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Supper Club

The CSS OG Eric Meyer. 1994 CSS, JS in Fridges, Tailwind, and Web Standards

In this episode Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski interview Eric Meyer, prominent figure in web standards known for his early work developing resources for CSS. He reflects on the evolution of CSS over decades of work, from early textbook-like specs to extensive modern testing suites, and shares thoughts on popular frameworks, keeping pace with browser features, and where web tech is embedded.

#CSS #Web History #Web Standards
Wes BosScott TolinskiEric Meyer
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Tasty

Lessons Learned & Bugs Fixed from Launching Syntax.fm

Scott and Wes discuss launching the new Syntax.fm site, including database timeouts from too much data, the importance of error monitoring, dark mode UI bugs, using AI for show notes, managing background jobs with serverless, launching with TypeScript errors, having fast local development, being mindful of payload sizes, taking advantage of new browser APIs, and how Wes helped improve the overall design.

#JavaScript #Podcasting
Wes BosScott Tolinski
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