
137: Tim Neutkens - Continuing to Innovate with Next.js 9.3
Topics include:An overview of the new getStaticProps, getStaticPaths, and getServerSideProps APIsHow Next.js helps you serve static pages from an edge CDN automatically, without affecting the actual a...
8 Apr 20201h 23min

136: Michael Chan - React Is Not a Rails Competitor
Topics include:What do people actually mean when they say "I used to use Rails, but now I use React"?Why back-end development is still a crucial part of building any web applicationWhat third-party se...
25 Mar 20201h 8min

135: Lessons Learned Building Tailwind UI
Topics include:What Tailwind UI is and why we decided to build itHow odd numbers can wreak havoc on a user interface, and how to avoid themCrafting the perfect form controlUnexpected benefits of worki...
4 Mar 20201h 38min

134: Mark Dalgleish - You Should Be Using Layout Components
Topics include:What problems you run into when baking white space into components, and why your components should never contain any surrounding white space at allLayout challenges you run into due to ...
12 Feb 202056min

133: Sam Selikoff - Building Production-Ready SPAs Fast with Mirage.js
TopicsWhat is Mirage and how does it work?What makes Mirage better than a dummy JSON server you run on another port?What makes Mirage better than running your actual API locally?Using Mirage for actua...
29 Jan 20201h 3min

132: Caleb Porzio - Just Enough JavaScript with Alpine.js
Topics include:What is Alpine and what does it replace?How does Alpine compare to Vue?How does Alpine compare to Stimulus?“Why not just use vanilla JavaScript you dummy?”How Alpine works internallyPat...
15 Jan 20201h 26min

131: Ryan Singer - How Basecamp Builds Software
Topics include:Why "fixed time, variable scope" is so important for actually getting things doneIntegrating development and design into a single process instead of design first, develop laterWhat it m...
1 Jan 20201h 13min

130: David Khourshid - Building Better UI Components with State Machines
Topics include:What exactly is a finite state machine?Why trying to keep track of a component's status using boolean flags is leads to bugs and complex codeWhy it makes so much more sense to keep trac...
11 Des 201954min






















