This week, the gang meets Enderman – the maintainer of the Second Cup newsletter, and a 1.12.2 advocate. Learn their takes on modded journalism, the benefits of staying on such an old version, how they got their name, what questions he has for us and why modern versions might just be an energy drink.

Second Cup newsletter: https://second-cup.ender-development.org/

Enderman's personal website: https://enderman.ender-development.org/

Enderman's CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/members/enderdevelopment/projects

Enderman's Modrinth: https://modrinth.com/user/MasterEnderman

Enderman's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/enderman.ender-development.org

Enderman's Discord: https://discord.gg/JF7x2vG

Enderman's GitHub: https://github.com/MasterEnderman

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:30 Why JEO is the most popular podcast in the retirement homes

04:16 Enderman is the OG modded fan

09:18 1.12.2: A guide to survival

20:28 Enderman: ”I will NEVER develop for modern”

25:19 Why Enderman is fine with associating with Cleanroom

28:33 Enderman's blog could've been about coffee

33:23 Why modern versions are basically just like an energy drink

39:38 The state of Modrinth for the 1.12 community

42:47 Enderman: ”Make more modded newsletters!”

46:37 The interviewee becomes the interviewer

47:49 How we started Just Enough Opinons

53:34 Why we split JEO into seasons

58:53 Why we owe the recording server idea to Deepa

1:01:04 How we decide who to invite as guests

1:03:27 Why we will be renaming to ”Technical Difficulties: The Podcast”

1:05:33 The interviewer becomes the interviewee

1:05:45 Why Enderman's journalistic and mod developer sides don't combine

1:11:11 Quickies: How Enderman comes up with blogpost titles

1:12:20 Which interview Enderman had the most fun conducting?

1:13:47 Enderman: ”I CANNOT develop modpacks anymore”

1:16:05 How Enderman found out about Big Autumn Packjam

1:17:39 Why Enderman doesn't mind OptiFine, but…

1:22:02 Enderman's favorite JVM version is NOT what you expect

1:23:06 Our Discord server's questions are CONFUSING…

1:23:56 The only fork Enderman is still yet to do

1:26:16 How Enderman got his name

1:27:30 The Funny Machine: ”What's your ideal endgoal?”

1:32:36 Outro

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Camerawork by: Akoto090

Title and timestamps by: G_cat

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