Potluck — Corn Shucking × Self-Hosting Images × WordPress × Getting Scammed × Portfolios
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats6 Okt 2021

Potluck — Corn Shucking × Self-Hosting Images × WordPress × Getting Scammed × Portfolios

It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about corn shucking, self-hosting images, WordPress, getting scammed, portfolios, 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. 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Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax Show Notes 02:55 - Hey guys, I love the podcast! This is a silly question and possibly the least important potluck question you’ll ever get. When you get a new Apple device like an iPhone, Apple Watch, or Macbook Pro… do you keep the box? Why or why not? 06:56 - Hey guys! Awesome podcast! Could you go over the advantages and disadvantages of using local images vs external images service (e.g. Cloudinary) for displaying images on a web app? 11:26 - Heyyyy Scott and Wes! 40-year-old lady here looking to make a career change. It’s taken me a year plus, but after building several tutorial React apps, I finally built a fullstack JavaScript app of my own, with lots of rad Postgres database stuff, a bunch of secure Node/Express API endpoints, role-based access control, fancy Oauth, and of course the latest React tech (context, hooks, etc). I’m pretty proud of it. I even managed to configure Nginx and deploy it to AWS. The only problem is…it looks like crap. My portfolio site itself is pretty darn slick, since I used a gorgeous Gatsby template that required only a bit of tweaking. But the site I architected and worked so hard to bring to life? It looks like an 8-bit game for toddlers, a responsive yet Bootstrapy game. My question: does this matter? I would hope that this project shows off my backend skills, but I’m afraid they’ll judge a book by its cover. (I guess a second question would be: how do you show off your backend skills? I have a README in my repo, but will they actually read it? Or, can you be a fullstack React developer with no design skills?) I am very, VERY ready to apply to jobs (emotionally and financially), but I am terrified of making a fool of myself and worried I’ll never get hired. I am completely self-taught and have just been plugging away at this on my own for the duration of the pandemic, so I send a massive thank you to you guys for the sense of community that your show provides! Props to Wyze sprinkler controllers! 16:14 - Scott, I just finished your “SvelteKit” course and now I’m working on “Building Svelte Components”. I have some questions regarding testing. I was listening to an interview with Rich Harris on Svelte Radio and it’s my understanding that the framework is trying not to be opinionated as far as testing. What are you doing as far as testing with SvelteKit? Do you have any recommended packages/plugins/libraries? I’ve only ever written unit tests with Jest in Vue. I’m loving Svelte, but I really want to work on writing tests as well. Basically, everything/anything you’ve got on testing with SvelteKit would be much appreciated. I’ve been listening to the show since forever, you guys are both awesome, shout out to Wes too, you’ve both taught me so much! Thank you, peace, love, and happiness <3 20:25 - Hi Wes and Scott, I am weak when it comes to dev ops. I would like to confidently set up and deploy my applications on AWS and manage dev/prod environments. Any course recommendations to learn how to do this and how it all works so I really understand? If you don’t personally, can you tweet this out so other developers can share their thoughts? 22:30 - You both have praised MDX in the past but why would you use it? I understand that it lets you put JSX in your Markdown, but that seems counter to the purpose of using Markdown files for content. Markdown is a portable format for static content and independent of any front-end framework. That makes it a good choice for writing posts and rendering them in any site. Once you inject a React component into it, doesn’t that eliminate the portability and the static nature of Markdown? At that point, why not just have a dynamic website where you have complete control of how content is rendered? What are your thoughts? 27:14 - Hey Scott and Wes! I, like you both, am a developer with young kids (I have 3 boys age 6 and under). Needless to say, my house has a lot of energy in it. My job is quite flexible, which I appreciate, because it gives me some freedom to structure my day in a way that helps out my family. My question for you both is this: as a web developer with a spouse and young kids working from home, how do you both maintain a healthy work-life balance (avoid working too much, find time for yourselves, family time, etc.) Thanks so much! 33:46 - Should I write a portfolio site using just the three fundamentals (HTML, CSS, JS) or should I write them in something I am comfortable with such as Angular/React? Unsure if using a framework for a portfolio site is a good idea. 36:38 - How do you handle hosting when using WordPress as a headless CMS with something like Gatsby? WordPress needs good PHP hosting, while Gatsby needs good CI integration. 38:52 - How frequently do you use div tags, versus trying to find a ‘better’ tag? Love the pod btw. 40:48 - This is less of a question and more of a heads up for other listeners. Beware of scam job opportunities. I recently encountered a scam where they used a website that seemed like a very normal and reasonable job board for a major company. I went through the whole process until they asked for personal info, and I asked for verification of their person. They couldn’t provide it so I left. But they had profiles matching the actual employees at the company. They had emails. They had an HR department and employees. They had a very legitimate operation going on. Make sure to take a second and verify with the company before giving away personal information or depositing any of their money into your account. 47:38 - What percentage of North Americans keep their mobile device longer than three years? Five years? Eight years? I am a freelancer and I want to put a clause in my contract of what age of device my app will support, but I can’t seem to find this information. Just more general answers like “most people expect a phone to last two-three years.” Links https://kit.svelte.dev/ https://www.cypress.io/ https://www.svelteradio.com/ https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/ https://caddyserver.com/ https://daringfireball.net/ ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: LuLaRich Wes: Flame Bulb Shameless Plugs Scott: Web Components For Beginners - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Beginner JavaScript Course - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! 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Hasty Treat - Building A Community Slack, Discord, Spectrum, Discourse, Forums

