Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats6 Feb 2019

Potluck - Changing careers × Repo organization × CSS Grid × Certifications × Freelancing × Spammers × More

It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - organizing your Git repos, the difference between freelancing and contracting, changing careers, how to deal with spammers and more! Sanity.io - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get up and running by typing npm i -g @sanity/cli && sanity init in your command line. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Techmeme Ride Home Podcast From Techmeme.com, Silicon Valley’s most-read news source, The Techmeme Ride Home podcast is a short daily podcast about the day’s tech news. Mark Zuckerberg called Techmeme the one news source he definitely follows. New episodes are published every day at 5p.m. You can check out the show here, or search for “Techmeme Ride Home” in your favorite podcast player. Show Notes 1:55 Q: Do you prefer to have your backend and frontend in separate Git repos or together? What are the trade-offs? 5:12 Q: In web dev, what’s the difference between a freelancer and independent contractor? 9:45 Q: Default export vs named export? 11:35 Q: I’m looking to change careers, but I’m 41 this year. Is it too late? 16:12 Q: Have you guys made much use of multicolumn layout? If so, only for text, or have you come up with (or seen elsewhere) any interesting out-of-the-box uses? 20:11 Q: Since you publish your courses’ source code on Github, what do you think about people using that to learn instead of buying your course? Is it an intentional decision, or is it a compromise you’re willing to make? 23:52 Q: When is a certification needed for both jobs and side-projects? 29:35 How do you deal with spammers filling out forms? 34:05 Q: Could you better explain what a slug is? I’ve heard the term thrown around on a number of your episodes, but I don’t really know what it means. 37:44 Q: I am currently going through some currency conversion stuff for a project, what would you recommend to use for international conversions? Links Sanity Techmeme Ride Home Podcast Concurrently Rachel Andrew CSS Grid auto height of elements? Cloudflare Intl.NumberFormat ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Voxon Screwdriver Set Wes: Technology Connections Shameless Plugs Scott’s Level Up Pro Wes’ Courses 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

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