In this episode, Rob Ocel discusses the recent release of Tailwind's Just-In-Time (JIT) CSS compiler with Hunter Miller and Lindsay Wardell. They discuss the new features the JIT compiler provides, as well as, the performance boost developers can expect on their own projects. They also talk about the benefits of utility CSS compared to other methods, and how Tailwind can be used to build out many types of design systems. They also explore other utility CSS frameworks, including Windi CSS, and discuss the future of utility CSS in the development world.

 

Hosts:Rob Ocel (@robocell) - Architect, This DotHunter Miller (@hmillerdev) - Senior Software Engineer, This DotLindsay Wardell (@lindsaykwardell) - Software Engineer, This Dot & co-host of Views on Vue 

 

Links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O_3X7InOw8https://tailwindcss.nuxtjs.org/https://windicss.org/ 

 

This episode is sponsored by the Media Developers community & This Dot Labs.

In this episode, Rob Ocel sits down with Simeon Vincent, a Developer Advocate on the Chrome Extensions Team. They discuss Simeon's unique journey into tech and developer advocacy, the special challenges of doing developer relations for a platform as large as Chrome, the future of browser extensions in Chrome with the new, upcoming Manifest V3, what existing extension authors need to know about the upcoming changes, and the special promise and fun of building your own browser extensions!

 

Guest:

Simeon Vincent (@DotProto) - Developer Advocate, Chrome Extensions Team 

 

Host:Rob Ocel (@robocell) - Architect, This Dot

 

Links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybyYwu9Mpwhttps://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/intro/mv3-migration/https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensions 

 

This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs.

In this episode, our hosts, Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) and Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) interview Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) about the power of javascript, building on top of existing primitives, components, JamStack, + so much more!

 

Guest:

Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) - CEO, Vercel

 

Host:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs 

Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

 

This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.

This week, we have guest host, Morgan Worrell, leading a conversation with fellow devs Dillion Megida and Adesoji David, along with tech sales rep for This Dot Labs, Darron Smith. They talk about their work-life preferences, both as This Dot Labs employees and in previous roles, plus share some about the experiences they've had as black technologists in the US and in Nigeria.

 

Host:

Morgan Worrell (@morganistic_) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

 

Guests:

Dillion Megida (@iamdillion) - Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

Adesoji David (@temitopedavid_) - Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

Darron Smith (@Darron_ThisDot) - Sales Representative, This Dot Labs

 

This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.

In this podcast episode, we sit down with conference organizer, John Allsopp (@johnallsopp), about taking conferences online and the new way of doing these events. How can conference organizers think about how to reshape their events, and how do conference attendees benefit from it?

 

Guest:

John Allsopp (@johnallsopp) - Author, Developer, & Co-founder of Web Directions Conferences

 

Host:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs 

 

This episode is sponsored by Dexecure & This Dot Labs.

In this episode, our hosts, Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) and Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) interview David Price (@thedavidprice) on the new full stack react framework, RedwoodJS! Listen in on why you should learn “yet another framework” and how Redwood is trying to make developer lives easier with the tech stack you already know.

 

Guest:

David Price (@thedavidprice) - Core team, RedwoodJS

 

Host:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs 

Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

 

This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs.

In this podcast episode, Rob Ocel (@robocell) chats with David Khourshid (@DavidKPiano), software engineer at Microsoft and creator of XState!

 

Topics discussed:

What are state machines and why was XState created?

Is XState a replacement for Redux or any other state management libraries?

How to get started with state machines

When to adopt libraries such as XState

What are the advanced features of state charts and how do you learn about them

 

Guest:

David Khourshid (@DavidKPiano) - Software Engineer, Microsoft & Creator of XState

 

Hosts:

Rob Ocel (@robocell) - Architect, This Dot Labs

 

This episode is sponsored by Syncfusion & This Dot Labs.

In this podcast episode, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) sits down with Alex Russell (@slightlylate) from Google to discuss web performance, user experience, & his work at project fugu! We also talk about core web vitals, lighthouse, the chrome user experience report, APIS, webpagetest, & more.

 

Guest:

Alex Russell (@slightlylate) - Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google

 

Hosts:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs

 

This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.

With Blitz gaining 6000 stars on Github, over 150 contributors, and nearly 1000 slack members in less than 1 year, the excitement for Blitz.js rings true within the JavaScript community! In this episode, Wes Copeland and Tracy Lee interview Brandon Bayer about what Blitz.js is, and why to start considering using this full stack javascript framework for your projects. Topics covered are forms, testing, styling, and using Blitz with other technologies.

 

Guest:

Brandon Bayer (@flybayer) - Creator of Blitz.js

 

Hosts:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs

Wes Copeland (@wescopeland_) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

 

This episode is sponsored by Pluralsight & This Dot Labs.

In this podcast, we talk to Justin Fagnani, Tech Lead for the Polymer team! He gives us an update on what to expect for Lit with new features, SSR, and so much more for 2021. We also talk about new tools such as Tachometer, and touch on new web standards that you should be aware of and how they are changing the web ecosystem for developers.

 

Guest:

Justin Fagnani (@justinfagnani) - Software Engineer, Google

 

Hosts:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs

 

This episode is sponsored by Pluralsight & This Dot Labs.