Adam Elmore

Independent Cloud Consultant helping startups build products on AWS

Issue #307 June 4, 2023

About

Adam Elmore is an independent cloud consultant helping startups build products on AWS.

He is also the co-founder of StatMuse, an artificial intelligence company for conversational search for sports stats and information.

He also co-hosts a podcast about web technologies, the internet, and the future of (basically) everything at How About Tomorrow?

Note: Adam was original featured in Edition #108 back in 2021. This is his slightly refreshed and updated home office setup.

Photos

6 images

Gear

7 items

Computer Apple Mac Studio Buy

Monitor Apple Pro Display XDR Buy

Controller Apollo Twin X Buy

Microphone Shure SM7B Buy

Keyboard Mode Eighty Mechanical Keyboard — with GMK Dracula keycaps

Desk Artifox Desk Buy

Chair CoreChair Buy

The census

Only 3% of the desks we’ve published have Adam’s Mac Studio.

Ranked across all 516 setups that list their gear.

Apple Pro Display XDR 5%

Shure SM7B 4%

Mac Studio 3%

See top 50 gear items ›

Software

4 apps

Figma

Apple Notes

Adobe stuff — for videos

Neovim

Interview

3 questions

› How do you spark creativity?

I'm learning that consuming other people's work helps inspire me. That and having coffee once a month; on coffee day I get all kinds of sparks!

› How do you manage work-life balance?

If I didn't have a family I would spend every second of my life working, to my own detriment. Having a family makes this pretty easy, though; I know I'm going to regret every moment I missed with my boys, and I'm also in a season of my career where it's time to start slowing down a bit, so that helps.

› What is the most rewarding aspect of live streaming your programming?

It's so nice having people around while I work. I spent a decade working alone, from home, in my office. Having a bunch of friends hanging out with me on Twitch has been a breath of fresh air.