Hasty Treat - Building A Community Slack, Discord, Spectrum, Discourse, Forums

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about community building online — some of the different software techniques and things you can do to either get started with a web community or join one. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Show Notes 7:16 - Chat options Slack Discord Level Up Tutorials Discord Faster communication 9:00 - Forum based Indexable Searchable Slower communication Discourse Spectrum Facebook groups Reddit Syntax Reddit 27:27 - Commenting systems YouTube comments Comments systems in general Links Github Slack Discord Discourse Spectrum Reddit r/reactjs 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

27 Jan 202030min

Tech To Watch In 2020

Tech To Watch In 2020

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about tech to watch in 2020 — things you should keep an eye on and learn this year! 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. Show Notes 6:39 - CSS Subgrid 8:10 - CSS Houdini 11:20 - CSS features not supported in older browsers yet Scrollsnap - IE 11 and up. Lot’s of mobile issues. position:sticky - no IE at all 14:24 - NPM tink installer-less npm Load packages at runtime into a shared cache across all projects Intelligently download the parts you need 17:25 - Yarn PnP Hard links to eliminate package duplication Shared cache across all projects 18:31 - Pika & Snowpack 21:10 - Deno New Node? 25:39 - React Suspense in more libraries Suspense for Server Rendering Meteor New ownership. v1.9 just dropped with lots of promise for future growth Svelte 3 Vue 3 Apollo Next.js 36:37 - Serverless Going to get easier Begin.com Next.js / Now Functions 38:14 - Gatsby A single useQuery (made possible by suspense) 39:36 - Headless CMS Thunderdome 42:20 - Next Gen Frameworks Keystone Strapi Meteor Vulcan.js 43:46 - Cypress End to end testing Currently no Firefox support, but hopeful for 2020 44:21 - Modulz Exports to JS component 45:00 - Figma Was already amazing in 2019 Constantly improving and adding new features Can import from Sketch Links Syntax 109: CSS Grid Level 2 aka Subgrid CSS Houdini Interactive Introduction to CSS Houdini Tweetdeck Next Generation Package Management tink Pika Yarn PnP Syntax 212: Pika Pkg Snowpack Entropic Deno Ryan Dahl - 10 Things I regret About Node.js https://github.com/denoland/deno Cloudflare Hover Meteor Meteor roadmap tiny Svelte 3 Apollo Nextjs Vue Begin Firefox Keystone Strapi Vulcan.js Prisma Hasura Syntax 209: Hasty Treat - Wes Teaches Scott about Keystone.js Cypress Modulz Framer Figma Sketch James Quick YouTube Channel ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Govee Thermometer Wes: Rack Mount Power Bar Shameless Plugs Scott: Fullstack React and Firebase - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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 Jan 202055min

Hasty Treat - Picking the Stack for uses.tech - Gatsby, React, Context, Styled Components

Hasty Treat - Picking the Stack for uses.tech - Gatsby, React, Context, Styled Components

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Wes’ new website, uses.tech — the stack he chose for building it, as well as what it does and how to use it! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Show Notes 2:23 - What is uses.tech? 5:33 - The stack 8:13 - Avatars 10:43 - Filtering 15:51 - Github actions 19:25 - Favicon 21:30 - Search 22:03 - Hosting Links uses.tech awesome-uses repo Gatsby React Gatsby Node API Clearbit API unavatar Now.sh webserv.nl country-emoji Andrew Luca joi Making setInterval Declarative with React Hooks Netlify Algolia 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

