Mishaps and Lessons in Web Development

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott tell your spookiest scary web dev stories including spooky render times, push notification hell, dark Friday, and more!

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Show Notes

• 00:15 Welcome
• 03:00 Spooky Render Times
• React Virtualized
• React Window
• 09:19 Push Notification Hell
• 13:11 Dark Friday
• 14:19 Tiny Ints with Big Problems
• 16:57 A/B Testing
• 18:47 Confirm Purchase button mistake
• 21:21 Sponsor: Sentry
• 22:34 Dike Leak
• 25:14 A Steep Grade
• 32:41 Falkland Islands mixup
• 33:40 Conference mixup
• 36:34 Sponsor: Prismic
• 37:58 Doctor Who Ipsum
• 43:55 Marketplace payouts
• 46:38 Sponsor: Freshbooks
• 47:42 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: PopSocket Wallet
• Wes: Water flosser

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• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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