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581

Hasty × February 27th, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
578

Hasty × February 20th, 2023

Logging

Wes and Scott discuss the value of comprehensive logging in web development and some best practices.

#logging #debugging #visibility
Wes BosScott Tolinski
575

Hasty × February 13th, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
572

Hasty × February 6th, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
569

Hasty × January 30th, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
566

Hasty × January 23rd, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
563

Hasty × January 16th, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
560

Hasty × January 9th, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
557

Hasty × January 2nd, 2023

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
554

Hasty × December 26th, 2022

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
551

Hasty × December 19th, 2022

“Serverless” Databases

Discussion on using databases with serverless architectures and the unique challenges around connection pooling, edge locations, and scaling.

#serverless #databases #jamstack
Wes BosScott Tolinski
548

Hasty × December 12th, 2022

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
545

Hasty × December 5th, 2022

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
Wes BosScott Tolinski
542

Hasty × November 28th, 2022

Serverless Limitations

Wes and Scott discuss limitations of serverless functions and how to work around them.

#Serverless #AWS Lambda #Limitations
Wes BosScott Tolinski
539

Hasty × November 21st, 2022

React use() hook and Async Server Components Proposal

Scott and Wes discuss the new React Use hook proposal for handling promises and asynchronous data fetching in React components. They cover the basics, comparisons to React Query, concerns around complexity and fragmentation in React.

#react #javascript #webdev
Wes BosScott Tolinski
536

Hasty × November 14th, 2022

Short Form Content with Tiktok, Reels, Shorts, Tweets

Wes and Scott discuss creating short-form video content for platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. They cover repurposing existing content, making custom videos, platform algorithms, tips for capturing viewers' attention quickly, challenges of showing code, and using text-based editing tools.

#Video Content #Programming
Wes BosScott Tolinski
533

Hasty × November 7th, 2022

Zod Schema Validation and Type Generation

Discussion of Zod, a TypeScript-first schema validation and inference library. Covers features like type inference, runtime validation, integration, and comparisons to alternatives.

#Zod #TypeScript #Validation
Wes BosScott Tolinski
530

Hasty × October 31st, 2022

Explained - Buzz Words and Concepts

Scott and Wes explain web development buzzwords and concepts like schema, promises, async/await, DOM, methods vs functions, props, and stateless HTTP requests.

#JavaScript #WebDev #Buzzwords
Wes BosScott Tolinski
527

Hasty × October 24th, 2022

Hydration & New Frameworks Like Qwik

This episode discusses Quick, a new web development framework created by the inventor of Angular that eliminates hydration by serializing state to HTML. It also covers topics like JSX, SSR, edge functions, and more.

#webdev #javascript #frameworks
Wes BosScott Tolinski
524

Hasty × October 17th, 2022

Bookmarklets

Wes and Scott discuss bookmarklets - JavaScript snippets that run on any page when clicked. They explain what bookmarklets are, how to use them, and share examples.

#javascript #bookmarks #automation
Wes BosScott Tolinski
521

Hasty × October 10th, 2022

Syntactic Sugar, Declarative and First Class Citizens? What does that even mean?

Scott and Wes explain common JavaScript jargon like syntactic sugar, declarative programming, and more.

#javascript #webdev #programming
Wes BosScott Tolinski
518

Hasty × October 3rd, 2022

How to Get Past the Blahs and Finish Your Project

Wes and Scott discuss tips for pushing through the last 10% of a project when you get project blahs and start to lose motivation.

#productivity #programming
Wes BosScott Tolinski
515

Hasty × September 26th, 2022

WTF Is Enhance Framework?

A new HTML framework called Enhance JS that uses web standards and provides lightweight components, file-based routing, server-side rendering, and easy to write components.

#html #webdev #webcomponents
Wes BosScott Tolinski
512

Hasty × September 19th, 2022

AI and Coding - Is Github Co-Pilot Worth It?

Discussion of GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools - how they work, concerns, pricing, and whether they help or hurt developers.

#ai #github #coding
Wes BosScott Tolinski
509

Hasty × September 12th, 2022

Use Next-gen CSS Today (Post CSS Configs)

This episode covers using PostCSS to write next generation CSS today including topics like postcss plugins, imports, nesting, custom media queries, env vars, and color functions.

