Why are senior developers learning low-code and AI tools? [Adrian Twarog Interview #129]
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Published 2024-06-21
We talk about:
How Adrian built his development skills by volunteering to taking on web design projects at work
How he started making design tutorials on YouTube and published 300 in a single year
How he was early to the AI engineering craze and published GPT tutorials with millions of views
– Adrian's many freeCodeCamp courses, and his gorgeous book on design fundamentals
Being a dev in Perth, Australia – on the other side of the Earth from Silicon Valley – yet still staying at the forefront of the state of the art
Can you guess what song I'm playing on my bass during the intro? It's from a 1995 industrial rock anthem.
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Links we talk about during our conversation:
Adrian's popular video "Real life RPG to track your life": • How I built a simple RPG game to trac...
Adrian's UX course on freeCodeCamp: www.freecodecamp.org/news/ui-ux-design-tutorial-fr…
Merge, Adrian's Discord community for devs: www.mergewebdev.com/
Adrian's design book, Enhance UI: enhanceui.com/
Sections:
0:00:00 Adrian Twarog: An Unconventional Approach to Technology
0:03:08 From Perth to Silicon Valley: Adrian's Developer Origin Story
0:05:35 Using Low-Code and No-Code Tools to Get Things Done Faster
0:31:09 Building a Team and Transitioning to Teaching
0:33:16 The Night Owl Content Creator
0:37:29 Continuous Improvement
0:42:18 Striving for Better Content
0:46:39 Sketching Ideas
0:53:13 Visualizing Projects Before Coding
0:56:08 AI Tools for Developers
1:03:39 Enhancing the Development Process
1:05:02 AI Evangelist
1:05:20 The Impact of Copyright Strikes on Creators
1:05:47 AI Tools Solving Problems in Web Development
1:05:17 The Role of AI Evangelist and Freelancing
1:07:16 The Importance of Design Fundamentals
1:08:46 Creating a Design Course for Developers
1:10:27 Building a Community and Offering Design Reviews
1:14:50 Navigating Client Communication and Recommendations
1:26:23 The Rise of Low Code and No Code in Web Development
1:31:08 AI Tools in Web Development
1:35:08 Streamlining the Web Development Process
1:36:53 Value and Pricing in Web Development
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All Comments (21)
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Wonderful! Great to see you both again! =)
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For 10 years!? And you calling yourself "im just an IT guy" This guy need respect
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The best podcast ever thank you Quincy and Adrian for the great podcast, with love from Tanzania
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That analogy of a root canal is awesome
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Wow another broadcast by our beloved Quincy
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And belmicrocomputer. If I remember correctly, IBM already had a mainframe operating system named DOS. Mainframe DOS had nothing to do with microcomputers.
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amazing Picasso quote
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It's hard to relate to someone who says they didn't traditionally study something after being able to do IT from primary, into Computer Science at university.
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❤
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low code + ai sounds like we getting away from smart people
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*asks chatgpt a random question and waits for an answer while the guest looks on awkwardly. TOP PODCAST CONTENT QUINCE, EFFIN TOP
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Well, it's that or be left behind?
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Interviewer talking more than the actual guy :s
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❤🎉
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There isn't a AI platform as of today, that can manage the law of physics. Lol did he say "DOS"?
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When do I get my goose farm?
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Is he the same Adrian from JavaScript Mastery
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I'm a programmer with 11 months of experience. And I've learnt more than 10 programming languages,with certificates. Also had a good experience with Android and IOS development,react native and more
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This is bs guys. Don't fall for it.
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Joe biden 😂