20 Jan 202024min

2020 Fitness

2020 Fitness

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about fitness — how to stay in shape as a developer, nutrition, goals, and more! DevLifts - Sponsor Refactor your body with DevLifts. They have a few different programs: 1) fit.Start (normally $19/month) has a few options (lean, bodyweight, and strong). Workouts are delivered via email each month, with access to a Slack community for questions and accountability. 2) Premium (normally $199/month) is a custom-tailored option, where you get your workouts and nutrition advice after answering a questionnaire. They also check in with you each week via Slack to see how it’s going and make changes if necessary. Get 50% off fit.Start plans with code SYNTAX and 50% off Premium with code TASTY. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Show Notes 4:42 - Past year reflections Scott Tried several different lifting Breaking didn’t happen as much, so my cardio took a hit I finally found a full body plan / bro split that has been very effective Weight belt has really helped my form Wes Overcommitted in 2019 Feeling great - physically Gained about 12 pounds past where I want to be - rough year! Noticeable loss in energy when I don’t hit the gym DevLifts since November Cardio / HIIT up 12:15 - What we’re doing now Scott 4 day split Chest/Triceps Back/biceps Shoulders Legs Abs every day Wes 3 days a week Set A - Chest and back Set B - Legs and chest Set C - Legs and back Cardio finisher (BLASTERS) At home helpers Kettle bells Foam roller 30:32 - Nutrition Scott Nothing too hardcore, salads for lunch - not religiously though Good dinners IF occasionally (e.g. not eating before 10 and not eating after dinner snacks) Desert items allowed Wes Macro Tracking - still want to enjoy things Low Carb High on veggies Brussel sprouts Green beans Salads Chickpeas Olives Still super into fermentation, crunchy + sour + fizzy + spicy No sweets either Beer is my downfall 41:04 - Supplements Scott Not doing anything right now other than high quality protein On meds for nerve damage Probiotic Fish Oil Psylluim husk Wes Megafood Men’s Once Daily Multivitamin - they are natural and organic, empty stomach Magnesium Fish Oil Lions Mane Ashwagandha Shilajit 53:49 - Year Looking Forward Scott New gym remodel going to help life Yoga once twice a week Breaking once a week Lifting every day Stretching every day VR Gaming (I burned 400 cals last night playing Super Hot) Goals to dead lift 350, weighted GHR, continue to progress at current rate Make cardio a thing Wes Lose a Few Pounds + Energy + consistency Kettle Bells in office Consistent Gym before life takes a dive Lock down macros Stretches Less beer HIIT Links HeavySet App Syntax 020: Fitness, Nutrition, and Losing Weight Syntax 084: Fitness for Developers Skinny Taste Recipes Daniel Tiger MegaFood Men’s One Daily Multivitamin Examine.com Caffeine App Superhot VR ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Fitness Blender Bob & Brad YouTube Channel Jeremy Ethier YouTube Channel Wes: TechBoss Torch Lighter Shameless Plugs Scott: Level Up Tutorials Pro - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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

15 Jan 20201h 5min

Hasty Treat - A Month On Firefox

Hasty Treat - A Month On Firefox

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about a month of using Firefox — what they liked, what they didn’t, and whether or not they’ll keep using it. 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 3:42 - Dev tools are really good 19:16 - Browsing experience 22:40 - Setup and switchover tips 26:45 - What we didn’t like 29:57 - Will we stay? Links Firefox Errors in Firefox Debugging messages in Firefox Harald Kirschner GraphQL 1Password WhatsApp Videostream for Chromecast 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

13 Jan 202032min

Pika Pkg

Pika Pkg

In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Fred Schott about Pika Pkg, a new kind of package registry for the modern web. 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 and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes 3:24 - What is Pika? 9:40 - What about peer dependencies? 12:53 - What does migration look like? 17:30 - Are these tools making things easier? 21:25 - What is the Pika Registry? 34:48 - What is the Pika editor? 41:13 - Is it open source? 47:30 - What about security? Links Fred Schott @FredKSchott Pika @pikapkg Snowpack Pika Builders Babel Typescript Webpack CSZ Parcel Deno VSCode Entropic Homebrew Plex Synology NAS Luke Jackson Toolsday Podcast ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Fred: Idle Supermarket Scott: Theragun Wes: Emby Shameless Plugs Fred: Pika Scott: Level Up Tutorials Pro - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: All Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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

