Supper Club × RedwoodJS with Tom Preston-Werner

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tom Preston-Werner about his work on RedwoodJS, the importance of documentation, and the new Redwood Startup Fund.

Our Sponsor for today’s episode is a popular WordPress plugin, AIOSEO, also known as All in One SEO for WordPress. It’s becoming one of the most powerful SEO toolkit and is now used by over 3 million websites to improve search rankings.

Whiskey Web and Whatnot is different than your typical dev podcast. We show a lighter, more human side of developers you know and love, like a fireside chat with your favorite devs. Past guests include Tom Preston-Werner, Kent C. Dodds, Charlie Gerard, and of course Wes Bos! We have discussed everything from Next.js and TypeScript to Chuck’s past life as a blackjack dealer, Cincinnati Chili, the best casseroles, and of course whiskey!

Show Notes

00:34 Welcome
01:36 Guest introduction
Tom Preston-Werner on Twitter
Kai’s Power Tools
04:23 Math is weird
07:21 User interface design
08:53 Sponsor: AIOSEO
10:24 What is RedwoodJS?
RedwoodJS
Chatterbug
15:31 Is JavaScript the stack you should be using these days?
18:40 Freedom vs decisions in software
Where Good Ideas Come From
23:10 RedwoodJS docs and video strategy
RedwoodJS Docs
Readme Driven Development
29:13 The tech behind RedwoodJS
Apollo
Storybook
36:20 Sponsor: Shipshape (Whiskey, Web and Whatnot)
36:58 Redwood Startup Fund
The Redwood Startup Fund
42:28 Supper club questions
VS Code
Netlify
Hacker News
RedwoodJS on Discord
RedwoodJS Discourse
RedwoodJS on Twitter

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Scott: LevelUp Tutorials
Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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