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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Steve Ruiz about how he built tldraw, how he manages state, what was done to support mobile, and more. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the hardest parts of building a performant website simpler. Visit gatsby.dev/syntax to get your first Gatsby site up in minutes and experience the speed. ⚡️ Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 03:23 Who is Steve Ruiz? Steve Ruiz 04:45 What is tldraw and what was your inspiration for it? tldraw Globs Excalidraw tldraw on GitHub 11:04 Why didn’t you use canvas? 16:15 How do you make an algorithm? Perfect Free Hand 19:33 Do you use pointer events? 23:44 What are you using to manage state? 29:42 How do you handle zooming? Creating Zoom UI 32:28 Where do you store the data for tldraw? Project Fugu 37:08 Why use indexdb? 38:05 Sponsor: Gatsby 39:49 How difficult was it to make it work on mobile? React Use Gesture 41:59 Does it work offline? 43:25 Supper Club Questions Monokai Pro Framer Classic Hacker News One Lone Coder on YouTube Displaced Gamer Coding Secrets 52:28 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Last Call BBS Shameless Plugs Steve: tldraw.dev 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 Sep 202256min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott review the websites you’ve submitted including Ruben Oliveira, Adam Collier, Consolecmnd, Brad Preston, and more! 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. 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. MagicBell - Sponsor MagicBell is the the notification inbox for your product. Add a MagicBell to your product for announcements, billing, workflow, and other notifications. The free plan supports up to 100 Monthly Active Users - use the coupon code SYNTAXFM for 10% off the first 12 months. Show Notes 00:16 Welcome 02:05 Setting up Wes’ new office 06:18 rubenoliveira.tech Ruben Oliveira 17:22 adamcollier.co.uk Adam Collier 22:56 Sponsor: Sanity 24:13 Consolecmnd.com ConsoleCMND 32:37 sz-development.tech SZ-Development 44:07 Sponsor: LogRocket 44:57 Richardcarrigan.com Richard Carrigan 49:52 Bradpreston.dev Brad Preston 54:18 Sponsor: MagicBell 55:17 Mikemneves.com Mike Mneves 01:05 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Packing Cubes Wes: Volt 1 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

31 Aug 20221h 6min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about margins. There are a lot of techniques for dealing with margins - padding instead of margin, only margin or padding bottom, Flexbox for everything, Grid for everything, or a spacing Div. Sentry - Sponsor Find out about Sentry’s Dex Conference. From controlling chaotic workflows to maintaining stable code, there’s a lot that can drive a developer mad. We’re hosting DEX, the conference for developers by developers, to give us all a chance to come together and sort through that madness. This is a free, one-day event to share best practices, epic fails, and seasoned insights on how to improve productivity. Whether you join us in-person in San Francisco or virtually from your home, you’ll have the opportunity to share your thoughts, engage with other developers, and walk away with your own personal madness sorting algorithm. 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 00:30 Welcome 01:39 Sponsor: Sentry 02:50 Sponsor: Auth0 04:25 Introduction to margins 08:28 Margin vs padding 11:46 New techniques 14:32 The spacer div 17:36 Why do it as a component vs a class? 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

29 Aug 202221min

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Brandon Roberts about Appwrite, how Appwrite works, who it’s for, as well as his thoughts on Angular, Remix, and more. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info. We’ve also got an amazing selection of GraphQL tutorials at hasura.io/learn. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:10 Who is Brandon Roberts? @BrandonTRoberts 02:00 What is Appwrite? Appwrite Getting started with Appwrite 03:17 What database layer does Appwrite use? 08:17 Is this working client side or server side? 09:54 Great docs and examples 12:55 How is deployment handled? Appwrite on Digital Ocean 15:30 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 16:36 Appwrite’s focus on developer experience Appwrite to do with Svelte 19:56 Realtime database options with Appwrite 22:40 Cloud functions in Appwrite 26:01 How does Appwrite scale? Docker Swarm 27:28 Who is Appwrite for? Flutter 30:03 What is Ionic? Ionic 32:12 What do you enjoy about working in Angular? Angular 35:08 Sponsor: Hasura 36:30 Supper club questions Night owl Shameless Plugs Guest: React Router 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 Aug 202247min

