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A weekly podcast about web design and development with a little zest from Amy Dutton and Brad Garropy
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May 11, 2023 • 1h 18min
134 | Q & A
James and Amy discuss all things current in tech as well as answer your questions from the livestream.SponsorHashnodeCreating a developer blog is crucial in creating an online presence for yourself. It’s proof of work for your future employer. Hashnode makes it easy to start a blog in seconds on your custom domain for free. It’s fully optimized for developers and supports writing in Markdown, rich embeds, publishing from GitHub repository, syntax highlighting, and edge caching with Next.js blogs deployed on Vercel. On top of these, Hashnode is free from paywall, ads, and sign-up prompts.Hashnode is a community of developers, engineers, and people in tech. Your article gets instant readership from their growing community.Check out Hashnode, and join the community.Daily.devdaily.dev is where developers grow together. It provides a community-based feed of the best developer news, helping you stay up-to-date. daily.dev aggregates hundreds of sources every few minutes and creates a personal feed for you according to your interests, whether it’s web dev, data science, or Elixir. Anything you might be interested in, it has the content for you.Check out daily.devShow Notes00:00 Introduction02:07 Current Fun Work06:03 Posting More and Social Media17:24 Learning From Building the Astro Course19:54 Using Next 1323:19 Made With Zeta30:11 AI Tools34:04 Midjourney45:01 Paid Content and Value49:09 Framework Decision Process56:27 Starting in Content Creation01:06:44 Sources to Keep Up01:07:27 Starting With Sponsors01:11:21 Starting Your Own Podcast01:15:32 Express API and Videos01:16:16 Picks and Plugs…Sort Of

May 4, 2023 • 1h 6min
133 | Developer to Engineering Leader
Ankita joins James and Amy to explain her steps into leadership as well her knowledge of React framework.Show Notes00:00 Introduction00:38 Welcome Ankita02:13 Growth in React Ecosystem05:20 Common Problems with React10:17 Storybook11:39 Using Other Libraries14:17 React Native Accessibility19:16 Baked In Framework Accessibility25:08 Leadership in Engineering as a Goal32:42 People Skills in Leadership43:39 Picks and Plugs53:18 React Conversation Callback

Apr 27, 2023 • 50min
132 | Composable Decoupled Frontends
Natalia joins James and Amy and explains Composable Decoupled Frontends and her work at Microsoft.Show Notes00:00 Introduction01:01 Welcome Natalia05:17 Java Script on Azure07:44 Composable Decoupled Front Ends15:53 Purpose of API Gateway19:41 Logging and Air Tracking20:50 Functions25:18 Integrations With GitHub Actions27:56 Serverless29:02 The Edge31:26 microfrontend.dev36:18 Content Creation39:12 Career Success42:08 Picks and Plugs

Apr 19, 2023 • 49min
131 | Write Boring Code
Alan joins James and Amy to discuss the need that led to Ngrok and all of the features it has to offer.Show Notes00:00 Introduction00:40 Welcome Alan01:21 Uses for Ngrok05:37 Alan’s Engineering Experience and Processes10:12 Backstory of Ngrok12:47 Building A Brand and Growing a Business 16:27 Funding 19:58 Barriers of Entry, Innovations of AI, and What Is To Come23:59 Behind the Scenes of Ngrok34:03 Demos and Cool Features

Apr 12, 2023 • 53min
130 | ChatGPT and AI: Initial Reactions
In this episode we discuss ChatGPT and all things AI. Where is this going?Show Notes00:00 Introduction00:44 Initial Thoughts on AI02:18 Open AI vs ChatGPT04:20 Differences in GPT Models07:59 Helpful Chat Tips10:23 Companies Using AI Features14:58 Cost15:57 Astro17:53 Zeta22:03 Feed Hive23:57 Notion26:03 Price of Products27:37 Products for Content Creation31:22 Vercel34:05 How do we use AI?41:20 Is ChatGPT going to replace your job?48:23 Picks and Plugs

Apr 5, 2023 • 60min
129 | Developing With Content Should Be Easy
Kaneohe and Knut join the podcast to talk about all the features of sanity as well as new technologies that they are excited about.Show Notes00:00 Introduction00:37 Welcome Kapehe and Knut02:00 Getting Into Sanity06:10 GROQ07:24 Favorite Features18:59 Leveraging TypeScript21:45 Where To Learn New Technologies25:38 V3 Updates28:04 AI?29:32 Communities31:36 Plug Ins33:27 Outside Technologies37:21 Getting Into Tech Journey43:13 Markdown Soapbox46:07 Portable Text47:10 Last Thoughts On Sanity49:12 Picks and Plugs

Mar 30, 2023 • 59min
128 | Shiny New Tools
Brad, James, and Amy tell us about their favorite new technologies, gadgets, and softwares and how to decide when to adopt them into their workflow.Show Notes00:00 Introduction02:42 How to decide what new tools to use?07:27 NUPHY Air7510:13 Stream Deck Plus16:33 AI Tools29:14 Warp and Fig32:29 Arc Browser37:23 Polypane43:53 Git Later App and Swish51:34 Picks and Plugs

Mar 22, 2023 • 56min
127 | Vue.js and it's Community
J.D. explains why he loves his local developer community and gives great tips on job searching and getting started in conference speaking. SponsorsStoryblockStoryblok is the first headless CMS that offers a unique combination of visual editing tools and highly customizable content blocks for marketers on top of a modern headless architecture that gives developers the flexibility to build fast and reliable digital platforms.Show Notes00:00 Introduction 00:36 Sponsor: Storyblok01:22 Welcome JD03:09 Tech Stack and Backend05:22 Why Community? 11:53 Conference Investments 21:49 Imposter Syndrome and Using Your Community 26:45 Finding the Right Jobs34:34 Utilizing Twitter for Work Connections37:52 Starting Small47:46 Picks and Plugs

Mar 15, 2023 • 48min
126 | Software Design Patterns for Human Relationships
Welcome Erik to the podcast as he tell us how he went from the unhappiest developer to the happiest. SponsorsStoryblockStoryblok is the first headless CMS that offers a unique combination of visual editing tools and highly customizable content blocks for marketers on top of a modern headless architecture that gives developers the flexibility to build fast and reliable digital platforms.Show Notes00:00 Introduction 00:38 Sponsor: StoryBlock01:30 Erik, Meetups, and Mentors04:13 Eriks Experience 05:47 Why not management? 07:32 Unhappy Developers? 11:20 The Learning Process and Making Yourself Uncomfortable 37:37 Roles and Responsibility of Software 41:11 Picks and Plugs

Mar 9, 2023 • 58min
125 | A New Era of Framework Agnostic Components
Sami joins James and Amy to discuss Mitosis and talk all about frameworks.Show Notes00:00 Introduction00:40 Welcome Sami01:22 What is Builder.io05:38 More Mitosis13:09 Cross Platform With Swift20:02 Importance of Different Frameworks22:54 Favorite Frameworks25:04 Communities and Libraries 29:27 Opensource Roadmap31:34 Testing33:04 Chat GPT and AI35:43 Behind The Scenes Dev Work40:26 Quality vs Speed46:22 Picks and Plugs