8 Jan 202056min

Hasty Treat - Modules in Node

Hasty Treat - Modules in Node

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about modules in Node — what are they, how they’re different from browser modules, and more! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your errors, track them with Sentry. Sentry is open-source error tracking that helps developers monitor and fix crashes in real time. Cut your time on error resolution from five hours to five minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code “tastytreat”. Show Notes 3:06 - How were they done before? 5:11 - How do they work? 7:07 - How to use Modules in Node 9:57 - Gotchas 13:18 - What should you use? Links Node Node Modules Babel ESM Meteor Keystone MJS 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

6 Jan 202018min

Potluck - Fonts × Frameworks × Teas × Coding Subscriptions × Client Work × More!

Potluck - Fonts × Frameworks × Teas × Coding Subscriptions × Client Work × More!

It’s another potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about fonts, frameworks vs custom, drinking tea, learning to code, client work, and more! Kyle Prinsloo Freelancing - Sponsor Kyle Prinsloo teaches you everything you need to know about freelancing, including how to quit your job, earn a side-income and start taking control of your life. Check it out at studywebdevelopment.com/freelancing. Use the coupon “SYNTAX” and get 25%. 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 2:01 - Q: When you run audits like lighthouse on a website, do you run the audit on each page? Or have you found an app or hack to run the audit over the entire site / multiple pages? 5:30 - Q: What makes a font “good”? I stumbled upon haleyfiege.fun/fonts, where she says her first font was not “good,” but it looks perfectly usable to me. When you are picking fonts for web apps, how do you judge them? Is it entirely subjective? 9:14 - Q: As a solo founder, speed is essential. What’s faster, building your own components, using a theme, or using a framework? 12:05 - Q: I’ve never been a tea drinker, but lately I’ve been wanting to start drinking a hot tea in the afternoon (instead of coffee). I know Scott is the Tea Guru, so what would your suggestions be for starting out? 15:30 - Q: Is it worth bundling JavaScript for websites that aren’t using a framework (i.e. WordPress / CMS websites)? The company I work for uses a large enterprise CMS and our JavaScript is just a minified mash of several different JS files, most of which are several hundred lines of spaghetti code. It would be nice to break up all these files in some sort of modular way, plus have the added benefit of using Babel so we can write modern JS. However, the output of the bundled JS file seems massive. Won’t that hurt performance and page load? 21:17 - Q: I know both of you put out a ton of content, both together and individually. I’m just curious to hear if you listen to any other podcasts out there in the land, or any other types of content that you consume to hone your skillz to pay the billz. Thanks! 25:14 - Q: What are your thoughts on Blazor? Is it a good move to be an early adopter of a framework like this, or should you focus on the ones that are already in a fully released state like React, Vue etc.? 28:51 - Q: I would like to ask Scott how you make subscriptions in a website? Also, how you give users a lifetime locked yearly subscription? 39:53 - Q: I feel like other developers’ code is always shorter, better structured, and easier to read than mine. Any tips (or resources) on writing clean, ‘good’ javascript code (or any other functional programming language)? 44:02 - Q: Both of you have CMS backgrounds, Scott with Drupal and Wes with WordPress. When you moved to freelancing, did you build for clients using a CMS? Or did you create custom admin interfaces for clients to manage their own site? You’ve mentioned some headless WordPress in the past, but was that the norm? 47:02 - Q: Hey Scott + Wes, you’re obviously very successful with your course creation careers, but do you miss client work? If people for some reason ever stopped buying your courses, would you go back to client work? Links Lighthouse Syntax203: Hasty Treat - What Are Github Actions? Lighthouse Batch NPM Package Lighthouse Action GitHub Action Next.js haleyfiege.fun/fonts Radnika Next Sipsby Babel Shop Talk Show CodePen Radio Heist Podcast Mixergy The Dream React Podcast Indie Hackers Akimbo Command Line Heroes Blazor Braintree Syntax055: Hasty Treat - User Role Systems Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript codecademy Javascript30 CakePHP Drupal WordPress ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Aerial America Wes: Streamer for Chromecast Shameless Plugs Scott: Level Up Tutorials Pro - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Beginner Javascript - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! 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

1 Jan 202057min

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