Your 3 intrepid hosts try to explain JS concepts (bind/apply, thunks, and ReasonML) to each other as if we’re five year olds. Hilarity and/or confusion ensues. During Pro Tip Time, Suz tells a story of woe, KBall motivates himself, and Jerod tries to keep you in the flow. Finally, we point our project spotlight at Fly CDN and talk edge applications and IoT.

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Featuring:

Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Suz Hinton – GitHub, Mastodon, X
Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

Explaining things like we’re 5

Here it is: PAW Patrol
Because KBall uses them to describe bind and apply
Did Suz’ explanation of thunks leave you wanting? GOTO
You could listen to Jerod, or just read this page about Reason
Should we do a show with some folks from the Reason team?

Pro Tip Time

What is the purpose of /etc/hosts? Read all about it
Jerod mentioned Paul Graham’s essay on Maker Schedule, Manager Schedule
You can also read Jerod’s tips on dev.to

Project Spotlight

Fly CDN - a CDN just for developers

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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