing Andrew

• "Is This the Way?" with Aaron Michael Marsh and Andy Lenards
• The Do Nothing Projectwith Jeff Warren
• "The Mental Side of Programming"

[00:01:32] Wrestling announcer Elm Town intro

[00:04:44] From Julian Pistorius: Side roads with crucial impact

• Elm Town 66 – A gateway to scientific research with Chris Martin

[00:11:30] Helping others see between the paving stones

• "Periodic Face-to-Face" by Martin Fowler
• xkcd

[00:25:02] Discovering Elm, or "I don't want to know that there's a better way to do what I'm doing right now"

• "Beating the averages" by Paul Graham

[00:35:05] Elm & mental health

• "Make Reliable Web Apps Without JS Fatigue" by Jared M. Smith
• Elm Slack
• "Idée Fixe" by David Nolen at GOTO 2017
• Against the Rules Season 2 hosted by Michael Lewis

[00:55:17] Joël's Triangle

• Andrew's elm-arboriculture-zine (print it yourself!)
• Joël Quenneville on Thoughtbot

[00:58:57] Picks

Andrew's picks

• Against the Rules Season 2 hosted by Michael Lewis
• Create Content with ChatGPT and AI 2024 course by Kirby Ferguson
• Empathy-Driven Development
• Empathy in Tech
• "Type System Mythbusting with Alexis King" on Software Unscripted with Richard Feldman

Jared's picks

• Elm Town 57 – Brilliant ways to use Elm with Aaron Strick
• Just Let Go (YouTube) by Sturgill Simpson
• Zen Computer by Philip Toshio Sudo
• Pleasures of Small Motions: Mastering the Mental Game of Pocket Billiards by Bob Fancher
• Elm 3D Pool Game Collaboration