December 27th, 2023 × #javascript#react#css

Potluck × Naming Tech × Generators × Layers Follow Up × Sick Picks Page

In this holiday potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer developer questions around topics like advanced JavaScript techniques, React, CSS layers, designing databases, and specializing as a front-end engineer.

Show Notes Transcript

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about naming things in programming, use case for generators, CSS @Layers follow up, database prefixes, generalist vs specialist, where's the sick pick page, and more!

Show Notes

00:08 Welcome
01:20 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
01:48 How much of programming is genuine advanced technical stuff vs just fancy complex sounding names for things?
05:10 I found a non-trivial use case for GENERATORS!
11:05 CSS @Layers follow up from 668
Hacking the Tonal - Proxying, Intercepting + Debugging Traffic? - Syntax #668
Allow authors to apply new css features (like cascade layers) while linking stylesheets · Issue #7540 · whatwg/html
15:37 On a previous episode, what did you mention regarding database-prefix?
18:20 Is it better to be a generalist or specialist as a front end dev?
23:20 I can't find the sick picks page on the new site. Any plans to bring that back?
Filtering and Discovery Notes · Issue #935 · syntaxfm/website
24:25 Can you guys give some advice about how to grow and improve as developers while struggling with ADHD?
Supper Club × Coding with ADHD with Dr. Courtney Tolinski - Syntax #532
29:55 Any chance you could make an embeddable player?
31:32 Could you have the people behind Cards Against Humanity on a future supper club episode?
Cards Against Humanity
Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Cards Against Humanity 99% Sale
Warehouse | Blackbox
Yowza
34:50 What are some of the differences between being a professional developer in Canada versus the United States?
40:58 Is HTML Over The Wire awesome, or super awesome?
42:52 How can I develop locally with a postgres database and Prisma / Vercel for hosting?
Env Variables and Modes | Vite
46:23 Sick Picks