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In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott answer your questions about paid vs. free SSL, the state of frontend jobs, headless WordPress trade-offs, organizing TypeScript types, and more!

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 00:51 Recapping the GitHub Meetup
• 05:14 Is there any real benefit to picking a paid SSL over Let's Encrypt?
• 08:03 Is the pure frontend role disappearing?
• 11:17 Is the gravy train over for software devs?
• 20:48 How Scott automates versioning with GitHub Actions
  • changesets
  • Intro to using changesets
  • zero-svelte
  • graffiti
• 25:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 25:41 Thoughts on VS Code alternatives and the rise of Zed
• 33:01 Should I switch to headless WordPress or continue rolling my own PHP templates?
• 37:33 How do you organize TypeScript types in a frontend project?
• 40:55 How do I continue to level up as a developer?
• 45:36 Stay in a comfortable job or embrace new challenges?

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