In 'The Machine', Joe Posnanski chronicles the 1975 season of the Cincinnati Reds, often referred to as the Big Red Machine. The book delves into the larger-than-life personalities of players like Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and Johnny Bench, as well as other key team members such as Tony Perez, Davey Concepcion, and Ken Griffey Sr. Posnanski explores the team's dominant performance throughout the season and their dramatic World Series against the Boston Red Sox, particularly the epic Game 6. The book humanizes the players and provides insights into their motivations, struggles, and the team's overall dynamic under manager Sparky Anderson.
The Odyssey, attributed to Homer, is an ancient Greek epic poem that tells the story of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War. The poem explores Odysseus's encounters with various mythical creatures, divine interventions, and natural challenges. Upon his return to Ithaca, he must confront the suitors who have been vying for his wife Penelope's hand in marriage. With the help of his son Telemachus and the goddess Athena, Odysseus devises a plan to defeat the suitors and reclaim his throne. The poem is a reflection on human nature, loyalty, and the consequences of one's actions, and it remains a crucial component of ancient Greek literature and Western cultural heritage.
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It’s another potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about libraries vs frameworks, Firefox, who would win a thumb war, and more!
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Show Notes
01:37 - Q: Why does React bill itself as a library instead of a framework?
03:14 - Q: Are y’all still using Firefox now that it has been six months?
06:30 - Q: Is it possible to do a hasty treat regarding the Brave browser? Would love to hear your opinion on the tech, view on the approach and why we could need another browser in 2020. Peace!
09:34 - Q: Who would win in a thumb war, Wes or Scott?
10:56 - Q: What are your thoughts on XState and state machines for managing state in apps? I’ve been super interested in trying to use it, eager to hear what you both think. Also, wondering if you’d have any recommendations on how to use it with Apollo, whether to use XState’s internal context to store app state, or use the Apollo cache.
14:53 - Q: Should I start a new project with jQuery or React?
17:21 - Q: I’m a young teen (60 different pages? How do you organize the REST-ful API? How do you resolve dependencies between API endpoint 1 and API endpoint 2? How do you share information between multiple components in VUE-State-Management?
42:44 - Q: I’ve done Wes’ NextJS course and he uses Styled Components instead of Next’s own styled-jsx. What are your opinions on styled-jsx, and why you do (or do not) use it?
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