Episode 62

62: Journey Would Be Wasted On You

Developers learning new things, using OS X betas, Thunderbolt 3, what's holding the iPad back, whether tablets will be marginalized by bigger phones and smaller laptops, and the Sega CD.

Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP

April 24, 20142h 13m

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Show Notes

Follow-up on pCell and database scaling, including horizontal sharding schemes, tiered data layers, and taking a stand against the "premature optimization" tautology.
When and why do developers learn something new, and why does Marco keep using PHP for everything?
OS X Beta Program for End Users
- What's coming on June 2nd?
Casey and Marco make John proud (spoiler)
New third-generation Thunderbolt details
- MagSafe vs. MagSafe 2
Overcast update
Are iPad sales leveling off? Why?
- How we use our iPads today
- Limitations in modern iOS
- Are iPad apps stagnating?
- Jean-Louis Gassée's take
- Gruber's response
- Casey on T-Mobile's Free Internet (relevant T-Mobile info)
- Apps mentioned:
Will tablets be marginalized by bigger phones and smaller laptops?
After-show:
- Sega CD, 32X, CDX (which Marco thought was codenamed Jupiter, but that was something else), Saturn, and Dreamcast.
- Casey and Marco's video game history and why they don't bother anymore. What do the three hosts do during our free time, anyway?
- Apps mentioned: