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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

715: Google & MS Duopoly, Frontend to Fullstack, Where to Put Business Logic + more(Potluck)

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Wes and Scott answer your questions about duopoly in tech, tech stacks for creating content, switching from frontend to full stack, DSA knowledge, email HTML, and more! Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 02:21 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:31 Are you concerned about duopolistic companies taking over the web? 11:29 What stack do you you use for videos and sharing content? 15:02 How do you know once your ready to officially make the switch from frontend to full stack? 17:58 As someone new to tech and looking to apply for junior front end positions, how much should i know about DSA’s? Friends that work at big tech companies - did you need Data Structures and Algorithms to get hired? I get an lots of messages from new devs asking how to learn these things. Many of them say the need it to work at FAANG type companies 21:59 Which tools would you recommend for crafting HTML emails from scratch? Foundation MJML React Email 25:03 Hey are you guys setting up your own CI/CD like github action or gitlab CI? Netlify Vercel 28:25 What do you think about unstyled component libs. Eg: Ark? Ark UI 31:47 Do I need to have every single feature on mobile as I do on a desktop? Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Missive ‐ Team Email, Chat & Tasks 39:15 How can I get better at planning my code? shaky.github.bushong.net Monodraw for macOS — Helftone Octopus.do, Visual Sitemap Tool, Website Planner, Architecture Mermaid | Diagramming and charting tool 42:32 What exactly makes it so that a piece of logic is client/frontend logic vs backend logic? 46:17 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: Sleeping Queens Card Game, 79 Cards : Toys & Games Wes: Package drop box Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Newsletter Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

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0:00.0

You're listening to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.

0:06.0

Strap yourself in and get ready.

0:08.0

Here is Scott Telinsky and West Boss.

0:10.7

Welcome to Syntax. Today we have a pup luck for you. A whole bunch of questions about

0:15.4

web development, JavaScript, CSS, GitHub, etc. Some good questions. If you have a

0:21.7

question, we would love to hear it and we'll answer on a future episode.

0:24.7

Go to syntax.ofm There's a button in the menu bar that says putler click it submit your question and we will answer it on a future episode. My name is West Boss. I'm a full stack

0:35.6

Dev from Canada with me as always. It's Scott. How you doing today Scott? Hey yo, hey

0:40.1

you're doing good man.

0:47.2

Landon, my son had his very first breakdancing class last weekend and he went nuts.

0:51.0

It was awesome.

0:52.8

They, you know, the type of class is perfect for kids at age.

0:55.8

It was basically show up and get your wiggles out.

0:58.3

I mean, the coach started and he was just like,

1:00.8

all right, do any kind of dancing you want right now, let's go.

1:04.4

Hit the music and next thing you know, it's like all 12 kids are just going

1:08.2

absolutely wild. And it was a lot of fun. He had a blast. He was he's been talking about it ever since. So it's really really cool to see him really enjoy that and I don't know. He's like he's a very active little guy he's a very like his

1:27.3

attention isn't always their kind of type little guy so seeing him like be really

1:31.4

focused on anything was a definitely a little

1:34.0

little proud dad moment for me so that's awesome. My daughter Poppy is in rock climbing

1:41.2

and she is like the best at it.

1:44.4

Her upper body strength is unreal.

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