Welcome to Syntax. We've got a potluck episode for you today, which is you bring the questions. We bring the answers. We've got some really good questions today on should I use markdown instead of a CMS? No, never. Please. Scott and I have several thousand markdown files as a CMS and it sucks. Leaving the country for a job. Should I pack up my whole family and leave the country for less money?

How should I master keyboard shortcuts, Scott? And I have some really good tips on mastering your keyboard shortcuts.

Should a young person get into web dev because of AI? This is the question we get from every person of every age.

But we're going to attempt to answer that. And then finally, backup strategies. Well, how do I, after the Halloween episodes, everyone's freaking out about how poor their backup strategies is. I mean, Scott, talk about that. Let's get into it. You ready for some potluck questions there, Scott hold on I like your Figma hat that's cool

where did you get that uh GitHub universe was one of those swag ones I uh I've done this two years

in a row now where I pulled the do you know who I am card to them where I walk up and I say they

say oh you would you like to learn about Figma and I was like I, I'm going to be honest. I'm just here for the hat.

But I did do your very first tutorial videos for Figma's website back in 2015.

And they'll be like, oh, okay, here's a hat.

They're like, like, I've been around way longer than you have.

Yes.

I was offered like employee number eight at Figma or something.

Oh, man.

And I turned it down.

And that's why I'm still working here.

Yeah.

Well, I don't think those folks got their payout either because the Adobe thing got

next as well which

I'm sure there was some pissed employees when that didn't fall through oh do they got the Ferrari on

order can you imagine there was a scene in the we work dot uh the not documentary the we work show that

they did and yeah it was super good and they had like employees like adding stuff and clicking by before the,

uh, it went public and, uh, just like, man, to know that there's that much money on the line.

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