In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about peer dependencies, Vitest, NVM and PNPM, using sprites for images, common MongoDB operations, and more!

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Show Notes

00:03 Welcome
01:53 Configuring home internet routers
04:42 Scott’s Home Assistant update
Mushroom Theme
07:52 Could you explain to me peer-dependencies and how does it work?
13:24 Using Vitest do you still have to transpile code?
16:14 Can you talk about helpful and common MongoDB operations, beyond just CRUD.
18:49 How can I update the “updatedAt” field of the document on every save automatically?
20:40 What is aggregation, and when do you use it?
25:33 Sponsor: Prismic
27:27 How does NVM relate to PNPM?
pnpm
nvm
30:45 I’m looking to upskill from front-end JavaScript?
33:53 Is it possible to have a private NPM repo I can “npm install” from, or do I put my components up on NPM publicly?
Creating a private npm package
37:51 Sponsor: LogRocket
39:14 Should a majority of lodash functions be considered deprecated?
angus c just
42:36 Please do an episode on programming/learning with ADHD.
44:04 Should I still be putting images in sprites?
49:20 Does Mux have a simple mechanism for adding auth to each video or group of videos?
Mux Create playback restriction
53:48 Sponsor: Sanity.io
55:02 Is there copyright issues with using public APIs?
Moneypuck
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