The Humorous Side of Algorithm Recommendations and Developer Tools

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about Prisma, CSS variables in React components, JS notebooks, transcribing podcasts, keeping up with dev skills, selling a domain, and more.

• 00:10 Welcome
• 00:42 Harassed by a big truck
• 03:20 Corrections and omissions
• Syntax 627 - Electronics for Beginners
• 05:57 Should I be using $executeRawUnsafe with Prisma?
• 09:48 unset and initial
• 11:54 true and false outside ARIA attributes
• 14:56 Is there a way to modify the CSS variables from the React component?
• 18:58 How do you feel about the JS notebooks landscape?
• Jupyter
• yunabe/tslab: Interactive JavaScript and TypeScript programming with Jupyter
• Val Town
• The notes app for your working memory - Stashpad
• Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking
• Light Table
• 27:39 Is it possible to transcribe your podcasts?
• World’s Most Powerful Speech-to-Text API | Deepgram
• 29:05 Any tips for keeping my developer skills up without burning out?
• 36:35 Any advice for selling a domain?
• Escrow.com | Never buy or sell online without using Escrow.com.
• 42:13 How do you update and future-proof project dependencies?
• Syntax 425 - Updating Project Dependencies
• 47:14 When I write TypeScript code, I always wonder if it’s a generally good practice to use Type-Only import when importing types?
• 53:54 How would you go about conditional wrapper tags in Astro, Svelte or React?
• 56:07 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Ancient Architects
• Wes: Small Rig

• Scott: Sentry
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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