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AI and Coding with ChatGPT
Scott and Wes discuss AI encoders like ChatGPT and image generators like Midjourney, including capabilities, limitations, implications, and how it will impact developers.
#ai#development#javascript
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Clean vs Sloppy Code
Discussion on establishing codebase rules and conventions to enforce clean code vs sloppy code through formatting, linting, naming conventions, documentation, and automation.
#automation#linting
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Supper Club × Astro 2.0 with Fred Schott
Fred Schott discusses Astro 2.0, a framework for content-focused sites that defaults to HTML with interactive JS islands. Covers use cases, routing, markdown support, edge runtimes and top-level data fetching.
#astro#webdev#frameworks
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Warp Terminal × Next Gen Terminals
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes provide an overview of the new Warp terminal for Mac, discussing its features, benefits over traditional terminals, and technology behind it.
#Warp#Terminals#Mac
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Logging
Wes and Scott discuss the value of comprehensive logging in web development and some best practices.
#logging#debugging#visibility
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Supper Club × Solid.js with Ryan Carniato
Ryan Carniato discusses the history and concepts behind SolidJS. Covers reactivity, signals, differences from React, web components support, and introducing Solid Start.
#solidjs#reactivity#frameworks
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Potluck × Native Web Components × JS Class Mixins × Application Secrets
In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer submitted listener questions on topics like setting up a smart home, using web components, JavaScript mixins, and more.
#javascript#webdev#smarthome
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Save us from Config File Hell
Wes and Scott discuss config files in web development projects - how they are necessary but can clutter your codebase. They talk through different formats like JSON, JavaScript and YAML, tools to hide/organize them, and ideas for standardization.
#configfiles#webdev#javascript
Supper Club
Supper Club × Qwik framework from Miško Hevery, the Creator of Angular
Discussion with Mishko Hevery, creator of Angular, about his new framework Qwik and its resumability feature for improved performance without extra effort from developers.
#Qwik#React#Performance
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Converting JS to TypeScript
Scott and Wes discuss their experiences installing smart switches and converting their JavaScript code bases to TypeScript. They talk through the wiring challenges, refactoring benefits, and how TypeScript helps catch bugs.
#JavaScript#TypeScript
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Polish and Perf
Wes and Scott discuss strategies for improving performance and polish after launching a web app, from auditing network requests to optimizing images, caching, removing unnecessary code, and iteratively enhancing the user experience.
#pagespeed#perfmatters#webperf
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Supper Club × Rust In Action with Tim McNamara
This episode covers the history of Rust, how it aims to be more approachable for new developers, the steep learning curve, good introductory projects like command line utilities and games, performance and efficiency benefits, terminology like crates and cargo, and running Rust via WebAssembly.
#Rust#Performance#Beginner
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Node.js CJS → ESM
Discussion on moving from CommonJS modules to ECMAScript modules in Node.js - the benefits, challenges and steps for transitioning a project.
#ecmascript#esm#nodejs
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CSS Wishlist
In this episode Scott and Wes discuss their wishlist for future CSS features including mixins, grid row selection, range selectors, first/last selectors, fit-text, overflow control, color functions, lighten/darken colors, resize handles on divs, and overflow styles.
#css#webdev#frontend
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Supper Club × Caleb Porzio
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski interview web developer Caleb Porzio about growing up in Canada near Buffalo and the cultural similarities between the two.
#Buffalo#Canada#Developers
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We React to State of JS 2022
Wes and Scott discuss the results of the State of JS 2022 survey, analyzing trends in frameworks, libraries, developer demographics, salaries, and more.
#State of JS#JavaScript
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Container Queries Explained
Wes and Scott provide an intro to container queries, explaining the syntax, use cases, and browser support. They share examples for styling based on parent width and height, replacing JS with CSS, and dynamically sizing fonts and elements.
#CSS
Supper Club
Supper Club × Simen Svale Skogsrud and Espen Hovlandsdal from Sanity
Scott and Wes from Syntax podcast chat with Simons and Espin from Sanity about the Sanity content platform, Grok query language, and the new Sanity Studio 3 release.
#podcast#cms#sanity#graphql
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Potluck × JS Modules × HTML Tags × Recession × Budgeting
Wes and Scott answer listener questions about HTML tags, recession impacts, budgeting, expensive cars, and the state of JS modules.
#HTML#Business#JavaScript
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Buy It or Build It? A Service is Not a Solution
Discussion on evaluating whether to buy or build services for your application.
