174 | FOMO and Leveraging AI for Better Dev Productivity

In this episode, hosts Amy and Brad discuss the the things they're afraid of missing out on within the dev ecosystem. Then, they discuss how they're using AI to enhance their own productivity with Custom GPTs.

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Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:38 Sponsor: Postman

1:07 Developer FOMO

• Chantastic interviews Theo: Theo's Unexpected Advice about YouTube
• The Hard Parts of Building an Application, Made Easy with Supabase
• Michael Chan's Talk on Storybook: Tame the Component Multiverse
• React Server Components Now in RedwoodJS
• Episode 173: From Blog Post to VC Funding: The Story of Unkey

22:39 AI Tools and Enhancing Workflows

• Anthropropic's Prompt Guide
• OpenAI Prompt Guide
• Cloudflare Playground for AI Workers

31:51 Slow Productivity

• Episode 68: Developer Productivity, Featuring Brad Garropy
• Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
• Cal Newports Podcast: Deep Questions
• Brad's 2024 Goals

47:09 Picks and Plugs

Amy

• Pick:
  • Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal
  • Deep Dive: Ali Abdaal Interviews Cal Newport
  • Deep Questions: Cal Newport Interviews Ali Abdaal
  • Deep Dive: Ali Abdaal Interviews Jodi Cook, author of Ten Year Career
• Plug: Two Week Build

Brad

• Pick: Apple TV
• Plug: Brad Garropy on YouTube

54:11 Wrap-Up