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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Spooky Web Dev Stories Part 2

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott tell more of your scary web dev stories including lorem ipsum mistakes, naming something Skynet, blackouts, Twitch streaming, and more! Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit for listeners of Syntax. You can find all the details at linode.com/syntax. Linode has 11 global data centers and provides 24/7/365 human support with no tiers or hand-offs regardless of your plan size. In addition to shared and dedicated compute instances, you can use your $100 in credit on S3-compatible object storage, Managed Kubernetes, and more. Visit linode.com/syntax and click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started. Auth0 - Sponsor Auth0 is the easiest way for developers to add authentication and secure their applications. They provides features like user management, multi-factor authentication, and you can even enable users to login with device biometrics with something like their fingerprint. Not to mention, Auth0 has SDKs for your favorite frameworks like React, Next.js, and Node/Express. Make sure to sign up for a free account and give Auth0 a try with the link below. https://a0.to/syntax LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax. Show Notes 00:12 Weeeeeelcome 02:11 Slipsum mistake Slipsum 03:40 Brotli scaling explosion When JavaScript Bytes 05:14 Email loop Breaking Production with 56,000 emails 05:36 DevOops Magento store Example.com 08:26 Scary animal stories 11:09 Naming something Skynet 11:58 2003 Blackout 13:16 ExtJS error binding 17:09 Sponsor: Linode 17:55 Lead gen forms and captcha Issue Renaming upper-case ‘Sirupsen’ to ‘sirupsen’ Follow up 19:51 Scarlet Letter 21:51 MongoDB achievement story Adam Coster 26:14 Sponsor: Auth0 28:11 Drupal and mysql database fun 30:10 Nervous Twitch 34:03 FTP access story 37:24 Sponsor: LogRocket 38:53 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Ear foam tips Wes: Stepped drill bit / Aliexpress link Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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0:00.0

You're listening to syntax the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there strap yourself in and get ready

0:07.7

Here is Scott Tolesky and West boss

0:16.4

Oh

0:18.4

syntax

0:20.2

Sorry

0:22.2

That's so much better than mine. I don't know if it is, but I went for it. You know what it's funny West

0:27.5

We we've been we got some blue ebooks for the kids, you know kids love blue

0:31.6

Yeah, I've been trying to read all of the blue ebooks and an Australian accent just because you know

0:38.0

It's more fun for the kids if you try to sound on trying to do all the voices of all the characters

0:41.4

I've gotten pretty good at it

0:42.5

But there was a book last night. I was reading to my daughter that John Luke was in and he he's like French

0:48.1

So I was like trying to go back and forth between French and Australian and it was a total nightmare

0:52.4

That was like a spooky story. My wife is just sitting there like oh my god

0:56.6

What are you doing?

0:58.6

Oh, that's good. No kids absolutely love it. They're like that. That's the voice got to get all the Australian slang up and

1:04.6

And running to I've just I follow a bunch of Australians on TikTok and their slang is just next level man

1:11.2

Yeah, I got to tell you I think the majority of podcasts I listen to these days are all Australian

1:17.4

Which is totally bizarre. I listen to two Australian comedy podcasts and then like a couple of Australian movie podcasts

1:24.4

So Aussies out there

1:26.4

I'm like kind of I'm in the zone right now with all of you

1:29.6

I know all of the different cities. I know all you know the gold coast and all that stuff

1:34.1

They're all talking about where they're doing their comedy shows. All right, enough Australian talk

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