Is the Virtual DOM Bad? Are keyboard shortcuts important? What is S3 storage? In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions.

Show Notes

• 00:08 Welcome
• 01:27 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry.io

02:45 Welcome Randy, our new Producer!

Randy’s YouTube

04:14 A ‘Canadian Podcast’

04:43 Is Alpine JS or HTMX a replacement for pug or other templating libraries?

08:21 What powers the “in-app” browsers and how can we test our sites on it?

Inject tracking code

Tauri

13:16 A deep dive on generators and iterators.

An Insight into Iteration Protocol through Infinite Scroll in Angular

15:25 Video podcast observations

17:18 PROBLEM I need a way of managing state.

22:34 Why is Virtual Dom (a la React) suddenly bad?

28:31 In a recent episode (659), Wes mentioned he updated the OG image cards, and noticed a higher click through rate.

29:07 Updated logo and monster truck intro.

30:19 Back to OG Images.

31:51 Are “import * as X” exports build stripped?

36:46 What is the difference between S3 storage and a CDN.

Backblaze CDN

45:00 How important are keyboard shortcuts or extensions? Are they necessary to be a good developer?

50:04 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

• Scott: Perplexity.ai, Serversideup

Wes: Zojirushi Rice Cooker

Shameless Plugs

• Wes: Wes Bos Courses

Scott: Sentry

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