42 // Self-made tools with Linus Lee

In a world dominated by mass-produced software, making your own tools is a way to take back agency in your digital life. Linus joins Mark and Adam to talk about his experiences building a personal software ecosystem; tools that are a reflection of the maker’s values and taste; and packaging/sharing solutions like Docker, CodePen, Replit, and Deno. And: is it possible for software to ever be “done”? — Linus thinks so. Discuss this episode in the Muse community Follow @MuseAppHQ on Twitter Show notes Linus Lee @thesephist Surface Duo Nintendo DS Backbone.js Spensa (farming technology startup) Django Replit Monocle full-text search Ink (programming language) changing lightbulb meme DigitalOcean August (Linus’ self-made x86 assembler) Metamuse episode with Weiwei Xu situated software stream fusion in mathematics reverse proxy software erosion aka bit rot FileMaker Pro newline-delimited JSON flat dependency trees dynamic linked libraries Go static linking not invented here Hundred Rabbits lil apps Szymon Kaliski An app can be a home-cooked meal Lucerne (Linus' self-made Twitter client) TweetDeck Taylor Swift Go by Example multi-tenancy Metamuse episode on local-first whoami game modding Deno Deno’s sandboxing and permissions Qubes OS Docker container Heroku Buttons macOS .app bundles CodePen xkcd on modern software dependencies ProseMirror Metamuse episode on filmmaking curl maintainer has been at it for 23 years