The Power of Small Optimizations in Life and Learning

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about HTML tags, budgeting, recession proofing your business, software dev vs software engineer, taking payments, and more.

• 00:11:11 Welcome
• 01:29:11 When should you use article and section in HTML?
• 08:03:08 Does your business suffer from the economic recession?
• 15:47:18 How do you manage your money or budget?
• PlainTextAccounting
• YNAB
• Copilot
• 20:51:11 What should I consider using? There’s a lot of options. CommonJS, AMD, UMD, es modules?
• 26:30:09 What’s the difference between a software developer and software engineer?
• 30:36:11 How do you handle payment for your course platforms?
• Braintree
• Gumroad
• Paddle
• Stripe
• 38:33:23 Why is this false? “I’m a string” instanceof String
• 40:38:22 Do you all use Mac spaces for organizing windows?
• Arc
• 45:55:21 Do you have any tips that would help my front end team avoid rendering a DOM with invalid element nesting?
• 48:48:14 Would you do an episode commenting on the CSS Nesting survey released this week?
• Help Choose CSS Nesting Syntax
• 53:57:01 How do you guys go about prioritizing your work?
• Height.app
• Things
• 58:50:19 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Bundle of Eucalyptus
• Wes: Recycling bin brackets

• Scott: LevelUp Tutorials
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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