Kickstart your productivity with fresh strategies for the new year! The hosts dive into the power of habit tracking and how it can help shape positive behaviors. They explore the effectiveness of to-do lists and tools to minimize distractions. Discover the science behind neural pathways and how small changes can enhance your habits. Plus, learn tips for overcoming procrastination and maintaining focus in a tech-driven world. It's all about building momentum and optimizing your workflow for greater efficiency!

Yagiz Nizipli, Node.js developer and performance improvement expert, talks about his involvement in Node.js, implementing .env, finding performance issues, the happy path vs the hot path, and new features coming to Node.js.

The podcast discusses concerns about duopolistic companies taking over the web, tech stacks for creating content, switching from frontend to full stack, knowledge of data structures and algorithms for job applications, tools for crafting HTML emails, setting up CI/CD with Github Action or GitLab CI, unstyled component libs, the need for every feature on mobile as on desktop, improving code planning, and slug generation for secure blog posts. They also recommend a card game called Sleeping Queens and discuss different types of package boxes to prevent theft.

CSS :has() is out in all browsers and Wes and Scott have got the top 10 reasons you should start using :has() now. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 02:28 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:02 Overview of :has 07:09 The anywhere selector 09:41 Previous element 12:59 Layout targetting 15:45 Form validation styling 17:51 All siblings 21:07 Quantity queries 24:19 Empty children 24:56 Nested dropdown navs 26:36 Attribute matching Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

Eric Meyer, web pioneer and CSS expert, joins Wes and Scott to discuss the early days of CSS, the importance of test suites in web development, unexpected uses of WebKit, challenges of keeping up with new web technologies, exploring color mixing in CSS, and funding challenges for browser developers.

The hosts of this podcast share their predictions for the future of web development in 2024, covering topics such as JavaScript types, the Temporal API, performance tooling, CSS replacing JavaScript, server-side rendering frameworks, Svelte, Astro, React, state management systems, project funding controversies, advancements in technology, and AI tooling for web development.

In this episode, Wes and Scott discuss printing from websites and apps, including CSS for printing, creating PDFs, using units in CSS, CSS counters, naming pages, and more. They also cover debugging print CSS and tools for generating PDFs. Additionally, they explore invoice printing, laser printers, and the world of printing, including Bluetooth label printers and hacking restaurant receipt printers.

Anna Poblets from Passage talks with Wes and Scott about passkeys, their advantages over passwords, implementing passkeys on websites or apps, phishing resistance, password recovery workflow, backup devices, recommended UI for passkeys, tech behind passkeys, companies implementing passkeys, and the future of passkeys.

Wes, podcast host and programmer, answers questions about naming things in programming, use case for generators, CSS @Layers follow up, database prefixes, generalist vs specialist, missing sick picks page, and growing as developers with ADHD.

The hosts discuss improving the performance of the Syntax.fm website, including caching, loading transcripts, and optimizing database calls. They also talk about the benefits of using Apollo and Apollo GraphQL, as well as solving issues with LinkedIn using Redis caching.