Carson Gross
Special guest
Carson is a full stack developer comfortable with both front-end & back-end development experience. His primary technical interests are programming languages and web development, particularly hypermedia.
Carson Gross has been a guest on 4 episodes.
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Yes, and... programming still matters in the age of AI, with Carson Gross
March 12th, 2026 | 38 mins 21 secs
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Carson Gross, computer science professor at Montana State and creator of htmx, joins the show to cut through the noise around AI and programming. He explains why the jump from high-level languages to LLMs is fundamentally different from past transitions, why junior developers who skip writing code risk being at the mercy of a stochastic system, and why systems architecture and managing code complexity are the skills that will matter most. A grounded, rational take on the future of software development jobs.
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HTMX in 2025 with Carson Gross
May 1st, 2025 | Season 4 | 36 mins 42 secs
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Carson Gross, creator of HTMX, talks about its evolution from intercooler.js, its viral rise on social media, and its philosophy of simplicity and stability. They dive into how HTMX fits into the modern web dev ecosystem, the idea of building 100-year web services, and why older technologies like jQuery and server-side rendering still have staying power.
Carson also shares insights on open-source marketing, progressive enhancement, and the future of web development. -
HTMX v2 with Carson Gross
March 6th, 2024 | Season 4 | 33 mins 55 secs
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We welcome back Carson Gross, creator of HTMX, to talk about the upcoming release of HTMX v2 and all its new features and updates.
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HTMX with Carson Gross
September 21st, 2023 | Season 3 | 40 mins 48 secs
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HTMX has become increasingly popular in the web dev community, so we sat down with creator Carson Gross to talk about what HTMX is, why developers should use it, and what’s on the horizon for the tool.