{"podcast":{"title":"North Meets South Web Podcast","slug":"north-meets-south-web-podcast-706861","podcast_index_feed_id":706861,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/north-meets-south-web-podcast","website_url":"http://northmeetssouth.audio","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/gTGjKd44Qy-t3yz9_V60jp8N2Qe5KN4QwfB-5FNuQPM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ4ODMvMTU3Mjc3/NzAzNi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg","author":"Jacob Bennett and Michael Dyrynda","episode_count":198,"summary":"Jake Bennett and Michael Dyrynda conquer a 14.5 hour time difference to talk about life as web developers","last_synced_at":"2026-07-03T02:18:55.125622+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/north-meets-south-web-podcast-706861"},"episode":{"title":"Choose your hard","slug":"choose-your-hard","published_at":"2025-10-09T12:17:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/north-meets-south-web-podcast-706861/choose-your-hard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/north-meets-south-web-podcast-706861","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/3dc52cb1","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/3dc52cb1/945ff891.mp3","summary":"Michael and Jake open with retro arcade serendipity (a Mortal Kombat cabinet sighting!) and tumble into family bowling, kid-approved card games, and why tactile gadgets are back in style. Then they pivot hard into dev-mode: shadcn/ui (and shadcn-vue), Inertia, React-ish forms, and the age-old tradeoff between “batteries-included” simplicity and modern real-time UX. Highlights: Mortal Kombat cabinet & mini arcades, gift ideas for Laracon AU Duckpin bowling explainer and family bowling stories (plus UNO, Yahtzee, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza) The “analog is cool again” thread: mechanical keyboards, a Keychron board, and a retro 3D-printed mouse shell for a Logitech M185 Dev deep-dive: shadcn docs, Inertia forms, partial reloads vs full refresh, Livewire/Alpine, and real-time updates with Pusher/Reverb Show links RetroPie / Arcade1Up Laracon AU Duckpin bowling Keychron keyboard 3D-printed retro mouse shell for Logitech M185 Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza Inertia.js shadcn/ui shadcn-vue Livewire Alpine.js Pusher Laravel Reverb Axios fetch","meta_description":"Michael and Jake open with retro arcade serendipity (a Mortal Kombat cabinet sighting!) and tumble into family bowling, kid-approved card games, and why t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2858,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/north-meets-south-web-podcast-706861/episodes/choose-your-hard/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/north-meets-south-web-podcast-706861/choose-your-hard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}