Elm Town 91 – Culture, codegen and (web) components with Joe Thel

Joe Thel cares for web components (custom elements), elm-codegen, and a culture balancing boring & novel technologies. We wade into the 2025 AI waters, but walk out before we drown. Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Music by Jesse Moore. Edited by Jared M. Smith. Recording date: 2025.11.07 Guest Joe Thel (https://www.joethel.com/) Full show notes at https://elm.town/episodes/elm-town-91.... [00:00:17] Disclaimer: AI & Publish Time [00:00:50] Sponsored by Logistically [00:01:11] Introducing Joe Thel [00:12:01] Question from the Deepgram team: Pitching Elm [00:14:50] Web components [00:24:08] Question from Deepgram: Fun stories with animation [00:29:29] Novelty budget [00:38:10] Artificial Intelligence [00:55:17] elm-codegen: Rediscovering the feels of "compile-time", active vs. passive [01:10:24] Question from Deepgram: Early design decisions [01:15:32] Picks