#postcss #css #webdev
Wes BosScott Tolinski
506

Hasty × September 5th, 2022

Big Deno Changes

Deno has announced compatibility with Node and NPM, making it easier to use existing packages. They also have the fastest JS web server and good TypeScript support, so Node may fall behind.

#deno #nodejs #javascript
Wes BosScott Tolinski
503

Hasty × August 29th, 2022

Margins

Discussion of various techniques for handling margins and layout in CSS including collapsing margins, padding vs margins, flexbox, grid, and using spacer divs.

#css #layout #margins
Wes BosScott Tolinski
500

Hasty × August 22nd, 2022

Episode 500!

Scott and Wes celebrate 500 episodes by looking back at milestones, favorite moments and episodes, and answering listener questions.

#podcasting #milestone
Wes BosScott Tolinski
497

Hasty × August 15th, 2022

CSS Proposals @when, CSS Masonry, Carets

In this episode Scott and Wes discuss upcoming CSS proposals like at win/else, masonry layout, caret styling, nesting, env variables, and improvements to media queries.

#CSS #front-end
Wes BosScott Tolinski
494

Hasty × August 8th, 2022

Browsers, Engines, Support and the Other Guys

Overview of major browser engines like Chromium, Gecko, WebKit and dive into lesser known mobile browsers to see if you need to support them.

#browsers #mobile #webkit #chromium
Wes BosScott Tolinski
491

Hasty × August 1st, 2022

How to Spark your Imagination and Get Excited about Coding

Wes and Scott discuss ways to spark creativity and excitement in coding through fun side projects that serve no purpose.

#JavaScript #programming #side projects
Wes BosScott Tolinski
488

Hasty × July 25th, 2022

What is Bun? The New JS Runtime

This episode covers Bun, a new JavaScript runtime focused on performance and batteries included tools like a bundler and transpiler.

#JavaScript #Performance
Wes BosScott Tolinski
485

Hasty × July 18th, 2022

STUMP’D Interview Coding Questions

Wes and Scott play a game of Stumped, asking each other random interview questions and trying to explain the answers.

#JavaScript #HTML #CSS #Interview Prep
Wes BosScott Tolinski
482

Hasty × July 11th, 2022

Clamp & Interpolate

Scott explains numeric clamping and interpolation, demonstrating how these techniques can help control values and create animations. He highlights the d3-interpolate library for interpolating numbers, colors, dates, and more.

#JavaScript #Animation #Math
Wes BosScott Tolinski
479

Hasty × July 4th, 2022

CSS5 Color Functions

In this episode, Wes and Scott discuss upcoming CSS color functions that will allow developers to programmatically modify colors, including mixing colors, getting color contrasts, and altering color properties like hue, saturation, and lightness.

#CSS #Accessibility #Design
Wes BosScott Tolinski
476

Hasty × June 27th, 2022

Browser CSS Page Transitions API aka Shared Element Transitions

Discussion of a new browser API proposal for smooth page transitions on the web, allowing for animated transitions between pages similar to native mobile apps.

#webapi #animations #transitions
Wes BosScott Tolinski
473

Hasty × June 20th, 2022

New Viewport Units

Wes and Scott discuss new viewport units in CSS that help deal with things like the URL bar shifting on mobile browsers.

#css #mobile #viewport
Wes BosScott Tolinski
470

Hasty × June 13th, 2022

I can has() new CSS Selector?!

Wes and Scott discuss new CSS selectors like has(), where() and is() that allow powerful new ways to select elements.

#CSS #Front End
Wes BosScott Tolinski
467

Hasty × June 6th, 2022

Stopping Malicious Actors

Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski discuss ways that malicious actors can abuse your web application, and different techniques to prevent abuse like rate limiting, shadow banning, tokens, CAPTCHA, and more.

#security #bots #spam
Wes BosScott Tolinski
464

Hasty × May 30th, 2022

Cache Control Headers Explained

Discussion on how cache control headers work and how they can be used to improve website performance.

#Caching #Performance #Headers
Wes BosScott Tolinski
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