Syntax Podcast Shows

Hasty December 11th, 2023

The Observer Pattern

Discussion on the observer pattern, its use in game dev and JavaScript frameworks, differences from observables, and its relation to promises and streams.

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Hasty December 4th, 2023

A11y Treats - Labels & Roles

Discussion on using ARIA roles and labels to make web apps more accessible, including legal requirements, providing context for UI elements, and testing tools.

#accessibility #a11y #webdev

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Hasty November 27th, 2023

Why You Should Be Using CSS @Layers

Wes and Scott discuss CSS Layers - a new way to control cascading and specificity by defining layers of CSS.

#CSS #webdev #frontend

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Hasty November 20th, 2023

5 New CSS Features You Should Know

This episode covers 5 interesting new CSS features including nth child microsyntax, CSS motion path, scroll snap, scroll driven animations, and margin trim.

#CSS #Frontend

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Hasty November 13th, 2023

You Need Stale While Revalidate

Scott and Wes explain the stale while revalidate caching technique, when you would use it, and how it allows you to serve cached content while asynchronously generating fresh content.

#caching #performance

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Hasty November 6th, 2023

You Should Be Using JavaScript Maps & Sets

Wes and Scott discuss JavaScript maps and sets - how they differ from arrays and objects, unique use cases, and when to reach for maps/sets over arrays/objects.

#javascript #webdev #podcast

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Hasty October 30th, 2023

We Need Your Help With The Secret Sauce

Wes and Scott discuss the technology stack and services powering the new Syntax.fm website.

#SvelteKit #Serverless #Prisma #PlanetScale

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Hasty October 23rd, 2023

Spooky Coding Horror Stories 2023 - Part 1

Developers share horror stories of catastrophic mistakes like deleting databases, breaking site functionality, exposing data, and more.

#Site Outages #Data Exposure

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Hasty October 16th, 2023

Getting jQuery’d × Honourable Deaths of libraries We Don’t Use Anymore

In this episode Scott and Wes discuss various libraries and tools that have been replaced by standardized browser APIs and JavaScript features over the years, like jQuery, Express, Underscore, 960 Grid System, Sass, Socket.IO, Left Pad, etc.

#javascript #libraries #jquery #express

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Hasty October 9th, 2023

Home Office Tips

Tips for optimizing your home office space for productivity and comfort as a developer working from home.

#productivity #workflow #office

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Hasty October 2nd, 2023

A11y Treats - Heading Design

Discussion on proper semantic usage of h1 through h6 headings for accessibility, SEO, and screen reader navigation.

#accessibility #headings #SEO

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Hasty September 25th, 2023

Tauri Vs Electron - Desktop Apps with Web Tech

Discussion comparing Tori and Electron for building desktop apps using web technologies. Covers differences in bundle sizes, developer experience, maturity and more.

#tori #electron #desktopdev #webdev

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Hasty September 18th, 2023

Hacking the Tonal - Proxying, Intercepting + Debugging Traffic?

Scott proxies requests from his Tonal workout device to reverse engineer the API and build custom community workouts since Tonal has limited functionality.

#Tonal #Proxying

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Hasty September 11th, 2023

CSS Nesting is Here!

Wes and Scott discuss the new CSS nesting syntax that is now supported across all major browsers. They cover how it works, best practices, use cases compared to Sass, browser support via transpiling, and more.

#css #frontend #webdev

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Hasty September 4th, 2023

JavaScript Closures & Scope Explained

Scott and Wes explain JavaScript closures, scoping, and give examples of how closures can be useful.

#javascript #closures #scope

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Hasty August 28th, 2023

OG Image Options

Scott and Wes discuss techniques for dynamically generating social media preview images known as open graph or OG images using services like Satori, Cloudinary, and Puppeteer.

#webdev #javascript #ogimage

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Hasty August 21st, 2023