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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

736: CJ Reynolds is Joining Syntax

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Scott and Wes introduce Syntax’s new Senior Content Producer, CJ Reynolds, who will be creating video deep-dives and companion content for topics covered on the podcast. CJ, also known as the host of Coding Garden, shares his passions for web development, teaching and experimenting with new technologies. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:06 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 04:39 What got you into web development? 09:23 Does a degree in computer sciences help you in your day to day as a web developer? Bell Curve Meme 11:39 Wes downloads every single .com domain name. 15:19 What was your very first web development job? 18:12 How did you go from C# to websites? 21:12 What is the worst thing you’ve had to do as a developer? 22:31 What are some of your favorite projects? Is It New Years Day Dung Hero 26:32 What tech are you into right now? What inspires you? 27:52 Why do you like experimenting with new technologies? 29:39 Hono v4.0.5. 30:29 HTMZ 31:44 If you were to build a startup today, what would your stack be? 32:39 What’s your tech setup? Coding Garden GitHub RK Royal Kludge Keyboard 37:51 What got you into live-streaming? 40:13 Why do you use a blue screen? 41:19 What’s your philosophy on teaching? Bloom’s Taxonomy 43:56 What are your non-developer hobbies? CJ Skateboarding with Syntax deck CJ’s floofy doggo, Pig Sony VX10000 Sony Mavica 51:00 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks CJ: Ergonomics, More on Ergonomics Scott: Project Farm YouTube trash bag comparison Wes: Kitchy Pizza Cutter Wheel Shameless Plugs CJ: Coding Garden Scott: Syntax on YouTube Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott:X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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0:00.0

Welcome to Syntax. Today we got a pretty exciting new episode of some big news for Syntax here.

0:07.0

We have hired a new content creator. Welcome to CJ.

0:11.0

Hey.

0:12.0

Hello. Yeah, that's awesome. Welcome to CJ. C. Hey.

0:13.0

Yeah, that's awesome.

0:14.0

So you might have seen, we posted it out on the socials, we put a couple of videos up as well,

0:20.0

but we had been, man, it's been a couple months,

0:23.0

we've been sort of working on this looking for,

0:25.2

we both hired a producer as well as we were looking for

0:28.1

another person to start to take on some more of the content

0:32.2

that we're looking to do here at Synax.

0:33.6

Not just podcast, but we kind of want to go a little bit more into video and

0:37.7

other mediums. So we are super stoked to have CJA on board and we're going to have him on the

0:43.5

podcast today just to sort of talk about just get to know him you know and

0:48.6

and what his plans are for for what the stuff he's going to do as well as like kind of keyboard do you use

0:54.7

I'm curious about that as well.

0:56.7

Sure.

0:57.7

Yeah so welcome we should say his name is CJ Reynolds Wes you did not say his last name. So welcome

1:03.6

CJ. And yeah it's just gonna be really fun just getting to know getting to know

1:09.2

CJ and all about what he what he's doing. But if you're like us and you just added someone to your

1:13.7

team there's a good chance you're gonna introduce some bugs into your code now I

1:16.9

would probably put the likelihood of me introducing bugs into the code base

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