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the fundamentals of web workers and service workers - examples, when you should use them, how to debug, local dev, and more. 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. 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. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/syntax Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 04:34 What are threads? 06:12 Concurrent vs parallel 09:22 Green screen web cam example 13:02 Examples of what you could use web workers for Party Town Deno 19:52 Sponsor: LogRocket 20:42 Post Message API and Web Workers 25:57 What about WASM? 27:28 Offline sync 28:14 What are service workers? 31:20 How do you caching sites for offline use? 32:39 Web worker vs service worker 34:12 Sponsor: Sanity 35:40 What is the lifecycle of a service worker 38:18 Possible issues with Service Workers 42:46 Debugging service workers Svelte Kit Service workers Workbox 43:04 Testing and local development Service Workers notes from Wes’ Workshop 46:45 Sponsor: Freshbooks 49:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Setex Gecko Grip 1mm Anti Slip Eyeglass Nose Pads Wes: Samsung Frame TV 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

24 Aug 202255min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the past 499 episodes of Syntax, what have been the most downloaded episodes, their favorite episodes, and the sickest of sick pics. Sentry - Sponsor Attend Dex 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. Payments Hub - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax listeners who become new partners 6 months free data through our Business Reporting API! Show Notes 00:28 Welcome 01:44 Sponsor: Sentry 03:28 Sponsor: Payments Hub 04:36 20 million! 05:57 Our current recording process Libsyn 09:09 Top 10 episodes 162 - The Fundementals JS 92 - React Hooks 158 - The Fundamentals HTML + CSS 66 - The React Episode 44 - How to Learn New Things Quickly 198 - How to Get Better at Problem Solving 20 JavaScript Array and Object Methods to make you a better developer 188 - The Fundamentals - Server Side 174 - How to Build an API 120 - Gatsby vs Next 18:00 Our favorite episodes 193 - Spooky Stories 400 - Horror Stories 2021 250 - Scott Teaches Wes Svelte and Sapper 60 - Undocumented Web 23:00 Questions from Twitter Twitter questions 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

22 Aug 202232min

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with the author of Svelte, Rich Harris, about what influenced the creation of Svelte, his thoughts on web components, the virtual DOM, why companies are switching to Svelte, and what’s next for Svelte. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the hardest parts of building a performant website simpler. Visit gatsby.dev/syntax to get your first Gatsby site up in minutes and experience the speed. ⚡️ Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Show Notes 00:33 Welcome 02:10 Who is Rich Harris? Rich Harris on Twitter 02:55 What is Svelte? Svelte Vercel Svelte Kit 06:52 What influenced the template language for Svelte? 10:03 What do you use the const tag for? 10:49 Sponsor: Gatsby 12:04 What about immutability issues? 17:49 What about web components? 21:51 Why does Svelte not need the virtual DOM? 27:34 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 28:45 What is your favorite part of working in Svelte? 32:31 Why are companies switching to Svelte? 34:35 What is the SvelteKit timeline? 38:52 What’s the next version of Svelte include? Motion 41:36 Any thoughts on new backend JavaScript environments? Web Interoperability 45:39 Supperclub Questions 52:40 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Rich: Mullvad VPN Shameless Plugs Svelte Origins 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 Aug 202256min

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their thoughts on the different types of tech jobs you can get, and the pros and cons of each style of job in tech. Lightstep Incident Response - Sponsor Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial of Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Usage-based pricing on active services promotes collaboration across your entire team to build a culture of service ownership. Listeners of Syntax will also receive a free Lightstep Incident Response T-shirt after firing an alert or incident. Pay for the services you use, not the number of people on your team with Lightstep Incident Response, built on ServiceNow. Streamline on-call, collaboration, incident management, and automation with a free 30-day trial. Fire an alert or incident today and receive a free Lightstep Incident Response t-shirt. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at freshbooks.com/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 00:10 Welcome 01:47 The types of jobs Wes’ tweet about developer jobs 03:02 Our experiences 05:58 Tech company 09:46 Freelancer or Entrepreneur 11:14 What are the pros of working at a agency? 18:38 Cons to agency life 26:19 Sponsor: Lightstep Incident Response 27:49 Pros of tech company jobs 30:47 Cons of working at tech companies 37:46 Sponsor: Freshbooks 38:51 Pros of in house tech jobs 46:01 Cons of tech work 51:29 Sponsor: LogRocket 52:28 Pros of freelance or entrepreneur 57:20 Cons of entrepreneur life 00:03 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Wes: Soap pump Scott: Pro breaking tour 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

17 Aug 20221h 6min