#services#saas#api
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Supper Club × Katherine Mello on Liberal Arts → Coding, Bootcamps, and Sustainability
Katherine Mello discusses her journey from French literature major to founding engineer at sustainable building startup Tangible, touching on coding bootcamps, data visualization, and working at WeWork during its dramatic fall.
#Bootcamps#Sustainability
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2023 Goals × Learning and Doing
Wes and Scott discuss their goals for 2023 including code goals like using new technologies, improving courses, fitness goals like losing weight and doing more cardio, and podcast goals like conducting better interviews.
#Podcasting#Fitness#Goals
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TypeScript Fundamentals × Satisfies and as const
Scott and Wes discuss new TypeScript techniques like 'as const' to create frozen read-only types from data and 'satisfies' to allow better inference for unknown metadata objects.
#TypeScript#JavaScript
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Supper Club × Sarah Drasner on Engineering Management
Sarah Drasner discusses writing her new book Engineering Management for the Rest of Us. She covers her transition from engineer to management at companies like Google, key responsibilities as a manager, writing and publishing the book, and staying motivated by helping others learn.
#Management#Writing#Books#Motivation
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Our Predictions for 2023
In this episode, Wes and Scott make predictions for trends and changes in web development during 2023.
#JavaScript#2023#Predictions#Trends
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TypeScript Fundamentals × Type Narrowing, Guards, and Predicates
Discussion on TypeScript fundamentals like type narrowing, guards and predicates which narrow types from general to specific.
#typescript#webdev#javascript
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Supper Club × Polypane with Kilian Valkhof
Kilian Valkhof discusses Polypane, the developer tool browser he created to speed up development and make accessibility testing easy. He covers Polypane's multi-pane view, custom dev tools focused on the multi-pane experience, extensive accessibility testing features, and more.
#Accessibility#Design
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Were We Wrong? 2022 Predictions Revisited
Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski review their 2022 web development predictions from last year's episode to see what they got right and wrong.
#javascript
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Desktop Apps in JS × Electron and Tauri
Scott and Wes discuss building desktop applications using JavaScript and frameworks like Electron and Tori.
#javascript#electron#tori
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Supper Club × Switching into Coding and climbing the Pommade ladder with Kenneth Lyerly
Kenneth Lyerly shares his journey switching careers into web development, leading teams in ecommerce and marketing, and now working two full-time remote jobs.
#Career Change#Remote Work
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Potluck × Twitter Thoughts × Business Models × Senior Developer
Potluck Q&A show covering website improvements, managing notifications, JavaScript testing, routers, freelancing tips, smart home automation and more.
#productivity#javascript#career
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“Serverless” Databases
Discussion on using databases with serverless architectures and the unique challenges around connection pooling, edge locations, and scaling.
#serverless#databases#jamstack
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Supper Club × Remotion React Video with Jonny Burger
Johnny Burger explains how he created Remotion, a tool for programmatically generating videos with React and common web technologies. He talks about the motivation, technical implementation, and use cases.
#react#video#programming
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JavaScript in 2022
Scott and Wes discuss the JavaScript chapter of the Web Almanac, covering topics like framework usage, script loading, and JS payloads. Wes also shares about recovering from a nasty flu.
#webdev#javascript#webalmanac
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Rendering Methods Explained
Scott and Wes discuss different rendering methods for web applications based on the State of JS survey results. They provide overviews and examples of SPA, MPA, SSG, SSR, partial and progressive hydration, island architecture, progressive enhancement, ISG, streaming SSR, resumability, and edge rendering.
#rendering#webdev#SPA
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Supper Club × Coding at Disney with Vu Le
Vu Le shares insights into building internal CMS and tools at Disney to manage massive amounts of content and enable complex workflows for Disney Plus, ABC News, National Geographic and more.
#Internal Tools#UX#GraphQL#React
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Code Styles × Readable Rules and Petty Preferences
Scott and Wes discuss their code style preferences, focusing on readability over being fancy. They also chat about prepping for a site launch.
#Code Style#JavaScript#Launch Prep
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GitHub Next Projects
Scott and Wes discuss GitHub's latest announcements and upcoming products revealed on the GitHub Next website, including GitHub Copilot integrations, voice coding, collaborative workflows, and more.
#ai#github#webdev
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Supper Club × Bun with Jared Sumner
Jared Sumner discusses creating the Bun JavaScript runtime, focusing on performance, integrating tools, and potential use cases compared to Node and in embedded systems.
#JavaScript#Performance#Testing
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Potluck × Twitter Following × TypeScript × Playwright
Wes and Scott answer listener questions about using Twitter, the difference between CRUD operations and real-time protocols like WebSockets, and share updates on projects they are working on.
#Twitter#WebSockets#Google