916: I got fired, what should I focus on?

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Js, Technology, Css, Html5, Tech News, Webdevelopment, News, Javascript, Html

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about maintaining popular open-source projects, where to start after a layoff, impostor syndrome, Scott’s recording setup, whether a computer science degree is still worth it in the age of AI, and more! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:44 Brought to you bySentry.io 04:16 How to maintain a successful NPM package 08:03 What to do in Denver while attending Laracon 11:18 How to branch out and learn new frameworks while balancing work life and family 15:55 Built-in state management vs external state managementFull Stack App Build | Travel Log w/ Nuxt, Vue, Better Auth, Drizzle, Tailwind, DaisyUI, MapLibre 19:43 Suggestion for CSS battles: Removing white space and new lines after the time limit? 23:06 What is Scott’s recording setup? Aputure Light Dome Aputure Amaran 150c Sony FX3 Electro-Voice RE20 27:46 Snake case vs camel caseEye Tracking Study on camelCase and under_score Identifier Styles 31:16 Have you ever had impostor syndrome? 34:56 Is a degree worth it for computer science or machine learning? 38:41 Should I use a reverse proxy server?Ep 798: Self Hosting: Reverse Proxy Servers 42:03 Where to start when updating your webdev skillset 50:11 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott:Cardboard Cutter Wes:Kitchen Scissors Shameless Plugs Syntax YouTube Channel Hit us up on Socials! Syntax:XInstagramTiktokLinkedInThreads Wes:XInstagramTiktokLinkedInThreads Scott:XInstagramTiktokLinkedInThreads Randy:XInstagramYouTubeThreads

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0:00.0	Welcome to Syntax today. We got a potluck episode for you, which is you bring the questions,
0:04.4	we bring the answers. Please keep the questions coming. Go to syntax.fm in the top corner.
0:09.4	You click on Potluck, you submit your question about anything you want us to answer and we'll
0:12.8	answer it on an upcoming episode. Today we've got really good questions on what to do with the
0:17.9	NPM package that has suddenly got very popular around how do you maintain it and
0:22.9	make sure that it's not going to go away. A lot of questions around what skills to focus on right now.
0:29.5	A couple of people said they just lost their job and they're not sure what to focus on how to
0:33.5	skill up, how to catch up to what's going on, dealing with imposter syndrome, and a bunch
0:38.7	of questions around Scott's beautiful lighting setup. So let's get on into it.
0:44.2	Speaking of imposter syndrome, I get imposter syndrome every single time I look at my website
0:50.5	when it's not functioning. And you know what? Running with all these errors.
0:55.3	And you know what can help you get past that?
0:58.0	Not only get past that in terms of like feeling like you got to handle on things,
1:01.6	but also really getting those finely tuned skills of fixing your shit.
1:07.6	I'm talking about Century at Century.io forward slash syntax. Century's got everything you need to make your shit. I'm talking about Century at Century.io, forward slash syntax. Century's got everything
1:12.9	you need to make your application actually work, whether that is performing quickly,
1:18.9	loading fast, tightening up those DB queries or fixing your endpoint so that they're lightning
1:25.8	fast, implementing caching where you need it
1:28.1	but it also gives you like things like a session replay so you can see what went wrong like in
1:33.2	a scrubbable video when it went wrong you can get just all of your errors monitored in
1:40.0	this really excellent interface which just one underwent a really nice redesign.
1:46.8	So everything is really reorganized and a main new navigation now.
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