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Jan 24, 2023 • 52min

114 | All About The Cloud - AWS, Serverless, and More!

Michael speaks about his experience at Amplify and the benefits of going serverless and what are some of the logistics of utilizing it.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 Introduction00:43 Welcome Michael02:30 Background in AWS and Amplify08:01 Amplify Overview13:09 Overwhelmed by AWS21:08 Sponsor: Hashnode21:54 Amplify and SvelteKit23:45 Cold Starts and Lambda Function29:15 Terms and Definition41:03 Edge and Cloud Functions42:04 Endpoints45:42 How are APIs created?00:00 Daily.dev00:00 How to Start with AWS?00:00 Michaels New Team00:00 Picks and Plugs
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Jan 19, 2023 • 50min

113 | Making the Web Weird Again with Astro

Ben joins James and Amy to showcase all the wonderful things you can do with Astro as well as to have some fun.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 Introduction00:53 Welcome Ben and Astro07:10 Funding and Roles11:38 What is Astro?17:40 When to not use Astro?21:12 Sponsor: Hashnode21:27 1.0 Launch23:23 Money Strategy25:18 Astro for Full Stack35:49 Sposor: Daily.dev36:49 Front Matter41:08 Picks and Plugs
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Jan 18, 2023 • 59min

112 | Modern Best Practices are Hurting the Web

Chris joins James and Amy to show his love for vanilla JavaScript and why returning back to the basics maybe the best thing for developers.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 Introduction01:18 Why Vanilla JavaScript?02:39 Difficult Interview Questions04:01 Patterns and Conventions06:31 Code Generators10:45 Recreating Libraries?13:56 Proxies24:46 Testing26:24 Why Svelte is Different33:33 Sponsor: Hashnode34:18 Local Storage40:51 Web and Service Workers43:28 Chris's Course Platform50:50 Sponsor: Daily.dev51:51 Picks and Plugs
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Jan 12, 2023 • 49min

111 | Making a Strong Case for Accessibility

Todd discusses the importance and the logistics of making sure that what you code is accessible to all users.SponsorsRapidAPIRapidAPI, the world's largest API hub, is used by over three million developers to find, test, and connect to thousands of APIs — all with a single API key and dashboard.Find the APIs that you need for your project, embed the API into your app, and track usage of all your APIs through a single dashboard. If you create an API, use RapidAPI to make it available to over three million developers already using the RapidAPI Hub.StoryblockStoryblok 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 Introduction01:12 Welcome Todd03:04 Calling Out Accessibility11:04 Personal Connections14:34 Sponsor: RapidAPI15:35 Why Have Alt Text23:03 Placeholders33:04 Accessibility Across Platforms37:42 Sponsor: Storyblock38:27 Todd's Community Involvement43:53 Picks and Plugs
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Jan 10, 2023 • 47min

110 | All About Monorepos

Juri joins James and Amy to discuss Monorepos and the benefits of using them on your projects as well as his work at Nrwl.SponsorsRapidAPIRapidAPI, the world's largest API hub, is used by over three million developers to find, test, and connect to thousands of APIs — all with a single API key and dashboard.Find the APIs that you need for your project, embed the API into your app, and track usage of all your APIs through a single dashboard. If you create an API, use RapidAPI to make it available to over three million developers already using the RapidAPI Hub.StoryblockStoryblok 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 Introduction01:24 What is a Monorepo?09:37 How to Manage with Yarn or NX?11:57 Where does the cash live?13:11 Setting up a Workspace15:18 Linking Repos20:35 MPM Links22:22 Sponsor: RapidAPI23:21 Managing PRs with Large Teams27:55 What does Nrwl do?30:29 Juri's Communities34:26 Lerna for MPM Libraries36:02 Sponsor: Storyblock36:47 Juri's Career and Management Roles41:37 Picks and Plugs
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Dec 20, 2022 • 48min

109 | Making Software Solutions Accessible to Everyone

Moe joins James and Amy to discuss his work with Buildable.SponsorsRapidAPIRapidAPI, the world's largest API hub, is used by over three million developers to find, test, and connect to thousands of APIs — all with a single API key and dashboard.Find the APIs that you need for your project, embed the API into your app, and track usage of all your APIs through a single dashboard. If you create an API, use RapidAPI to make it available to over three million developers already using the RapidAPI Hub.Show Notes00:00 Introduction01:07 Welcome Moe02:58 The Road to JavaScript06:36 Why build Buildable?11:56 Current Stages of Buildables16:56 Use Cases20:28 Differences in Zapier and Buildable22:14 Basics of Message Processing35:10 Sponsor: RapidAPI36:09 Goals for Starting Your Company41:18 Picks and Pulgs
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Dec 16, 2022 • 42min

Node.js can do that?!

Brad and Amy discuss some of their favorite new features in Node.js and how you can get the most out of them.SponsorsZEALZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.For more information visit codingzeal.comVercelVercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.For more information, visit Vercel.comDatoCMSDatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."For more information, visit datocms.comShow Notes00:00 Introduction00:45 Crazy Remix News05:00 Intro to Node.js07:09 Node Versions09:45 Support for ES Modules13:30 Important Assertions15:03 Sponsor: DatoCMS15:56 Running an HTTP Server17:03 Read and Write Files18:28 UUID19:41 Fetch API22:00 CLI23:31 Test Runner24:15 Watch Mode25:19 Sponsor: ZEAL26:11 Performance Profiling27:07 Other Scripts We've Written35:09 Sponsor: Vercell36:15 Picks and Plugs
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Dec 9, 2022 • 54min

107 | An Average Developer Does Above Average Things

Brad, Amy, and James, talk with Erik about the things he’s been building for Twitch and how to excell in the developer world.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 Introduction01:42 Welcome Erik03:07 Value of a Degree06:32 Favorite Stacks12:24 Thoughts on Svelte and Angular16:38 Streaming and Tools21:45 Twitch Backend24:01 Sponsor: Hashnode24:46 Hosting Solutions38:21 Sponsor: Daily.dev39:21 Eriks Following45:24 Learn Do Teach Uplift48:20 Picks and Plugs
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Dec 7, 2022 • 58min

106 | Test Driven Development (TTD) and Testing

The podcast discusses test driven development (TDD) and different types of testing, such as unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing. They explore challenges in setting up ESLint configurations and discuss code coverage as a metric for testing. The hosts also talk about integration testing challenges, testing frameworks like Cypress and Playwright, and the benefits of end-to-end testing using a real browser. They touch on accessibility, Vercel as a podcast sponsor, and their podcast and YouTube channel experiences.
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Dec 2, 2022 • 52min

105 | Breaking into Tech with just a Profile

Lane Wagner joins Brad, Amy, and James to discuss how to set your portfolio up for success and how to use it to get the perfect job for you.SponsorsRapidAPIRapidAPI, the world's largest API hub, is used by over three million developers to find, test, and connect to thousands of APIs — all with a single API key and dashboard.Find the APIs that you need for your project, embed the API into your app, and track usage of all your APIs through a single dashboard. If you create an API, use RapidAPI to make it available to over three million developers already using the RapidAPI Hub.Show Notes00:00 Sponsor: RapidAPI00:54 Learn Both04:54 Portoflios and Resumés07:05 Customizing GitHub Profile09:19 What Hiring Mangers Look For11:04 Front End vs Back End13:03 Algorithms and Date Structures on Interview13:57 Pairing19:05 Lighthearted Interviews20:33 Unique Interview Experience23:23 NDA Code25:24 Boot.dev26:33 Picks and Plugs

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