827: Career Development with Topher Martini

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about their predictions in web development for 2023. Show Notes 00:07 Welcome 01:25 SSR JS sites more the norm 03:32 React doing forms 05:39 TypeScript Inferred becomes hot 08:11 Deno gets hotter 12:51 JS Runtimes Mature HTMX 15:00 We will see a new TS Type Checker written in Rust 19:20 New JS APIs 23:37 Writing towards Winter CG Spec Popular. “Worker Ready” script STC 27:05 A new JS framework SolidJS Qwik 29:44 Page Transitions API 32:40 Scott was right / Scotts gonna be right 34:06 Rust becomes more Popular 36:00 React Beta Docs launch after 5 year dev cycle 37:45 CSS Container Queries in Production 41:07 Svelte and Sveltekit Glow Up 43:38 CSS Subgrid 49:19 WASM 51:51 AI Open AI 53:16 Houdini 54:30 People souring on React, Eslint 57:47 Machine learning 01:08 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Cron Wes: Wyze Headphones Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp SvelteKit Tutorial Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

4 Jan 20231h 9min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through some TypeScript Fundamentals around type narrowing, type guards, and type predicates. Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 01:40 Rocking predicates 02:54 What is a type in TypeScript? 04:11 Type Narrowing 08:18 Type Guard 16:19 Type Predicates Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

2 Jan 202322min

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Kilian Valkhof about his work on Polypane, a browser for developers. How is Polypane built? Why does he have a focus on accessibility in Polypane? Show Notes 00:39 Welcome 01:48 Who is Kilian Valkhof? kilianvalkhof.com @kilianvalkhof on Twitter 04:50 What is Polypane? Polypane @Polypane on Twitter FromScratch 09:31 How is Polypane built? 14:18 What about the Dev tools tab? 20:15 Outline tab 23:23 Color picker 27:33 Canvas rules and guides 32:16 Accessibility background and tools 40:28 How do you parse the CSS? 42:51 What else do you want people to know about Polypane? 44:42 Supper Club questions 53:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Shameless Plugs Fix Contrast Superposition Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

30 Des 202258min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott revisit their 2022 predictions and see which ones they got right, and which they got wrong. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax Show Notes 00:09 Welcome Syntax 420: 2022 Predictions 01:44 Svelte popularity Svelte Svelte Kit 04:09 Next.js data layer 05:06 Web components UI Open UI 06:19 Rust popularity Rust 10:07 Serverless and Cloud functions 10:42 Tailwind popularity 16:20 Sponsor: Sentry 17:59 Next gen dev tools 19:46 CSS Container queries 21:45 GraphQL 26:26 Deno 29:44 TypeScript 34:28 Sponsor: Sanity 35:07 Server comeback 36:21 Checkouts and payment processers Lemon Squeezy 43:05 Sponsor: Auth0 44:18 Temporal API 46:44 Remote dev thin client popularity 49:49 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: JADENS Label Maker Machine with Tape Wes: Chipolo One Spot Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Svelte Kit Tutorial Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

28 Des 20221h

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the current state of building desktop apps with Electron or Tauri. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. Show Notes 00:33 Welcome 01:18 Sponsor: Sentry 02:47 Sponsor: Prismic 04:01 Our experience with building desktop apps Level Up Tutorials: Level 1 Electron Hair.WesBos.com 10:04 Frameworks for building apps 10:56 Tauri vs Electron Tauri Electron 23:38 Tooling vite-plugin-electron Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

26 Des 202227min

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Kenneth Lyerly about his career path into coding, and how he manages to hold two jobs. Show Notes 00:38 Welcome Ken.dev Ken on Github 01:59 How do you have two jobs? 09:46 When did you start a second job? 16:02 Any tips for someone wanting to switch into coding? 24:03 Do you have advice for people trying to market themselves? 31:38 What is working these days for marketing efforts? 34:47 Where can devs learn about marketing? 35:50 Barbershop culture 39:47 Supper club questions Snazzy Labs custom Touch ID button Tech Meme Ride Home podcast 44:10 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Traeger Grills Shameless Plugs Suavecito ResortPass Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

23 Des 202247min

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about how to give feedback on the podcast, deciding on a business model for courses, what to do about Twitter, and more. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:51 Podcast feedback 04:46 Can you talk about how you made the decision to re-write LevelUp? Strangler Fig 13:54 How did you get a score for your website? Google Pagespeed 19:30 Where will we move to when Twitter implodes? Twitter Blue 26:29 Sponsor: Linode 27:06 How did you arrive at your business model? 33:15 Advice for getting into freelancing web dev? 38:49 Sponsor: Sentry 40:07 How to feel more “senior” as a developer 43:30 How do you manage notifications between various apps? Hazel 50:46 Label makers Nimbot label makers 54:14 Sponsor: Freshbooks 54:45 How are people testing node apps? JestJS Vitest Mocha ChaiJS 56:38 What are your thoughts on the TanStack Router? Tanstack Astro SvelteKit Nozzle 01:09 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Sensibo Air Wes: We Crashed Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

21 Des 20221h 6min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about your options for database when you’re working with serverless. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 00:51 Sponsor: LogRocket 01:44 Sponsor: Prismic 03:17 Why Serverless and related databases? 07:45 Deploying on Deno Deno 08:44 Using a database with serverless functions Syntax 542 - Serverless Limitations 11:53 Using purpose built databases Planetscale Supabase Cloudflare D1 Cloudflare Key Value Store AWS DynamoDB AWS Auroa FaunaDB Neon Railway MongoDB Serverless Redis Cassandra 15:01 The results of the test 17:35 Solutions Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

19 Des 202227min