The One About Deep Work
In this episode, we cover "Cultivating depth and stillness in research" by Andy Matuschak. We go over tons of actionable strategies and tips to optimize your brain for longer periods of focus. The art...
20 Jan 202358min
The One About Typescript
The time has come for a feature length episode on Typescript with guest star Scott Kaye! In this magnum opus, Scott, a Typescript Wizard, details some of the stronger points of Typescript through the...
13 Jan 20231h 42min
The One About Writing Great Tech Docs
In this episode, we talk about "Writing docs well: why should a software engineer care" by Lorin Hochstein. We cover the importance of technical writing, how to structure your docs for maximum impact,...
6 Jan 202345min
The One About 2022
This week we look back at 2022! The show goes off the rails a bit, but we get back on track and read The New Stacks's yearly retrospective, talking about JavaScript at the edge, static site generators...
22 Dec 20221h 1min
The One About Web Performance
This week we talk about web performance basics and read A Web Performance Audit Checklist (not as dry as it sounds!) by David Gilbertson. This week we cover the whole spectrum: JS bundles TTI, FCP,...
16 Dec 20221h
The One About Nothing (and Everything)
In this episode we break from tradition and cover a few different articles through the general lens of "Frontend ain't what it used to be". We kick off with a discussion on change-resistance with "Fam...
9 Dec 20221h
The One About Tech Debt
In this episode, we cover "Addressing Tech Debt" by Abi Noda. This article is a summary of a much larger paper on the common bottlenecks of scaling up engineering orgs. Joe and Evan politely disagre...
2 Dec 202258min
The One About Thanksgiving
This week we skip the article and talk about all the things we're thankful for in tech and our careers so far. Evan gets edited and Joe second guesses a segue. Thanks to all of you for listening! Ques...
24 Nov 202248min
