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Scott and Wes discuss how to implement dark mode and theming in web development, including topics like using color variables, overriding system preferences, solving contrast issues, theming components, and more.
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Wes and Scott discuss JavaScript maps and sets - how they differ from arrays and objects, unique use cases, and when to reach for maps/sets over arrays/objects.
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Darcy Clarke discusses his career journey through agencies, open source, and companies like npm. He introduces his new project Volt, a next generation package manager and registry aiming to be the Google of packages.
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The guys answer your questions about hosting options for Next.js apps, share some spicy takes about Firefox and CSS, lament the lack of good form options for modern web apps, and clarify some confusion around SvelteKit and Turborepo abandoning TypeScript.
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Wes and Scott discuss the technology stack and services powering the new Syntax.fm website.
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Jason Langsdorf discusses his new studio setup, thoughts on AI, the React ecosystem, and keys to creating engaging content consistently.
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Web development horror stories about bugs, mistakes, and disasters
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Developers share horror stories of catastrophic mistakes like deleting databases, breaking site functionality, exposing data, and more.
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Brad Frost discusses design systems, component libraries, design tokens, developer experience, and using web components to build scalable front-end architecture.
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Wes and Scott discuss new advancements in AI tools and services for developers, including vzero.dev from Vercel to generate React UI, Anthropic's Claude chatbot, and new AI services from Cloudflare Workers.
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In this episode Scott and Wes discuss various libraries and tools that have been replaced by standardized browser APIs and JavaScript features over the years, like jQuery, Express, Underscore, 960 Grid System, Sass, Socket.IO, Left Pad, etc.
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Chris Lattner, creator of Swift and senior director at Google TensorFlow, discusses Mojo - a new Python-inspired language for AI and ML. He covers the history of GPUs, how machine learning models work, the fragmented AI dev landscape, and goals when designing a new programming language.
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Discussion of the 2023 State of CSS survey results covering frameworks, tools, features, pain points and more.
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Tips for optimizing your home office space for productivity and comfort as a developer working from home.
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David East discusses Google's new online IDE Project IDX, which allows coding directly in the browser with AI assistance. He talks about the motivation, benefits, and technology behind IDX.
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In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer audience questions on web development topics like Bun JS, REST vs GraphQL APIs, learning Rust, documenting code, WordPress APIs, becoming a podcast guest, and using home gym equipment.
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Discussion on proper semantic usage of h1 through h6 headings for accessibility, SEO, and screen reader navigation.
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Taylor Desseyn discusses strategies for engineers to stand out in the hiring process, including the importance of social proofing through content creation. He also provides insights into current trends like the developer hiring recession and shift towards back end engineers.
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Wes and Scott discuss the State of CSS developer survey results, covering usage of new CSS features like subgrid, aspect ratio, relative colors, variable fonts, accessibility preferences, and more.
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Discussion comparing Tori and Electron for building desktop apps using web technologies. Covers differences in bundle sizes, developer experience, maturity and more.
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Dr. Courtney Tolinski discusses anxiety disorders, symptoms, causes and healthy ways to manage anxiety. She answers questions on recognizing triggers, career anxiety in web development, and making big life decisions.
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Wes and Scott discuss their experiences building apps with Svelte and SvelteKit. They cover templating, data fetching, state management, actions, layouts, styling and more.
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Scott proxies requests from his Tonal workout device to reverse engineer the API and build custom community workouts since Tonal has limited functionality.
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Stuart discusses his journey from working in a family business to becoming a self-taught web developer, including how he prepared for interviews, built projects, and made time for learning while having a family.
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Scott and Wes discuss the projects they built during a hack week at Sentry, including a real-time markdown editor and an automated recording button.
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Wes and Scott discuss the new CSS nesting syntax that is now supported across all major browsers. They cover how it works, best practices, use cases compared to Sass, browser support via transpiling, and more.
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In this episode, Fred Schott discusses the Astro 3.0 release and new features like view transitions, image optimization, open source sustainability, and more.
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In this episode Scott and Wes answer developer questions on various web development topics like TypeScript, performance, CMS, and more. They also discuss personal topics like dog DNA tests and how they organize their code.
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Scott and Wes explain JavaScript closures, scoping, and give examples of how closures can be useful.
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Mark Erikson explains the complexity of shipping JavaScript packages that work across many environments,tools and module systems, with details on his work updating Redux libraries to add ESM support.
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Scott and Wes catch up on life outside of coding including concerts, home projects, fitness goals, and more. They also recommend a steam cleaner and a sci-fi kids book.
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Scott and Wes discuss techniques for dynamically generating social media preview images known as open graph or OG images using services like Satori, Cloudinary, and Puppeteer.
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Aiden Bai discusses Million.js, a library that makes React rendering up to 70% faster by replacing the virtual DOM diffing process. He shares how it works, use cases, and his motivations for improving web performance.
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In part 2 of Rust for JavaScript developers, Scott and Wes dive deeper into Rust's type system, talking about integer types, strings, string slices, arrays, tuples, and other collection types. They also cover defining structs, adding methods, and other fundamentals.
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Wes shares 8 tricks for using the JavaScript Fetch API including streaming responses, tracking download progress, and handling errors.
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Andrew Lizowski discusses how video editor Descript is built with web technology like Web Codecs and XState. He covers the AI transcription and voice features, using Radix and Tailwind for components, and reliable end-to-end testing with Playwright.
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Overview of 6 new approved and proposed JavaScript APIs in various stages - ranging from shipped to just proposed. Covers Promise resolvers, immutable arrays, array grouping, observable events, import assertions, Map.emplace(), decorators and pattern matching.
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Scott and Wes discuss JavaScript decorators - what they are, how to use them, their current status, and potential future use cases.
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Brandon Bayer, creator of Blitz JS, discusses Flight Control which lets you deploy apps on your AWS account with a great developer experience. Covers serverless deployment, preview environments, Docker, build caches, and more.
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Scott and Wes answer listener questions about TypeScript, preventing back pain while programming, and options for limiting cloud service costs.